Utkarsh Singh

CTO

Berlin, Germany15 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in leading product strategy and engineering teams.
  • Proven track record in Fintech and e-commerce sectors.
  • Strong advocate for inclusive decision-making in product development.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in Fintech and E-commerce sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProduct StrategyUser Experience (ux)Analytics

Other Skills

Senior Stakeholder ManagementTeam BuildingMachine LearningCross-functional Team LeadershipDeep LearningBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Requirements AnalysisBusiness StrategyBusiness AnalysisConsultingTeam ManagementManagement ConsultingBusiness Process ImprovementOracleSoftware Project Management

About

I prioritise inclusive decision-making but don't hesitate to make hard calls when execution demands it. I'm energised by cutting through ambiguity to find breakthroughs, the ones that need world-class teams and differentiated products to dominate markets.

Experience

15 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Zalando

Head of Product Management & Engineering

Nov 2021Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · Berlin, Germany · Hybrid

LeadershipProduct StrategySenior Stakeholder ManagementTeam BuildingMachine Learning

Career break

Full-time parenting

Aug 2021Oct 2021 · 2 mos

  • Supporting my newborns and family. My most challenging and rewarding role yet: full-time dad of twins.

Paytm

Associate Vice President, Product Management

Mar 2021Jul 2021 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • Head of Product Management for the credit platform powering BNPL (buy now, pay later), merchant loans, consumer loans, and credit card products.
LeadershipProduct StrategySenior Stakeholder ManagementTeam BuildingUser Experience (UX)

Walmart ecommerce

2 roles

Staff Product Manager: Marketplace

Jan 2018Mar 2021 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Product StrategyUser Experience (UX)Cross-functional Team LeadershipSenior Stakeholder Management

Senior Product Manager: Partner Platform

Jul 2016Dec 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Building the next generation of products and platform capabilities for Walmart partners, viz., suppliers, sellers, content service providers, channel aggregators etc.

Zettata inc. (acquired by target corp.)

Product Manager: Search Relevance, Personalization, Analytics

Apr 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Zettata is an Accel and Helion backed firm that helps e-commerce companies improve their revenues and conversions by relevant product discovery
  • First non-engineering hire at Zettata. Worked on all the business aspects of the firm:
  • Product Strategy
  • Execution
  • Customer Success
  • Business Analytics
  • Sales
  • Launched multiple features contributing towards improved search relevance and customer experience
  • Primary Responsibilities-
  • Running complex A/B tests and taking data driven decisions
  • Defining the feature funnels and KPI metrics for success
  • Driving growth and customer success
  • Strategic planning and execution
  • Responsible for product road map, and customer relationships
  • Collaborate with product marketing on GTM strategy and sales team in pre-sales conversations
Deep LearningAnalyticsCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct Strategy

Insorce

Senior Consultant, Digital Products

Aug 2014Mar 2015 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Evangelized the web version of desktop based enterprise product and led the complete effort
  • Interacted with customers to gauge the market trends and conduct benchmark studies
  • Worked across the product, design, engineering and business teams to track product development
  • Introduced the agile methodology and devised release plans into phases
  • Incorporated best practices for feature prioritization while owning the product backlog
  • Conducted product demonstrations along with the sales team

Cognizant business consulting

2 roles

Consultant, Digital Products

May 2013Jul 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Pune Area, India · On-site

  • Financial Audit
  • Evaluated the operating model of an audit firm
  • Conducted business requirement elicitation from stakeholders to identify business needs
  • Evangelized and program managed the end of life program for the product
  • Streamlined the strategic interventions to optimize the process
  • Program managed the migration strategy of the product
  • Performed customer segmentation to create specific strategies for migration
  • Financial Risk
  • Developed risk based pricing model for home loans - both floating and fixed rate products
  • Enabled the individualization of the interest margins
  • Loan pricing involved scenarios around performing loans, refinance, foreclosure and REO property
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Conceived a comprehensive assessment framework for regulatory compliance
  • Assessed business portfolio for individual contribution, health and risks
  • Delivered recommendations across multiple engagements based on the assessment framework

Business Associate (Summer Intern)

Apr 2012Jun 2012 · 2 mos · Pune Area, India · On-site

  • Worked as part of the Mortgages sub-vertical in the BFS vertical for leading US banks
  • Assessed post M&A business portfolio for restructuring
  • Developed a framework for the post M&A consolidation of mortgage loan origination business
  • Analyzed products, services and geographies for consolidation
  • Achievements:
  • Best Summer Project Award among the 40 interns from all tier I B Schools of India
  • Awarded a Pre-Placement Interview Offer based on performance
  • Selected as the Campus Ambassador of Cognizant

Oracle

2 roles

Senior Member Of Technical Staff

Jul 2010Jun 2011 · 11 mos · Noida Area, India

Member Of Technical Staff

Jul 2008Jun 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Worked with Oracle's Identity Management group.
  • Oracle Identity Management provides a unified, integrated security platform designed to manage user identities, provision resources to users, secure access to corporate resources, enable trusted online business partnerships and support compliance (identity analytics) across the enterprise.
  • Spearheaded the development of following projects:
  • Evaluated and implemented Authorization Infrastructure for OIM using Oracle Entitlements Server in an embedded model. It interacted and fit with all OIM features for resource protection and authorization purposes.
  • User self-service and Delegated Administration.

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Indian Institute Of Information Technology Allahabad

Engineer’s Degree — Information Technology

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