Vijay Rusum

Senior Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 15+ years in product management with SaaS expertise.
  • Proven track record of scaling software businesses.
  • Strong ability to align and lead product teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Management expert with a focus on user experience and data-driven decision-making.

Contact

dimpyvijay@gmail.comLinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementSaas Product StrategyUser Experience (ux)

Other Skills

Conflict ManagementMarket ResearchMarket DevelopmentProduct Lifecycle ManagementProduct LaunchCustomer Journey MappingData AnalyticsProduct VisionFeedback Loop CreationTechnical Debt ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipTechnical WritingStakeholder Buy-InProduct DeliveryPriority Management

About

I love to dig into customer problems and solve them with modern technology. I create, scale, and optimize business portfolios that matter. To accomplish this, I focus on delivering key outcomes, building amazing teams, and quickly adapting to new learnings. Throughout my 15+ years in product management, I've had the pleasure of scaling SaaS platforms, leading product strategy, and implementing market research and UX design. My journey has taught me the following about myself: Successfully scale up software businesses, driving substantial MRR and ARR growth. putting the customer at the center of all that I do. Excelling at executing big ideas within given constraints. Relying on strong gut instinct, balanced with data-driven decision-making. Aligning, leading, and growing world-class product teams from initial stages to successful product launches. Finding greater joy in team victories than personal wins. Fluently speaking both technical and executive languages. Crafting compelling narratives that motivate and inspire. The buck always stops with me. Continuously educating, refining, and driving personal growth. Maintaining calm in the face of adversity. Focusing on making high-quality decisions. Enjoying new connections and perspectives. Open to discussions on emerging tech, software product creation, and driving product strategy.. Please feel free to reach out if you want to talk about emerging tech, creating software products, or driving product strategy. Professional Skills Product Management | SaaS Product Strategy | User Experience (UX) Design | Market Research | Roadmap Planning | Cross-Functional Collaboration | Requirements Gathering | Development Oversight | Product Launch | Data Analysis | Competitive Analysis | Go-to-Market Strategy | Stakeholder Management | Agile Methodology | A/B Testing and Experimentation Tools and Technology Jira | Confluence | Amplitude | Figma | Balsamiq | Asana | Google Docs | MS Office | Slack | Zoom | Microsoft Teams | DevOps | GitHub | AWS | Python | SQL | Android | iOS Domain Knowledge SaaS | Fashion and Retail | Construction Technology | Enterprise Software | Fintech | PropTech | Cloud Solutions Feel free to connect if you're interested in discussing product management, SaaS solutions, or the latest in UX design. Let's connect! dimpyvijay@gmail.com

Experience

14 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Green story

Senior Product Manager

Apr 2022 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • Scaled a carbon offsetting platform, targeting fashion brands in Europe and North America,
  • increasing userbase from 1 to 10.
  • Defined the product roadmap, overseeing the entire lifecycle and ensuring alignment with strategic
  • vision.
  • Successfully developed and deployed complex subscription plans on Chargebee platform.
  • Launched a customized dashboard to visualize performance metrics for product initiatives used by over
  • 15 stakeholders, fostering transparency and collaboration in tracking project outcomes and timelines.
Conflict ManagementMarket ResearchMarket DevelopmentProduct Lifecycle ManagementProduct LaunchCustomer Journey Mapping+61

Inquest technologies

Senior Product Manager

Jun 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore · On-site

  • Defined target market, TAM, and time-to-market, providing a competitive advantage in addressing
  • pain points.
  • Performed build vs. buy analysis, identifying and finalizing SOW with third-party vendors for specific
  • roadmap features.
  • Devised machine learning algorithms for hazard identification, improving risk assessment accuracy by
  • 30% and facilitating mitigation strategies that decreased incident response times across product lines.
  • Successful development , launch and deployment of accounting module with integration capability with 3rd party accounting tools
Conflict ManagementMarket ResearchMarket DevelopmentProduct Lifecycle ManagementProduct ServiceBusiness Ethics+61

Vikas global solutions ltd.

Consulting Product Manager

Sep 2018 – May 2019 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Created a KPI dashboard that enabled real-time tracking for the product team, streamlining
  • performance measurement and ensuring alignment with business objectives that is utilized by 10
  • product managers for ongoing assessments.
  • Collaborated with UX/UI designers to revamp the user interface, reducing customer support inquiries
  • by 40% and increasing overall user satisfaction by 20%.
  • Established comprehensive user testing protocols involving 40 participants, gathering targeted
  • feedback that informed essential modifications to product features, resulting in a 25% increase in user
  • satisfaction scores within two months.
Conflict ManagementMarket DevelopmentProduct Lifecycle ManagementProduct ServiceBusiness EthicsCustomer Journey Mapping+51

Rusum information solutions pvt.ltd(rits)

Start-up Owner

May 2017 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

  • Developed a CAD plug-in for a SaaS product for architects, resulting in a 50% increase in efficiency for
  • uploading, storing, and retrieving drawings in the cloud.
Conflict ManagementProduct Lifecycle ManagementBusiness EthicsCustomer Journey MappingFeedback Loop CreationTechnical Debt Management+38

Career break

Personal goal pursuit

Jan 2015 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka

Exilant technologies private limited

Product Manager

Jul 2011 – Nov 2014 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore · On-site

  • Engineered a user-friendly ERP platform for the AEC sector, integrating advanced project management
  • tools; attracted more than 200 active users within six months, streamlining workflow efficiency and
  • enhancing project delivery timelines.
Conflict ManagementMarket ResearchMarket DevelopmentProduct Lifecycle ManagementProduct ServiceBusiness Ethics+60

Sapthagiri consulting

Consulting Civil Engineer

Aug 2007 – Jun 2011 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore

  • Led pre-construction bid presentations to stakeholders across 8 residential and commercial projects,
  • communicating key metrics and securing buy-in while ensuring all timelines are met without
  • compromising quality standards.
Conflict ManagementProduct Lifecycle ManagementBusiness EthicsCross-functional Team LeadershipResource ManagementCustomer Value Proposition+3

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Data driven product management — Product management

Balaji Institute Of Modern Management

PGDM — Operations Management

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006

Kendriya Vidyalaya

SSLC

Jan 1986 – Jan 1996

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

Certification in software engineering — Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Jan 2022 – Dec 2022

BIIB

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Operations Research

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006

Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Civil Engineering

Jan 1998 – Jan 2003

HelloPM

Certification — Product Management

Jul 2023 – Sep 2023

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