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Amruta Khalikar
Principal Product Manager
Livingston,NJ
Summary
Dynamic Product Manager with a proven track record at Skillsoft, enhancing platform offerings and driving high impact initiatives and new product offerings through strategic planning. Expert in product integrations and roadmap planning, I excel in stakeholder management and fostering customer empathy. Championed women's mentoring circles, demonstrating strong leadership and strategic thinking.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Principal Product Manager
Skillsoft
New York, New York
05.2020 - Current
- Liaised with customers to better understand business needs and current market landscape, collaborated with customers to design and develop features that paved the way for new platform offering
- Formulated strategy for Integrations and aggregation for the content delivery platform, that contributes the 71% of the company's revenue.
- Developed a successful go-to-market strategy for new product launch, resulting in acquiring a new customer segment.
- Presented a vision for organization wide initiatives, based on the customer research done with focused design partner programs and customer discovery interviews.
- Presented regular updates to senior executives regarding Initiatives status, risks, opportunities, and recommendations for action steps moving forward.
- Delivered LXP competitive analysis reports, guiding product development strategies for maximum market impact and for formulating the product roadmap.
- Managed vendor partner and customer relationships to drive product strategy and achieve organizational goals
- Coached junior product managers and facilitated knowledge sharing sessions to maintain high-performing teams focused on continuous improvement.
- As a co-chair of Women's ERG, championed and built women's mentoring circles program with senior leadership .
Senior Product Manager
Skillsoft
Hyderabad,India, Telangana
05.2018 - 05.2020
- Managed backlog prioritization, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder expectations.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop high-quality products that met customer needs.
- Collaborated with engineering teams on technical feasibility assessments, resulting in realistic scope definition for projects.
- Enhanced product usability by conducting user research and incorporating feedback into development.
- Facilitated communication between development teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of requirements and expectations.
- Led product launches, collaborating with Sales, marketing and support teams to create successful go-to-market strategies.
Pre Sales Manager
Ozonetel Communications Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad,India, Telangana
10.2015 - 12.2017
- Conducted workshops with external and internal stakeholders to define & drive the product vision & roadmap
- Owned product backlog & release planning, requirement elicitation & documentation
- Maintained up to date documents, notes , release plans & effectively communicate in case of any alterations
- Guided customers through proof-of-concept projects, ensuring their needs were met while showcasing product capabilities effectively.
- Collaborated with stakeholder partners on coordination of campaign activities amongst partners
- Created campaign production schedules, monitor activity and notify stakeholders of relevant outcomes,fluctuations, and plans
- Developed metrics and track integrated campaign effectiveness utilizing internal reporting and system audits
Process Manager
Eclerx Services Limited
Mumbai, India, Maharashtra
04.2013 - 10.2015
- Served as an interface between the client and the development team along with creating BRD.
- Domain expertise across OTC and Listed derivatives and nuances of various asset classes, data attributes and financial notations to be able to participate in scoping and process review engagements.
- Conceptualized forward looking metrics to measure, monitor and manage the operational risk in quantitative manner
- Analyzed and gathered requirements, designing KPIs and KRIs for functions within CCVaL such as cash management, portfolio reconciliation, prime brokerage and listed derivatives.
FMP Intern
GE
Gurgoan, India, Haryana
04.2012 - 06.2012
- Designed and laid out process maps for ITO and OTR teams under Buy-Sell model.
- Analyzed various hedging techniques and to be used in case of milestone based payments in Trade Finance
QA Engineer
Sungard
Pune, Maharashtra
06.2009 - 05.2011
- Administered Quality Assurance of a major product release for Asia Pac & Australia (PTA 4.0).
- Conducted training for new and senior members of the team on new product functionalities.
- Formulated requirement review & feedback with Development team/BU/product management.
Education
MBA - Finance
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad 06.2011 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Telecommunications
Cummins College of Engineering, University of Pune
Pune 06.2005 - 06.2009
Skills
Product vision
Product analytics
Strategic thinking
Design thinking
Roadmap planning
Product backlog management
Product lifecycle management
Data-driven decision making
Customer empathy
Stakeholder management
Go-to-market strategy
Prioritization and execution
Use case study generation
Requirements gathering
Interests
Travel
Playing Badminton
Timeline
Principal Product Manager
Skillsoft
05.2020 - Current
Senior Product Manager
Skillsoft
05.2018 - 05.2020
Pre Sales Manager
Ozonetel Communications Pvt Ltd
10.2015 - 12.2017
Process Manager
Eclerx Services Limited
04.2013 - 10.2015
FMP Intern
GE
04.2012 - 06.2012
MBA - Finance
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
06.2011 - 06.2013
QA Engineer
Sungard
06.2009 - 05.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Telecommunications
Cummins College of Engineering, University of Pune
06.2005 - 06.2009
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