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Mounika Bammidi

Aurora,IL

Summary

Strategic and results-driven Product Manager with nearly a decade of success in building and launching SaaS products that solve real customer problems and drive business growth. Proven ability to lead end-to-end product lifecycles from market discovery and roadmap planning to scalable launch and adoption. Skilled in aligning cross-functional teams, integrating customer insights with data analytics, and delivering high-impact solutions that increase retention, drive ARR, and strengthen platform differentiation. Adept at balancing technical depth with business acumen to lead complex product initiatives in fast-paced, agile environments.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Manager 2

Paylocity
Schaumburg, IL
05.2022 - 12.2024
  • Spearheaded the development of a platform product from concept to launch in under 16 months, resulting in a 160% increase in user engagement.
  • Led go-to-market (GTM) communications across cross-functional teams, and crafted a long-term strategy to resolve approximately 52 Product Development Requests (PDRs), driving approximately $16M in revenue.
  • Addressed existing customer pain points by introducing enhanced user experiences within mobile applications, resolving approximately 20 PDRs, and generating approximately $10M in revenue.
  • Managed the end-to-end product lifecycle for web and mobile platforms, leading cross-functional teams of 40+ members to successfully deliver on strategic roadmap priorities.
  • Conducted customer interviews and competitive analysis to uncover unmet needs, and effectively define and refine the product roadmap.
  • Collaborated closely with marketing and sales teams to drive product adoption through targeted training and enablement resources.
  • Mentored and coached an aspiring Product Manager, accelerating their professional growth and team contributions.

Business Development Manager

Here Technologies
Chicago, IL
05.2018 - 05.2022
  • Drove revenue growth from 0 - ~5.5M by identifying, onboarding, and closing new clients for the HERE Platform (Workspace and Marketplace).
  • Promoted the HERE Platform to 65+ data providers, consumers, and developers, establishing it as the preferred solution for location-centric data innovation and monetization.
  • Negotiated 50+ commercial agreements and supported cross-functional sales efforts globally to expand platform adoption.
  • Served as a subject matter expert in sales and partner engagements, enabling successful deal execution.
  • Partnered with strategy and operations teams to address demand/supply gaps and align marketplace offerings with customer needs.
  • Represented HERE’s data requirements in-market to acquire critical datasets supporting product growth.
  • Collaborated with Product Management to influence the product roadmap through direct customer and market feedback.
  • Led platform migration activities for 1,400+ customer accounts in the U.S., including major strategic partners.

Product Manager

Here Technologies
Chicago, IL
08.2017 - 05.2018
  • Prepared product roadmap based on market research, business value and customer requirements
  • Worked with development teams to translate product requirements into user stories and prioritized deliverables
  • Coordinated work flow with Data science and Data Engineering teams to enhance product as per platform vision and business needs
  • Supported Sales with product and roadmap presentations to internal and external customers
  • Conducted customer research using qualitative surveys to understand consumer opinions.
  • Collected customer feedback and translated them into platform features and shared with respective product managers.

Data Analyst Intern

Here Technologies
Chicago, IL
05.2017 - 08.2017
  • Monitored location-based industry activity and competitor activity daily and reported to team regularly.
  • Monitored technology news and trends in Automotive and IoT space daily and reported to team regularly.
  • Created use-cases for Weather product, developed roadmap, Return on Investment graphs
  • Developed use-case matrix showcasing top multi-industry use-cases in big-data location platform business
  • Validated various sources of weather data for sourcing using machine learning techniques and tools.
  • Researched about competitive platform offerings for potential partnerships/improvements.

Graduate Research Assistant

Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
01.2017 - 05.2017
  • Performed data analysis by extracting data from two competitors in market Home Depot and Target based on customer comments on Twitter and Facebook using ROAuth, Rfacebook, twitteR packages.
  • Cleansed data to make it into consistent data, generated sentiment analysis reports using sentimentr and Rsentiment packages
  • Successfully derived meaningful insights by comparing visualized data of Home Depot and Target by mapping their sentiment results with code analysis results using Tableau considering multiple dimensions and measures. This work is published as research paper by our professor.

System Engineer

TATA Consultancy Services
Hyderabad, Telangana
06.2014 - 07.2016

Assigned to the project which primarily worked on Connectivity Packet

Platform(CPP): a platform layer spread over BASIC OS providing

customized functionality to Telecom applications (RBS, RNC, Media

Gateway)

  • SPOC for both onshore and off-shore Software Quality Rank (SQR) teams, collected the requirements from client, analyzed the complexity and issues involved.
  • Prepared the SQR plan for all the sub-systems by coordinating with the sub-system SPOC's from various teams
  • Successfully improved the code coverage to 85% and the SQR to 6 for more than 60 Telecom related Load Modules within the planned schedule
  • Delivered MaxMem feature, which sets a threshold specific to each load module to identify memory leaks if any for 200 Telecom load modules related to various teams
  • Analyzed and gave solution to more than 30 Trouble Reports, developed features based on Change Requests and Implemented these changes to Signature Validation, Board Manager, Program Handler Load Modules.

Education

Master of Science - Management Information Systems

Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL
05-2018

Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronics Engineering

GITAM University
India
05-2014

Skills

Product Vision & Strategy

Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy & Execution

Market Research & Competitive Analysis

Product Discovery

KPIs & Metrics Definition

Revenue & Growth Optimization

Product Requirements Documentation (PRD)

Risk Management

Executive Communication

Cross-functional alignment

Customer & user interviews

Stakeholder Management

Roadmap & Prioritization

Data Analysis

Accomplishments

  • Honoree of Dr. Denise Schoenbachler Leadership Award in MIS/SAP integration at NIU March 2017
  • Honor Roll of Graduate Student Representative at the school Graduate council board
  • Scholarship Recipient on Tuition fee for being the Graduate Research Assistant with 4/4 GPA

Certification

EMC Big data, Managing Project Risk, Preventing Scope Creep, Managing Small Projects

Tools

Jira, Confluence, Productboard, Figma,Tableau, Pendo, Google Analytics, SQL, Excel, Whimsical

Timeline

Product Manager 2

Paylocity
05.2022 - 12.2024

Business Development Manager

Here Technologies
05.2018 - 05.2022

Product Manager

Here Technologies
08.2017 - 05.2018

Data Analyst Intern

Here Technologies
05.2017 - 08.2017

Graduate Research Assistant

Northern Illinois University
01.2017 - 05.2017

System Engineer

TATA Consultancy Services
06.2014 - 07.2016

Master of Science - Management Information Systems

Northern Illinois University

Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronics Engineering

GITAM University