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NIKHIL PARASHAR

Product Owner
Gurgaon, India
NIKHIL PARASHAR

Summary

Product owner with over 12 years of total work experience and over 3 years in Product Management, offering a distinguished career of people leadership with experience in establishing & leading high performing Scrum team, production support & capabilities functions for enterprise platforms.


Responsible for defining OKRs and OBRs, Product Vision & Strategy, PI Planning, Product Backlog Management & Prioritization and Release Management. Led multiple projects with geographically distributed Agile team of 8-10 (Developers, Scrum Master, Sr Engineer and QA teams) with focused delivery for platform-wide solutions. Proven track record of leadership skills with an ability to build high performing team and team members

Overview

12
years of professional experience
2
Certifications

Work History

American Express
Gurgaon, India

Product Owner, Global Product Optimization
12.2012 - Current

Job overview

  • Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
  • Owned and prioritized product backlog.
  • Coordinated with software developers to create custom applications and trackers to achieve client goals.
  • Collaborated with development team on [Type] services and tasks.
  • Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where and when each component would work.
  • Allocated and approved team resource usage.
  • Focused on building critical features up front in order to identify constraints and technical challenges.
  • Continually maintained and improved company's reputation and positive image in markets served.

American Express
Gurgaon, India

Senior Process Manager

Job overview

Lead technical direction for MerchantForce; improvised CSAT scores; ownership of SOX control; Global Portfolio Realignment process improvements; maintained effective partner relation to serve 6000+ clients; led a team of 8 members. following Agile and Scrum principles.

  • Attained best employee pulse score Tech Leader rated based on the Annual Colleague Experience Survey.
  • Effectively managed stakeholders to deliver value-driven servicing roadmap, excellent Customer Satisfaction Survey feedback.
  • Evaluated the effectiveness of the operational risk to ensure adherence with 100% SOX Compliance.
  • Increased customer experience quality score to 97%; quality framework customization enhanced service improvement.

American Express
Gurgaon, India

Process Manager

Job overview

Implemented process enhancement towards cost optimization; support 5700+ global end-user; led 6 technical support engineers Scrum principles.

  • Led 10M accounts realignment delivery with ZERO faults and on time; Drove business growth through portfolio realignment
  • Managed 6 members team that exemplified company values, improved SLA and quality while increasing productivity

American Express
Gurgaon, India

Lead Analyst

Job overview

Identified, planned, and implemented features and functions for Salesforce; understand interdependencies between business processes and systems to implement change; ensured compliance to Service Level Agreement metrics; supported 5000+ customers engineers Scrum principles.

  • Reduced 25% case volume; improved platform by identifying repeat cases; conducted training and process automation
  • Initiated strategies to reduce case volume and exceeded expectations by achieving YTD avg case closure time to less than 3 days.

American Express
New Delhi, India

Relationship Officer – Credit Cards Sales
04.2011 - 02.2012

Job overview

  • Retained and grew portfolio of relationships by performing proactive, mobile and value-adding partnership role.
  • Monitored, followed-up and escalated cases to meet customer response commitments.
  • Maintained and built close relationships with customers through regular contact and visits.
  • Facilitated meetings and discussions between client and [Type] team.
  • Promoted, structured and provided [Type] advice customized to best meet [Type] needs of customers.
  • Liaised with clients by phone, email and text messaging to meet client needs and define expectations.
  • Developed and cultivated lucrative relationships with both new and existing clients through effective communication and exemplary interpersonal skills.

BA Continuum Solutions (Bank Of America)
Gurgaon, India

Team Member
05.2007 - 03.2008

Job overview

  • Operated register to process payments and collect cash payment for order totals.
  • Maintained productive, efficient approach to all tasks.
  • Contributed to team success by completing jobs quickly and accurately.
  • Broke down boxes and cartons, disposing of refuse in proper cardboard receptacles.

HCL Technologies
Noida, India

Technical Support Officer
09.2006 - 04.2007

Job overview

  • Analyzed and developed service goals for in-bound call center.
  • Tracked KPIs and created continuous improvement plans.
  • Increased customer satisfaction ratings to [Number]%.
  • Developed and implemented training initiatives for new hires.

Education

ICFAI University
Dehradun

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
04.2001

IGNOU
New Delhi

Bachelor in Computer Applications (BCA)
04.2001

Certification

 Certified SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM): Scaled Agile

Timeline

Certified [Job Title], [Company Name] - [Timeframe]

04-2023

 Certified SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM): Scaled Agile

04-2022

Product Owner, Global Product Optimization

American Express
12.2012 - Current

Relationship Officer – Credit Cards Sales

American Express
04.2011 - 02.2012

Team Member

BA Continuum Solutions (Bank Of America)
05.2007 - 03.2008

Technical Support Officer

HCL Technologies
09.2006 - 04.2007

ICFAI University

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
04.2001

IGNOU

Bachelor in Computer Applications (BCA)
04.2001

Senior Process Manager

American Express

Process Manager

American Express

Lead Analyst

American Express
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