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Shashanka Navduru Venkat

Weston,FL

Summary

Proven leader in product management and strategic planning, I significantly enhanced market penetration and revenue generation at Cinch Home Services through expert trend analysis and cross-functional leadership. Specializing in product lifecycle management and partnership building, I achieved notable client acquisition increases, leveraging both technical acumen and stakeholder management skills to drive business success.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr.Product Manager

Cinch Home Services
07.2016 - Current
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Reduced project downtime with quality product inspections.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
  • Monitored market trends and competitor performance and analyzed gaps to update promotional strategies and maximize sales.
  • Consulted with product development teams to enhance products based on customer interest data.
  • Identified target markets for promotional efforts via statistical analysis of demographic information and previous usership figures.
  • Increased new client acquisition through targeted initiatives.
  • Developed and implemented favorable pricing structures balancing firm objectives against customer targets.
  • Created product positioning strategies designed to achieve optimal market penetration.
  • Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
  • Created production operating plans with concrete goals and clear timelines to predict manufacturing output.
  • Monitored market trends and competitor performance to update promotional strategies.
  • Compiled product and customer data to generate informed profit projections.
  • Processed incoming bug report analyses to design software update roadmaps.
  • Coordinated landing page efforts to increase conversion rates.
  • Coordinated innovative strategies to accomplish marketing objectives and boost long-term profitability.

Product Manager

Erp Systems
10.2015 - 07.2016
  • Collaborated with sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.
  • Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
  • Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Reduced project downtime with quality product inspections.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
  • Compiled product and customer data to generate informed profit projections.
  • Spearheaded collaborative efforts to bring products to market.
  • Directed planning and budgeting efforts.
  • Maintained positive vendor relations to build strong partnerships.
  • Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
  • Reviewed new opportunities to drive business strategy at planning sessions.
  • Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines.
  • Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
  • Coordinated design meetings and decisions with internal departments and teams.
  • Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
  • Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.

Sr.Product Owner

Pioneer EHealth
04.2011 - 09.2015
  • 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.
  • Allocated and approved team resource usage.
  • Collaborated with development team on critical milestone services and tasks.
  • Focused on building critical features up front in order to identify constraints and technical challenges.
  • Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where, and when each component would work.
  • Managed budget allocation and resource utilization to maximize marketing ROI.
  • Launched successful digital marketing campaigns that achieved goals for increased website traffic.

Sr. Functional Analyst

Mahindra Satyam
04.2007 - 04.2011
  • Examined source data to issue recommendations for change.
  • Handled and troubleshot SQL and database environments, identifying gaps and problem areas.
  • Configured Financial system to handle Accounting Ops, book keeping and reconciling purposes.
  • Reviewed and tested plans and criteria to meet functional and technical requirements.
  • Reviewed test plans and validated BI reports according to organizational expectations.
  • Met with clients to understand business requirements, perform gap analysis and translate technical requirements.
  • Drafted maps, data dictionaries, user manuals and spec listings to provide foundational resources.
  • Validated business intelligence reports within test environment to troubleshoot production issues.
  • Enhanced project management skills by defining and presenting system solutions and timelines for business needs or technical problems.
  • Analyzed existing systems and databases and recommended enhancements to solve business needs
  • Developed diagrams to describe and lay out logical operational steps.
  • Communicated and explained business requirements to team members to understand and implement functional demands.
  • Collaborated with upper management to drive strategy and implement new processes.
  • Performed internal system acceptance to deliver well-tested enhancements and meet business requirements.
  • Troubleshot incidents reported by end-users to schedule system changes and identify permanent solutions.
  • Offered input for complex documents to support client-ready final versions.
  • Re-engineered existing computer systems to promote ease-of-use and improve system security.
  • Oversaw document development across project workstreams to create internal control statements per compliance and regulatory standards.
  • Assembled and participated in requirement-gathering sessions to define and document functional specs, configurations, enhancements and custom reports.

Functional Analyst

Wipro Technologies
01.2004 - 03.2007
  • Drafted maps, data dictionaries, user manuals and spec listings to provide foundational resources.
  • Met with clients to understand business requirements, perform gap analysis and translate technical requirements.
  • Examined source data to issue recommendations for change.
  • Supported [Type] manager in fielding defects and production operations issues.
  • Reviewed and tested plans and criteria to meet functional and technical requirements.
  • Reviewed test plans and validated BI reports according to organizational expectations.
  • Assembled and participated in requirement-gathering sessions to define and document functional specs, configurations, enhancements and custom reports.
  • Validated business intelligence reports within test environment to troubleshoot production issues.
  • Developed diagrams to describe and lay out logical operational steps.
  • Performed internal system acceptance to deliver well-tested enhancements and meet business requirements.
  • Enhanced project management skills by defining and presenting system solutions and timelines for business needs or technical problems.
  • Communicated and explained business requirements to team members to understand and implement functional demands.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

JNTU
Hyderabad
05.2003

Skills

  • Brand building
  • Market requirement research
  • Staff Management
  • Design thinking
  • Partnership Building
  • Product marketing
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Business Planning
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Launches
  • Product Development
  • Financial Management
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Customer research
  • Business Administration
  • Business Case Development
  • Business Development

Timeline

Sr.Product Manager

Cinch Home Services
07.2016 - Current

Product Manager

Erp Systems
10.2015 - 07.2016

Sr.Product Owner

Pioneer EHealth
04.2011 - 09.2015

Sr. Functional Analyst

Mahindra Satyam
04.2007 - 04.2011

Functional Analyst

Wipro Technologies
01.2004 - 03.2007

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

JNTU

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