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Product Management Leader | Platform & AI-Enabled Products | Fintech | SaaS| | 0→1 product thinking |Driving Revenue, Adoption & Scalable Systems

About

Product Leader with 19+ years of experience building scalable payments, fintech, and enterprise platforms across global transaction ecosystems. Currently leading strategic initiatives at Mastercard focused on cross-border payments, AI-enabled platforms, payment orchestration, transaction reliability, and platform modernization. My experience spans: • Cross-border payments & global money movement • Payment gateways & merchant ecosystems • Payment orchestration & transaction lifecycle optimization • Tokenization, fraud prevention & risk systems • API-first and event-driven platforms • Enterprise SaaS & platform transformation • AI-driven product innovation Over the years, I’ve led platform modernization programs, improved authorization performance, reduced transaction failures, and built scalable product capabilities supporting millions of transactions across distributed payment networks. I enjoy translating complex business challenges into scalable product strategies that drive adoption, platform growth, operational efficiency, and customer trust. Passionate about the future of AI in fintech, global payment ecosystems, and building high-performing teams that deliver measurable business impact.

Location

Pune Division

AI stack

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Work experience

Lead Product Manager at Mastercard, Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, • Reduced global carbon footprint by 10% by identifying 20+ transaction categories and providing data-driven insights through Market Analysis, utilizing DWH for data warehousing and reporting • Escalated transaction volumes by 35% by conceptualizing a program promoting philanthropic ambitions of issuers, employing Product Vision and GTM Strategies • Improved user experience by achieving 30% reduction in transaction decline rates for MasterCard Donate through a 50% reduction in user journey steps, utilizing Product Design and Release Management

Senior Product Manager at Dell Technologies, Dec 2020 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, • Modernized development processes and improved product growth by leading automation, CI/CD improvements, and product maturity assessments, leveraging .Net and AWS • Formulated GTM Strategies for product and feature releases, incorporating product roadmap demos, feature showcases, and roadmapping exercises, showcasing Product Strategy • Scaled the product team by 3X to meet growing client demands, demonstrating Team Management

Product Owner at Vanderlande, May 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, • Generated 50% increase in revenue growth by architecting WMS design and development for a major global retail chain, leveraging Product Management, Product Strategy, and MySQL for robust data management • Elevated user engagement by 40% and customer satisfaction by 20% through redesign of the Clearing module's UI, utilizing Figma for user interface design and Angular for front-end development • Streamlined Packaging module operations, improving 30% in warehouse personnel efficiency by automating key processes, integrating API for system communication and Kafka for real-time event processing

Associate Product Manager / Product Owner at Accenture, Oct 2017 - May 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, • Managed end-to-end Product delivery, including planning, process implementation, and execution, ensuring timely product release and alignment with business objectives, utilizing Java • Facilitated early validation of product vision and alignment with market needs by creating and managing product backlogs, MVP development, and stakeholder collaboration

Test Lead at Wipro, Jan 2014 - Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Education

Executive MBA, Leadership Strategy and Marketing, SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Instrumentation & Control, Mksss Cummins College of Engineering for Women