Mahesh R.

Pune, India

100% Job Success

Top Rated Plus

Program & Product Manager with 14+ Years of Experience

$70.00/hr

✅ Certified "Top 1% Globally " Product & Program Manager - Handpicked by Upwork Experts ✅ Top Most Success Badge by Upwork - "Expert-Vetted" 🏆 ✅ 100% Job Success ✅ 5⭐️ Reviews by All Clients ✅ Working Experience with Startups , Mid sized as well as Fortune 500s like NICE, SpringerNature, Discovery Ltd and British Telecom Hello! I'm a seasoned freelance Product and Program Management expert, specializing in agile methodologies. With a diverse skill set, I offer comprehensive services to help businesses succeed in the digital landscape. Here's what you can expect when working with me: In Product Management: - Product Roadmap: I excel in creating strategic product roadmaps that align with your business goals, ensuring a clear direction for your digital products. - Market Research: I conduct thorough market research to assess demand, competition, and emerging trends, enabling you to make data-driven product decisions. - Technical Feasibility: I evaluate the technical feasibility of your product ideas, considering scalability, infrastructure requirements, and potential constraints. - User Research: I employ user research techniques to gain valuable insights into user preferences, behavior, and pain points, driving user-centric product development. - Requirement Management: I utilize an Agile-based approach to effectively manage and prioritize requirements, ensuring that product features align with stakeholder needs and expectations. I collaborate with stakeholders & development team to elicit, analyze, and document requirements, ensuring a clear understanding of project scope and deliverables. - Go-to-Market Strategy: I develop effective go-to-market strategies, defining target audiences, creating user personas, and implementing impactful marketing tactics for successful product launches. - Growth Strategy: I provide growth strategies to optimize user engagement, increase retention, and drive continuous improvement of your digital products. In Program Management: - Scrum Master: With my expertise as a certified Scrum Product Owner, I effectively facilitate Scrum ceremonies, promote team collaboration, and ensure the successful delivery of projects. - Team Management: I excel in managing cross-functional teams, fostering a collaborative environment, and optimizing team performance to achieve project objectives. - Planning & Budgeting: I create comprehensive project plans, including resource allocation, task scheduling, and budget management, to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget. - Resource Management: I oversee resource allocation, capacity planning, and team coordination, ensuring optimal resource utilization and efficient project execution. - Team Satisfaction: I prioritize the happiness and well-being of team members, promoting a positive work culture, addressing challenges, and facilitating professional growth opportunities. In Application/Tools Expertise: - Management Tools: JIRA, JIRA Automation, Confluence, Trello, ClickUp. - Daily Usage: Google Suite, Microsoft Suite, ChatGPT. - Design Tools: Figma, Balsamiq, draw.io, Visio. - Communication Tools: Slack, MsTeams. My certifications include Scrum Product Owner (Scrum Alliance), Growth Strategist (GrowthX), and Agile Coach (ICP-ACC). These certifications validate my expertise and commitment to delivering high-quality results. I'm passionate about partnering with clients to drive product and program success. Let's collaborate to take your digital initiatives to the next level. Contact me today to discuss how I can contribute to your business's growth and success.

Work History

Product Manager with SAAS background

5.00 Dec 2, 2021 - Jul 12, 2022

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Product Manager/Designer needed for a new social media platform project

5.00 Mar 12, 2022 - Apr 27, 2022

"Thanks, Mahesh for the good work. Mahesh is a kind, considerate and flexible freelancer. He understands product management and is well experienced. We will continue to work with him as often as needed."

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Product Manager (delivery app)

5.00 Oct 10, 2021 - Oct 12, 2021

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Indian product manager to help the "Find My Kids" app to enter the market

5.00 Dec 25, 2020 - Dec 29, 2020

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Expert Requirements Gathering User Story Writer

Jun 28, 2018 - Feb 3, 2020

No feedback given

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Technical writing for a Process Flow

May 24, 2018 - Sep 10, 2018

No feedback given

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[HIRING INDIAN TESTER] Looking for someone based in INDIA to test HTML5 website

5.00 Apr 16, 2018 - Aug 21, 2018

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Experienced Technical Business Analyst

Jul 16, 2016 - Sep 29, 2016

No feedback given

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Create a project RFP document for a web trading system

Apr 15, 2014 - Sep 29, 2016

No feedback given

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Writing Requirements

5.00 Feb 18, 2016 - Jul 11, 2016

"Mahesh knows what he is doing and I enjoyed working with him. His communication and responsiveness were top-notch and his skills were reasonably strong. In any case where the instructions were not clear, he was very forthcoming in asking right questions and we worked well as a team to find the answer. I enjoyed working with Mahesh and will likely have additional jobs for him in the future."

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