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Nitin Mahindrakar

Product & Strategy Leader | AI | Entrepreneur | Harvard Business School

About Me

► My success is driven by my ability to build highly effective strategies that drive revenue and product growth with better alignment of resources, product innovation, market positioning, identifying synergies within organization and with strategic partners ► Demonstrated ability in developing and executing strategies supporting expansion in existing and new markets (domestic and international) ► Drive solid results to top line and bottom line, bolstered by over a decade of experience in leadership positions. SUMMARY ► Have 20+ years of industry experience with extensive experience in strategy, product innovation and management. ► Natural skills in building genuine connections with people at all levels, to inspire teams to produce exemplary results via hands-on involvement and cross-functional delegation ► Leverages a unique mix of visionary, strategic, technical, operations and analytical expertise, consistently exceeding performance goals by aligning talent and effort with organizational objectives ►Engaging and Influential leader who creates immediate impact, produces results and fuels positive outcomes

Jurisdiction

United States | Canada | United Kingdom

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Vice President of Product Strategy and Commercialization
2021 - 2022

- Lead cross-functional teams to build out new business initiatives / products offerings for the division through strategic planning and resource planning. - Translate the needs of the market into product offerings using a standardized methodology for product readiness, launch, and on-going performance tracking. - Collaborate with the Sales, Marketing Product Management and Product Development teams to develop go to market strategies to support the revenue growth and business objectives. - Serve as a trusted advisor to the business on financial performance, productivity and execution excellence based on metrics and KPI's. -Define client experience strategy and liaise with Product Management to develop and prioritize enhancement initiatives based on voice of customer and KPI metrics in relation to client satisfaction and retention. About Deluxe: Deluxe™, a Fortune 1000, publicly traded company (NYSE: DLX), generating more than $2 billion in annual revenue. Deluxe provides Trusted Business Technology™ to over 4 million small businesses, more than 4,000 financial institutions and hundreds of the world’s largest consumer brands.

Product Management & Strategy Leader - Digital Channels / Mobiliti / AI Based Banking
2015 - 2021

★ Had responsibility for growing the capability of Fiserv's product range that currently offers online and mobile financial services applications for over 2,000 Financial institutions (FI’s) and provides services to millions of consumers ★ Lead the evolution of a digital banking product suite to a set of cutting edge capabilities that can be leveraged by financial institutions and enable a whole new partner eco-system. ★ Lead introduction of AI based banking solutions in new emerging channels like Voice and Chat. ★ Lead all aspects of product strategy as well as reinvent the business model so they can meet the future vision and business objectives. ★ Spearhead financial well being and financial literacy offering that also focuses on our client's loan portfolio growth via analytics and data insights. ★ Evangelize AI and Conversational Banking, mobile and digital solutions with existing customers, new prospects, and industry thought leaders ★ Understand market and analyze the competitive landscape to translate into strategies, product growth and, feature road-map. ABOUT FISERV Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) provides information management and electronic commerce systems and services to the financial and insurance industries. Leading services include transaction processing, outsourcing, electronic bill payment and presentment, investment management solutions, business process outsourcing (BPO), software and systems solutions. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., Fiserv is the leading provider of core processing solutions for U.S. banks, credit unions and thrifts. Skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Product Innovation · Strategic Vision · Commercialization · Start-ups · Business Strategy · Strategy · Go-to-Market Strategy · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Product Strategies · Thought Leadership · Executive Visibility · Software as a Service (SaaS) · Competitive Landscape · Product Management · Stakeholder Management · Strategic Leadership

Director of Product Management / Strategic Partnerships
2014 - 2015

★ Manage relationships and integration efforts with strategic alliance partners with focus on core goals of executing partnerships to enable rapid penetration of our products in new industries and partnering with companies to enable Equifax’s data assets and products to offer value-add services. ★ Manage cross functional teams spread across different organizations to deliver on strategic initiatives and partner programs. ★ Identify and define solutions / product offerings to drive partner objectives. ★ Set and manage performance metrics and KPIs to track partner objectives.

Director - Product Management & Strategy
2012 - 2014

★ Direct all aspects of product road-map development for Equifax Direct to Consumer(DTC) business and the Equifax International (Canada), while managing platform strategy for the Equifax Personal Solutions website (Direct To Consumer platform) and Indirect Partner platform. ★ Drive mobile strategy for the consumer / partner products, prioritizing the development of App and features based on forecasted ROI. ★ Manages teams of cross-functional professionals engaged in multiple concurrent product development initiatives. ★ Works with members of Sales, Marketing, Business Development, UX/CX team and Operations to develop product launch plans that ensure successful timing and positioning. ★ Adept in the management of all phases of integrated application development, leading up to and including the release of products. ★ Tripled revenue from Canada markets through the definition and direction of business growth and product strategy. ★ Eliminated over $20MM in expenses by bringing credit scoring functions in-house. ABOUT EQUIFAX Equifax is a global leader in consumer, commercial and workforce information solutions that provide businesses of all sizes and consumers with insight and information they can trust. Equifax organizes and assimilates data on more than 600 million consumers and 81 million businesses worldwide. The company's significant investments in differentiated data, its expertise in advanced analytics to explore and develop new multi-source data solutions, and its leading-edge proprietary technology enable it to create and deliver unparalleled customized insights that enrich both the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers.

Education

Masters of Business Administration & LeadershipHarvard Business School
Present
Masters of Computer SciencePune University
2000
Degree of Computer SciencePune University
1998

Skills

Core skills0
Languages2

Languages

English
Hindi