Product & Project Management

Arjun Rao

Product Manager

Product discovery, prioritisation and cross-functional decisions.

Lucknow, India

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Professional profile

Product Manager with an illustrative 11-year career focused on product discovery, prioritisation and cross-functional decisions. Brings together discovery interviews, product strategy and prioritisation with practical delivery experience. Selected work below shows the problem, my contribution and the handover material rather than unsupported performance claims.

Professional experience

Jul 2022 - Present

Product Manager

Asterline Product Systems

Responsible for scoped product discovery, prioritisation and cross-functional decisions work, coordinating the relevant reviewers and delivery partners.

  • Combined interview findings with journey events, framed competing hypotheses and selected a bounded pilot.
  • Introduced explicit decision criteria and negotiated a narrower sequence with engineering and commercial teams.
  • Maintained decision context and made unresolved questions visible before handover.
Jul 2018 - Jun 2022

Product Manager

Northmere Product Systems

Built a scoped practice in product discovery, prioritisation and cross-functional decisions, with a defined review process.

  • Used discovery interviews and experiment design on assigned work; recorded decisions so colleagues could understand the approach.
  • Prepared prioritised roadmap and decision register and incorporated specialist feedback before closing the workstream.
Jul 2015 - Jun 2018

Project Coordinator

Cedarfield Product Systems

Built foundations through supported assignments, observation and practical feedback.

  • Assisted with product strategy and roadmapping, checking work with an experienced reviewer.
  • Kept organised work records and developed clear handover habits through supervised practice.
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Core capabilities

01Discovery interviews02Product strategy03Prioritisation04Experiment design05Roadmapping06Metrics definition

Product & delivery cases

01Decision context

Onboarding direction

The challenge

The team disagreed about why new users stopped early.

My contribution

Combined interview findings with journey events, framed competing hypotheses and selected a bounded pilot.

Deliverable Opportunity brief and experiment plan

02Scope / dependencies

Product focus reset

The challenge

The roadmap held more commitments than the team could deliver.

My contribution

Introduced explicit decision criteria and negotiated a narrower sequence with engineering and commercial teams.

Deliverable Prioritised roadmap and decision register

Education

2013 - 2015

MBA in Product Management

Asterbridge Institute of Professional Studies

Specialist study with a practice focus on discovery interviews and product strategy.

2009 - 2013

Bachelor-level study in the relevant discipline

Cedarhaven College of Applied Studies

Foundation study, practical assignments and supervised learning. Fictional institution and qualification record.

Continuing development

2024

Discovery interviews - advanced practice workshop

Scenario exercises and peer review in product discovery, prioritisation and cross-functional decisions.

2025

Experiment design - reflective practice seminar

Applied learning reviewed through a bounded example and a written reflection.

Practice notes

Work focus
Product discovery, prioritisation and cross-functional decisions
Evidence status
Illustrative work descriptions; no source artefacts attached
Contribution scope
Owned the stated workstream, not all team outcomes

Languages

English - professional working / Hindi - professional working