PARAG NIGAM

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  • About me

    Product Management @ FedEx | MBA | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Ex: PwC

  • Education

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

      2021 - 2023
      Master of Business Administration - MBA Tech strategy and product management

      Activities and Societies: Co president of Entrepreneurship Club, Student Brand Ambassador Capstone projects: 1) Product management (Worked as a product manager for Amazon to build pilot software for a new retail shopping experience. Interviewed customers, gathered requirements, wrote user stories, prioritized features, and planned sprints). 2) Consulting Practicum (Go to market strategy for new product line for GE Healthcare)

    • Manipal Institute of Technology

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Manipal University Technology Business Incubator, Literary and Debating Club, Rotaract Club

    • Stanford Continuing Studies

      2023 - 2023
      Certificate course - BUS 261 Product Management in the AI era
  • Experience

    • PwC

      Feb 2016 - Nov 2018

      • Led agile team of 5 resources on program management project for UBS bank. Saved $10 Mn by optimizing resource allocation. Conducted utilization analysis, forecasted financials, tracked project progress, followed up with managers and presented recommendations and dashboards in Excel Pivots and Tableau to leadership.• Increased efficiency by 6% across financial consulting projects. Successfully recommended in-house development of a new product after extensive customer interviews, analysis of synergies in current projects and identification of value proposition.• Gathered requirements through interviews and prepared product documentation (Business Requirement Document, Functional Specification document, and Software Requirement Specification) for a Risk Management Software for a bank. Show less

      • Analyst - Advanced Risk Consulting and Analytics

        Jun 2017 - Nov 2018
      • Associate Analyst - Advanced Risk Consulting and Analytics

        Feb 2016 - Jun 2017
    • LogintoHealth

      Dec 2018 - May 2020
      Product Manager

      • Led the development of a telehealth product through the stages of idea generation, screening, concept development, business strategy development, product development, pilot testing and commercialization.• Identified target user personas through user studies and prioritized user stories from backlog for development during sprints.• Evaluated partnerships for API integrations based on cost, performance, API documentation and alignment of strategic goals.• Improved Net Promoter Scores by 6% by collaborating closely with marketing and sales teams to segment customers and streamline marketing expenditure to improve customer lifetime value. Show less

    • CoreLogic

      May 2020 - Aug 2021
      Product Manager

      • Spearheaded the end-to-end development lifecycle of an application to minimize sourcing costs and risks with vendor relationships annually worth $200 Mn. The application allowed restricted members to dynamically update vendor compliance database and inform key stakeholders through automated messaging and dashboards.• Collaborated cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders - CoreLogic’s Executives, legal, financial, and sourcing teams - and strategic IT vendors across the US and Europe to build the product vision and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)• Gathered user requirements, wrote user stories and acceptance criteria, planned sprints, groomed backlog, and prepared short-and-long term product roadmap. Helped drive key decisions on architecture and tech stack through analysis of nonfunctional requirements and extensive consultations with key stakeholders. Show less

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

      Aug 2022 - May 2023
      Teaching Assistant

      TA for “Fundamentals of Management and Marketing”

    • FedEx Corporation

      Nov 2023 - now
      Product Management Advisor

      The Global Air Freight team is the quintessence example of intrapreneurship. We are moving fast and shaking things up with an aim to extend FedEx's leadership in parcel to air freight - all while focusing on the Purple promise of delivering exceptional customer service to our customers! At FedEx, I have:• Led the commercial launch of a new global air freight product. Worked cross functionally with legal, sales, pricing, go-to-market, and product development teams. Conveyed the product vision, collaborated with the regional teams, prepared and reviewed go to market and sales enablement materials - podcast, flyers, newsletters, service guide agreement, updates on fedex.com - to ensure a smooth launch.• Performed competitive analysis and analyzed product specific data to solidify key product positioning features and validate product forecasts. Presented recommendation to leadership and established stakeholder buy in on key aspects.• Performed complex queries, analyzed extensive product data, finalized reporting metrics and presented dashboards and key insights to executives. The insights helped build consensus to fast-track pending product enhancements.• Currently building data driven business plans and driving key cross functional projects on value added services for global air freight offerings. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Cert Prep: 2 Azure Architecture and Security

      LinkedIn
      Jan 2023
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    • SQL-MySQL for Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

      Udemy
      Apr 2020
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    • Machine Learning Foundations for Product Managers

      Duke University
      Aug 2023
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    • PRINCE2® 2017 Foundation & Practitioner

      AXELOS Global Best Practice
      Dec 2019
    • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

      Scrum Alliance
      Jan 2023
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    • Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies

      Duke University | Coursera
      Nov 2019
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    • Introduction to Probability and Data

      Duke University | Coursera
      May 2020
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    • Digital product management : Modern Fundamentals

      University of Virginia
      Apr 2020
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    • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Cert Prep: 1 Cloud Concepts

      LinkedIn
      Jan 2023
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