Varshitha B R
Technical Product Manager
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Technical Product Manager with 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience and a Certified Product Manager credential, bringing a rare blend of technical depth and product thinking to cross-functional teams. Experienced translating stakeholder requirements and Figma designs into shippable product features across global webpages and SaaS platforms. Skilled at bridging engineering, design, and business — driving requirements gathering, prioritization, and data-driven decisions using analytics (GA4, GTM, Hotjar) and A/B testing. Comfortable owning a feature end-to-end, from roadmap input through technical execution and release, having personally built and shipped the products being managed.
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Technical Product Manager
Samatvam
Feb 2024 - Present
Owned product requirements from discovery and requirement gathering through delivery, translating business needs into clear SRS (Software Requirements Specifications), functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product documentation. Collaborated with business stakeholders, engineering, QA, design, and end users to define product scope, priorities, dependencies, and delivery milestones. Managed and prioritized product backlogs, converting requirements into actionable user stories and maintaining alignment between business objectives and technical implementation. Defined and monitored product KPIs and success metrics, using delivery, quality, adoption, performance, and user-feedback indicators to evaluate product outcomes and identify improvement opportunities. Conducted Sprint Retrospectives, facilitating discussions around what went well, challenges, root causes, and actionable improvements; tracked retrospective action items through subsequent sprints. Facilitated key Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews/Demos, Backlog Refinement, and Retrospectives. Contributed to REDCap-based data and reporting initiatives for university/research environments, helping translate data and operational requirements into usable product workflows and reporting solutions.
Senior Technical Analyst – Frontend & E-commerce
ClickPost
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Gathered and translated requirements from logistics and e-commerce stakeholders into product features for dashboards and admin panels. Owned release validation and go-live decisions, conducting regression, UAT, and cross-browser testing before every production deployment. Designed a custom CMS admin panel enabling non-technical teams to self-serve dynamic content, reducing dependency on engineering for routine updates. Identified and prioritized performance fixes that improved API-driven frontend performance by 40%.
Full-Stack Developer
Trika Technologies
May 2021 - Dec 2024
Acted as a de facto product owner for 8+ live global e-commerce brands, balancing client requirements, technical scope, and delivery timelines. Drove requirements gathering and solution design for cart/checkout flow rebuilds (promo codes, multi-step shipping/payment) based on stakeholder and user feedback. Prioritized and scoped CI/CD pipeline improvements (Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), reducing deployment cycles by 60% with zero-downtime releases. Used GA4, GTM, and Hotjar insights to define and prioritize UX improvements, driving a 25% increase in user engagement. Set up HubSpot CRM workflows and Klaviyo lifecycle campaigns, aligning marketing and engineering around shared customer data. Mentored junior developers and led retrospectives and UAT sessions, building team process and delivery discipline.
Senior UI Developer
Samatvam
Feb 2020 - Dec 2024
Partnered directly with stakeholders to translate product requirements and Figma designs into scalable React + TypeScript features, balancing business priorities with technical feasibility. Drove prioritization of performance and SEO improvements (Next.js SSR/SSG, Core Web Vitals), aligning engineering effort with product and business goals. Used Hotjar heatmaps, session recordings, and funnel analysis to inform feature prioritization and identify conversion-critical UX issues for the product roadmap. Operated as a part-time technical contributor while holding a parallel full-time engineering role, managing scope and delivery across both commitments.
iOS & Android Development Internship
SJBIT
Jan 2018 - Jan 2021
Completed hands-on training in Swift/SwiftUI and Kotlin for mobile app development as part of an internship program. Performed UI, functional, and performance testing using Xcode Simulator and Android Studio Emulator. Received training certification upon completion of the program.
Education
B.Tech in Computer Science and Technology - Visvesvaraya Technological University
- 2021 · Afghanistan
Certifications
iOS & Android App Development Training
SJBIT · 2021
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