Jayesh Nema
Senior VP of Product Management at Zee Entertainment | All things product
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Bangalore, India

Experienced marketer with over a decade of product development in B2B and go-to-market strategy. Skilled in API development and fluent in Hindi and English. I have worked with renowned companies like Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Blackhawk Network India, Flock, MakeMyTrip, and Myntra. #ProductDevelopment #B2B #GoToMarket

Senior Vice President Product Management, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited
July 2022 - Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Director of Product Management, Blackhawk Network India
May 2021 - July 2022
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Group Product Manager, Flock
September 2019 - November 2020
Mumbai Area, India
Senior Product Manager, MakeMyTrip
April 2016 - July 2019
Bangalore
-Currently heading the Payments platform/ ecosystem/ road-map for GI
-Driving thousands of transactions per day across different verticals like Flights, Hotels, Cars, Trains and Buses as internal stakeholders while catering to revenue in Millions per day
-Managing the SLAs of success rates and transaction costs across both collection and refunds of transactions
- Driving the development for supporting internal functions/stakeholders like CRM, Finance, Reconciliation, Offers and Alliances across integrations for smooth operations of the payments ecosystem on GI
-Driving the development for supporting external functions/stakeholders like Payment Gateways, Banks and Payment support providers like GPAY & Phonpe for operational excellence on GI Payments ecosystem
-Drive the product road-map for MMT user's post booking experience for a million+ user base with the focus on customer delight and user engagement.
Senior Product Manager, Myntra
August 2014 - March 2016
Bengaluru Area, India
- Drive the product road-map for Myntra's Buying & Planning applications and managing it in accordance with Business targets
- Champion business efficiency and process improvements with different teams like Category, Planning, Finance, Cataloging and Vendor management with tech products incubation.
- Orchestrate build versus buy decisions at critical junctures considering the time to market vs. cost advantages
- Lead regular health checks with stakeholders and vendors to ensure systems are functioning to their delight and bring in future enhancements
Program Manager, Expedia
April 2013 - June 2014
Gurgaon
Responsibilities
- Partner with Business leaders and development teams to define the strategic vision for Expedia that meet business needs while working to delight the user/customer.
- Learn & internalize strong understanding of priorities and develop specifications of comprehensive solutions.
- Resolve conflicting priorities through proactive communication; and alignment of requirements, timelines and stakeholders
- Track progress and recognize key risk areas for development/implementations
- Work with IT, Support and functional teams to review new and existing processes, ensuring compliance and control
- Deliver on IT’s strategic imperatives: Simplification, Speed & Customer Focus

Test and Learn
- Provided quick delivery of multiple features to support the decision making of business leaders. 
- Managed the delivery with project management oversight for newly developed initiatives while partnering with the UX Design team and business leaders to gather high impact customer data.

Route Management
- Drove the delivery of innovative projects laid out by business leadership, showcasing more products in the partner sites.
- Optimized resources by streamlining supported routes ensuring that we operate only on most profitable routes.
- Managed dynamic pricing of products to stay competitive & relevant in the partner sites.
Software Design Engineer, Microsoft
May 2008 - March 2012
Part of the Applications & Gadgets Experience Group (WordPad and Reader) for Windows 7 & 8 

Windows 7: WordPad – Support for new document formats such as docx & odt for and redesigned User Interface with ribbon controls
- Redesigned and replaced the legacy test framework that was used since 1995 to enable testing of both existing & new features
- Drove feature testing while working with internationally placed cross-functional teams of designers, software development engineers and program managers to guarantee a high-quality, smooth and efficient product delivery

Windows 8: PDF Reader – New application to support PDF format, a sought after feature in Windows Applications & Gadgets Suite
- Gathered requirements from Program Managers & bench-marked features against PDF readers from competitors
- Developed detailed test specifications, including test cases & test-automation framework, scheduled & prioritized product features
- Drove and monitored key performance metrics, including the timely filing, tracking and closure of bugs
Software Engineer, Huawei
August 2006 - April 2008
Implemented the IPSEC cache module as a fresh graduate and delivered the same while winning multiple awards for product functionality.
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), IT, Strategy, Marketing & Operations
2012 - 2013
Indian School of Business
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