Crafting Digital Experiences with Passion
10+ years of experience of Transforming ideas into elegant solutions through creative design and innovative development

About
I’m Rohit Bhonde, a CSPO®, CSM®, and AWS-CCP certified consultant with over a decade of experience across Banking, FinTech, Insurance, Lending, Cards, ERP, Travel, E-commerce, and Software Product domains. I specialize in helping organizations design and deliver secure, scalable, and customer-centric digital solutions. My core expertise includes payment systems, customer onboarding journeys (including insurance and loans), core banking integrations, and ERP modernization. With a strong grounding in Agile methodologies and hands-on experience in microservices, APIs, and cloud-native architectures, I’ve successfully partnered with leading financial institutions and technology firms to streamline operations, drive automation, and accelerate time-to-market.

Product Speacialist & Agile Coach
Over a decade of experience across Banking, FinTech, and Digital Platforms. I help organizations build scalable, user-centric solutions in payments, onboarding, and core banking. My expertise spans Agile delivery, microservices, APIs, and cloud architectures.
I’ve led cross-functional teams to drive automation, optimize operations, and accelerate product delivery.

Rohit Bhonde
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Resume
Well-versed in B2C, B2B, SAAS, & PAAS products market. Increased sales revenue by 15% helping the sales team to reuse and cross-sell existing functionalities, features, and products.
Work Experience
Domain expertise in Banking, Insurance, Loans, Cards, Payments, Travel, Mobile Apps and E-commerce. Extensive experience working with global clients from Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, Dubai, Bahrain, & Zimbabwe.
Axis Bank
May, 2024 - CurrentSenior Product Manager
Leading Product teams responsible for end to end savings, salary and staff salary accounts onboarding journey.
Bajaj Finserv Direct Limited
Dec, 2020 - May, 2024Lead Product Owner
Managed 3 Product teams responsible for Insurance, Loans, Cards, ERP, Payments, and e-commerce.
- Plan, manage (Jira & Confluence) & communicate (meetings, team & client sync) the progress (KPIs), achieving milestones & maintaining momentum of the project
- Possess a strong understanding of both monolith & microservices architecture. Evaluate client’s Web architecture (Java, Microservices, Kubernetes) and help to deliver the technical solutions & improve security posture, & web delivery.
- Identify problem statement, do RCA (API monitoring, logs & analysis (Kibana)), write requirements & design solutions.
- Facilitate scrum ceremonies backlog grooming, sprint planning, estimation (using planning poker), daily scrum, sprint demo, release cadence, sprint review, sprint velocity check, and sprint retrospective sessions.
- Collaboration JAD sessions with developers, solution architects, business stakeholders, Data Engineering (Tableau), & Quality Assurance professionals significantly increased sprint productivity and velocity (55% improvement)
- Perform project quality management and manage compliance with standards, rules and regulations. Collaborated on UX design improvements, achieving 30% user retention growth.
- Developed comprehensive GTM strategies aligning product features to market needs. Well-versed with multiple payment gateways such as PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net, Braintree, RazorPay, and Payu.
Hartley Lab Pvt Ltd
Jan, 2019 - Dec, 2020Product Owner (Senior Business Analyst)
Saved $2.7M for the client by delivering the project ahead of schedule using extreme programming (XP) techniques
Ashore Systems Pvt Ltd
Jun, 2018 - Jan, 2020Senior Business Analyst
Handled Project Costing, Business development,
Premier Service Medical Investments, Zimbabwe
Jul, 2017 - Feb, 2018Business Analyst (ICT Developer)
WizProTek Consultants
Jul, 2015 - Jun, 2017Business Analyst
My Education
Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly the University of Pune)
2012-2015Master of Computer Application
(Management)
University of Pune
2008 - 2012Bachelor of Computer Application
Services
I define product strategy and roadmaps aligned with business goals and user needs. I lead discovery and research to identify pain points and translate them into clear, actionable requirements.
I manage Agile delivery, ensuring smooth collaboration across design, development, and QA teams.
I use data and user feedback to continuously optimize features and drive product growth. I oversee end-to-end lifecycle management from concept to launch and beyond ensuring business value and customer satisfaction.
Product Strategy & Roadmapping
Crafting a clear product vision aligned with business goals, supported by market research, user insights, and competitor analysis. This includes defining product OKRs, building strategic roadmaps, and identifying opportunities for innovation and growth.
Customer-Centric Discovery & Agile Delivery
Driving product discovery through persona creation, journey mapping, and feedback loops. Leading Agile teams to deliver features iteratively, managing product backlogs, facilitating ceremonies, and ensuring alignment between stakeholders, designers, and developers.
Data-Driven Decision Making & Optimization
Leveraging analytics tools to define KPIs, monitor usage metrics, and validate product hypotheses. Conducting A/B testing, user funnel analysis, and continuous performance tracking to inform prioritization and enhance product value.
Go to Market Execution & Lifecycle Management
Ensuring seamless product launches through GTM planning, stakeholder coordination, user onboarding, and post-launch support. Managing the full product lifecycle from MVP to scale while ensuring sustainability, customer satisfaction, and ROI.