Varun Katiyar
Product Manager - 1 (Skipped APM 2) at LEAD School- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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Hindi Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
GoogleJul, 2021- Oct, 2024
Experience
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LEAD School
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India
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Manager - 1 (Skipped APM 2)
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Aug 2022 - Present
Product Owner of ALTUS - LEAD's alternated B2B brand targeting premium customer segments in the market. -> Building Altus 2.0 proposition from ground up.
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Associate Product Manager - 1
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Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
Product Owner of "ALTUS" - LEAD's alternated B2B brand for high paying customer segment, building this in a zero to one journey. (0th - 7th Month)-> Built and shipped more than 5 product offerings in our value-proposition that led to the conversion of high paying customers adding to the revenue of the company-> Worked with a big team strength comprising of 5 cross product teams, 2 teams from curriculum vertical to lead the entire execution successfully.-> Conducted Market Research, Sales and User Interviews and worked on product conceptualisation, requirement gathering, product notes, PRDs, User stories-> Conducted cross-product and cross-vertical team grooming and alignment calls-> Created product roadmaps, did release Planning and project Management-> Post launch sanity, UATs, Setting up SOPs, conducted RCAs(7th-10th Month)-> Worked on an internal ERP Project with a team of 7 developers and 2 PMs to build the architecture of an assessment content creation and management platform targeted to reduce operational cost of assessment content creation by 80%(10th-12th Month)Worked on Value Proposition of Altus 2.0-> Conducted Market Research, Competitor analysis, Sales and User Interviews and Feedbacks. -> Worked on product conceptualisation, requirements gathering, product notes
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Shinaizel
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India
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HVAC and Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
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Founder
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Jun 2019 - Jul 2021
Launched the startup with the aim to provide cooling comfort outside of buildings in theform of cooling jackets.• Won a startup grant to access funding upto 4.5 lakhs• Worked with a cross-functional team to build an MVP that provides 6 times higher coolingtime compared to any other competitor’s product.• Solved 4 major pain points to the users while using competitors products and made it moreinclusive.• Received a 75% positive response from key stakeholders in the construction & mining industryto try our product during due diligence
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Edufeat
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India
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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SME - Chemical Engg
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May 2020 - Jun 2020
Worked as an SME for Chemical Engineering with expertise in Heat and Mass Transfer. Worked on literature reviews, building excel tools, and solving textbook problems. Worked as an SME for Chemical Engineering with expertise in Heat and Mass Transfer. Worked on literature reviews, building excel tools, and solving textbook problems.
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Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
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India
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Development Intern
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May 2019 - Jun 2019
1) Pitched the idea of a novel body cooling jacket technology to upper management at IIT Ropar and secured funding to create a prototype2) Conducted user studies and competitor analysis to find user pain points, product shortcomings, and market gaps.3) Worked on multiple iterations of the prototypes and created test rigs to collect experimental data using Arduino and IOT sensors 1) Pitched the idea of a novel body cooling jacket technology to upper management at IIT Ropar and secured funding to create a prototype2) Conducted user studies and competitor analysis to find user pain points, product shortcomings, and market gaps.3) Worked on multiple iterations of the prototypes and created test rigs to collect experimental data using Arduino and IOT sensors
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Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
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India
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Intern
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May 2018 - Jun 2018
Performed Research and literature review on Electric Vehicles Market and Lithium-Ion Battery Technology. Built an Excel Tool for comparing different battery recycling methods to measure their cost and efficiencies and extrapolated the results to create future forecasts. Performed Research and literature review on Electric Vehicles Market and Lithium-Ion Battery Technology. Built an Excel Tool for comparing different battery recycling methods to measure their cost and efficiencies and extrapolated the results to create future forecasts.
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Editor
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Oct 2017 - Feb 2018
Worked as content writer for student Newsletter at IIT Ropar Worked as content writer for student Newsletter at IIT Ropar
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Education
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2017 - 2021
Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Chemical Engineering -
2002 - 2017
Mahatma Hansraj Modern School, Jhansi
Science and Mathematics, 10th standard-10/10 C.G.P.A , 12th standard-91%
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