About Deepu Kumar
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Experience
- Self EmployedIndependent Product Management ConsultantApril 2026 - Today (3 months)Bengaluru, IndiaFreelance Product Manager Product Business / Solution Consultant• • Providing fractional PM, Business Analysis, and Implementation Consulting services to clients on a contract basis across EU, US, and Canada.• • Engagements span product strategy, roadmap creation, backlog grooming, sprint facilitation, requirements gathering, and go-live support.• • Available for contract, hourly-rate, and fixed-scope engagements across SaaS, Workforce, HRIS, Supply Chain, and E-Commerce domains.
- Deltek – RepliconProduct Manager – Workforce Management SaaSMay 2021 - February 2026 (4 years and 9 months)(AWS Cloud)• • Scaled user base 3× (200K → 650K+ users) by leading product enhancements across Timesheets, Time off, Overtime, Payroll, Reports, and Compliance modules for Enterprise and SMB customers globally.• • Shipped three AI-powered features: (1) LLM-based localisation engine reducing translation vendor costs by ~90%; (2) NLP report summarisation delivering instant insights from workforce data; (3) intelligent timesheet approval model accelerating manager workflows — differentiating the platform in competitive deals.• • Designed and launched an internal configuration-migration tool, eliminating 95%+ of manual errors and customer escalations during enterprise onboarding and go-live events.• • Led end-to-end platform rebranding across web and mobile, improving UX/performance and accelerating sales cycles — directly contributing to new logo acquisition across APAC, EMEA, and North America.• • Owned multi-year product roadmap and feature prioritisation, orchestrating quarterly planning with CEO, Board of VPs, Marketing, Customer Success, and Integration teams to align delivery with revenue targets.• • Mentored 3 junior PMs on user research, pain-point articulation, and requirements definition — elevating product discovery quality across the organisation.• • Facilitated daily scrums, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and quarterly business reviews (QBRs); acted as the single point of contact between engineering and executive leadership.
- Boeing IndiaProduct Manager – Digital Supply Chain &December 2017 - April 2021 (3 years and 4 months)• • Built Digital Visibility Thread, a supply chain SaaS product managing millions of airplane parts across global manufacturing programmes — improving part-search efficiency by 94% and saving 50,000+ manual hours per programme.• • Led API product suite development, enabling seamless integration across Boeing's internal and partner ecosystem; projected annual savings ~$1 M.• • Defined multi-year product strategy aligned to C-suite OKRs; led weekly performance reviews with stakeholders across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and IT.• • Delivered iterative feature releases with high throughput, maintaining clear stakeholder expectations and measurable product impact across complex, large-scale programmes.
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Education
- MBASunstone Business SchoolMBA
- B.E.NIEB.E.
Certifications
- GenAI for Product ManagersCoursera2026
- SAFe AgilistScaled Agile Inc2016