Nitish Argal

Senior Product Manager

Sector: IT-Software

Member Since, July 2, 2022

About Me

  • Academic Level Master’s Degree
  • Gender Male
  • Industry Banking
  • Date of Birth 19/12/1989

Description

Passionate, value-driven individual with overall experience of 10 years, currently working with Wells Fargo as a Senior Product Manager.

Education

  • PGDM Executive (Finance) (2019 - 2021) IMT Ghaziabad, CDL

    First Class (71.2%)

  • B.Tech. (Computer Science) (2007 - 2012) Bharati Vidyapeeth COE Pune

    First Class with Distinction

Work & Experience

  • Wells Fargo (2021 - Present ) SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER

    Key Project: Small Business Product Recommender Tool  Built a product recommendation tool for over 3 million Small Business customers and prospects thereby increasing conversion rate of website visitors by 7.3% within 6 months. The website bounce rate reduced from 89% to 72%  The average application time was reduced by 25% resulting in expense benefit for the bank as tool has successfully replaced the utilization of time and service of bankers  Implemented enhancement features within tool including video banker assistance, adaptive product compare functionality, integration with Apply journey across segments, real-time Glassbox analytics reporting amongst others

  • HSBC India (2019 - 2021 ) SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST

    Key Project: Mastercard Card Migration for First Direct Bank, UK  Issuance of new Mastercard debit cards to 1.6 million bank customers replacing VISA cards along with enhanced card control functionality and a new rewards/loyalty program  Upgradation to new card management system for bank resulting in improved TAT by 30% for numerous card issuance and card management processes  Lead the redesign of MI reporting of numerous areas of bank through Cross functional liaison thereby updating more than 70 internal and external reports

  • Nihilent Limited, Pune (2018 - 2019 ) CONSULTANT

    Key Project: Digital Evolution for Nedbank, South Africa  Digitization of Multiple form-based processes resulting in overall UX improvement and reduced servicing TATs by 50% with improved accuracy  Conducted on-site interviews and performed job shadowing with bank staff and various sections of customer representatives including ethnic minorities and marginalized sections to identify pain points and digital solutions

  • Barclays Technology Centre India (2012 - 2018 ) Business Analyst

    Key Project: Travel Card Wallet  Built currency converter feature on banking app which increased bank’s revenue by attracting new customers and opening a new FX revenue stream of £1.5mil in 1st Quarter  Market research on UK banks and other FinTechs offering currency conversion products Key Project: iOS App for Bankers  Built an iOS application which handled 1 million customer requests in the UK. Led to 38% decrease in waiting time and better UX  Designed a feedback functionality within app resulting in direct feedback from end users and better backlog management  Received promotion for outstanding contribution in the Digital Innovation Project. Received Statement of Recognition from CIO.

Expertise

Agile
Stakeholder Management

Skill Portfolio