About

Gaurav Relhan is an experienced Product Manager at Publicis Sapient with over 11 years of relevant experience. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Information Management from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research. Gaurav is skilled in product management, product design, quality assurance, and mobile applications. At Publicis Sapient, Gaurav is responsible for analyzing the competitive environment, customers, and product metrics to determine the right set of features to drive acquisition, engagement, or retention. He deeply analyzes customer needs and develops business cases, creates comprehensive product and marketing roadmaps, and drives global product requirements definition product planning and product design. He works cross-functionally and with the product development team to bring features live to the site and clearly communicates product benefits to users and internal stakeholders. Gaurav also defines product feature roadmap execution plans and creates compelling demos that demonstrate the potential of application workflows. Prior to Publicis Sapient, Gaurav worked as a Product Owner at Virtusa, where he was responsible for redesigning user journeys in a Commercial Corporate Cards application for a major US-based bank. He created and managed a product backlog based on client requirements to ensure timely delivery, created epics and user stories with product specifications, and facilitated teams with grooming sessions post the prioritization and planning of sprint deliverables. He collaborated with different teams, including design, engineering, and quality assurance, to ensure the quality of delivery and facilitated sprint demos with business owners, client product managers, and other stakeholders. Gaurav has also completed several academic projects during his MBA, including developing a mathematical model to predict stock market performance, analyzing the growth potential and attractiveness of the Indian Online Travel Industry, and increasing user engagement in mobile apps. He has experience in social sentiment analysis, social media analytics, and IT strategy consulting for start-ups in the sports event management space. Gaurav's education history includes a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Kurukshetra University and a high school degree from St. Sophia Sr. Sec. School, Hisar. He has also completed an Advanced Program in Information Management for Business Excellence, Strategy & Analytics from the University of Texas and a Product Management course from Upgrad. Gaurav's tech stack includes product management, product design, quality assurance, mobile applications, sentiment analysis, Python, and UI.