Pranjal Daware

About Pranjal Daware

Product Leader with 18+ years experience I help companies turn AI/ML opportunities into…

Experience

1. Product Manager & Business Analyst

   Shell

   Jul 2018 — Present · Bangalore, IN

   Responsible for driving critical projects across different regional clusters, focusing on the creation and management of product backlogs, legacy system analysis, and ensuring on-time delivery of scalable software products. Involved in working with cross-functional teams to diagnose system gaps, ensure smooth deployment activities, and monitor budgets to maintain financial alignment.• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked with high-performing engineering teams to ensure the delivery of scalable software products that meet customer needs and adhere to high standards of quality. • Stakeholder Communication: Maintained clear and consistent communication with all stakeholders, providing regular updates on the current progress of projects, and ensuring alignment with business goals.• Regional Project Support: Led programs, projects, and small demands related to Asset Integrity, Growth Initiatives, and Customer Value Propositions (CVPs) across various regional clusters, including AME (Canada, United States), CEE (Czech Republic & Slovakia), ensuring project success in diverse markets.• Site Deployment & Go Live Support: Played an active role in site deployment and Go Live activities, collaborating with cross-functional teams located across different geographies to ensure smooth transitions into production.• Hyper Care and Operations Handover: Led hyper care calls post-Go Live to ensure smooth stabilization of systems and facilitated the handover to operations teams for ongoing support and maintenance.• Budget Monitoring & Financial Management: Monitored current year budgets, forecasts (LE), and actuals, ensuring accurate financial tracking and alignment. Actively worked to ensure that budget forecasts matched actual expenditures.• Budget Tracker & Accrual Management: Created and updated budget trackers for various projects, raised accruals for unpaid invoices, and ensured proper resource allocation, extensions, or deallocation as necessary.