Resume Skills and Keywords for Head of Product

The Head of Product's position focuses on creating new procedures, sharpening existing ones, enhancing overall team performance, and fostering organizational consensus. Many Head of Product positions necessitate a minimum of ten years of product management expertise. Some smaller companies, on the other hand, appoint directors with only 5 years or more of product management expertise. This position is strongly reliant on data.

Skills required for Head of Product role:

  • Product Design
  • Product Development
  • Global Sourcing 
  • Vendor Relationships
  • Agile Product Management 
  • Articulation & Communication 
  • Conceptualization & Strategy 
  • Planning & Prioritization 
  • Situational Leadership 
  • Data-Driven Decision Making 
  • Prolific Networking

What recruiters look for in a Head of Product resume: 

  • Capable of serving as a product owner on the scrum team(s) and work with engineers to deliver a quality product on time.
  • Strong communication in engaging with customers and partners to deliver roadmap updates, get product feedback, and identify additional challenges and opportunities.
  • Leadership capabilities in directing Product Marketing Managers to assess product mix and marketing strategy.

What can make your Head of Product resume stand out:

A strong summary that demonstrates your skills, experience and background within product management

  • Seasoned Product Management professional with diverse experience in multiple industries. Solid understanding of customer needs and pairing them with real problems to build valuable products/solutions. Skilled at overseeing all facets of project life-cycle, including initiation, planning, resource allocation, testing, and implementation.Expertise in building strong working relationships with internal, external, and cross-functional teams in a multi-national and global environment. 

Targeted job description 

  • Develop and drive the Identity product roadmap including critical capabilities from concept to customer.
  • Innovate by applying your Identity experience and best practice to deliver robust services
  • Translate product strategy into detailed requirements, user stories, and prototypes
  • Work with all stakeholders appropriate to our area to understand problems, desired outcomes and craft a solution.

Related academic background 

  • B.E. – MECHANICAL | RV College of Engineering 2000 - 2004 
  • DIGITAL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION |  Darden School of Business 2019 - 2020 
  • E-MBA – PGPPRO | Indian School of Business 2020 - Pursuing 

Sample Resume of Head of Product in Text Format

Chris Ramage 

Head of Product 

+9878961638888 | chrisramage@gmail.com 

SUMMARY

Seasoned Product Management professional with diverse experience in multiple industries. Solid understanding of customer needs and pairing them with real problems to build valuable products/solutions. Skilled at overseeing all facets of project life-cycle, including initiation, planning, resource allocation, testing, and implementation.Expertise in building strong working relationships with internal, external, and cross-functional teams in multi-national and global environment. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 

Product Head

KREACIONS CONSULTING | 2017 - Present 

  • Working on product development & optimization with organizations in travel, hospitality, retail, construction, IT, health and Home Improvement leading a team of 4 freelance PM’s and Designers. 

@fruitcart.com

  •  Tested the Wizard-of-Oz MVP in 30 days for a 3-way marketplace, adopting significant user motivation & usability insights into a PoC for fund raising. 
  • Developed Product Requirement Document with User Stories, UI Wireframes, GTM Plan & Product Strategy for web & mobile platform. 

@travelworld.com 

  • Increased revenue from ` 1.8 Crores to ` 19.2 Crores in 12 months by launching an integrated dashboard for international tour providers and customers. 
  • Managed a team of 8 to conduct A/B Testing, Concierge/Sales MVP experiments. 
  • Reduced cost/trip by 35% and Customer-Acquisition-Cost by over 75%. 

@Jain Bistro Restaurant Chain 

  • Drove revenue from ` 8 Crores to ` 21 Crores in one year by designing Customer Experience and Marketing Strategy, resulting in expansion from 2 to 6 locations. 
  • Conducted market analysis, financial modelling, product planning & brand styling. 

@ Geeky Electronics 

  • Designed regression model to scale business from 52 to 88 stores in 36 months. 
  • Developed Inventory MIS to improve turnover ratio by 60% in 12 months. 
  • Customer Loyalty program improving Customer Loyalty Index by 220% in 6 months. 

@ tulipmmindwellness.com 

  • Conducted Value-Proposition Hypothesis to develop Business Model Canva 
  • Overlooked Ideation to Prototype for Website and Mobile app including UX Testing. 

Product Director

PROMIZON SECURITY & AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS | 2014 - 2017 

  • Managed a team of 33 across various business functions providing products and services in electronic security, fire safety and building/home automation systems. 
  • Achieved 600% Y-o-Y growth in revenue by expanding the operations in Tier-1 & Tier- 2 cities across South Indian states. Negotiated Distribution Partnerships with over 15 International brands in 12 months. 
  • Imparted Technical Training to sales team and channel partners across all territories. Led the development and launch of Electronic Surveillance products achieving turnover ratio of less than 45 days and 30% of contribution to company revenue. 
  • Built SaaS cloud-based remote surveillance web app with a contribution to company revenue of 15% within 12 months. 

EDUCATION 

  • B.E. – MECHANICAL | RV College of Engineering 2000 - 2004 
  • DIGITAL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION |  Darden School of Business 2019 - 2020 
  • E-MBA – PGPPRO | Indian School of Business 2020 - Pursuing 

SKILLS 

  • Agile Product Management 
  • Articulation & Communication 
  • Conceptualization & Strategy 
  • Planning & Prioritization 
  • Situational Leadership 
  • Data-Driven Decision Making 
  • Prolific Networking 

AFFILIATIONS 

  • Ex-National Board Member | Round Table India 2011 - Present 
  • Board of Education | University of Mysore 2014 - 2016 

COURSES 

  • Gamification at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 
  • Agile Development Specialization at Darden School of Business 
  • Building a Product Roadmap & Strategy at LinkedIn Learning | PMI Registered Education 

MOST PROUD OF 

Institute of the Year 2016 

  • Featured in Higher Education Review Magazine, as CEO of iPixio Design College in August 2016. 

PRODUCT/PROJECT PORTFOLIO

  • Group Booking & Management Console for Customized Outbound Adventure Trips. 
  • Developed cloud-based remote Surveillance monitoring app. Project Financial modelling tool. SaaS LMS Edu-tech product. 
  • Largest 5-star Hotel (845 suites) & Tallest Tower (77 Floor) in Kuwait. 
  • Launched Hitachi Power Tools in Kuwait. 
  • Triple Digit Growth 2x to 6x revenue growth with almost all product leadership roles