About Me
Veerendra Sontakke
Lead Product Manager · Pune, India
Versatile Product Leader with 18+ years transforming complex, regulated systems into market-leading platforms. Cross-domain expertise spanning Healthcare, Mortgage, Payments, Fintech, and EdTech. Currently at Mastercard leading acceptance solutions for digital wallets, EV charging, and mobility payments.
Work Experience
Lead Product Manager
Mastercard Technology
Dec 2024 – Present
- ▸Enabled EV charging payments aligning EMVCo with ISO15118 digital contract standards
- ▸Boosted merchant confidence via Mastercard Click to Pay and Secure Remote Commerce
- ▸Improved Amazon digital wallet adoption through Card Pull Provisioning initiative
- ▸Delivered comprehensive acceptance platform combining payer interfaces with payment processing infrastructure
Product Owner
ParentPay India
Jun 2023 – Dec 2024
- ▸Unlocked £45M revenue opportunity leading comprehensive finance reporting solution for 8.5K schools
- ▸De-risked product-market fit with 50+ customer enrolments in Early Adopter Program
- ▸Sustained 80% retention using integrated Google Analytics to track product performance
- ▸Reduced time-to-market by adopting Generative AI tools for documentation and training
Product Manager
ICE Mortgage Technologies
Jul 2021 – Jun 2023
- ▸Realised $101.4M in revenue (2022) enhancing mortgage technology with automated underwriting
- ▸Reduced underwriting decision time from days to hours via Credit, Income, and Asset Analysers
- ▸Reduced data extraction errors by 40% implementing AI-powered Machine Learning in mortgage analyzers
- ▸Cut loan document processing time by 60% via Robotic Process Automation
Product Owner
JPMorgan Services India
Feb 2021 – Jul 2021
- ▸Reduced redemption failures enhancing Data Services reliability for Customer Loyalty platform
- ▸Cut FinOps processing time via user-research and UX design initiatives
Technical Product Owner
Tietoevry India
Mar 2012 – Jan 2021
- ▸Improved customer retention by 25% through Population Health BI Dashboard
- ▸Avoided $100K annual cost through comprehensive build-vs-buy analysis
- ▸Reduced production defects by 35% through Object-Oriented refactoring
- ▸Reduced planning cycle time by 40% applying Value Stream and User Journey Mapping
Skills & Expertise
Product StrategySystems ThinkingPayments & Digital WalletsStakeholder ManagementUser & Market ResearchGenerative AIREST / Java / .NET / SQLBusiness IntelligenceDesign ThinkingAgile / ScrumFeature PrioritizationArchitecture & Rule Engine
Education
MBA — Marketing Management
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Jul 2022 – Sep 2024
MCA — Master of Computer Applications
North Maharashtra University
Jul 2005 – Apr 2008