Building a Product Engineering Team in India

Building a Product Engineering Team in India Rishi Das (Founder & CEO – CareerNet Consulting ) NASSCOM Product Conclave & Expo 2008 12 th August 2008 Talent Connectivity CareerNet CONSULTING

EVOLUTION OF PRODUCT ENGINEERING IN INDIA

Extended work bench

Specific coding tasks

No visibility to modules / Product or its functionality

Limited visibility to product development

Ownership of individual modules

Parts of the products getting built in India

Entire product development

MRD/[PRD/Design being driven from overseas

Products for local markets

MRD/PRD/ Design and development driven locally

Entire product development right from market / product requirements, design, coding, testing and implementation locally

Create products for end use based on direct customer input

OPPORTUNITIES / ROLES IN 2010 What will be the opportunities / roles available to Leadership in India in the Technology Sector by 2010? Clear Winner : Global or Regional role having functional , business or product ownership for an MNC Least Likely Role : Run Delivery Center operations for an MNC in India Has this role matured? Have the challenges inherent to these roles been conquered? Is there adequate leadership already available ? Alternate View : India as a business geography – Driving double digit top line growth did not figure on top. Is it still too early ?

CHALLENGES FACING LEADERSHIP IN INDIA

Most Pressing Challenges

Understanding of global markets, customers and business domains

Innovation and building v1.0 products

Preferred Role: Global / Regional role having functional / product ownership

Perennial Challenge

Sustain cost advantage

Maintain productivity curve

Current challenge – High inflation and Strong rupee

DO YOU SEE A CAREER SHIFT FOR YOURSELF? Top Three : PE / VC, Education and Telecom; Leaders believe they can leverage their expertise and experience in these verticals Strong preference to move out of IT

PRODUCT TALENT DEVELOPMENT - ROAD AHEAD

Establish a strong industry-academia ecosystem e.g. – Internships, Sponsored research

Attract domain and product management experts returning to India

Promote high end technical and product design roles

Nurture product talent through

Localization of existing global products

Innovations targeted for emerging markets

Encourage talent for taking higher risks in developing products

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