PRAJWAL.N
Bengaluru · India8+ years / Global programsAvailable for ambitious work

PrajwalN.

Program Manager
Product & NPI Leader

I turn complex industrial technology portfolios into clear decisions, aligned teams, and products that launch — with measurable commercial impact.

01 — 06
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Program ManagementProduct DevelopmentNPI / NPDPortfolio StrategyProduct EconomicsCross-functional LeadershipProgram ManagementProduct DevelopmentNPI / NPDPortfolio StrategyProduct EconomicsCross-functional Leadership
01 / Mission brief

Building the systems that help good products become great businesses.

Program and product leader with 8+ years delivering global product development, NPI/NPD, portfolio transformation, launches, and strategy across industrial technology organizations.

8+Years leading
15+Global programs
5Product launches
4Global regions
50+Stakeholders enabled
Top 1%Talent pool / 5 years
2024 — Present
Bengaluru
Flowserve Corporation

Program Manager, Product & Business Strategy

  • Designed and deployed the organization’s first enterprise-wide product lifecycle governance framework using 80/20 methodologies.
  • Delivered 300+ basis points of margin improvement linked directly to the program.
  • Led 50+ lifecycle actions across engineering, operations, service, finance, commercial, and customer-facing teams.
  • Developed three of eight industry segmentation strategies for flow-control equipment, informing FY 2026–27 business strategy.
  • Built executive KPI dashboards spanning revenue, margin, inventory, schedule, and risk — plus onboarding programs for new Product Managers.
2022 — 2024
APAC
Flowserve Corporation

Product Manager

  • Owned strategy, pricing, growth, and financial performance for Rotary Control Valves across APAC.
  • Delivered 22% year-over-year revenue growth and 120 bps gross margin improvement.
  • Reduced product cost by 20% through redesign, sourcing improvements, and value engineering.
  • Created business cases, investment recommendations, and financial visibility systems that improved executive prioritization.
  • Aligned sales, engineering, operations, and supply chain around roadmap, launches, demand, and lifecycle priorities.
2020 — 2022
Global
Flowserve Corporation

NPD & NPI Global Projects Manager

  • Managed 15+ end-to-end development programs from concept to commercialization across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
  • Delivered five global launches spanning hardware and software technologies.
  • Started 30+ technology development projects that generated a $30M+ pipeline over the following three years.
  • Directed multidisciplinary teams through Stage-Gate and Agile frameworks while balancing multimillion-dollar portfolios, risk, schedule, and resources.
  • Negotiated strategic vendor partnerships and built portfolio analytics used by 50+ stakeholders.
2018 — 2020
Flowserve Corporation

Project Engineer / PMO Analyst

  • Supported global project managers with estimating, scheduling, and financial management for transformation and NPI projects.
  • Improved portfolio reporting accuracy from 72% to 94% through governance and validation controls.
  • Built SQL and Power BI solutions that reduced reporting effort by approximately 60%.
  • Maintained portfolio governance through a major leadership transition and modernized portfolio systems.
2017 — 2018
Bharath Fritz Werner (BFW)

Project Coordinator

  • Led shop-floor workflow documentation and rebuilt standard operating processes for batch manufacturing.
  • Co-developed a QR-based mobile tracking solution to pinpoint defect origins and improve production visibility.
  • Created a scrap-material fixture initiative that reduced errors and procurement cost.
05 / Selected impact

Signals,
not noise.

Commercial outcomes from programs designed to connect strategy, execution, and people.

Portfolio margin↗ 01
300bps

Margin improvement through lifecycle optimization across a portfolio powering $1.1B in annual revenue.

Revenue growth↗ 02
22%

Year-over-year growth delivered for the APAC Rotary Control Valves portfolio.

Development pipeline03
$30M+

Future programs seeded through technology development initiatives.

Cost transformation04
−20%

Product cost through design, sourcing, and value engineering.

Reporting effort05
−60%

Manual effort through SQL, Power BI, and better governance.

06 / Operating system

Strategy that ships.

Adaptable, driven, and direct — with high sustained energy, empathy, care, and a coaching mindset.

01

Program Management

Governance · Risk
02

Product Development

Concept · Launch
03

NPI / NPD Leadership

Stage-Gate · Agile
04

Portfolio Strategy

80/20 · Lifecycle
05

Product Economics

Pricing · Margin
06

Cross-functional Leadership

Executive · Global
07

Vendor Management

Partnerships · Delivery
Education / 2018

Bachelor of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing
PES University

Leadership signal

Top 1%

Recognized in the top talent pool for five consecutive years within a 17,000+ person global organization. Mentored by leaders with Ivy League and Fortune 50 experience.

01 / CredentialPMPProject Management Professional
02 / CredentialICP-ACCAgile Coach
03 / CredentialA-CSMAdvanced Certified ScrumMaster
Ready for the next hard problem

Let’s build
momentum.