Karan Choudhary

Product Management professional with hands-on experience building and enhancing equity, F&O and derivatives trading products across web and mobile platforms in the Indian capital markets ecosystem. Experienced in owning trading journeys end-to-end, including order management, chart-based trading, option chain, watchlists, alerts, order types, exchange validation, RMS, margin, order execution and regulatory workflows. At ICICI Securities, delivered 150+ product features, enhancements and regulatory initiatives across trading platforms, working closely with business, technology, compliance and operations teams from requirement discovery through UAT, release and production deployment.

Strong understanding of active trader workflows, F&O mechanics and trading-platform UX, with specific experience in launching the Flash Trade feature for F&O and working extensively on OMS and web trading experiences. Customer-facing experience as an Equity Specialist further strengthened understanding of trader/investor pain points, trading behaviour and investment journeys, enabling a user-centric approach to product discovery and continuous improvement.

Sr. Product Manager at ICICI Securities Ltd. (2022-05 – 2025-08)

• Owned product enhancements and feature delivery across F&O and Currency Derivatives trading products for ICICI Direct's web and mobile platforms.
• Delivered 150+ product features, enhancements and regulatory initiatives, managing the complete product lifecycle from requirement gathering and solution definition through development, UAT, release validation and production deployment.
• Worked extensively on the Order Management System (OMS) and trading order journeys, covering order creation, validation, modification, cancellation, rejection and execution-related workflows.
• Worked across major Indian trading order types and workflows including Market, Limit, SL-M, SL-L, GTT, AMO, Bracket and Cover Orders, ensuring functional and regulatory requirements were incorporated into the trading experience.
• Launched Flash Trade for F&O, enabling a faster and more streamlined trading experience for active derivatives traders through chart/trading-interface-led workflows.
• Worked on charting and trading experiences, understanding how market information, technical analysis and order placement interact within a trader's decision-making journey.
• Owned and enhanced web trading terminal workflows, with a strong focus on reducing friction across high-frequency and active-trader journeys.
• Worked on F&O and options trading workflows, including Option Chain, Greeks, Open Interest (OI), Implied Volatility (IV), strike selection and expiry-related experiences.
• Worked on watchlists, alerts and trading-monitoring workflows, helping users track instruments and market movements within the trading platform.
• Developed strong practical understanding of the NSE/BSE trading lifecycle, including exchange validation, RMS checks, margin requirements, order rejection scenarios and execution workflows.
• Translated business, regulatory and customer requirements into detailed BRDs, user stories and acceptance criteria, aligning technology teams with business objectives.
• Collaborated with 10–15 cross-functional stakeholders across technology, business, compliance and operations to drive product delivery and resolve dependencies.
• Led UAT, release validation and post-production support, ensuring trading features were production-ready and customer-impacting issues were addressed quickly.
• Managed regulatory implementation initiatives affecting trading workflows and customer experience, balancing compliance requirements with usability and operational feasibility.
• Used SPIRA/JIRA for requirement management, incident tracking and coordination of product delivery within Agile/Scrum teams.
• Participated in mandatory Mock Trading sessions conducted by NSE/BSE.

Equity Specialist at ICICI Securities Ltd. (2025-09 – 2025-12)

• Assisted clients on equity market products and investment-related services.
• Developed deeper understanding of customer behavior, trading patterns and investor requirements.
• Worked closely with customers, helping identify pain points and product feedback.
• Strengthened domain expertise in capital markets and retail investing.

Internships - Sales & Marketing at The Times of India

MBA – Shoolini University, Solan (2022)

B.Tech. in ME – HPTU, Hamirpur HP (2017)

Class XII – HP Board, Dharamshala (2013)

Class X – HP Board, Dharamshala (2011)