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Rufina Devaruban

Rufina Devaruban

AI Product Manager
Singapore

Summary

Product & Service Manager with 10+ years of experience in digital innovation, low-code platforms, AI enablement, and strategy execution across corporate tech environments. Proven track record leading cross-functional teams and regional teams, driving governance frameworks, and guiding organizations in adopting emerging technologies such as GenAI and Power Platform. Strong expertise in innovation programs, customer engagement, stakeholder management, and delivering scalable enterprise solutions.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

Bosch Digital
01.2025 - Current
  • Leading a regional Development & Governance team, overseeing automated governance processes (onboarding, connector approvals, and gateway requests) to ensure enterprise-ready all Power Platform operations.
  • Own platform readiness for enterprise use cases, including deployment of over 200 trial playground environments for premium feature evaluation.
  • Partner closely with Hyper-automation teams, Global Solutions, Customer Success, and Support teams to align platform strategy with business needs and drive adoption.
  • Manage agile delivery through sprint planning, progress tracking, and release coordination across regional and global teams.
  • Oversee financial and resource planning, including license charging in Valumation and multi-year budgeting in Planisware.

Principal Research Consultant (Innovations)

Bosch Digital
07.2023 - 05.2025
  • Partnered with Gartner on a benchmark study assessing the maturity and innovativeness of Bosch Digital products and services.
  • Enabled business units to adopt GenAI through capability-building, use-case shaping, and facilitation of proofs of concept aligned to business needs.
  • Acted as portfolio gatekeeper: reviewed ~200 early-stage innovation submissions in the region, shortlisted submissions for executive pitching, and filtered out non-viable concepts.
  • Collaborated with Bosch Startup Harbour to screen and select startups for entry into Bosch’s accelerator and co-development programs.
  • Drove regional Microsoft 365 Copilot validation, enabling early adopters through weekly sharing sessions, gathering feedback on usability, and measuring adoption intent to inform rollout strategy.
  • Invited to speak internally on innovation mindset, shaping thinking and practices across the organisation.

Senior Research Consultant (Innovations)

Bosch Digital
01.2022 - 07.2023
  • Led digital and AIoT innovation for aviation and maritime from market validation through proof of concept.
  • Owned initiatives end‑to‑end and presented executive investment cases; redirected non‑approved concepts to startups for external development.
  • Defined go‑to‑market strategies and business models with Building Technologies, Grow, Bosch Management Consulting, and external startups.
  • Led the team to the Grand Finals of an open innovation challenge by the National University of Singapore and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
  • Co‑inventor on a filed patent.
  • Recognized speaker and panelist (Bosch Digi Days 2022; Bosch Pantry Talks) on climate, technology, and innovation mindset.

Research Consultant (Business Development)

Bosch ASEAN
08.2020 - 01.2022
  • New business development : led a runway‑safety computer‑vision initiative from problem/market validation to initial business model and go‑to‑market; presented the investment case that secured further development.
  • Marketing analytics: designed and delivered an end‑to‑end dashboard integrating multi‑channel social data; built pipelines (Adverity, BigQuery) and produced executive‑ready insights; coordinated stakeholders and transitioned the solution using lean delivery.

Junior Manager’s Program

Bosch ASEAN
08.2018 - 08.2020
  • AquaEasy (IoT for shrimp farming): shipped new app features, tested and deployed releases, built business cases and customer proposals, and launched digital marketing and webinars that generated qualified leads.
  • Libertus (autonomous shuttles): developed business cases and go‑to‑market strategy for airport use cases; collaborated with startups and partners on a Singapore tender.
  • Building Technology: demonstrated intelligent video analytics at the Bosch Experience Centre and industry exhibitions; engaged clients and startups to prototype camera/video analytics (incl. drones) for safety and operations.
  • Corporate Research: co‑created business cases for Human Digital Twin across mobility, industry, and consumer; authored and presented an R&D report.

Analyst

Deloitte Consulting
05.2017 - 07.2018
  • Designed, implemented, and deployed RPA solutions for a global financial institution under tight deadlines.
  • Re‑engineered processes to improve automation readiness; documented as‑is and target states post‑reengineering.
  • Facilitated capability building by selecting and developing talent to establish in‑house robotics competencies.
  • Performed opportunity assessments and built business cases for two Swiss banks.

Senior Product Engineer & Global Technology Associate

CrimsonLogic
01.2015 - 01.2017

Software development and automated testing for government projects

Web App Developer, Internship

Seagate Technology
01.2013 - 01.2014

Designed and implemented a web based automation system (FES - Failure Analysis Expert System).
FES: Integrates the multiple databases Aids the FA engineers with analyzing and visualizing large amount of data using graphs and trend charts in a short period of time.

Received Best Intern Project Award for above said FES project.

Data Center Operations, Internship

IBM
01.2013 - 01.2014

Worked with IBM Servers Systems Operations Disaster Recovery Management & Systems Operations team under Global Technological Services Department.
- Documented a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for data recovery.
- Upgraded Microsoft operating system (Windows XP to Windows 7) on laptops and desktops via cloning.

Education

B.Eng - Computer Engineering

National University of Singapore
Singapore
05-2005

Skills

Product & Service Management

Product Governance

Low-Code/No-Code Enablement

Innovation & Digital Transformation

AI & GenAI Implementation

Project & Program Management

Business Model Development

Research & Market Analysis

Stakeholder & Team Management

Corporate Innovation & Strategy

Go-to-Market Planning

Presentations & Facilitation

Accomplishments

    Finalist – NUS–MPA Innovation Challenge

    Speaker & Panelist at Bosch Digi Days and Pantry Talks

    Delivered Gartner benchmark study for Bosch Digital·

    Best Intern Project Award – Seagate Technology

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Timeline

Product Manager

Bosch Digital
01.2025 - Current

Principal Research Consultant (Innovations)

Bosch Digital
07.2023 - 05.2025

Senior Research Consultant (Innovations)

Bosch Digital
01.2022 - 07.2023

Research Consultant (Business Development)

Bosch ASEAN
08.2020 - 01.2022

Junior Manager’s Program

Bosch ASEAN
08.2018 - 08.2020

Analyst

Deloitte Consulting
05.2017 - 07.2018

Senior Product Engineer & Global Technology Associate

CrimsonLogic
01.2015 - 01.2017

Web App Developer, Internship

Seagate Technology
01.2013 - 01.2014

Data Center Operations, Internship

IBM
01.2013 - 01.2014

B.Eng - Computer Engineering

National University of Singapore
Rufina DevarubanAI Product Manager