Shanmuka S.

Shanmuka S.

Product Owner

Hyderabad, India
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About Me

I am a Product Owner with end-to-end product lifecycle expertise for requirement gathering and business analysis - creating jargon-free, easy-to-understand executive updates and knowledge articles to undertake technology changes. I create roadmaps, wireframes and requirement documents using industry trends and business requirements to deliver design experiences that drive productivity and enhance end-user satisfaction on projects.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Product Owner
2022 - Present (2 years)
Remote
  • Prioritize the needs in terms of product features and align them with stakeholder feedback.

  • Oversee product development and communicate with dev teams on planning, reviewing and refining requirements.

  • Act as a primary communicator and link between stakeholders on projects.

Duff & Phelps
Duff & Phelps
Product Owner
2021 - Present (3 years)
Hyderabad, India
  • Worked closely with other stakeholders to build high-level architecture, roadmaps and project plans within Duff & Phelps.

  • Create business requirements and product backlogs, prepare documentation for other stakeholders and prioritize work.

  • Led demand management processes on the project - delivering business plans, business cases and cost models for solutions.

Tech Mahindra
Tech Mahindra
Scrum Master
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Hyderabad, India
  • Attended design discussions and brainstorming sessions to develop project plans and break user stories into tasks/sub-tasks.

  • Engaged in performance improvement solutions to create value and achieve project goals for a US Telcom operator.

  • Collaborated with the product owner to capture sprints and priorities, resolve requirement queries and solve team impediments.

Tech Mahindra
Tech Mahindra
Senior Business Analyst
2014 - 2020 (6 years)
Hyderabad, India
  • Elicited requirements to develop solutions and implement IT products and systems using different techniques from corporate clients.

  • Worked on business requirements and specifications, functional requirements, user manuals and technical documentation.

  • Designed and executed process flow diagrams and wrote epics, features and user stories for multiple projects.

Portfolio

Product Owner - Compliance Portal for Financial Services
Product Owner - Compliance Portal for Financial Services

Audited and determined the functional credibility and accuracy of solutions on Kroll's compliance portal utilized by corporate clients across the globe. Evaluated both frontend and backend systems - making process improvements to enhance 3rd-party onboarding by corporate organizations.

Product Owner - Client Portal & Employee Workbench for Customer Collaboration
Product Owner - Client Portal & Employee Workbench for Customer Collaboration

Designed and implemented solutions for a single source of truth for customers to log in to any Kroll digital products they have subscribed to through a single platform. Deployed the Employee Workbench functionality as a project management tool for task and timelines management by collaborating with clients and employees of Kroll.

Product Owner - Security Advisories Project (US-based Telecom Player)
Product Owner - Security Advisories Project (US-based Telecom Player)

Worked on implementing an innovative security advisory portal on the ECP and CRM service module for enterprise customers of the telco - indicating the list of security advisories and the list of devices they own on the network. The portal uses 3rd-party OEMs like Cisco to send advisories to the portal. Customers can raise a change management ticket to run security upgrade patches on their devices.

Education

SAFe Agilist
SAFe Agilist
Scaled Agile
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
B.Tech Petrochemical Engineering
B.Tech Petrochemical Engineering
JNTUK - Kakinada
2010 - 2014 (4 years)