Dr. Meghana N
Product Owner
Toronto
Summary
Experienced product management professional well-versed in Agile and Scrum methodologies and principles of product development. Systematic Product Owner with a detail-oriented and thorough approach to defining requirements, outlining specifications and working with team members to bring to life high-quality products for customers.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner
Accubits
Toronto, ON
08.2021 - Current
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
- Guided and developed solutions that follow these key principals: Customer Service, Customer Enablement and Product Adoption.
- Define the product roadmap, collaborating with stakeholder groups to understand the business strategy and determine priorities. Actively manage the product backlog, prioritizing it according to business value.
- Lead the mission of the product team. Communicate the business unit vision to the product team including contributing to the development of user stories. Evaluate the outputs on behalf of stakeholders, including acceptance of final product.
- Lead the prioritization, planning and breakdown of the product team work in collaboration with the product team and participate in the product team's agile ceremonies such as planning sessions, stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint review meetings.
- Negotiate with leaders and other stakeholders to remove team impediments, issues and blockers, including escalating to the appropriate levels within the organization when they cannot be resolved at the team level.
- Collaborate with other product owners on the prioritization of cross-team dependencies and deliverables required by other product teams.
- Report to stakeholders, including the executive sponsor (VP), Directors or other product teams on the progress and status of product team deliverables. Proactively identifies risks and opportunities and makes recommendations for resolution.
- Identify risks related to the products and services, develops and implements risk mitigation strategies, reports on risks, and builds to compliance requirements.
- Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
- Build and foster trusting and collaborative relationships with peers, key stakeholders, service partners and vendors
Senior Business Analyst
Evangelsoft
Bangalore
03.2013 - 08.2019
- Lead and conduct business analysis at varying levels of detail with relevant stakeholders, appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and Agile Systems Standard Systems Development Methodologies
- Guide teams and refine Agile techniques throughout journey and evolution of delivery cycles, establishing documentation framework to support Agile methodology implementation
- Define, document, and translate high-level business requirements into detailed user stories, functional specifications, acceptance criteria, and use cases, taking into account non-functional requirements.
- Work closely with business stakeholders at all levels to understand and execute against business priorities while ensuring a high level of service to end users and operations is maintained.
- Work with technology partners (e.g. Solution Designers and Architects) to research and analyze current state system capabilities and define technology solutions options and recommendations.
- Deliver effective and efficient solutions by prioritizing tasks and ensuring project deliverables are implemented within time
- Contribute to project management activities such as: scoping and estimating project efforts, identifying risks and recommending mitigation measures, communicating activity status, as well as escalating and communicating possible issues.
- Participate in quality management reviews, including designs, prototypes, and other requirements work products.
- Work closely with stakeholders to determine solutions, assess the impact on existing work processes and systems, and determine how to manage integration.
- Manage existing processes and standards including requirements management and project management disciplines, technology delivery, and business technology architecture, escalating issues as needed.
- Coach new or less experienced colleagues and serve as a reference point throughout the requirements management life cycle.
Education
Certified Professional Agile Coach (ICP-ACC) -
The International Consortium For Agile (ICAgile)
2022
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) -
Scrum Alliance
2022
Bachelor of Dental Surgery - Dentistry
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
03.2013
Skills
- Agile Coach
- Strategic Planning
- Product Management
- Agile Frameworks
- Collaborative Mindset
- Stakeholder Relationship Management
- JIRA and Confluence
- G-Suite
Hobbies
- Wildlife Photography
- Art - Contemporary, Abstract, Digital
Timeline
Product Owner
Accubits
08.2021 - Current
Senior Business Analyst
Evangelsoft
03.2013 - 08.2019
Certified Professional Agile Coach (ICP-ACC) -
The International Consortium For Agile (ICAgile)
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) -
Scrum Alliance
Bachelor of Dental Surgery - Dentistry
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
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