Aishwarya Tayade
Product Owner
Pune,MH
Summary
A professional Product Owner with advanced knowledge of portfolio asset management systems and skilled in driving positive outcomes. Exceptional organizational, project management, and leadership skills and is certified in Scaled Agile Framework. With experience in optimizing product solutions for shifting industry landscapes and a flexible assessor of product success.
Overview
6
6
years of post-secondary education
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Senior Product Owner
FIS Global- WorldPay
09.2021 - Current
- Administer product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
- Establish implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where, and when each component will work.
- Design Acceptance Criteria and prioritize product backlog.
- Collaborate with management to implement continuous improvements in product and exceed product goals.
- Investigate product issues with high-profile customers to maintain relationships and increase their return customer base.
- Coordinate with development team to create custom applications and trackers to achieve client goals.
- Drive and participate in Agile ceremonies such as Product Increment Planning, Iteration Planning, Backlog Refinement, and Product System Demo.
Business Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions, LPL Financial LTD
11.2020 - 09.2021
- Analysis and evaluation of key features of business requirements and suggest recommended areas for improvement.
- Effective communication with Project Managers, Scrum Master, Developers, Test Analyst and Stakeholders to establish scope of project.
- Identification of risks and development of mitigation plan to resolve dependencies, assumptions and provide practical solutions to support deliveries.
- Proficient and skilled at JIRA and creation of documents at Confluence and construction of wireframes to define code architecture during analysis phase of project.
- Creation of User stories in JIRA and tracking and monitoring of respective user stories according to each Sprint.
- Participated in end to end QA and UAT testing to ensure comprehensive project deliveries within timeframe.
- Active involvement in Agile Ceremonies such as Daily Scrum call, Sprint Planning Meeting, Sprint Retrospective and Product Backlog Grooming Sessions.
- Established and provided clarification and spontaneous direction to development.
Business Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions-Close Brothers
03.2020 - 11.2020
- Worked on Novitas CI web Application to evaluate business requirements and integrated modified elements with current business fundamentals.
- Committed to creating wireframes, data flow diagrams and high-level documents in confluence to define new change requirements.
- Working closely with business stakeholders and developers to align scope of project and active participation in Agile ceremonies such as Scrum call, Sprint Planning Meeting Sprint retrospective and Product Backlog grooming sessions.
- Creation of User stories in JIRA and monitoring progress of project in each Sprint.
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined sensible solutions.
Business Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions-Barclays Mobile Banking
11.2017 - 03.2020
- Derived conceptual designs from business objectives to deliver software applications according to specifications.
- Gathered requirements from stakeholders, including department heads and executives regarding current and future projects and initiatives.
- Worked effectively with cross-functional designs teams to create software solutions that elevated client-side experience and significantly improved overall functionality and performance.
- Documented business processes and analyzed procedures to align with changing business needs. Consulted regularly with internal customers on application development project status, new assignment proposals and software related technical issues.
- Assigned tasks to associates, staffed projects, tracked progress and updated managers and clients while maintaining optimal business flow. Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into documents or presentations.
- Mapped current business and operational processes and offered recommendations for improvement.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions - Barclays : Global Pay Plus
08.2016 - 11.2017
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Identified and tracked defects and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional functionality.
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Created and achieved product quality objectives and met product specifications.
- Attended meetings with quality assurance, developers and project managers to assess scope and sequence of project.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and purposely looked for additional areas to review.
- Managed functional analysis and requirements allocations related to evaluating software specification compliance and determining required corrections to meet regulatory requirements
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
Core Java Developer
Cognizant Technology -Barclays Global Pay Plus- Faster Payment Systems.
05.2014 - 06.2016
- Wrote quality codes to program complete application.
- Revised, modified and updated old code bases to modern development standards.
- Walked clients and internal staff through troubleshooting steps to resolve common software issues.
- Discussed project progress with customers,collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
- Researched new technologies, software packages and hardware products for use in projects.
- Coordinated with project management staff on database development timelines and project scope.
Education
Master of Science - Business Analytics
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Melbourne, Australia 07.2020 - Current
B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) - Information Technology
Government College of Engineering
Amravati, Maharashtra 07.2009 - 05.2013
Skills
Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
Python
SQL
MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
Agile Project Management
Power BI & Tableau
Strategic Planning & Conflict Resolution
Business Artifacts Documentation
Forecasting And Planning
Stakeholder relationship management
Core Java
Timeline
Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager
01-2022
Senior Product Owner
FIS Global- WorldPay
09.2021 - Current
Business Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions, LPL Financial LTD
11.2020 - 09.2021
Master of Science - Business Analytics
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
07.2020 - Current
Business Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions-Close Brothers
03.2020 - 11.2020
Business Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions-Barclays Mobile Banking
11.2017 - 03.2020
Quality Assurance Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions - Barclays : Global Pay Plus
08.2016 - 11.2017
Core Java Developer
Cognizant Technology -Barclays Global Pay Plus- Faster Payment Systems.
05.2014 - 06.2016
B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) - Information Technology
Government College of Engineering
07.2009 - 05.2013
Certification
Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager