Ankita Shukla

• Working for a global private banking client, supporting wealth management.
• Developed product roadmaps, defining the vision and strategy for the product.
• Organized sprint reviews to assess performance against objectives.
• Prioritized user stories and managed backlogs.
• Analyzed customer feedback to identify potential new features or improvements.
• Presented updates at regular team meetings to keep stakeholders informed.
• Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
• Developed detailed project plans outlining tasks, deadlines and resources needed for successful implementation of projects.
• Conducted gap analysis between current state processes and desired future state processes.
• Determined opportunities to improve workflow by adding and modifying processes, revamping use cases for each initiative and creating new components for each functional area.
• Collaborated with IT teams on the development of applications based on business requirements.
• Created, analyzed, and validated detailed functional specifications.
• Delivered elements of systems design, including data migration rules, business rules, wireframes, or other detailed deliverables.

• Worked for Wealth management, consumer lending and commodity trading clients
• Translated user needs into actionable items that could be addressed by IT teams.
• Mapped and documented interfaces between legacy and new systems.
• Created or reviewed technical design documentation to drive accuracy of reporting solutions.
• Prepared documentation summarizing findings from stakeholder meetings and workshops.
• Executed end-to-end product development, defining specifications, features, and user experiences.
• Assessed programs to identify risks or problems to determine appropriate responses.
• Created wireframes in collaboration with UI/UX/VD team for stakeholders and development teams.
• Conducted prioritization of User Stories using MoSCoW method for pilot readiness.
• Managed backlog by creating HLBR, epics, features, and user stories for each project increment.
• Facilitated synchronization between Cognizant and cross-vendor teams to ensure smooth delivery.
• Provided detailed business rules and clarifications to development teams during sprint activities.
• Defined roadmap based on business priorities, benefits, and delivery dependencies.

• Company Overview: Leading card service and financial service provider in the US
• Worked for leading card service and financial service provider in the US to help them with the migration from their core banking product for consumer lending
• Suggesting solutions to the client’s existing Merchant Onboarding system and introducing new features as per market research
• Interacting with client to work on requirement gathering, defining workflows, creating test cases
• Documented High Level design document, Functional design document, User Stories, Use cases for the developers
• Formulate execution plans, manage small team and coordination with design and execution teams
• Early identification of risk and suggestion of mitigation steps
• Conducting surveys and questionnaires with the end users for understanding the challenges faced by them in AS-IS flow
• Leading card service and financial service provider in the US

Administered annual procurement budget for maintenance department, ensuring cost-effective operations.

Managed budgeting and procurement of ingredients for beverage manufacturing.

Monitored inventory management to optimize procurement of machine components.

Coordinated with 24 vendors for spare parts orders to support production needs.

Developed alternate vendor base to reduce costs and enhance process efficiency.

Implemented 3S methodology in-plant to improve organization and productivity.

• Fostered teamwork environment to boost collaboration between in-house and vendor teams.