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Ashish Poonia

Ashish Poonia

Product Owner / Project Manager / Business Analyst
Hyderabad,TS

Summary


  • Product Owner / Project Manager with 10+ years of experience delivering digital transformation projects across CRM, ERP, Data Analytics, Cloud, Mobile, and Web applications.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, optimize Agile processes, manage enterprise-level stakeholders, and deliver measurable business impact.
  • Skilled in requirement analysis, backlog management, sprint planning, and designing end-to-end product workflows.
  • Adept at collaborating with business leaders, engineering teams, and external partners to drive scalable solutions.
  • Experienced in Team Leading onshore and offshore teams/stakeholders and building projects from ground up.
  • Well versed with managing sprint management tools. Able to coordinate multiple projects at the same time.
  • Excellent written and verbal communicator with strong technical writing skills; able to translate complex problem statements into clear, structured documentation that enables accurate understanding across cross-functional teams.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Language

Work History

Product Owner /Business Architecture Specialist

Accenture
09.2022 - Current

Three projects involving the creation of dashboards using Google Cloud Platform and Qlik Sense, built on data from Salesforce, are part of a digital transformation initiative for Accenture leadership.


1. Supplier/Vendor Management Dashboards.

2. Ecosystem 360 Scorecard

3. Resale Reporting Dashboards for Finance and Procurement.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Started as a Business Architect role, then served as a Product Owner and Scrum Master to design and implement solutions for transformation in data.
  • Managed a team of 20+ developers and testers, with 11 direct reportees.
  • Collaborating with business end users to identify, analyze, and develop tailored features for transformative changes.
  • Ensured compliance with internal data governance, security, and legal frameworks while handling the stakeholders and their expectations.
  • Optimized existing workflows to reduce delivery timelines by 50%.
  • Coordinated with global delivery partners, including Avanade and Accenture Federal Services.
  • Led Accenture's GenAI (Gen Wizard) adoption initiatives, and trained teams in leveraging AI-based tools.
  • Delivered training documentation and onboarding materials to enhance dashboard adoption.

IT Project Manager /Senior Business Systems Analyst

ANPG (Apurva Natvar Parikh Group)
10.2020 - 09.2022

Four different verticals I worked for and helped transform toward digitization.


1. The Acres Foundation (Schools)

2. Iconic (In-house and overseas construction)

3. Acres Club.

4. LSPL (Lift and Shift)


Key Responsibilities:

  • Implemented Bitrix CRM, Zoho CRM, and In4Suite ERP across departments.
  • Led HR digitization initiatives via DarwinBox and Courseplay LMS.
  • Developed automated dashboards using Google Data Studio.
  • Drove finance digitization through Tally integration and automated reporting.
  • Acted as the SPOC for ERP implementations, vendor coordination, and requirement gathering.
  • Managed the delivery of mobile and web applications for Acres Club.
  • Designed and executed digitization roadmaps for operations, HR, procurement, and finance.


Business Analyst / Scrum Master/Project Manager

Fitness Force
09.2019 - 10.2020

Managed product customizations and new feature requests for multiple clients.


1. Fitness Time, Saudi Arabia’s FF's largest client.

2. Gold's Gym


Key Responsibilities:

  • Liaised between business users and the development team for requirements analysis.
  • Conducted effort estimation, release planning, and sprint prioritization.
  • Created UI wireframes and collaborated with design teams to enhance UX.
  • Led bug management, RCA, and sprint allocation across multiple clients.
  • Delivered client demos, and ensured the readiness of new releases.
  • Built Agile processes for the BA, and offshore teams.

Business Analyst /Associate Product Owner

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2016 - 09.2019

Three projects from different verticals.


1.Tata Sons - Tata Affirmative Action Program.

2. Molarbear (E-commerce) - Client to TCS.

3. State Bank of India (banking) - Client to TCS.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Managed the product backlog, user stories, and Agile ceremonies.
  • Interacted with CXO-level stakeholders for requirements and change requests.
  • Stayed on forefront of solution design and coordinated development and QA activities.
  • Led on-site and off-site QA teams for performance, security, and regression testing.
  • Owned documentation (BRD/SRS) and client communication.
  • Drove Agile adoption across project teams.
  • Worked on BANCS and LOS systems for loans and teller applications.
  • Coordinated with UAT teams, managed CRs, and performed system testing.
  • Fast-tracked from LOS to CBS in just 2 months (vs. 6 months standard requirement).

Business Analyst / Test Lead

Tata Consultancy Services (Olympus)
03.2017 - 01.2018
  • I gained E-commerce and Team leading experience in the project where I was responsible for Client/Stakeholder communication and requirements documentation and testing team including an onsite team and security and performance testing team in Bangalore.
  • As a BA and team lead Oversaw Agile process and trained the team to go Agile.
  • Worked in the Quality assurance team performing regression and performance testing of the e-commerce website for the whole spectrum of the website including Test case preparation, execution, review.

Analyst

State Bank of India
01.2016 - 03.2017
  • This provided me with corporate banking experience in the Indian market and how the technical side of this business works.
  • Worked on the BANCS application developed by TCS (Banking application) for new requirements of SBI clients.
  • Started in Los (Loan origination system) then moved up to the system testing team in CBS (core banking services) for the loans department for teller application used by SBI.
  • Worked closely with the UAT team on CR’s (Change Requests) on a regular basis as a BA and Tester Also worked for independent modules developed by TCS for SBI.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Industrial Engineering

GITAM Deemed University
09.2015

Skills

Digital Transformation

Accomplishments

  • Delivered 30+ digital transformation projects across CRM, ERP, banking, e-commerce, and cloud analytics with high client satisfaction.
  • At Accenture moved from being part of the Product Owner (PO) team to be the PO for the same project and delivered projects with amazing feedback and value addition for top leadership.
  • Led the development of GCP + Qlik dashboards that saved millions in analytics costs for Accenture leadership.
  • Managed cross-functional teams including developers, testers, analysts, and UI/UX teams across organizations in India and Globally.
  • Recognized with:
    Excellence Award (Accenture)
    Best Team Award (TCS)
    Upcoming Employee Award (Fitness Force)
  • Drove adoption of GenAI (Gen Wizard) across teams and trained end users in AI-enabled productivity workflows.

Timeline

Product Owner /Business Architecture Specialist

Accenture
09.2022 - Current

IT Project Manager /Senior Business Systems Analyst

ANPG (Apurva Natvar Parikh Group)
10.2020 - 09.2022

Business Analyst / Scrum Master/Project Manager

Fitness Force
09.2019 - 10.2020

Business Analyst / Test Lead

Tata Consultancy Services (Olympus)
03.2017 - 01.2018

Business Analyst /Associate Product Owner

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2016 - 09.2019

Analyst

State Bank of India
01.2016 - 03.2017

Bachelor of Technology - Industrial Engineering

GITAM Deemed University
Ashish PooniaProduct Owner / Project Manager / Business Analyst