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BHARATHI KOTHANDAN
Chennai
Summary
Strategic Product Manager with over 8 years in data engineering and platform modernization. Led monolith-to-microservices transformation, ensuring effective roadmap prioritization and cross-functional alignment. Expertise in building REST API platforms and designing integration architectures fosters scalable solutions that drive business outcomes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager
Computer Age Management Service Limited
Chennai
07.2025 - Current
- Drove feature prioritization and roadmap discussions to align tech delivery with compliance-driven business goals.
- Mentored developers and guided cross-functional teams through product development cycles, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to quality standards.
- Championed system performance optimization and data-driven improvements, directly enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with product managers and business teams to translate financial product requirements into modular technical solutions that met business needs.
Product Manager
American Express
Phoenix
05.2023 - 03.2025
- Defined and executed the product vision and strategy aligned with customer needs, business goals, and regulatory requirements.
- Owned and prioritized a dynamic product backlog, clearly outlining the roadmap and execution path to support iterative product development.
- Developed and maintained detailed business requirement documents (BRDs), user stories, and acceptance criteria to facilitate seamless handoff to development and QA teams.
- Facilitated alignment between technical and non-technical stakeholders by leading requirement walkthrough sessions for features, fixes, and technical enhancements.
- Served as Product SME for compliance and business stakeholders, showcasing leadership and expertise in end-to-end data flows across internal applications and downstream systems.
Product Manager
Socotra
San Francisco
06.2021 - 04.2023
- Collaborated cross-functionally to gather, analyze, and translate complex customer requirements into scalable configurations aligned with contractual scope, ensuring business needs were met with precision.
- Defined the integration strategy between Socotra’s core platform and clients’ enterprise systems, partnering with Technical Architects to design data flows and mapping across ERP environments.
- Coordinated scope and delivery timelines with Socotra's internal teams and client project stakeholders. Achieving successful deployment and fostering high user adoption.
- Partnered with technical teams to bridge functional requirements with system design, gaining firsthand experience with APIs, data models, and product architecture.
- Supported post-launch client success by identifying configuration gaps, optimizing solution performance, and proposing system improvements.
- Documented end-to-end business processes for enterprise clients on Socotra’s cloud-based insurance platform, ensuring alignment with industry best practices. To enhance customer value.
Software Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai
02.2016 - 06.2019
- Collaborated with product and customer stakeholders in feature prioritization meetings, assessing feasibility to align roadmaps with customer expectations and business goals.
- Collaborated with third-party service providers to support seamless external integrations and end-to-end product development.
- Facilitated clear communication among business, tech, and third-party vendors, ensuring timely closure of deliverables with accountability and ownership.
- Mentored junior engineers and project team members, providing coaching and technical support to enhance design skills and foster long-term capability building.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
State University of New York
Buffalo, NY05-2021
Bachelor of Eng. - ECE
Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College
India05-2015
Skills
- Product strategy
- Feature prioritization
- Product roadmap
- Market analysis
- Data analysis
- Agile methodology
- System optimization
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Stakeholder engagement
- Technical documentation