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Chaitanya Sahadev
AI Product Owner/Manager
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Dynamic Product Owner at Harman Connected Services with expertise in AI Product Management and stakeholder engagement. Proven track record in driving product strategy execution and backlog management, enhancing user experience through cross-functional collaboration. Adept at leveraging agile methodologies to deliver impactful solutions that align with business goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
6
6
Certification
Work History
Lead Business Analyst
Harman Connected Services Corp (India) Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
02.2024 - Current
- Work closely with Product Managers to communicate requirements to Development and QA teams for detailed requirements.
- Translates product roadmap features into detailed product requirements, including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.
- Assists in supporting the product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities.
- Analyzes data for insights, and collaborates with partner teams.
- Acts as a product expert for users, and provides them with solutions using the product for their requested analytical use cases.
- Participate in acceptance testing of the product(s).
- Monitors and evaluates product progress, and recommends improvements.
- Supports in mitigating impediments to ensure the successful completion of Release/Sprint Goals.
- Utilizes domain knowledge to effectively synthesize input from multiple stakeholders to maximize delivered value.
- Serves as a customer proxy for development teams.
- Tracks commitments and customer expectations.
Business strategy analyst
Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
08.2023 - 02.2024
- Lead the implementation and maturity of an enterprise data catalog powered by Ablation to support the mission of the metrics governance and literacy team. Take on a product owner role, and evangelize the role of a catalog in governing metrics for the enterprise.
- Lead the adoption and engagement strategy for this data catalog.
- Build and manage a roadmap and portfolio of agile, cross-functional projects.
- Support your leader in the design and implementation of a stewardship model for recurring revenue metrics.
- Develop a knowledge organization framework in a way that aligns with the evolving business model and how users think about metrics.
- Design strategies and business processes to make metrics governance part of the existing data pipeline.
- Organize and conduct roadshows and office hours to demonstrate the capabilities of the catalog to stakeholders and SMEs.
- Help design and deliver critical metrics for driving the maturity of the catalog to govern metrics—measuring user engagement, curation maturity, and business value driven from the catalog.
- Support metrics literacy and training efforts through collaterals organized in the data catalog, and other learning platforms within Cisco.
Business Systems Analyst - I
IQVIA RDS (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
09.2021 - 08.2023
- Perform requirements gathering and analysis to provide high-quality and detailed requirements, ensuring the closest involvement with, and agreement from, the user community.
- Support commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and bespoke software products.
- Create prototypes and simulations to provide an accurate, graphical user interface representation, thereby facilitating successful solution design and development.
- Resolve conflicting end-user requirements.
- Follow IQVIA System Lifecycle (SLC) and Computer System Validation (CSV) procedures, as appropriate.
- Collaborate with the Lead User, or a delegated member of the applicable business group, to create a User Requirements Specification (URS) document.
- Collaborate with the Development group to create a Functional Specification (FS) document.
- Model processes to clarify business requirements and to enhance or reengineer business processes prior to or in parallel with solution design and implementation, as necessary.
- Maintain knowledge of the IT industry; analyze the abilities of tools and technologies, compare them with the needs of the business, and then recommend potential solutions to managers within the business.
- As needed, review the SLC Development and Validation document(s) prior to authorization to ensure that they incorporate previously captured requirements and include tests or test steps that explicitly address each identified user requirement.
- Collaborate with Global IT Solutions functional groups by adhering to established processes to ensure that business requirements are delivered through the successful implementation of optimal, cost-effective solutions.
- Collaborate with developers to ensure adherence to business requirements and UI design specifications.
Senior Software Engineer
Capgemini (India) Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
04.2015 - 07.2021
- Gather and prioritize product requirements based on customer and business needs.
- Define and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and goals to stakeholders.
- Work closely with engineering, design, and other teams to refine requirements.
- Manage the product backlog, and prioritize features and stories.
- Collaborate with the Scrum Master to ensure the team follows agile best practices.
- Remove impediments, and resolve issues that arise during development.
- Validate that the product delivers value to customers through testing and feedback.
- Track product metrics and key performance indicators to measure success.
- Communicate product status and progress to stakeholders in a transparent manner.
- Make data-driven decisions to maximize the value of the product.
- Stay up-to-date on market trends, competitors, and emerging technologies.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to understand technical requirements and product feasibility.
- Experience working in an agile environment using Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
- Drive the project from the ideation phase to the MVP phase.
- Liaise with the business team to collect, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
- Collaborate with product owners for design, features, and user stories.
- Conduct research as required for the use case around new products and competitor products.
- Identify the scope of leveraging emerging technologies, such as AI/ML, in the solution.
- Presenting product demos to business owners, demonstrating features, and including feedback in the backlog.
- Responsible for leading scrum calls, as well as leading sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospective meetings.
- Identifying business needs, recommending solutions, and delivering them in an agile environment.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement solutions.
- Worked with business users for user acceptance testing, and ensuring timely delivery of solutions.
- Documenting and communicating project progress to stakeholders.
- Facilitating communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Bengaluru
Alliance University
Bengaluru08.2025
Executive Master of Business Administration - Product Management
Dayanand Sagar University
Bengaluru06.2024
Master of Arts - Psychology
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Bengaluru05.2022
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering
Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & technology
Jodhpur07.2019
Skills
- AI Product Management
- Leadership
- Agile Methodologies
- Backlog Management
- Roadmap Management
- Jira
- Aha!
- HP ALM
- HP QC Connector
- Top Team
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Customer Experience Focus
- Product Strategy Execution
- Communication Skills
- Presentation Skills
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
Certification
- Certified SAFe 6.0 Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM), Scaled Agile Inc.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Alliance
- Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO), Scrum Alliance
- Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO), Scrum Alliance
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals
References
References available upon request.
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
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Software
AHA
HP ALM
HP QC Connector
TOP TEAM
CONFLUENCE
ELVIS
Languages
Hindi
Native language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Interests
Reading
Cooking
Timeline
Lead Business Analyst
Harman Connected Services Corp (India) Pvt Ltd
02.2024 - Current
Business strategy analyst
Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
08.2023 - 02.2024
Business Systems Analyst - I
IQVIA RDS (India) Pvt. Ltd.
09.2021 - 08.2023
Senior Software Engineer
Capgemini (India) Pvt Ltd
04.2015 - 07.2021
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Bengaluru
Alliance University
Executive Master of Business Administration - Product Management
Dayanand Sagar University
Master of Arts - Psychology
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering
Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & technology
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