SUMIT ARORA
Summary
Certified Scrum Product Owner & Ex-Manager Business Analyst
Business Analysis | Product Management | Requirement Elicitation
| Business Process Mapping | Data Analytics
New Delhi, India OTHER SKILLS: Business Analysis | Product Management | Business Process Improvement | Requirement Elicitation | Business
Process Mapping | Data Analytics | Product Backlog Management | Scrum Methodology | Agile Frameworks | Stakeholder
Management | Product Strategy & Lifecycle Mapping | Program Management
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner
Fidelity International
04.2022 - Current
- For Global Digital Wealth team within Technology area
- The application is a Robo-advisory application that consist of web components, API(s) and core DFM engine that services in giving investment advice and maintaining them while they invest in a digital opened account
- The application is catering to 2 FIL geographical locations i.e., Japan and
- Germany where the product is currently live
- Core job responsibilities include all below mentioned activities:
- RESPONSIBILITIES Product Vision Creation: As Product Owner I was part of process of leading/creating the vision for the product, sets goals, and communicating the vision and goals to the development team and stakeholders Product Backlog Management: As a PO, I was managing the product backlog, which had a prioritized list of features, enhancements, and bug fixes that need to be implemented
- This involves constantly re-prioritizing items based on feedback from stakeholders, market changes, and team capacity Requirements Gathering: As a PO, I am responsible for gathering and documenting product requirements from stakeholders, end-users, and the development team
- They must ensure that the requirements are clear, concise, and measurable
- I had support of Business analyst working for me in this process Stakeholder Management: As a PO, it is my responsibility to represent voice of the customer and other stakeholders for my product
- They must be able to communicate effectively with stakeholders, build relationships, and manage their expectations Acceptance Criteria: As a PO, I help define acceptance criteria for each item in the product backlog
- This involves working closely with the development team to ensure that the criteria are clear and measurable Team Support: As a Product Owner I help provide support to the development team by answering questions, providing clarification, and making decisions in a timely manner Market Analysis: As a PO, I should be able to conduct market analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and competitive threats
- This involves gathering data from a variety of sources, including industry reports, customer feedback, and market research Data Analysis: As a PO, I have been involved and lead decisions that involved working with data to identify key metrics, analyse customer behaviour, and track product performance
- This requires proficiency in tools like Excel, SQL, and data visualization software Product Design: As a PO, I work with for design team to enable and create right design for the product, to develop user- centric designs that solve customer problems Project Management: As a PO, I am well-versed with project management methodologies like Agile or Scrum
- This includes defining project goals, creating project plans, tracking progress, and communicating with stakeholders
- Financial Analysis: As a PO, I have been involved with financial analysis of the product to determine the cost of development including vendor cost etc
- This requires a good understanding of financial metrics like ROI, profit margins, and revenue growth
Lead Business Analyst
Fidelity International
11.2017 - 04.2022
Associate
Fidelity International
11.2011 - 10.2017
- Worked as back-end operational SME on core operational activities such as setting up client record, accounts, executing trading orders on behalf of customers, and handling inbound queries
- Supported team management activities including floor management during trading time, allocating work, building & reviewing resource allocation sheets
- Involved in business acceptance testing for quarterly release
- AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
- Was awarded Lead by Example award in 2016 for delivering exceptional work on strategy project
- Received multiple on the spot awards for Investment platform team for exceptional business analysis
- Technology & Digital Team awardee 2021 for Diversity & Inclusivity as part of working group member
- Technology & Digital Team awardee 2022 for Discretionary Management project successful delivery
Education
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) - Accounting & Business/Management
Delhi University
2011
Certified Generative AI Expert (ID - 83707213) Certified Product Owner (Scrum Alliance ID - 1413480) Certified in Hello Design Thinking – IDEO U -
Skills
- Specialized in creating product vision, mission, and backlog for team to work on them Helping team to interpreting
- Business requirements, converting business user stories into comprehensive & concise business requirements/design
- Documents, analysing, and resolving business problems, and delivering data-driven insights for optimizing business
- Performance, in deadline-driven working environments
- Good knowledge of agile practices, networks, and customer databases for adding rigor to business intelligence, and
- Delivering highly accurate and actionable business insights
- Strong analytical skills for assessing customer processes, implementing appropriate solutions, designing, developing
- Launching, and optimizing business, financial & operations systems, and integrating relevant business data into the
- System
- Focused on problem-solving; Business leader driving large-scale technology transformation projects for delivering
- Customizable technology solutions that address, resolve, prevent business problems, improve business/customer
- Processes, optimize core organizational functions, achieve organizational goals, and add value to business
- Have also travelled UK office for discussion and closure on business requirements for technology and in turn delivered
- Them for business
- COMPETENCIES
- TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- SQL Basics Jira Software MS Visio MS Project Office Suite
Affiliations
Certified Scrum Product Owner & former Business Analyst with over a decade of experience in the financial services
domain that included creating product backlogs, product vision, product strategy and owning the entire product lifecycle
stages from requirement gathering, to implementation for UK wealth management systems, asset management, pension
products/investment products
Detail-oriented with the ability to work collaboratively with other product owners, customer/asset/account managers,
solution/platform architecture & design teams, and other business analytics
Core skills include business analysis, product backlog management, product lifecycle mapping & management, product
strategy/roadmap design, and product implementation
Timeline
Product Owner
Fidelity International
04.2022 - Current
Lead Business Analyst
Fidelity International
11.2017 - 04.2022
Associate
Fidelity International
11.2011 - 10.2017
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) - Accounting & Business/Management
Delhi University
Certified Generative AI Expert (ID - 83707213) Certified Product Owner (Scrum Alliance ID - 1413480) Certified in Hello Design Thinking – IDEO U -
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