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Education
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Hobbies and Interests
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Janhavi Kulkarni

Janhavi Kulkarni

Kharadi

Summary

As a strategic visionary in product management within the computer software and engineering sector, my ambition is to merge my passion for technology with my extensive experience in directing product development initiatives. My objective is to lead the creation and launch of groundbreaking products that resonate with market demands and drive business growth. With a proven track record of fostering innovation, executing Agile principles, and guiding teams toward excellence, I aim to align with an organization's mission and vision that values transformative leadership and a customer-centric approach to product evolution.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, Product development, C&I (post re org dissolved into core and services)

Mastercard
India
08.2021 - Current
  • Owned Products Like Identity check, Identity check express Global, Biometric authentication services and Smart Interface
  • Drives New Product Development, contributing to Product strategy and partnering with cross-functional teams to design, develop and deliver new Products that drive incremental revenues for Mastercard
  • Demonstrates a full understanding of market dynamics including Regulatory, Legal, Competitive and Technology landscapes
  • Evaluates and prioritizes Global and/or Regional product ideas, markets and opportunities and determines with which projects to initiate the development process
  • Collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders in Legal, Data Privacy, Delivery, Finance, Marketing, Sales, etc
  • To ensure that the new Product has a robust go-to-market plan focused on speed to market and ease of delivery
  • Partner with Servicing teams (e.g
  • GCC, CTS, Biz Ops) to ensure that the new Product has a robust E2E servicing plan that enables a great end user and customer experience
  • Partners with Product Management to Commercialize new Products, providing a roadmap and Product Quality enhancements
  • Provide regular coaching and feedback to direct reports and partners to grow individual functional skills, experience and leadership capabilities
  • Drive institutionalized knowledge with consistent product documentation (e.g., support documents) across the Studio framework
  • Demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning by leveraging the learning & development curriculum to augment existing knowledge, skills and experiences
  • Develop talent and provide timely feedback, coaching in the moment, and mentoring

Business Analyst and then promoted to Manager, Product development

Mastercard
India
08.2015 - 06.2020
  • Initially worked as Contractor for the same position with CSC as my employer and then converted to permanent position)
  • Partner with product owners globally to understand new business opportunities
  • Liaise between product and technical teams to the purpose of ensuring technical teams have sufficient information to complete design, coding, testing, and implementation phases of the project life cycle
  • Perform impact analysis, gap analysis of application
  • Work closely with developers and requesters identifying data and functional requirements in the design of new/enhanced systems
  • Ensure development objectives are accomplished; user testing is performed; Lead the user story Elaboration and prioritize them with Business
  • Develop and participate in the review of business and functional requirements and determine primary functions that the project is to provide
  • Ensure timely and accurate communication with project staff throughout the life cycle of the project and ensure knowledge transfer
  • Document and coordinate changes and enhancements of products/services and prepare and present documentation of business/technical presentations
  • Provided whiteboard sessions and visio flows to technical team member(s) to ensure adherence to requirements
  • Ensure methodology compliance; document problem areas and coordinate resolutions; reporting to management as necessary and investigate/research business/technical process.

Scrum Master

Mastercard
India
08.2015 - 06.2020
  • Worked in Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe)
  • Derived all the PI planning activities for each release
  • Organize and facilitate Project planning, daily stand up meeting, retrospectives, demos
  • Track and Communicate sprint progress
  • Ensure the information is highlighted appropriately
  • Identify and remove impediments and support team member for their daily work.

Technical Lead

GATE Global Systems Solutions [Now Capgemini]
10.2010 - 07.2015
  • User stories creation
  • Review test cases, backlog define
  • Handling Client Calls
  • Overall status coordination
  • QTP execution of Automation scripts
  • Sprint planning
  • Requirement understanding and analysis
  • Workload analysis
  • Workload assignment
  • Velocity Monitoring
  • Manual Test Case execution and updates
  • Formal Peer Review of test cases
  • Test case execution-Functional testing, regression testing
  • Bug logging, verification and impact analysis
  • Handling weekly status call with client
  • Preparing status reports
  • Preparing Regression status report
  • Knowledge Management
  • Mentoring new team members

Automation Test Engineer

GATE Global Systems Solutions [Now Capgemini]
10.2010 - 07.2015
  • Designed automation test scripts based on the functionality of manual test cases
  • Automation testing using Selenium, JBehave and Core Java, unit testing
  • Used Modular framework for automation testing
  • Good knowledge about Behavior Driven Development (BDD) approach for testing.

Education

Higher Secondary School Certificate (12th) -

Deogiri College
01.2006

Secondary School Certificate (10th) -

St. Lawrence High School
01.2004

Skills

  • Agile Methodologies
  • Product Management
  • Scrum
  • Business Analysis
  • Selenium
  • Java
  • Automated Testing
  • Leadership
  • Strategic Planning
  • Cross-functional Team Management

Accomplishments

  • Pioneered the launch of 'Identity Check Express Global', revolutionizing Mastercard's authentication services and securing a leadership position in the market.
  • Achieved global industry recognition as a Subject Matter Expert, invited by Mastercard's Dublin Office to provide insights on the impacts of the 2.0 EMVCo version specification.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Engaging in Agile and technology meetups to stay updated on industry advancements and foster professional connections.
  • Mentoring aspiring product managers, focusing on Agile principles and innovation in technology.

Languages

English

Timeline

Director, Product development, C&I (post re org dissolved into core and services)

Mastercard
08.2021 - Current

Business Analyst and then promoted to Manager, Product development

Mastercard
08.2015 - 06.2020

Scrum Master

Mastercard
08.2015 - 06.2020

Technical Lead

GATE Global Systems Solutions [Now Capgemini]
10.2010 - 07.2015

Automation Test Engineer

GATE Global Systems Solutions [Now Capgemini]
10.2010 - 07.2015

Higher Secondary School Certificate (12th) -

Deogiri College

Secondary School Certificate (10th) -

St. Lawrence High School

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