Experienced Senior Business Analyst - Product Owner with 6+ years in IT. Demonstrated leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Proficient in addressing diverse stakeholder needs, utilizing expertise in business tools and frameworks. Experienced across digital, AI/ML, and data-driven projects in various domains.
Professional Summary:
- Dynamic Business Analyst/Product Owner driving successful project outcomes by coordinating with cross-functional teams throughout the Software Development Life Cycle.
- Expert in stakeholder management, ensuring alignment of project goals and requirements across departments.
- Proven in prioritizing product backlog for maximum business value, leveraging stakeholder feedback and market trends.
- Skilled in defining product vision and strategy to foster innovation and growth, aligned with business objectives.
- Proficient in market analysis, enabling data-driven decision-making and strategic planning.
- Experienced in gathering and analyzing user feedback to enhance product satisfaction and drive improvement.
- Collaborative team player ensuring seamless execution and delivery of high-quality solutions.
- Proactive in risk management, identifying and mitigating potential disruptions early in the project lifecycle.
- Committed to continuous improvement, adapting to change and driving process enhancements for optimized performance.
- Strong understanding of business operations, contributing to cost-effective production and product quality enhancement.
Job Description:
Gathered complete requirements, documented use cases, process flows, wireframes, and user stories from scratch.
AI/ML and GEN AI Experience:
1. GEN AI Use Case Identification: Identified GEN AI use cases within projects using client insights and project data. Presented use cases to clients, highlighting innovation opportunities.
2. Requirement Generation: Collaborated with clients to refine and develop GEN AI-specific requirements. Translated client needs into actionable requirements aligned with project goals.
3. Client Consultation: Engaged in ongoing discussions with clients to understand evolving GEN AI needs. Provided expert guidance on GEN AI adoption to address client challenges.
4. Use Case Demonstration: Demonstrated GEN AI use case feasibility through prototypes and mockups. Facilitated client feedback sessions to validate and iterate on use cases.
5. Innovation and Ideation: Led brainstorming sessions to explore new GEN AI use cases and solutions. Fostered a culture of innovation within the team, encouraging novel approaches to GEN AI.
Awards & Recognition:
- Interacted with clients to gather requirements, conducted IPA sessions, product demos, and participated in presales activities.
- Communicated product vision, scope, and purpose to the development team.
- Utilized reservation systems like Sabre, Amadeus, etc., for service integration with the product.
- Created granular User Stories reflecting actual requirements and benefits, importing them into the product backlog as epics and stories.
- Maintained and prioritized the Product backlog items based on Business value & stakeholder inputs.
- Engaged regularly with the development team, participated in sprint planning meetings, and facilitated tradeoffs and requirement clarification.
- Facilitated and attended Sprint planning, review, daily scrum, and retrospective meetings with the development team.
- Engaged with management executives to remove blockers affecting team goals.
- Continuously engaged with customers and stakeholders to ensure the right solution was being built.
- Inspected developed solutions for acceptance or rejection, and obtained UAT sign-off for accepted solutions.
- Monitored sprint and project progress, development team capacity, and calculated development team velocity.
- Directly involved in requirement gathering, documentation, time estimation, and project planning.
- Utilized different Travel APIs like Trip Jack, RedBus, etc., for service integration with the product.
- Acted as the single point of contact for customers for project-related information or discussions and negotiations.
- Prepared documents such as Understanding document, Scope of work, Requirement Document, Requirement Prioritization, etc.
- Liaised between business and technical personnel to ensure a mutual understanding of processes and applications.
- Participated in presales activities, product demos, and client training at the end of every sprint.
- Clarified issues with developers to validate designs and functional specifications.
- Conducted different demos between multiple merchants to ensure App stabilization and connection between Web & Mobile.
- Contributed to the solutioning aspect of the App and collaborated effectively with multiple teams like development, Client Team, QA, DevOps, Engineering, etc., to ensure successful product development.
Award & Recognition
- Managed multiple project allocations, overseeing daily deliverables and squad activities to ensure efficient project execution.
- Utilized ZOHO PROJECTS for project management tasks, demonstrating proficiency in project management tools.
- Spearheaded the day-to-day testing effort for projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
- Collaborated with Quality Assurance Analysts to develop 3D e-learning courses for employees, ensuring flawless performance on both Desktops and iPads.
- Created comprehensive module test plans and effectively managed testing timelines to meet project deadlines.
- Engaged with Developers and Quality Assurance teams to monitor testing progress and ensure adherence to project requirements.
- Ensured consistency and bug-free functionality of courses across all devices, enhancing user experience.
- Collaborated with Senior Quality Analysts to review requirements and ensure alignment with client expectations.
- Tracked project progress and monitored the performance of Quality Assurance Analysts, ensuring project milestones were met.
- Conducted cursory reviews of courses before final sign-off to uphold quality standards.
Received recognition as a,
Stakeholder Management
Certified Scrum Master
"I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and I accept full responsibility for its correctness."
Date: 19/04/2024
Place: Coimbatore
Yours sincerely,
Joshua D
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Certified Scrum Master
Certificate in International Market Entry Strategies from Metropolitan University
Manual & Automation Test Engineer Certification from Amitysoft Technologies
Certificate in Computer Programming from Trec-step Institution