Jyothsna Kota
Product Owner
Hyderabad
Summary
Accomplished professional with 14 years of diverse experience, including roles as a Product Owner, Subject Matter Expert (SME), and Web Applications development. Proven expertise in product lifecycle management, Agile methodologies, and cross-functional collaboration. Deep domain knowledge in corporate actions, CA reporting, and insurance industries. Known for driving strategic product development initiatives, delivering customer-centric solutions, and achieving measurable business outcomes.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Delivery Manager
Energetic Info Solutions
12.2023 - 06.2024
- Collaborated with stakeholders to understand their unique business challenges and translated those needs into actionable requirements.
- Translated customer needs and market trends into clear product requirements and user stories.
- Defined product features and specifications, ensuring alignment with technical feasibility and business objectives.
- Prepared comprehensive SOWs and product plans, outlining deliverables, timelines, and resource allocation.
- Fostered collaborative Agile environment, guiding teams through Scrum ceremonies and promoting continuous delivery.
- Conducted sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release management in Agile/Scrum environments
- Worked closely with engineering, design, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products on schedule.
Product Owner
Vertafore Inida Private Ltd.,
10.2021 - 12.2023
- Managed backlog prioritization, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder expectations.
- Facilitated communication between development teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of requirements and expectations.
- Enhanced product usability by conducting user research and incorporating feedback into development.
- Fostered culture of continuous improvement through regular retrospective meetings with team.
- Proactively identified risks associated with project timelines or deliverables, implementing mitigation strategies when necessary.
- Reduced time-to-market by effectively coordinating resources, tasks, and timelines within team.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop high-quality products that met customer needs.
Product Owner
Capgemini India Private Limited.
05.2019 - 10.2021
- Defined and communicated product vision to align with business objectives.
- Wrote clear and concise user stories and acceptance criteria for development team.
- Managed backlog grooming sessions to refine priorities and dependencies.
- Acted as primary point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring their needs were understood and addressed.
- Facilitated communication and collaboration between development, design, and QA teams.
- Managed release scope, schedule, and quality to meet customer and business expectations.
- Analyzed user feedback and usage data to prioritize enhancements and improvements.
Subject Matter Expert / Functional Designer
Capgemini India Private Limited
01.2017 - 05.2019
- Influenced decision-making processes by presenting data-driven insights into key organizational issues.
- Spearheaded internal training initiatives that led to increased employee proficiency in critical skills.
- Evaluated existing resources and developed new strategies to maximize effectiveness in addressing identified gaps.
- Conducted thorough user research, leading to data-driven design decisions that met user needs effectively.
- Streamlined design processes, resulting in increased efficiency and faster project completion times.
- Analyzed user behavior and feedback to optimize design and user experience.
- Reviewed project requirements to plan workflows and evaluate client time and budget constraints.
Technical Lead
Capgemini India Private Limited
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Designed and developed web-based client application using ASP.NET(MVC) with Razor view engine, JQuery, C#, HTML, JSON etc.
- Worked on the development of Reporting engine framework to create various kinds of reports and format them.
- Worked on ISO 20022 and 15022 formatting of messages/files.
- Involved in Web Apis development, applied security principles using authentication techniques and certificates.
- Key person in the project right from the beginning and responsible for analysis, design, implementation and deployment of code.
- Followed Test driven and behavioral driven approach throughout the application development life cycle.
- Enhanced automated regression pack to improve the test coverage.
- Designed windows services that keep running for 24*7 to check for new updates backed with proper logging.
- Applied query optimization techniques on stored procedures to improve the performance.
- Involved in Technical Design, code reviews, release activities and development of all layers.
Developer
Capgemini India Private Limited
10.2012 - 01.2015
- Enhanced core logic of Easyway application
- Worked on Windows and WCF services and performance tuning of Web Application.
- Designed SQL Queries, Stored Procedures, functions and views.
- Involved in entire lifecycle of application development.
- Worked with MQ messaging to communicate with different platforms like Mainframe, Tandem etc.
- Designed notice dashboard to alert customers on payment schedules, dues and to communicate other important information.
- Designed Data exchange patterns(DEX) to communicate with other internal and external platforms.
- Worked on migration of application from one database to another using SSIS to deal with multi markets.
- Involved in migration of huge amount of data from one database to another using windows jobs.
Software Engineer
InnDocs Software Private Limited.
06.2010 - 10.2012
- Designed SQL Queries, Stored Procedures, functions and views.
- Involved in design and development of modules.
- Designed Windows services for policies Management.
- Worked on enhancement of product .
- Designed web pages using HTML,CSS,JQuery and javascript.
- Involved in sanitary testing of product.
Education
Master of Computer Applications -
Andhra University
06.2006 - 06.2009
Skills
Product Management
Prioritization
Stakeholder Management
Customer focus
Presentation
Decision making
Research
Strategy
Adaptability
Negotiation
Agile Scrum
Timeline
Delivery Manager
Energetic Info Solutions
12.2023 - 06.2024
Product Owner
Vertafore Inida Private Ltd.,
10.2021 - 12.2023
Product Owner
Capgemini India Private Limited.
05.2019 - 10.2021
Subject Matter Expert / Functional Designer
Capgemini India Private Limited
01.2017 - 05.2019
Technical Lead
Capgemini India Private Limited
01.2015 - 01.2017
Developer
Capgemini India Private Limited
10.2012 - 01.2015
Software Engineer
InnDocs Software Private Limited.
06.2010 - 10.2012
Master of Computer Applications -
Andhra University
06.2006 - 06.2009
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