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Niranjan Neeralagi

Niranjan Neeralagi

Product Manager/ Product Owner

Summary

Experienced Product Owner with 10 years of expertise in agile development and product delivery. Proficient in managing backlogs, creating user stories, and leading agile ceremonies for efficient project execution. Skilled in stakeholder engagement and requirement analysis to align technical teams with business objectives. Strong analytical skills and proficient in project management tools such as Jira and Confluence. Committed to promoting collaboration and driving continuous improvement in cross-functional teams to achieve project success.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Product Owner

British Telecom
07.2024 - Current
  • Develop and communicate clear product vision and strategy for AI-driven solutions, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
  • Create and maintain detailed product roadmaps, outlining key milestones and timelines.
  • Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and business analysts to gather requirements and prioritize features.
  • Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for product success, utilizing data-driven insights to inform decisions.
  • Lead end-to-end product development lifecycle, ensuring high standards of quality and performance for AI models and data solutions.

Product Owner

UST
11.2021 - 07.2024
  • As a product owner defined, maintained & prioritized backlog (user stories/features) to guide the agile development team
  • Worked on Jira/confluence project management tool in creation of user stories & use case along with acceptance criteria for agile teams
  • Handled all the agile-scrum ceremonies for the project viz. Grooming, Sprint planning, Sprint review & Retrospective meetings, client demos
  • Researched/ Analyzed need of the consuming applications to understand and articulate requirements for the APIs
  • Bridged the gap and dependencies with the Client/Stake holder to delivery MVP every sprint as part of agile-scrum compliance

Consultant (Product Owner)

Capgemini
03.2020 - 11.2021
  • Worked on project management tools Jira-Confluence, Wiki, ALM for preparing project milestone plans as part of agile-scrum set-up
  • Good hands-on experience on all the agile-scrum ceremonies viz. Grooming, Sprint planning, Sprint review & Retrospective meetings
  • Maintained clarity of the minimum viable program delivery and ensured the teams have the capacity to deliver to its core potential and capabilities
  • Handled creation of User stories/Use Case, use case model, UML, Business Requirement specifications that successfully delivered necessary change in a manageable and non-intrusive way by using agile frame work

Product Owner

Fidelity Investment
04.2019 - 03.2020
  • As a PO worked alongside with multiple teams like development teams, QA teams to meet features and release timelines
  • Analyzed the client requirement and identified/ derived a feasible solution which would best fit to the system in coordination with Architect and agile development team
  • Defined project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility is achieved in agile
  • Worked on creating User stories for developers which also include Business Requirement Documents and Functional Requirements Documents, RTM in agile environment
  • Managed activities like test case, analysis, and preparation/review of Functional Requirement Documents

Product Owner

DXC Technology (Formerly HPE)
09.2016 - 03.2019
  • Lead Business requirements gathering and elicitation of the functional enhancements and handled change requests directed to agile team
  • Helped team to deliver working software every sprint in an agile environment
  • Handled Product backlog refinement, prioritization and change request management for agile teams
  • Analyzed business and functional requirements, along side worked on creation of user stories as part of agile requirement
  • Prepared draft of user documents, which included problem resolution, help pages, toolkits, and user-manual
  • Worked on Requirement document, data elements, business rules, use case, UI design and mock-up's
  • Educated the engineers and test analyst on Healthcare domain

Business Analyst

Vodafone
03.2015 - 11.2015
  • Analyzed client requirements to derive feasible solutions in collaboration with architects and developers
  • Conducted walkthrough sessions on documented requirements for stakeholders, supporting prioritization and estimation
  • Developed business requirements documentation (BRD, PRD, FSD) and process flow charts
  • Collected end-user feedback on system performance to identify improvement areas
  • Lead documentation and clarification efforts throughout the agile development lifecycle

Education

MBA - Marketing And International Business

Balaji Institute Of Modern Management
Pune, India
04.2001 -

BBA - Marketing Management

Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College
Belgaum, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Certification

CSPO

Industry Experience

  • US Healthcare - Medicare/Medicaid (Payers side)
  • Banking Payment side
  • Automobile- Supply chain
  • Telecom

Timeline

Product Owner

British Telecom
07.2024 - Current

Product Owner

UST
11.2021 - 07.2024

Consultant (Product Owner)

Capgemini
03.2020 - 11.2021

Product Owner

Fidelity Investment
04.2019 - 03.2020

Product Owner

DXC Technology (Formerly HPE)
09.2016 - 03.2019

Business Analyst

Vodafone
03.2015 - 11.2015

MBA - Marketing And International Business

Balaji Institute Of Modern Management
04.2001 -

BBA - Marketing Management

Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College
04.2001 -
Niranjan NeeralagiProduct Manager/ Product Owner