Pranav Tallam
Summary
Product Owner with over 12 years of experience in the Information Technology industry, specializing in managing complex IT integration and feature development projects. Certified in SAFe Agile methodologies, including SAFe PO/PM, Agilist, Practitioner (SP) and Professional Scrum Master (PSM-1), with a proven track record in defining product backlogs, translating business needs into technical requirements, and guiding Agile teams effectively.
Collaborated on diverse integration and front-end feature development projects. Gained expertise in databases, microservices, APIs, data management, analytics and middleware which enabled me to develop solutions that promote fluid communication, data flow and user-friendly interfaces across multiple platforms
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Owner / Product Manager
FedEx ACC
06.2024 - Current
- Work with business stakeholders and clients, to define and execute the product strategies aligned with the business goals, driving product success from ideation to launch
- Manage the product backlog, prioritize features and maintain a clear, actionable product roadmap
- Collaborate with the scrum team in PI planning activities to groom the work items, estimate and identify risks, issues, dependencies and action items
- Define the acceptance criteria, DOD and DOR for all our work items
- Work closely with the UX/UI designers to create intuitive interfaces and wire frames
- Organize and conduct regular product demos to gather preliminary input from stakeholders.
- Ensure efficient execution of User Acceptance tests through effective collaboration with business, developers and testers.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to understand current implementation of micro services, middleware tools, JMS setup and back-end applications (AEM, Sitecore) to create user stories, ensuring accurate stories are committed for development
Product Owner / Lead Business Analyst
ENTAIN PLC. (IVY COMPTECH)
05.2021 - 02.2024
- Accountable for driving innovation and overseeing the launch of product in a fast-paced environment
- Collaborated with stakeholders, technical leads, design team and marketing teams to co-develop the roadmap and take products, features from conception to launch
- Worked closely with product stakeholders, project sponsors, technical stakeholders and design teams to clarify the schedule, status, and requirements for ongoing projects across different countries
- Worked in an Agile environment and continuously reviewing the business needs, refining priorities, outlining milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks
- Lead a team of 9 developers and testers to integrate external product (MyGame) into existing product ecosystem, resulting in a 18% increase in customer traction across the UK and Germany
- Developed project requirements for a revamped mobile app, with improved customer onboarding, UI/UX, and technology stack, leading to a substantial growth in our customer base
- Overseeing quality assurance, system integration, and user acceptance testing to ensure on-time, on-budget, and successful go-live of enterprise implementations for up to 30,000 global users
- Prioritizing user stories, creating acceptance criteria, driving testing & delivery by managing backlog grooming
Lead Consultant
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2013 - 05.2021
- Managed daily operations for the USI team of 7 members; managed escalations, communications, workload distribution of tasks & allocation of resources based on project requirements
- Developed Microsoft project plans to track project progress against plan, monitored project control, RAID items to generate project health metrics
- Facilitated business requirements analysis with clients through design workshops to define scope on enterprise tool deployments and develop functional and non-functional requirements for enterprise level tool implementation
- Supported project management and planning of team activities (requirements gathering, documentation, project charter materials) along with defect tracking and overall status reporting
- Led Agile sessions for clients and internal teams using Deloitte's best practices, including Discovery, Sprint planning, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and Daily scrums, using Agile Octane and JIRA
- Collaborated with Senior Agile coaches and the JIRA product team to implement Agile project delivery in JIRA, resulting in the creation of a base template currently used by the entire Deloitte Consulting Practice for Agile project management
- Led UAT and created test scripts for the migration from an in-house ITSM tool to ServiceNow, leading to better monitoring and reporting on new and ongoing requests
- Analyzed client's engagement letter, SOW, and translated business needs into detailed requirements and functional specifications to formulate a risk governance framework
Research Analyst
Kantar Operations
01.2012 - 04.2013
- Conducted analysis, interpretation, and synthesis of research sources to draw actionable and executable conclusions for clients
- Analyzed trends and customer behavior on P&G products for global research
- Gathered consumer, competitor and marker data for FMCG, Automobile and Health Care industries in Asian markets
- Created SWOT profiles and competitive intelligence for clients' competitors and customers
- Improved company decisions through data-driven decision-making and competitive analysis
Education
Master of Business Management - Business Management
University of Hyderabad
01.2021
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Osmania University
01.2011
Skills
- Product Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Business Analysis
- Product Backlog Management
- Requirements elicitation
- Business Process Improvement
- Client Relationship Management
- Scrum & Kanban
- SAFe Agile
- Fit-Gap Analysis
- Quality assurance
- Product metrics tracking
- User acceptance testing
- End-User Training
- Risk Management
- Team Management
Certification
- Certified SAFe Agilist
- Certified SAFe Professional
- Certified SAFe PO/PM
- Professional Scrum Master
Professional Highlights
- Successfully redesigned mobile app's UI and UX, resulting in a 20% increase in our recreational customer base across the EU markets.
- Collaborated with Solution, database architectures, Dev, QA, and Product Owners to integrate MyGame, an AI tool that provides real-time tips and tutorials, resulting in an increase in customers across EU markets.
- Led requirement readiness and user acceptance testing for the migration from an in-house ITSM tool to ServiceNow, resulting in efficient tracking and reporting for new and ongoing requests across cross-functional teams.
- Currently working with the Revenue, Pricing, and Invoicing team to implement an ancillary fee in the EU markets as part of a large-scale integration project that will raise revenue by 2.4 million.
Affiliations
Co-Founded GigVeda (non-for-profit), a passionate group of music lovers wanting to contribute to growing the independent music & arts culture in India
Technical Purview
- Agile: JIRA, Version One, ALM Octane
- Design: Figma, Maya
- Project Management: MS Project (MSP), ALM Octane, Agile JIRA, Project Management Center (PMC), Confluence
- Testing: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), JIRA
- Business Process Modelling: ARIS, MS Visio, Ignazio
- Reporting: MS Excel, Power BI and Tableau, SQL
- ITSM: ServiceNow, AMPM (Application Management Process Manager)
Timeline
Product Owner / Product Manager
FedEx ACC
06.2024 - Current
Product Owner / Lead Business Analyst
ENTAIN PLC. (IVY COMPTECH)
05.2021 - 02.2024
Lead Consultant
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2013 - 05.2021
Research Analyst
Kantar Operations
01.2012 - 04.2013
Master of Business Management - Business Management
University of Hyderabad
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Osmania University
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