Priyanka Yadav
Manager / Senior Product Specialist
Pune
Summary
Experienced Product Management professional with a bias for action and facilitating team consensus approach. Having good knowledge of product management frameworks and tools. Ready to offer 11 years of varied experience in product management, SaaS solutions, cloud consulting & business development. Well-versed in Agile and Scrum methodologies.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Manager
KPMG India Services LLP
Pune
07.2022 - Current
- Working as a Senior Product Specialist for an Australian client from Telecommunications domain
- Aligned to Product Architecture and Product Simplification (Digitization & Exit) missions
- Running company-wide compliance for adherence to Product Architecture patterns, reporting to unit Head.
- Streamlining & automating Exit processes, creating roadmaps in JIRA & Power BI to track company objectives related to Simplification & exits
Product Owner
Bosch Global Software Technologies
Bengaluru
02.2020 - 07.2022
- Assignment 1: Product Owner for an API development team. These RESTful APIs were used in in-vehicle diagnostic systems for use-cases such as Driver scoring, predicative and preventive maintenance of vehicles etc.
- Assignment 2: Product Owner for Data Marketplace
- Drive vision, roadmap and execution of features to support transaction of Data Products on Marketplace
- Work with Business & Product Managers in developing and planning the product vision and roadmap
- Articulate product vision & roadmap in features and user stories in a manner clearly understandable to agile team
- Define Definition of Done and Definition of Ready
- Write user stories and establish their acceptance criteria (using 3Cs and INVEST criteria, Behavior Driven Development way etc.); refines stories with the Agile team and accepts user stories
- Participates in Iteration planning and Program Increment Planning activities with the entire Agile Release Train (ART) and other dependent teams from other ARTs
- Develop and manage overall prioritization, milestones, deliverables, and success criteria for Programs (PIs/EPICS/features)
- Engage in technical requirements discussions with architects, brainstorm with peers to identify constraints, technical challenges, design tradeoffs etc
- Coordinate for product release and necessary organizational (Quality Gates) and market compliance activities
- Educate the agile team and ensure Lean-Agile practices are followed, such built-in quality, Kanban, continuous integration and continuous deployment
Senior Analyst
Bosch Global Software Solutions
Bengaluru
08.2018 - 01.2020
- Acted as Senior Analyst on a project titled 'Consulting and implementation for Smart Campus Project (IoT)'
- Was responsible for taking the project from concept through completion – as per schedule & budget
- Conducted as-is and to-be GAP analysis and Impact analysis reports as part of research and presentations to management for funding of the Projects
- Prepared extensive cost-benefit analyses for proposed solutions to support Project approach and process changes
- Developed functional requirement specifications, created use cases and process flow diagrams to support functional specifications
- Created and maintained other project documentation such as estimates, project plans, statements of work, status reports (internal and external), change requests, SLA documents, installation guides, user manuals etc
- Created a Pricing tool in excel for pre-sales teams to compare and quote cost for different Parking solutions
- Created Dashboards in Power BI to represent & analyze performance metrics for a mega Smart Metering Project
- Supported Sales team as a subject matter expert on Smart Campus / City solutions.
Sales Manager
Flamenco Tech
Pune
01.2018 - 07.2018
- Drove sale of company's offerings in west region from IT, BFSI & other MNCs
- Brought in 2 new accounts in less than 3 months
- Resolved customer issues quickly and managed overall 6 accounts to increase sales and meet quotas
- Met all major clients, aggressively pursued competitive accounts by differentiating company from competitors
- Developed rapport with all Project Management companies (PMCs) and collaborated with Lighting Consultants, Architects to bid together for major RFPs
- Managed client bids (RFX's), owned proposals / RFX response (Doc & PPT)
Senior Cloud Product Consultant
Searce Inc
Pune
07.2016 - 01.2018
- Managed a team of technical consultants for Google Cloud (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS) sale and business development in west region of India
- Ensured many competitive wins for Google Compute Engine over Microsoft Azure, Amazon and other cloud vendors
- Prior to joining Google Cloud team, was Senior Consultant for Freshworks' suit of products including the customer support software-Freshdesk, Sales automation software-Freshsales & employee experience (ITSM) software-Freshservice
- Conducted Marketing events – Cloud Summits, Digital Marketing (email campaigns, product landing pages), workshops for clients, webinars etc.
Business Development Manager
Lightron Industries
Jaipur
01.2013 - 06.2016
- Onboarded 70+ new dealers over 3 years, prepared quotations & contracts, participated in tenders, negotiated with suppliers
- Drove sales targets from channel partners and direct customers from Hotel and Hospitality industry across India
- Trained sales staff and clients on product knowledge & system technicalities
- Participated in government and commercial bids for supply and installation of LED Lighting
- Analyzed emerging Markets, started exporting to Israel, Vietnam, Dubai through Partner network
- Organized events across territories (Dealers Meets / Training)
Analyst
Lightron Industries
Jaipur
07.2011 - 12.2012
- Conducted research on market, competitors, and consumers in national markets for management to review sales targets and recommend price points for LED Lamps and Drivers
- Drove brand focused below-the-line (BTL) activities and above-the-line (ATL) marketing activities every Quarter to assist in sales targets
- Implemented effective sales strategies and marketing plans for both End customers and Channel partners
- Assisted in demand forecasting & managing inventory pipeline, ensuring ready availability of products as per dealers' demand
Education
MBA - Marketing
Sikkim Manipal University
Distance Education 05.2014 - 07.2016
Electronics & Communication
Rajasthan Technical University
Jaipur 05.2007 - 06.2011
Skills
Story writing & planningVery GoodStakeholder relationship management
Product Strategy
Product Design
Feature writing & Planning
Agile Methodology
Mockups and prototypes
Human Centered Design practices
Product Economincs
Product Lifecycle management
Certification
Certified SAFe 5 Product Manager
Timeline
Manager
KPMG India Services LLP
07.2022 - Current
Certified SAFe 5 Product Manager
09-2021
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
03-2021
Professional Scrum Master I {from Scrum.org}
08-2020
Product Owner
Bosch Global Software Technologies
02.2020 - 07.2022
Senior Analyst
Bosch Global Software Solutions
08.2018 - 01.2020
Sales Manager
Flamenco Tech
01.2018 - 07.2018
Senior Cloud Product Consultant
Searce Inc
07.2016 - 01.2018
MBA - Marketing
Sikkim Manipal University
05.2014 - 07.2016
Business Development Manager
Lightron Industries
01.2013 - 06.2016
Analyst
Lightron Industries
07.2011 - 12.2012
Electronics & Communication
Rajasthan Technical University
05.2007 - 06.2011