PRIYANKA A Technical Project Manager
Chennai
Summary
Strategic Technical Project Manager with a focus on OTT media & Ecommerce domain specialised in user experience optimization and stakeholder management. Skilled in bridging the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders to deliver high-performing digital products. Results-oriented Project Manager specialising in the delivery of digital solutions within the OTT sector. Manages full project lifecycles from requirement gathering to post-launch optimisation, ensuring consistent performance across platforms. Facilitates effective communication among cross-functional teams, driving successful project execution and stakeholder satisfaction.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
CogentSoft Systems (Samsung Client)
Chennai, India
10.2025 - Current
- Worked in Samsung Client Location.
- Developed detailed user stories and acceptance criteria to guide development efforts.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements for roadmap development.
- Led sprint planning sessions and oversaw backlog refinement for the PROJECT (Samsung Buy Page).
- Managed release processes for software development, from planning through to deployment and post-release support.
- Scheduled emergency releases in response to critical system issues, minimising downtime and customer impact.
- Organised and led productive defect triage meetings, accelerating issue resolution and maintaining project timelines.
- Managed bug tracking using tools like JIRA, ensuring clear communication of issues to developers.
Technical Project Manager
TATA ELXSI LIMITED
Chennai
07.2022 - 09.2025
- Led the delivery of OTT software solutions across Web, Smart TVs ‘Tizen, webOS’, and Set-Top Boxes ‘STBs), ensuring consistent UX and performance across platforms.
- Managed full project lifecycle from requirement gathering to post-launch optimization for streaming applications supporting both live and on-demand content.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (backend, frontend, DevOps, QA, UI/UX) to design scalable, high-performance video delivery systems.
- Implemented Agile frameworks ‘Scrum), conducted sprint planning, retrospectives, and ensured continuous delivery through CI/CD pipelines.
- Coordinated testing and certification processes across diverse platforms including Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Android TV, Fire TV, and STB.
- Ensured the technical documentation of the stories are included and produced platform-specific release plans, and user flow diagrams to support scalable deployments.
Senior Product Associate / Scrum Master
FOOD HUB Software Solutions Ind Pvt Ltd
Chennai, India
10.2015 - 06.2022
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Facilitated Scrum framework - sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Managed work and project responsibilities by assigning tasks to internal individuals and external teams.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs and enhancements.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Software solutions company providing services for food and other industries
POD Lead
TATA ELXSI LIMITED
Chennai
- Led a cross-functional Agile pod (backend engineers, QA, DevOps) delivering core backend services for a high-traffic OTT platform supporting Web, Smart TVs, and Set-Top Boxes.
- Managed sprint planning, backlog grooming, and ensured timely, high-quality releases. Creating Epics and User story writing for the requirement.
- FE Client communication for any API discrepancies or 3rd party API failures.
- Took ownership of incident management and root cause analysis for the incidents and planning the implementation of permanent fixes and preventive strategies.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science Engineering
Meenakshi college of Engineering
06-2015
Skills
- Project management
- Agile methodologies - AGILE, KANBAN, SAFE
- Stakeholder engagement
- Requirements gathering
- Cross-functional collaboration
- User story development
- Team Management
- Delivery Management
- Release Management
Tools
- JIRA
- CONFLUENCE
- GITHUB
- TESTMO
- TESTRAIL
- JENKINS
- SAP (Hybris BO)
Accomplishments
- Improved the quality of the product.
- Reduced defect leakage by introducing process of dev demo to technical solution architect and PO before the QA verification. Planning the fixes of security vulnerabilities and performance issues.
- Received appreciation from the client for improving the product quality in smartTV.
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance
- Certified Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Alliance
Timeline
Project Manager
CogentSoft Systems (Samsung Client)
10.2025 - Current
Technical Project Manager
TATA ELXSI LIMITED
07.2022 - 09.2025
Senior Product Associate / Scrum Master
FOOD HUB Software Solutions Ind Pvt Ltd
10.2015 - 06.2022
POD Lead
TATA ELXSI LIMITED
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science Engineering
Meenakshi college of Engineering