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Sowmya Ramashesha

Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic Senior Director of Product Management at Walmart, renowned for driving innovation and strategic direction in E-commerce. Expert in product management ,collaborative leadership and corporate strategy, successfully launched high-impact initiatives at Flipkart, enhancing market expansion and profitability. Proven track record in building high-performing teams and executing technology roadmaps for transformative business growth.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Director Product Management

Walmart
10.2021 - Current
  • Sr Director Product Management for E-commerce, Marketplace building high performance teams by driving innovation, developing technology roadmaps, and provides vision and strategic direction to align technology initiatives with long-term business objectives, fostering a culture of excellence, growth transformation across the organization

Associate Director – Corporate Strategy

Flipkart
01.2016 - 10.2021
  • High impact initiatives/investments for FK -Launch of Grocery, Pharma and Gems&Jewellery by Partnering with executive leadership to co-create growth strategy, identifying opportunities for market expansion, competitive positioning, and profitability

Senior Product/Program Manager

Akamai
01.2012 - 01.2016
  • Key Project: Digital Media (APJ Market)

Project Manager

Obopay
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • Key Project: Mobile Wallet; Designation: Project Manager; Client: Nokia, Warid telecom, Master Card, Society General

MTS

Sun Microsystems
01.2005 - 01.2010
  • Key Projects: CDS (Content Delivery Server); Designation: QA Technical Lead; Client: Ericsson, Verizon Wireless, Telecom Personal, Telefonica Mexico, and Telecom New Zealand.

Education

MBA (EPGBM) -

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC)

Bachelors in Information Science & Engineering (BE) -

Bangalore Institute of Technology
Bangalore

Skills

  • Product Management
  • Strategic Planning and Execution
  • Collaborative Leadership
  • Tech Strategy
  • Operational Excellence
  • Resource Optimization
  • Building high performing org and People Manager
  • Business transformation
  • Corp Strategy and Platform Building experience
  • Technical Program Management

Personal Information

Nationality: Indian

Key Recent Contributions

Strategy Development

Created a platform mindset by structuring organization across Walmart business to improve productivity by driving innovation, developing technology roadmaps, and provides vision and strategic direction to align technology initiatives with long-term business objectives.

Execution Excellence - Translated strategic objectives into clear execution roadmaps, ensuring initiatives are implemented effectively across the organization, with a focus on delivering measurable impact. Managed  the implementation of strategy, working with internal stakeholders to maximize achievement of overall strategic objectives. Built Program Management team in IDC for ecommerce, Marketplace, Supply Chain and New business [92 Associates]

Translated strategic objectives into clear execution roadmaps, ensuring initiatives are implemented effectively across the organization., Executed highly strategic programs across Walmart business including Cross Border Trade, Marketplace Acceleration programs, Walmart Membership programs.

Partnered with executive leadership to co-create the organization growth strategy, utilizing data-driven analysis to identify opportunities for market expansion. -Launched Grocery for India by driving Business, Technology and operations to scale and enable PAN India growth., Worked in new category launches [Pharma] across Flipkart right from conceptualization to Go Live.

Developed Product vision, strategy and YoY Roadmap across Digital Media, Internet Streaming Technologies, Application / Content delivery, Web Security and strategic technology initiatives.

Education And Professional Development

  • MBA (EPGBM), Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC)
  • Bachelors in Information Science & Engineering (BE), Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore

Timeline

Senior Director Product Management

Walmart
10.2021 - Current

Associate Director – Corporate Strategy

Flipkart
01.2016 - 10.2021

Senior Product/Program Manager

Akamai
01.2012 - 01.2016

Project Manager

Obopay
01.2010 - 01.2012

MTS

Sun Microsystems
01.2005 - 01.2010

MBA (EPGBM) -

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC)

Bachelors in Information Science & Engineering (BE) -

Bangalore Institute of Technology
Sowmya Ramashesha