Sowmya Rao
Bangalore
Summary
Motivated and ambitious Product Management Intern with a strong understanding of product development processes and a proven track record in leadership. Eager to contribute to an innovative and dynamic company, seeking hands-on experience in driving product strategy, managing complete product lifecycles, and collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional teams. Demonstrated ability to translate vision into actionable plans and a commitment to achieving success through dedication and continuous learning.
An IT professional with 5+ years of experience in defining solutions to business/ system problems, having experience in Product Management, Recruitment and Software Testing areas. Passionate about Driving a product to success while focusing on the Products Vision and Strategy, creating Product Roadmap, Value proposition, User Personas. Reviewing UI/UX and development of Wireframes. Adept at visioning solutions, market research, doing product analytics, defining value proposition, define/ measuring product KPIs, and implementing Agile software development processes for improved workflow efficiencies. Multi-tasking individual with effective communication and presentation skills. Intend to create an impact in businesses through effective value addition. Industries : Domain experience in E-Commerce, Financial Services (Insurance)
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Product Management Trainee
01.2022 - 08.2022
- The Capstone Project is part of the Product Management and Analytics program which involves product design and innovation experience that integrates the project with the development of professional success skills
- These end-to-end projects engage teams to work across the entire product development process
- An important part of this project is learning how to develop rough ideas for new projects and turn them into compelling cases for new product development
- As part of Product Management mentorship program (Post Graduate in Product Management and Analytics) Analyzed and implemented functional aspects of -
- Product Strategy & Customer Targeting Strategy using Product Strategy Pyramid, Product Vision Board
- Product Design Principles and Developing Prototypes using a Wireframing tool using Balsamiq
- Analyzed market potential, growth areas of revenue on data consisting of 440 large retailers using Exploratory Data Analysis, Descriptive statistics, Measure of Variability
- Market opportunity analysis and Product differentiation & value proposition using SWOT analysis, Porter's five force model, PESTEL analysis
- Design thinking and User Design Principles using UX design process, competitor analysis, user interviews, affinity mapping, user personas, empathy maps, user journey maps, storyboarding
- MVP and Product Testing & Agile Product Development using MoSCoW technique, Feature Prioritization, User Stories, Product Backlog
- Product Growth and Roadmap using RICE framework, Market research
- Product Analytics using Google analytics, Mixpanel tool
- Product Pricing and Business model design using Van Westendorp Pricing model, Gabor Granger Pricing model, Positioning Pricing
- Product life cycle analysis and defined strategies for product-market fitment
Data Stack
Enterprises
05.2017 - 04.2018
- Enterprises believes in empowering the IT industry by streamlining right people for the right job and also believes in providing the best possible unique heritage and focus that would help their clients drive the best choices across technology, analytics, and organizational design
- They comprise services in domain Like HR/IT/Real Estate and Accounting.
Recruitment Specialist
Human Capital Resource, HCR
09.2014 - 03.2015
- Human Capital Resource is incorporated with the sole purpose of achieving excellence in the areas of Sports & Entertainment, Human resource, PR, and Events by providing clients with the best of talent and unparalleled services
- They have the expertise to offer permanent staffing solutions tailored to exclusive needs of their customers
- They work across all industries across all verticals
- Worked as, , actively involved in:
- Worked on end-to-end recruitment: Sourcing, Staffing, scoping, and on boarding candidates
- Actively involved in Identifying, defining, developing and implementing improvements to Hiring Process and Procedures
- Screening: short listing candidates sourced through portal (Naukri, Monster, Times jobs and LinkedIn) and validated them on their experience and interest on the role
- Designed and maintained Reports to monitor and share progress against the plan
Senior Recruitment Specialist
Traverze Consultancy Solutions
05.2012 - 07.2013
- Actively involved in:
- Recruited IT professionals for direct hire employment and for the end clients via internal database of professionals, cold calling, networking, referrals, third-party vendors and online job postings
- Developed and executed solution strategy and recruitment plan
- Designed and maintained Hiring Metrics
- Coordinated interviews between client hiring managers and potential placements
- Involved in resume searching from jobsites like dice.com, monster.com, career Builder.com, LinkedIn for various requirements
- Clearly communicated all aspects of the offer including salary, stock options, benefits, bonuses, relocation allowances etc
- To the selected candidates
- Submitting the profiles to the assigned Client contact., Traverze Consultancy is a client centered company that provides both U.S
- Based and International organizations with on demand access to the Human Capital necessary to harness the power of technology to cut costs, drive revenues, streamline operations and strengthen relationships with their customers employees and vendors
- By partnering with international firms like Berean Group, Terranova Consulting
- Worked as US IT Recruiter actively involved in:
- Update the recruitment agency database with the details of potential candidate
- Developed and maintained Hiring Reports to monitor the progress
- Locate potential employees for their open positions via Job Boards, Social Media Hiring
- Conducting phone interviews with prospective candidates
- Describing the work duties, salary and benefits of the vacancy
- Arranging interviews with shortlisted candidates
- Developed and executed solution strategy and recruitment plan
- Interface and coordinate tasks with hiring Managers
- Oversee aspects of recruitment life cycle, from initial kickoff through requirements analysis, Sourcing, Scheduling, Interview Coordination, Offer Management, On Boarding, Employee Relations for Requirements within Organization.
Data Management
State Farm Insurance, Keane Inc
Bloomington
12.2006 - 12.2010
- To handle Auto & Fire Policies, automatically assigns claim-related tasks to the appropriate party
- ECS Data Management project involved create test data, and convert the existing CSR data in to the new ECS data model
- The overall testing goal is to successfully test the conversion of all the intended AUTO and FIRE claims from the existing model to the new model with accuracy, efficiency, quality and within the conversion batch window
- As a Lead Test Analyst for Data Conversion, actively involved in:
- Design and implementation of Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Inventory, Test Coverage Matrix, Test Design Specification Test Cases and Test Procedures
- Prepared and Monitored Project Test Scheduling Report, performed other Project activities as directed by the Test Manager
- Built and lead distributed teams, Defined team roles and responsibilities, Team mentoring, delegate and monitor work allocation
- Interact with the Business users for requirement gathering
- Used Business Objects in Publishing Dashboards and periodic reports
- Periodic review/ follow-up with stakeholders on Project Status, Risks, Issues and dependencies
- Validate the mapping and the conversion rules specified in the mapping documents
- Defect analysis and managing defect reporting process using Clear Quest and Lotus Notes
- Create and maintain Data Metrics, Test Summary Report etc.
Test Analyst
Country Insurance
Bloomington
08.2006 - 11.2006
- Auto Print Replacement will replace the older version of Print Software with a newer version of the software, Xpression, which converts the paper copy of the auto insurance policies into electronic documents so that it can be accessed by an authenticated user, and stored in an online storage location
- As a, , actively involved in:
- Execution & Validation of electronic documents of Auto policies
- Defect Management using the Segue tool, Silk Radar
- Creation and maintenance of testing documents
- Responsible for ensuring compliance of products with the requirements and acceptance criteria
Java Programmer
Accenture Technology Solutions
Bloomington
03.2006 - 05.2006
- HRS is a web based application that provides basic functionalities of employee information maintenance, skills maintenance and project deployment maintenance, primarily used by the HR clerk
- As a Trainee, , actively involved in:
- Requirement gathering
- Design and Build the applications
Education
Masters'in DataScience - Artificial Intelligence & Machine LearLearning
Deakin University
01.2023 - Current
Post Graduate - Data Science And Business Analytics
Texas McCombs( Great Learning Institute)
02.2023 - 02.2024
Post Graduate - Product Management And Business Analytics
Great Lakes Institute
01.2022 - 12.2022
Post Graduate Degree - Business Management
ICFAI
04.2004 - 06.2006
PGDM - undefined
ICFAI
Bachelor’s degree - Commerce (Accounting & Business Management
Karnataka University
Scrum Alliance - Certified Scrum Master (SCM) - undefined
Certified in IBM Rational Testing, IBM Certificate in Quality Assurance and Quality Control, SigmaSoft Inc, USA Certificate in Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence with Cognos, Business Objects and Informatica, Super Technology - undefined
Entry Level Java Programmer Training, Accenture - undefined
Technology Solutions
Skills
Tableau
undefinedTimeline
Post Graduate - Data Science And Business Analytics
Texas McCombs( Great Learning Institute)
02.2023 - 02.2024
Masters'in DataScience - Artificial Intelligence & Machine LearLearning
Deakin University
01.2023 - Current
Post Graduate - Product Management And Business Analytics
Great Lakes Institute
01.2022 - 12.2022
Product Management Trainee
01.2022 - 08.2022
Data Stack
Enterprises
05.2017 - 04.2018
Recruitment Specialist
Human Capital Resource, HCR
09.2014 - 03.2015
Senior Recruitment Specialist
Traverze Consultancy Solutions
05.2012 - 07.2013
Data Management
State Farm Insurance, Keane Inc
12.2006 - 12.2010
Test Analyst
Country Insurance
08.2006 - 11.2006
Java Programmer
Accenture Technology Solutions
03.2006 - 05.2006
Post Graduate Degree - Business Management
ICFAI
04.2004 - 06.2006
PGDM - undefined
ICFAI
Bachelor’s degree - Commerce (Accounting & Business Management
Karnataka University
Scrum Alliance - Certified Scrum Master (SCM) - undefined
Certified in IBM Rational Testing, IBM Certificate in Quality Assurance and Quality Control, SigmaSoft Inc, USA Certificate in Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence with Cognos, Business Objects and Informatica, Super Technology - undefined
Entry Level Java Programmer Training, Accenture - undefined
Technology Solutions
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