Experienced Senior Product Owner, offering 18+ years of rich industry experience involving changeling roles in Product Management, Product Ownership, Test Management, Agile Process Ownership in Siemens, Cerner and Oracle Cerner.
Highly skilled in taking complete ownership of full product lifecycle by uncovering market & user insights, defining product requirements, and translating strategic differentiators into innovative product concepts.
Forward-focused Professional with expertise in concepts of end-to-end project planning & implementation from scope management to activity sequencing, effort & cost estimation, risk analysis to quality management in line with guidelines using Agile Scrum & Traditional methodologies.
Expertise in setting, prioritizing & evaluating the work generated by a Software Scrum Team to ensure impeccable features and functionality of the product.
Front-led time critical and business critical product development projects on time, on budget and within quality right from inception thru to delivery based on Agile Methodology – built products with less than 5% defects in each release, that helped increase market share of leading clients.
Certified Revenue Cycle Representative Program (CRCR) - Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certificates
Skills
Agile Project Management
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Work History
Senior Product Owner
Oracle Cerner Healthcare Services Pvt. Ltd.
Kolkata
10.2023 - Current
Owning & Coordinating the flagship product for Oracle Cerner’s new RevElate offering with over 130 user stories from conceptualization to deployment.
Creating and monitoring dependencies associated with the project through JIRA Align involving effective cross-team collaboration such as Development, UI, Documentation
Addressing constraints and working towards removing roadblocks by managing the cross-team collaboration
Presenting demos of the project across the organization including the C-Level leadership; conducting the Client Validation Session of the project for more than 75 clients
Leading key Agile ceremonies: Iteration Planning, Iteration Demo and Iteration Retrospective for 2 scrum teams; applying ROAM methodology to address all identified risks
Monitoring team metrics via JIRA reports with an emphasis on capacity, load, velocity and burndown
Identifying and propose continuous improvement (CI) opportunities within processes
Understanding business’s requirements, mapping them to system requirements & specifications; undertaking extensive analysis of competitive landscape; translating strategic differentiators into innovative product concepts
Managing release cycles for all products; monitoring, product performance & competitiveness in marketplace, and taking corrective actions as appropriate
Implementing tools & processes to optimize product engineering throughput and quality; ensuring that solutions delivered are of the highest quality possible; identifying possible roadblocks and ensuring timely delivery.
Spearheading execution of major signature programs, using Agile/Scrum methodologies, including estimation, requirement gathering, gap analysis, impact analysis, testing, go-live assistance, and planning risk responses.
Driving software development life cycle; proposing cost effective solutions including interaction with clients, analysis of client requirements, mapping to existing & TO-BE applications, solution design, customization, configuration & implementation till stage of end-user training.
Leading, motivating & retaining a top-notch product development team of 10+, managing for full Product Lifecycle Management; ensuring that product owners contribute to the overall product roadmap & portfolio.
Senior Product Owner
Cerner Corporation
Kolkata
07.2018 - 09.2023
Owning & Coordinating the flagship product for Oracle Cerner’s new RevElate offering with over 130 user stories from conceptualization to deployment.
Creating and monitoring dependencies associated with the project through JIRA Align involving effective cross-team collaboration such as Development, UI, Documentation
Addressing constraints and working towards removing roadblocks by managing the cross-team collaboration
Presenting demos of the project across the organization including the C-Level leadership; conducting the Client Validation Session of the project for more than 75 clients
Leading key Agile ceremonies: Iteration Planning, Iteration Demo and Iteration Retrospective for 2 scrum teams; applying ROAM methodology to address all identified risks
Monitoring team metrics via JIRA reports with an emphasis on capacity, load, velocity and burndown
Identifying and propose continuous improvement (CI) opportunities within processes
Understanding business’s requirements, mapping them to system requirements & specifications; undertaking extensive analysis of competitive landscape; translating strategic differentiators into innovative product concepts
Managing release cycles for all products; monitoring, product performance & competitiveness in marketplace, and taking corrective actions as appropriate
Implementing tools & processes to optimize product engineering throughput and quality; ensuring that solutions delivered are of the highest quality possible; identifying possible roadblocks and ensuring timely delivery.
Spearheading execution of major signature programs, using Agile/Scrum methodologies, including estimation, requirement gathering, gap analysis, impact analysis, testing, go-live assistance, and planning risk responses.
Driving software development life cycle; proposing cost effective solutions including interaction with clients, analysis of client requirements, mapping to existing & TO-BE applications, solution design, customization, configuration & implementation till stage of end-user training.
Leading, motivating & retaining a top-notch product development team of 10+, managing for full Product Lifecycle Management; ensuring that product owners contribute to the overall product roadmap & portfolio.
Product Owner
Cerner Corporation
Kolkata
02.2015 - 07.2018
Created and prioritized epics and user stories for product development
Developed story and feature acceptance criteria, reviewed and accepted backlog items as ready
Performed functional testing, including user acceptance and exploratory testing
Evaluated risks and perform hazard analysis for development activities
Tracked product functionality and performance, as required by regulatory standards, to ensure that it meets market needs
Facilitated key agile ceremonies, such as Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, Iteration Retrospective
Managed ongoing communications between product and scrum teams
Contributed ideas and suggestions to product component or feature roadmap
Provided input and approval to product documentation, including help notes and release files
Senior Test Lead
Cerner Corporation
Kolkata
01.2013 - 02.2015
Planned, estimated, designed, and executed Soarian Financials scrum team testing by analyzing feature-specific requirements, hazards, user stories, and regression tests for testability, traceability, ambiguity, accuracy and test data needs
Promoted quality assurance by transforming user requirements into 360° acceptance criteria
Directed Scrum Team recreation and testing of maintenance defects employing user interface, XML, HL7, and SQL
Supported customer satisfaction by participating in customer upgrades and go-live events
Specialized in Contracts & Reimbursement, HL7 Interface testing, Remittances, Guarantor processing, Claims, and Patient Access
Senior Test Engineer
Siemens
Kolkata
03.2007 - 12.2012
1. Create and assist in the development of manual, automated and exploratory tests, using a risk-based testing complex
2. Logged, tracked, troubleshot, and escalated (when necessary) issues identified during testing cycles
3. Maintained testing evidence for each test as proof of validation
4. Evaluated testing effectiveness on client-reported defects in conjunction with root cause analysis and provide improvement feedback in the testing process
5. Proposed suggestions and assist in the piloting of new testing technologies and quality process initiatives across the organization
6. Interpreted functional enhancements and design validation criteria
7. Designed manual, automated, and exploratory charters from ambiguous requirements
Senior Software Engineer
NBS Technologies
Kolkata
03.2006 - 03.2007
Developed and managed the Bulk Messaging System product for this start-up.
Software Engineer
BBI Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Kolkata
07.2004 - 03.2006
Education
Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer And Information Sciences
West Bengal University of Technology
Kolkata, WB
07.2001 - 07.2004
Certification
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Product Ownership
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Timeline
Senior Product Owner
Oracle Cerner Healthcare Services Pvt. Ltd.
10.2023 - Current
Certified Scrum Product Owner®, Scrum Alliance, Certificant ID: 001524227 - Certification Active through: 21 May 2025
05-2023
Certified Revenue Cycle Representative Program (CRCR) - Healthcare FinancialManagement Association (HFMA)
05-2021
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Product Ownership
04-2021
Senior Product Owner
Cerner Corporation
07.2018 - 09.2023
Foundation Level Certificate in Software Testing - ISTQB® - International SoftwareTesting Qualifications Board
11-2016
Product Owner
Cerner Corporation
02.2015 - 07.2018
Senior Test Lead
Cerner Corporation
01.2013 - 02.2015
Senior Test Engineer
Siemens
03.2007 - 12.2012
Senior Software Engineer
NBS Technologies
03.2006 - 03.2007
Software Engineer
BBI Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
07.2004 - 03.2006
Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer And Information Sciences
West Bengal University of Technology
07.2001 - 07.2004
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