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Sugandha Raj

Sugandha Raj

Bengaluru

Summary

Results-driven Product Manager with 10 years of experience, currently serving as a Product Owner at Publicis Sapient, Bangalore. Proven expertise in Healthcare product management, with a focus on delivering innovative solutions for Payer/Provider organizations. Exposure to other domains like Retail and Travel & Hospitality. Strong educational background with a PGPM (Information Management specialization) from SPJIMR and a B.Tech. in Information Technology from Banasthali University. Adept at managing diverse product teams and liasing with internal and external stakeholders.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Owner

Publicis Sapient
02.2021 - Current

United Healthcare – RxClaim
Description: RxClaim is United Healthcare’s core claim adjudication engine designed for online, real-time processing of prescription drug claims. The system supports Payer operations and is built on legacy code, comprising 15,000 screens and 30,000 users.

  • Modernization Strategy: Spearheaded the modernization of United Healthcare’s legacy RxClaim adjudication engine using GenAI, aligning with industry best practices.
  • Product Lifecycle Management: Owned and managed the product lifecycle for modernization capabilities, including ideation, exploration, approval, development, implementation, and ongoing enhancements.
  • Backlog Management: Maintained and prioritized the product backlog, ensuring alignment with stakeholder objectives and business goals. Delivered 100+ user stories, conducting grooming sessions with global stakeholders to ensure clarity and alignment.
  • Prompt Engineering: Leveraged prompt engineering to create detailed acceptance criteria for modernized screens, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and improving user workflows.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Facilitated architecture design discussions and decisions, communicating impacts to key stakeholders across Payer and Provider organizations.
  • Agile Methodology: Implemented Agile Product Development methodology, ensuring efficient collaboration between development, QA, and business teams.
  • Healthcare Expertise: Acquired knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, Claims, and Billing while designing solutions for the modernization of the application.

Robinhood SuperApp

Description: Thailand's first super app offering food delivery, ride-hailing, shopping, express services, and OTA deals. Robinhood Travel is an all-in-one travel service portal for hotel bookings, tours, car rentals, and flight services.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Managed modules within the Online Travel Agency application, driving a 25% boost in user satisfaction.
  • Coordinated with UI/UX teams to visualize and develop user journeys, ensuring seamless user experiences.

Waters Corporation

Description: Waters Corporation is an analytical and laboratory instrument and software company. The focus was on digital transformation to enhance their digital business and improve customer experiences.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Formulated a digital transformation strategy to enhance Waters Corporation's digital business and improve customer experiences.
  • Liaised between clients and development teams, prioritizing product roadmap features, and ensuring timely delivery.
  • Orchestrated two-week sprint planning and scheduling, articulating the product vision to the engineering team.

Software Engineer

IBM
06.2013 - 12.2019
  • Led a team in managing support and upgrade/implementation projects for Eli Lilly and Company's Clinical Trial System.
  • Expert in reviewing and updating lab and IT operational procedures (SOPs) for new software releases, ensuring a 30% reduction in operational errors.
  • Automated the archival process using RPA, saving 800+ hours of manual labor.
  • In the ESA and BI@IBM projects, ensured 100% availability of Sales Analytics reports and BI dashboards contributing to a 25% improvement in data-driven decision-making.

Education

MBA - Information Management

SPJIMR
Mumbai, India
01-2021

B. Tech - Information Technology

Banasthali University
Jaipur, India
05-2013

Skills

  • Roadmap planning
  • Stakeholder relationship management
  • Backlog Prioritization
  • Modernization with the use of Gen AI

Certification

SAFe PO/PM

Timeline

Product Owner

Publicis Sapient
02.2021 - Current

Software Engineer

IBM
06.2013 - 12.2019

MBA - Information Management

SPJIMR

B. Tech - Information Technology

Banasthali University
Sugandha Raj