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Sunita Rath

Sunita Rath

Bhubaneswar

Summary

Strategic Product Manager with 13 years of experience in delivering AI-driven SaaS solutions across energy, mining, fintech, OTT, and sustainability sectors. Expertise in leading cross-functional teams and launching impactful products that drive business growth. Recently led AI forecasting and automation platforms for global clients including Meridian Energy and Sandvik. Proficient in product strategy, agile execution, stakeholder alignment, and data-driven decision-making.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Product/Project Manager, PMO

Celebal Technologies
Jaipur
08.2023 - Current

Meridian Energy – AI Forecasting Platform.

- Led end-to-end delivery of an AI-powered forecasting framework, combining time-series and tabular ML models (TFT, DeepMC, TCN, N-BEATS).

- Oversaw the design and deployment of pipelines using Databricks, SQL, Flask, and React for model inference and reporting.

- Achieved client acceptance and full milestone payments with less than 50% PO utilization, ensuring strong project profitability.

- Coordinated with stakeholders to resolve model concerns through extended evaluation support.

- Drove a follow-up, Celebal-funded initiative to enhance model accuracy post-delivery.

ARBI – Automated Rock Bolt Identification (Sandvik)

- Designed a computer vision-based rock bolt detection solution using advanced AI models.

- Defined functional architecture for scalable SaaS deployment on AWS.

- Managed project dependencies and roadmap adjustments in alignment with Sandvik.

Ground Support Platform (Sandvik – Edvirt Team)

- Led the development of a cloud-native SaaS platform for tunnel safety and pull test automation.

- Planned AWS architecture and agile release cycles for GSP and Pull Test modules.

- Oversaw project governance and T&M engagement with an iterative development model.

Greenprint – ESG Reporting Platform.

- SaaS platform to collect and report ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) data. Greenprint, backed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), enables both large enterprises and SMEs to seamlessly report, assess, and enhance their sustainability disclosures.

- Leveraged data analytics, user behavior insights, and market trends to define impactful product features, and enhance user experience.

- Translated strategic roadmaps into detailed requirements and prototypes, aligning closely with tech and design teams.

- Created and maintained comprehensive project plans, timelines, and resource allocations.

- Defined the GDPR compliance scope and delivery milestones for the product.

- Managed cross-functional teams and facilitated collaboration among business and technical stakeholders to ensure timely, compliant delivery.

Technical Product Manager

Techcarrot (Client: OSN+)
Dubai (Remote)
01.2022 - 07.2023
  • Managed end to end integration of 21+ Telco Partners with the OSN OTT streaming service through APIs.
  • Worked closely with the commercial team and external stakeholders to launch various offers with our Telco Partners.
  • Handled the Development, Test and Analytics team and conducted daily Scrum calls to understand the work in progress, if any blocker, and the plan for today to make sure the work is aligned to the roadmap.
  • Liaised with project stakeholders to ensure alignment and delivery of project goals.
  • Facilitated retrospective meetings and implemented Agile best practices and maintained Scrum boards.
  • Designed a Retry engine to charge customers who were involuntarily churned and it led to 20% revenue growth.
  • Worked closely with the data team to understand customer behaviour, payment cycles and performance of our products and services.

Product Consultant

Pharos Softtech
Bhubaneswar
05.2020 - 12.2021
  • Designed a SaaS based On-demand Delivery Platform that caters to aggregators and single store retailers for delivering orders online on anything, be it food, grocery, medicine, alcohol, etc.
  • Analyzed the market and came up with the MVP and then reshaped the product based on market demand and customer requirements.
  • Designed the wireframes and mockups for the different apps of the product. One for each actor involved customer, seller, aggregator and rider.
  • Helped the team to implement Agile Scrum methodologies and followed a 2 week sprint cycle to deliver the MVP ahead of the delivery timelines.
  • Worked with multiple teams and stakeholders to implement payment gateways to the product along with COD option.

Senior Product Manager

Muvi Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Bhubaneswar
11.2017 - 03.2020
  • Managed Concept-to-Launch of Billing Engine Product. Designed the Go-To Market strategy and did client communication/market study to improve on the product. The product is a direct competition to major market leaders. Estimated revenue growth of 20%.
  • Released multiple features in Monetization (Subscription, Pay Per View and Ad-Supported), Policy Engine, Payment Gateway to meet customer need and helped achieve a year on year customer & revenue growth of approximately 30%.
  • Designed product specification documents and stories for it.
  • Managed/Facilitated integration of 15+ Payment Gateways to the current platform by liaisoning between the Gateway team and the development team.
  • Managed release of multiple products within strict timelines by prioritising features for MVP.
  • Implement and managed agile team and conducted scrum meetings.
  • Presented Product Roadmap to higher management and prioritize daily work for the development team.
  • Pioneered UX revamp for company's intranet and tools automating 70% company processes.
  • Spearheaded and leading API Versioning and review process to streamline 100+ API's for better performance and flexibility.
  • Updated the Product Training Process, resulting in a decrease of ticket escalation by 26%.

Business Systems Analyst

PayPal Inc
Baltimore
03.2015 - 07.2016
  • Created business/functional requirements and supported product design, development, and testing strategy while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
  • Created simulation code for product using SAS in a test environment to address production problems. Uncovered and fixed glitch in strategy that led to a 15% increase in customer acquisition.
  • Interviewed stakeholders (Product Owners, Architects and Dev etc.) to accurately document requirements and create detailed end-to-end flow diagram; supported development/test team during SDLC until production deployment.
  • Partnered with business and product owners to prioritize product backlog and establish project scope/ timeline; captured project risks and called out roadblocks to ensure timely project delivery.
  • Facilitated Sprint planning and created user stories in Rally; conducted daily Scrum/status calls following Agile methodologies, took care of Backlog management & prioritization, Change Management and helped the team complete user stories on time.
  • Consulted end users/clients about product/operational issues and help implement changes to the product.

Business Systems Analyst

Deloitte Consulting
Mumbai
03.2011 - 07.2012
  • Interfaced with business users to prepare and update Business Process Requirements (BPR) and Software System Requirements (SSR); organized and conducted meetings and walkthroughs.
  • Performed risk assessment and analysed workflow procedures to devise and recommend solutions geared toward controlling overall cost and increasing revenue and collaborated with technology and operations staff.
  • Designed technical and functional specifications and developed test procedures and strategies.
  • Performed analytical review for business models and market research to communicate effectively with clients; conducted daily client calls to analyse requirements quantitatively and qualitatively.
  • Team Lead for test team and development team; earned Applause Award for leadership quality.

Associate Software Engineer

Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
06.2008 - 01.2011
  • Discussed functional requirements with clients and designed functional documents; created and executed functional test scripts and tracked defects in Quality Centre.
  • Performed complex business analysis and owned module pertaining to insurance claims.
  • Ran data modelling and created data for testing reports from front end using SQL Developer.
  • Performed web-based testing (front end, middleware, and back end) using putty, UNIX boxes, Soap ui tool, and SQL Developer.
  • Earned High-Performing Team Award for excellent teamwork and timely delivery of critical project.

Education

Master of Science and Technology - Information Systems and Technology Management

University of Delaware
Maryland, USA
12.2014

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Enginering

National Institute of Technology
Rourkela, India
05.2008

Skills


Technical Tools - Jira, Confluence, Rally, AHA!, Product Board, Figma

Programming and Frameworks - JavaScript, Nodejs, HTML, CSS, PHP, Angular, basic Python, React, Flask

Data & AI/ML - SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SAS, Databricks, Generative AI, Forecasting Models (TFT, TCN, N-BEATS)

Cloud & Architecture - AWS, Azure, SaaS Platform Design, API Integrations, Microservices

Domain Expertise - Energy, Mining, ESG/Sustainability, OTT, Fintech, On-Demand Delivery

Languages

  • English, Advanced
  • Odiya, Advanced
  • Hindi, Advanced

Timeline

Product/Project Manager, PMO

Celebal Technologies
08.2023 - Current

Technical Product Manager

Techcarrot (Client: OSN+)
01.2022 - 07.2023

Product Consultant

Pharos Softtech
05.2020 - 12.2021

Senior Product Manager

Muvi Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
11.2017 - 03.2020

Business Systems Analyst

PayPal Inc
03.2015 - 07.2016

Business Systems Analyst

Deloitte Consulting
03.2011 - 07.2012

Associate Software Engineer

Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
06.2008 - 01.2011

Master of Science and Technology - Information Systems and Technology Management

University of Delaware

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Enginering

National Institute of Technology
Sunita Rath