Hi, I’m
TUSHAAR AKHIL SIDDHARTHA
Associate Product Consultant
Hyderabad,Hyderabad
Work Preference
Summary
Results-driven Product Manager with 4+ years in Commercial Cards, Payments, and Core Banking, delivering end-to-end product life cycle management in Agile environments. Acts as the voice of the customer - defining product strategy and vision, leading discovery and market research, owning product backlog, and building success metrics frameworks (cost, feature performance, risk posture, reliability). Proven in highly matrixed, complex global organizations across NAM and EMEA. CSPO-certified with a strong commitment to scalability, resiliency, and top-tier client experience.
Overview
6
years of professional experience
5
Certification
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Yash Technologies
Senior Associate Consultant
05.2025 - Current
Job overview
- Product Strategy & Vision: Defined product strategy and vision for commercial payment workflow products, acting as voice of the customer - aligning roadmap with customer needs, regulatory impact, and business value drivers.
- Discovery & Market Research: Led discovery workshops and market research with global stakeholders to uncover customer solutions, directly integrating findings into a prioritized product roadmap.
- Backlog Ownership: Owned and maintained the product backlog enabling development to support the overall strategic roadmap and value proposition through disciplined prioritization and release sequencing.
- Success Metrics Framework: Built and tracked product KPI framework covering cost, feature performance, risk posture, and reliability - communicating product value to senior stakeholders.
- Cross-functional Delivery: Partnered with engineering, QA, and UI/UX in Agile ceremonies, improving sprint predictability by 15-20%; managed dependencies across matrixed stakeholders, cutting turnaround time ~25%.
- Go-To-Market: Prepared feature briefing decks and positioning documentation for NAM & EMEA stakeholders; authored PRDs/BRDs ensuring full SDLC traceability.
Accenture
Custom Software Engineering Analyst (PM-track)
10.2020 - 04.2023
Job overview
- Payment Platform: Drove product life cycle activities for commercial payment platform, improving processing throughput 25% through workflow automation and payment gateway integration.
- Core Banking Discovery: Managed market research and product discovery for EMEA regulatory payment systems on Oracle FLEXCUBE, translating findings into solution design.
- SWIFT Optimization: Reduced SWIFT overnight batch processing time by 50%, delivering a measurable scalability and resiliency win aligned with global transaction SLAs.
- Risk & Compliance: Defined requirements for OFAC/SDN sanctions screening automation - enabling automated filtering across SWIFT and domestic flows, reducing regulatory risk posture.
- Matrixed Collaboration: Resolved complex production issues with independent judgment across cross-functional, multi-vendor international teams; trained 40+ colleagues on Payments - Test Automation.
Education
Indian Institute of Management Raipur
MBA from Finance And IT Operations
06.2023 - 04.2025
University Overview
Karunya Institute of Technology And Sciences
B. Tech from Computer Science
01.2020
University Overview
Skills
- Product Strategy & Vision
- Commercial Cards
- SWIFT Payments
- Core Banking / FLEXCUBE
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Discovery & Market Research
- Backlog Ownership
- PRD / BRD Writing
- Agile
- Scrum (CSPO)
- Go-To-Market Execution
- Stakeholder Management
- Matrixed Org Experience
- KPI / OKR Tracking
- Risk Management
- Data Analytics
- Regulatory Compliance
- Workflow Automation
- JIRA
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt(GB)
- Scalability & Resiliency
Certification
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), 2028-04-01
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training Programme
Flagship Project
Flagship Project
Sanctions Screening & Payments Automation Workflow, 12 Months, Mapped end-to-end customer transaction journeys for payment gateway systems; authored user stories, acceptance criteria, and screening rule requirements for SDN/OFAC automated checks across SWIFT and domestic flows., Tracked success metrics throughout delivery: processing volume, false-positive rate reduction, and compliance adherence - resulting in measurable risk posture improvement and operational efficiency gains.
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Telugu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tamil
Intermediate (B1)
Russian
Upper intermediate (B2)
Turkish
Elementary (A2)
Affiliations
Affiliations
- Cambridge University
- Association of Computer Engineers
- International Journal for Scientific and Engineering Research
Software
C
Java
Python
Scala
UML
Flexcube
Payment Gateways
PCI/DSS
Power BI
Timeline
Senior Associate Consultant
Yash Technologies
05.2025 - Current
Indian Institute of Management Raipur
MBA from Finance And IT Operations
06.2023 - 04.2025
Custom Software Engineering Analyst (PM-track)
Accenture
10.2020 - 04.2023
Karunya Institute of Technology And Sciences
B. Tech from Computer Science