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Varad Puranik

Varad Puranik

Agile Product Owner
BENGALURU,Karnataka

Summary

Results-driven Agile Product Manager/Product Owner with 5 years of experience, including 2 years in relevant roles, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery and enhance communication. Expertise in managing project timelines, scope, and budgets while adhering to agile principles, resulting in successful product development. Skilled in orchestrating agile ceremonies, defining business requirements, developing user stories, and conducting user acceptance testing to drive seamless user experiences and increase customer satisfaction.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Agile Product Owner

Kyndryl Solutions Pvt. Ltd
03.2022
  • Digital Workspace
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, fostering a collaborative environment and enhancing communication, resulting in a 20% reduction in issue resolution time
  • Managed project timelines, scope, and budgets for multiple projects, achieving an average on-time delivery rate of 95% and staying within a 5% variance of the allocated budget
  • Lead discussions with project team to clearly articulate the results required to meet the business or customer need
  • Led requirement gathering sessions, elicited stakeholder feedback, and conducted thorough analysis to define and prioritize business needs, resulting in more accurate and focused product development
  • Orchestrated and facilitated agile ceremonies, improving progress tracking and achieving a 15% increase in team productivity through continuous improvement initiatives
  • Writing the business requirement documentation including overall solution, data definition, process flows, interfaces, product configurations, support tools and processes, reports, and other special considerations
  • Developed comprehensive business requirement documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and user stories, effectively communicating project requirements to development teams
  • Prioritized, groomed, and helped to develop 80+ user stories and epics, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user needs, resulting in a 20% increase in on-time delivery
  • Conducted user acceptance testing (UAT), identified and resolved 95% of defects, resulting in a 15% increase in customer satisfaction
  • Developed Chat bot for various teams using MS Power Virtual Agents and MS Power Platform, improving team productivity by 30%.

Key Account Executive

ITC Ltd
Bengaluru
12.2019 - 03.2022
  • Developed advanced Excel models to analyse business health and plan profit and loss projections, resulting in a 10% improvement in forecasting accuracy
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project scope and objectives, leading to a 15% increase in customer satisfaction through improved alignment with business goals
  • Facilitated user training sessions and created user guides, resulting in a 20% reduction in user onboarding time for new systems and processes.

Backend Analyst (Program Coordimator)

Omics International
Hyderabad
07.2017 - 04.2018
  • Provided exceptional customer support and created action plans for global customers attending conferences, resulting in a 90% customer satisfaction rate
  • Coordinated with on-site teams, providing technical and administrative support, leading to a 20% improvement in team efficiency
  • Created and maintained large datasets regarding customer and event details, facilitating data-driven decision-making.

Education

PGDM - MARKETING & HR

JGI Mats Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship
20

Bachelors of Engineering - Biotechnology

KLE Dr. M. S. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology
17

Skills

  • AHA Boards
  • Trello
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • MS Excel
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Word
  • ADO Boards
  • Power Automate
  • Basics of Power Virtual Agent
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • User Story Mapping
  • Requirement Gathering
  • Backlog Grooming
  • Backlog Prioritization
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Agile Ceremonies
  • Business Analysis
  • Project Management
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication Skills
  • Team Player
  • Leadership
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Sprint Planning
  • Backlog Management
  • Team Meetings
  • Requirements Elicitation
  • Stakeholder Relationship Management
  • Risk Management
  • Product Planning
  • Work Prioritization
  • Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
  • Test Case Scenarios
  • New Features Implementation
  • Product Demonstration

Accomplishments

  • Certifications:
  • Google Project Management
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) from Scrum.org
  • Marketing Analytics from Scandinavian Institute of Business Analytics
  • Microsoft Excel - Excel from Beginners to Advanced
  • Digital marketing course with Udemy

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteHybrid

Important To Me

Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancement

Timeline

Agile Product Owner

Kyndryl Solutions Pvt. Ltd
03.2022

Key Account Executive

ITC Ltd
12.2019 - 03.2022

Backend Analyst (Program Coordimator)

Omics International
07.2017 - 04.2018

PGDM - MARKETING & HR

JGI Mats Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship

Bachelors of Engineering - Biotechnology

KLE Dr. M. S. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology

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