VARALAKSHMI SM
Summary
Dynamic Staff Product Manager with a proven track record at GE Healthcare, adept in strategic product leadership and cross-functional collaboration. Excelled in driving product strategy and innovation, achieving a notable NPS of 95+ in project initiatives. Skilled in business analytics and stakeholder management, I significantly reduced manual efforts by 75%, showcasing a blend of analytical prowess and people skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Product Manager
GE Healthcare
11.2023 - Current
- Led TSA exit for multiple regions within business-aligned timelines.
- Designed the product strategy, aligning it with organizational goals, and built the product roadmap.
- Prioritized the product backlog to balance the customer needs, and engineering team feasibility.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, and guided the engineering team to achieve the product backlog.
Product Manager
ABINBEV India
01.2021 - 12.2023
- Led Finance Digital Transformation in OTC across multiple zones to improve the business critical KPIs.
- Created and utilized 9 lens Methodology to map end-to-end Order to Cash process
- Opened the process & technology gaps and proposed transformation solution, operating model & ways of working with the release plan, roadmap, and targets
- Defined Product & Process KPIs for post go-live to track the performance & value generated through the transformation
- Digital Transformation through OTC Acceleration of Collections and Deductions value streams in SAZ & MAZ improving the KPIs
Principal Analyst
ABINBEV India
01.2019 - 12.2021
- Collaborated with Cross functional teams to identify and analyze global enterprise finance operational process gaps, proposed, and implemented multiple solutions
- Led the Budstart accelerator final cohort innovative initiatives of Marketing team, South Africa
- Worked on multiple brand building initiatives, participated in multiple external innovation events with good external startup ecosystem connects
- Worked with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
- Led beta and pilot programs with early-stage products
Business Analyst
ABINBEV India
01.2017 - 12.2019
- Led and co created E 2 E initiatives of different innovation products like Alexa skills, Virtual Reality projects Improved employee onboarding experience with NPS of 95+
- Analyzed the need and pitched in solutions to co designed and created Virtual Platform to host multiple events like Annual Brew, D&I events during Covid time
- Created actionable insights based on data to influence Business leaders with cost benefit and strategic investments to gain better MROI and to closely brewery operations for VPO, which led to reduction of manual efforts by 75%
Senior Software Engineer
Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Infosys and Syber Shock Network
01.2013 - 12.2017
- Exhibited strong technical aptitude and application expertise resulting in optimized performance, continuous improvement recommendations and product innovation
- Worked closely with Business Analysts, Stakeholders and development team to deliver actionable insights through Qlikview, QlikSense tools
- Implementation of SDLC cycle for project management through waterfall method
- Gathered Business requirements from clients, designed and developed dashboards to produce actionable insights to drive Business
- Developed technical skills through Infosys Training program on multiple BI tools like SSIS, SSRS, Cognos, Qlikview and implemented in projects
- Worked on Jira tool to track the progress of project and fix UAT bugs
- Trained and mentored junior developers to improve overall team performance
- Worked on end to end Android applications using Java, Javascript, Eclipse, html and xml
Education
MBA - Business Analytics
Golden Gate University
USA10-2024
B.Tech/B.E. -
Visveswaraiah Technological University (VTU)
01.2012
Skills
- Strategic Product Leadership
- Product lifecycle management
- Cross functional leadership
- Innovation Enthusiast
- Artificial Intelligence
- Stakeholder management
- People management
- Project Management
- Agile methodology
- Business Analytics
- Business Intelligence
- Strategic Planning
- Analytical skills
- Process improvement
Certification
- CORE JAVA and J2EE course - Uttara Solutions
- Cognos certificate - IBM
- Cognos BI professional certification - IBM
- Product Owner - Scrum Inc
- Scrum Master - Scrum Inc
- Transitioning from Manager to Leadership - PMI
- Product Management - LinkedIn
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 04/18/91
- Gender: Female
- Marital Status: Married
Accomplishments
- Achieved Impact awards 6 times in a span of one year for the dedication and commitment, speed and futurist thinking.
- A part of Core team to build the innovation culture and drive innovation in GEHC IT field.
Timeline
Staff Product Manager
GE Healthcare
11.2023 - Current
Product Manager
ABINBEV India
01.2021 - 12.2023
Principal Analyst
ABINBEV India
01.2019 - 12.2021
Business Analyst
ABINBEV India
01.2017 - 12.2019
Senior Software Engineer
Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Infosys and Syber Shock Network
01.2013 - 12.2017
MBA - Business Analytics
Golden Gate University
B.Tech/B.E. -
Visveswaraiah Technological University (VTU)
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