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Vimal T

Vimal T

Lead Product Owner
Bangalore

Summary

Product / Program Management Professional with over 18 years of experience Extensive experience in working for/with Retail, Banking, Mobile Operators, Media and Tech companies in India, Europe & Africa Equally at ease in being an individual contributor or managing a team, depending on stage of product/business

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
5
5
Languages

Work History

Lead Product Owner

Target Corportation
Bangalore
03.2020 - Current
  • Deliver Product/Features from concept to release by partnering with internal Business stakeholders
  • Define short-term as well as long-term product roadmaps and proposing new product features based on performance and feedback from end users/internal clients
  • Defining the product strategy, plan, prioritize and deliver products as per requirements
  • Regular interactions with internal stakeholders to ensure proper and timely movement of communication/updates
  • Plan / Implement incremental features based on user and business feedback and requirements Translated features into user stories within the team’s backlog while managing, ranking, and prioritizing this backlog to reflect stakeholder’s requirements

Project Manager

Active.AI
03.2018 - Current
  • Adopt the role as the Product Owner and partner closely with AI developers, UX team, and other internal teams to ensure smooth execution of work across all dependent teams
  • Facilitate regular sprint planning sessions, daily scrums and stakeholder meetings
  • Ensuring that developers are protected from outside distractions and conflicts to maintain focus of timelines
  • Accountable for managing the overall roadmap in terms of BOT requirements for relevant customers
  • Manage
  • Working with the Development and QA team for development, AI training and quality validation

Director

Bank Open, Neo Banking Startup (100th Unicorn in India)
Bangalore
10.2016 - 02.2018
  • Joined as the first employee of the company and was involved in the overall functioning from day one
  • Set up the product team and managed the initial launch of the Product, end to end
  • Responsible for managing the third-party vendor selection for various outsourced functions
  • Regular interactions with probable customers to understand actual customer issues that could be translated into product requirements
  • Manage and review product roadmap and make necessary changes to ensure timely completion of laid plans
  • Regular interaction and reviews with top management to track overall organization progress along with specific product related updates
  • Launched the first version of the product within 3 months of conception and met personally oversaw the first successful paid transaction on the platform

Senior Manager

Vodafone Group
Bangalore
06.2014 - 03.2016
  • As a part of the Emerging Markets solutions team I managed two programs which where live across multiple geographies and having multiple stake holders
  • Vodacom Video Play – A VoD service providing offline viewing through downloads in off peak hours
  • Vodafone App store – A Vodafone powered app store similar to Play Store in South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Overall Management of the post live activities for the Vodacom App Store and Vodacom Video play
  • Visit partner markets and drive strategic discussions with the respective Product heads to finalize and prioritize product features and marketing initiatives
  • Worked closely with external vendors to manage regular product updates, promotions, reports and content merchandising
  • Worked closely with app developers and other content partners across multiple geographies to plan and implement various content and usage driven campaigns in these regions
  • Perform post launch feedback collection activities on the available user base, evaluate user feedback and articulate the resolution of issues to all internal stakeholders
  • Identify and evaluate outsourcing partners for various functions and liaise with procurement team for negotiations and finalization process
  • Significant Achievements:
  • Implemented the end to end process for content merchandizing for both programs
  • Implemented the overall content promotion strategy for the Vodafone App Store in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Tanzania

Senior Product Manager

OnMobile Global
08.2011 - 05.2014

Program Manager

03.2010 - 07.2011

Associate Product Manager

OnMobile Global
05.2006 - 01.2008

Lead

OnMobile Global
06.2004 - 01.2006

Lead

Ankur Consultants
09.2003 - 05.2004

Education

Bachelors Degree - Commerce

University of Calicut

Skills

Scrum methodology

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Certification

IC AGILE Certified Professional in Agile Product Ownership

Interests

Music

Cricket

Photography

Timeline

Lead Product Owner

Target Corportation
03.2020 - Current

Project Manager

Active.AI
03.2018 - Current

Director

Bank Open, Neo Banking Startup (100th Unicorn in India)
10.2016 - 02.2018

Senior Manager

Vodafone Group
06.2014 - 03.2016

Senior Product Manager

OnMobile Global
08.2011 - 05.2014

Program Manager

03.2010 - 07.2011

Associate Product Manager

OnMobile Global
05.2006 - 01.2008

Lead

OnMobile Global
06.2004 - 01.2006

Lead

Ankur Consultants
09.2003 - 05.2004

Bachelors Degree - Commerce

University of Calicut

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