Vivekananda Mohandas
Summary
MBA in Operations and an Executive Programme in Digital Transformation from IIM Indore. Expert in steering the complete product lifecycle, including go-to-market strategies and product roadmap development. Proven track record in creating user personas, conducting competitive analysis, and leveraging business analysis to align product strategies with market needs and business goals. Certified SCRUM Master and Product Owner (CSM/CSPO - Scrum Alliance), with a strong command of Agile methodologies to drive efficient product development and project management. Adept at using data-driven insights to craft innovative solutions, optimize processes, and achieve impactful business results.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Digital Consultant
Cargill
12.2018 - Current
- Drove Agile development with detailed user stories, acceptance criteria and ensuring successful project delivery
- Facilitated workshops and meetings with stakeholders to align on project goals and resolve conflicts
- Delivered detailed process documentation, reports, and dashboards to support informed decision-making
- Designed and implemented product launch campaigns, monthly newsletters to keep users informed about the new features and use cases under review
- Developed and launched engagement materials that significantly enhanced product awareness and generated substantial interest from key stakeholders
- Managed cross-functional teams to deliver a major product update on schedule, coordinating efforts across different teams to meet project milestones and business objectives
- Developed and executed a product roadmap that aligned with company goals driving increase in user engagement by prioritizing features based on market analysis and customer feedback
- Boosted user satisfaction and engagement through the application of design thinking principles, such as empathy interviews and journey mapping
- Evaluated technical feasibility and mitigated risks to ensure timely and successful project delivery
- Managed diverse stakeholder relationships, ensuring clear communication, expectation alignment, and delivery of business value across cross-functional teams
Associate Consultant
HCLTech
02.2016 - 12.2018
- Work in close collaboration with IT analysts to ensure technical solutions meet business requirements
- Document target business processes and assist users in transition to new business process
- Work with teams across business functions to understand challenges and design data driven solutions to optimize and improve performance
- Design and create data reports to help business executives in their decision making
- Analyzing and mining business data to identify patterns and correlations among the various data points
- Act as a SME, provide comprehensive in depth consulting to team and partners across business functions
- Set up project mile stones and liaise between business and legal teams to perform application risk assessment
- Coordinated with internal and external teams to identify project requirements, resolve issues, and mitigate risks, ensuring project milestones were met and objectives were achieved
Business Analyst
Magna Infotech
05.2014 - 02.2016
- Act together with IT team to help set up required applications as per the transition requirement
- To prepare the functional specification document and ensure complete
- Create technical documentation and user requirements/project documents including Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Design Specifications (FDS), Site Maps, Wire Frames and test cases related to internet solutions
- Perform gap analysis to determine impacts of the future state of requirements on current systems
Education
Diploma Certificate in Digital Transformation - Digital Transformation
Indian Institute of Management
MBA - Operations Management
PSG Institute of Management
BE - Mechanical Engineering
Tamil Nadu College of Engineering
Skills
- Agile Methodologies
- Business Analysis
- Business Strategy
- Design Thinking
- Digital Signatures
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Product Management
- Product Road Mapping
- Program Management
- User Interviews
- User Personas
Certification
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Alliance
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance
Timeline
Digital Consultant
Cargill
12.2018 - Current
Associate Consultant
HCLTech
02.2016 - 12.2018
Business Analyst
Magna Infotech
05.2014 - 02.2016
Diploma Certificate in Digital Transformation - Digital Transformation
Indian Institute of Management
MBA - Operations Management
PSG Institute of Management
BE - Mechanical Engineering
Tamil Nadu College of Engineering
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