YATISH KUMAR K S
Bangalore
Summary
Over 10 years of experience in the IT industry, currently working as Digital Product Owner (Business Analyst) for the US insurance/investment domain. Primarily responsible for maximizing the value delivered by the team by ensuring that the team backlog is aligned with customer and business needs. Historically played multiple key roles like Quality Control Engineer and SCRUM Master in both banking and insurance domains.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Digital Product Owner/Business Analyst
SLK Software Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
10.2018 - Current
- Defined and managed the product vision and strategy, aligned with customer/business needs and market research.
- Developed and managed an organized list of features and requirements, ensuring they align with the product vision and goals. Continuously refined it based on feedback and evolving business needs.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams including developers, designers, marketers, and quality assurance to meet customer needs and deliver products on time and within budget
- Made strategic decisions on sprint and release features based on customer and business value.
- Prioritized and ordered the product backlog to ensure topmost priority is given to important tasks
- Evaluated development team's work and consistently provided feedback.
- Gained understanding of market and customer preferences.
Agile SCRUM Master
SLK Software Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
08.2016 - 10.2018
- Guided and coached Scrum team and organized Agile and Scrum practices and values while also meeting delivery commitment
- Removed obstacles by finding the right personnel to advance tasks and projects
- Assisted with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress
- Led 100+ sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts
- Coached teams (Strength of 30+) in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create a positive mindset to Agile methodologies
- Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
Process and Product Quality Assurance
SLK Software Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
08.2014 - 08.2016
- Performed quality inspections and drafted reports to detail non-conforming issues
- Facilitated process improvements resulting in decreased errors and re-work
- Created policies and procedures for quality assurance, best practices, and project management
- Identified problems and recommended new processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs
- Used statistical process control (SPC) methods to detect and analyze project data, applying process changes as needed
- Established key performance metrics, including preventive scenarios for failures
- Applied lean practices to quality control tasks, minimizing waste
- Managed quality assurance program, including internal audits and customer surveys
- Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins
- Implemented process optimization through TQM principles which resulted in cost and effort savings.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Jain University
Kanakapura, Bangalore Rural05.2014
Pre-University - PCMB
National Pre-University College
Bangalore03.2010
High School -
Sri Siddaganga Higher Secondary School
Tumkur03.2008
Primary School -
Raja Rajeshwari English Primary School
Bangalore05.2005
Skills
- Scaled Agile Framework
- Market Analysis
- Business Strategy
- Product Roadmap
- Estimation Techniques
- Prioritization
- Product Planning
- Decision Making
- Conflict Resolution
- Data Analytics
- Stakeholder Management
- Agile Management Tools (Version one, JIRA)
- MS Office
Certification
- SAFe Agilist
- Certified Scrum Master
- Certified Scrum Product Owner
- LOMA SRI-111 Retirement Fundamentals
- US Insurance Domain
- EVOVLE Leadership Skills
Projects
myVoyage (Mobile App, Website and Responsive), Voya Financial, Digital Product Owner (Performed all the responsibilities that is mentioned above in the work history), 3+ Years,
- Next Gen health and wealth decision experience to support household benefits optimization with full health/wealth picture via account aggregation (Retirement, HSA, FSA etc) and additional integrations such as Coverages, Claims and Journeys Integrated health and wealth portfolio experience Hyper-personalized data powered experience Cloud based technology Micro services based architecture
Affiliations
- Gardening
- Travelling
- Cooking
Languages
Kannada
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Telugu
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Accomplishments
- SLK Shining Star - 8 Times
- Best Leader
- Best Project of the Year
Timeline
Digital Product Owner/Business Analyst
SLK Software Pvt Ltd
10.2018 - Current
Agile SCRUM Master
SLK Software Pvt Ltd
08.2016 - 10.2018
Process and Product Quality Assurance
SLK Software Pvt Ltd
08.2014 - 08.2016
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Jain University
Pre-University - PCMB
National Pre-University College
High School -
Sri Siddaganga Higher Secondary School
Primary School -
Raja Rajeshwari English Primary School
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