Manu Subramaniam
Product Owner
Chennai
Summary
Adept at deconstructing and planning stories in order to promote improvements to product design and implementation. Excellent relationship-building, organizational, and project management skills with a focus on overcoming challenges and implementing successful resolutions.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner
OEConnection LLC
06.2023 - Current
- Managed team of 15 members, overseeing product lifecycle from requirement gathering to delivery.
- Prioritized backlog items in alignment with business goals and stakeholder expectations.
- Acted as primary liaison between stakeholders, end-users, and development team, ensuring clear understanding of requirements and priorities.
- Translated stakeholder and end-user needs into actionable epics and user stories, facilitating effective communication across cross-functional teams.
- Conducted Scrum ceremonies including backlog refinement and sprint review, fostering collaboration and transparency.
- Maintained structured project delivery, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality product increments.
- Orchestrated product demonstrations to stakeholders, gathering valuable feedback for iterative improvements
Senior Business Analyst
PIT Solutions
01.2022 - 06.2023
- Collaborated with team of 10+ Developers, Testers, and Product Managers, ensuring business user stories on JIRA, and timely project completion
- Gathered business requirements via brainstorming & analysis methods to create actionable documents & reported updates via live demos at every iterative meeting
- Facilitated internal meetings with stakeholders to propose new requirements based on current functionalities and elicited end-to-end requirements
Senior Implementation Consultant
ADP India
05.2021 - 01.2022
- Worked with 4-5 implementation managers and global partners every month to assist in the process of implementation & prioritizing the client’s expectations
- Served as primary POC in cross-functional team during entire implementation process
- Tracked project status and provided responsive feedback along with action plans & quick resolution
Associate Software Developer
UST Global
07.2019 - 05.2021
- Ensured significant error reduction in Open Banking System application for organized functioning
- Worked closely with release team in monitoring production logs, handling CMA 9 bank issues and 100% bug-free production application
- Efficient in using Azure Log Analytics (Kusto), and Azure Application Insights to identify errors for facilitation of product to completion
Business Development Associate
Byjus Learning App
07.2018 - 07.2019
- Undertook responsibility as the face of the company during B2C interaction.
- Build excellent customer relations and generated personalized business proposal and ensure closing of deal on spot and meeting targets in every sale cycles.
- Performed cold calling and identified decision makers within targeted leads to begin sales process
Education
MBA - Operations Management
NMIMS (Distance Education)
Mumbai 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Engineering -
Anna University
Tamil Nadu 04.2001 -
Skills
Product Implementation
Backlog Management and Prioritization
Requirement Gathering and Documentation
Agile Methodology and Scrum Framework
JIRA
Azure Devops
MSSQL
Stakeholder relationship management
Project Management
Use Case Study Generation
User Story Creation
Customer Relationship Management
User Acceptance Testing
Direct Sales
Certifications
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance
Accomplishments
Quarterly Organizational Product Peer Award (Gold) at OEC in December 2023
"Own it Today" award for taking accountability and finishing a project at OEC in Feb 2024
Timeline
Product Owner
OEConnection LLC
06.2023 - Current
Senior Business Analyst
PIT Solutions
01.2022 - 06.2023
Senior Implementation Consultant
ADP India
05.2021 - 01.2022
Associate Software Developer
UST Global
07.2019 - 05.2021
Business Development Associate
Byjus Learning App
07.2018 - 07.2019
MBA - Operations Management
NMIMS (Distance Education)
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Engineering -
Anna University
04.2001 -
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