UMAMAHESWARI RAJENDRAN
PRODUCT MANAGER
Chennai
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven Product Manager with 12+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative products that meet market demands and drive business growth. Proven track record of successfully managing the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and market research to development, launch, and optimization. Adapt at balancing user needs with business goals, leveraging data-driven insights to inform strategic decisions, and fostering strong stakeholder relationships. Demonstrates a deep understanding of agile methodologies, customer-centric design, and go-to-market strategies, consistently delivering products that exceed expectations and generate significant value.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Manager
Ford Motor Private Limited
08.2022 - Current
- Spearheaded two Product Delivery Operations (PDO) teams, Everest and PCF EXIT, within VISTA, ensuring timely and successful project deliveries.
- Led a comprehensive initiative to design and implement solutions for the decommissioning of approximately 100+ PCF services, guiding the team through the entire process within VISTA.
- Directed the team in successfully launching multiple manufacturing plants, including Craiova, Yenikoy, and SaarLouis, as part of the Optessa Scheduling process rollout.
- Anchored efforts to onboard over 30 downstream applications, such as VFS, MPS2, and DCDS, to the VISTA Order Service, fostering collaboration and seamless integration.
- Proactively resolved numerous recurring production issues, significantly reducing operational waste and enhancing efficiency.
- Supported VISTA Operations by coordinating with business stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.
- Led the team in executing various technical debt reduction initiatives, including APIGEE, SRE, Spring Boot, JFrog, and Entra migrations, as well as MQ migration and SICON decommissioning.
- Addressed and resolved multiple performance challenges within VISTA, optimizing overall application performance through parallel batch processing and fine-tuning techniques.
- Managed full product lifecycle, from ideation through post-launch support, ensuring consistent quality control measures were in place.
- Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
Project Lead
Ford Motor Private Limited
08.2021 - 08.2022
- Led the migration of a monolithic application architecture to microservices within VISTA as part of the USC to Wers initiative.
- Designed and developed the VISTA Router using Spring Boot schedulers to synchronize data across GOB, VMACS, AVOPS, and VISTA for the Optessa Scheduling process.
- Directed the team in developing a real-time emissions tracking process for all order updates within VISTA, enabling customers to benefit from additional tax savings.
- Oversaw the publication of over 100 APIs on the APIGEE Portal.
- Developed an Audit Dashboard in Python for monitoring the Order Service and Router Service.Ensured timely delivery of critical deliverables by closely monitoring progress against milestones and adjusting plans as necessary.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of various project components.
- Implemented technology solutions to automate repetitive tasks, boosting team productivity.
- Balanced multiple projects simultaneously, maintaining focus on priorities and deadlines.
Staff Engineer
Altimetrik
06.2019 - 08.2021
- Managed multiple concurrent projects, ensuring timely completion and adherence to budget constraints.
- Mentored junior engineers by providing guidance on best practices and industry standards, fostering professional growth.
- Presented technical findings and recommendations to key stakeholders with clarity, supporting informed decision-making processes.
- Implemented process improvements that streamlined workflows, reducing lead times for project deliverables significantly.
Technical Lead
BNY Mellon Technology
06.2017 - 05.2019
- Mentored junior developers through regular 1-on-1 meetings, providing guidance on best practices, coding standards, and career growth opportunities.
- Coordinated with cross-department teams like QA, DevOps, and Support to ensure seamless end-to-end software delivery process.
- Enhanced system performance with thorough code reviews, debugging, and optimization techniques.
- Led a team of developers to successfully deliver high-quality software projects on time and within budget constraints.
Senior Application Developer
BNY Mellon
05.2014 - 05.2017
- Contributed to architectural decisions that resulted in more scalable and maintainable applications for long-term success.
- Learned and shared knowledge of new technologies to support technically challenging projects and assume various responsibilities.
- Performed unit and comprehensive testing to drive functional and technical deliverables.
- Managed software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams and other design techniques.
Application Developer
Inautix Technologies
09.2011 - 05.2014
- Initiated code reviews within the team to improve overall code quality and minimize potential errors during deployment phases.
- Assisted with training junior developers, providing guidance on best practices in application development.
- Designed and developed application scripts for test scenarios.
Education
Bachelor of Technology -
Sona College of Technology
Salem, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Core Java, Spring Boot, Microservices
Jenkins, Terraform, SonarQube, Maven, Gradle
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, Microsoft Azure
Oracle, Relational & Non-Relational
Agile Development & Iterative Approaches
Strong interpersonal skills, experience with senior leadership
Core competencies
- Technology Platform Management.
- Agile Development & Iterative Approaches.
- Cloud Platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure).
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
- Software Engineering Excellence.
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
- API Economy & Integration.
- Modern Databases (Oracle, Relational & Non-Relational).
- Leadership & Team Collaboration.
- Communication & Stakeholder Management.
Timeline
Product Manager
Ford Motor Private Limited
08.2022 - Current
Project Lead
Ford Motor Private Limited
08.2021 - 08.2022
Staff Engineer
Altimetrik
06.2019 - 08.2021
Technical Lead
BNY Mellon Technology
06.2017 - 05.2019
Senior Application Developer
BNY Mellon
05.2014 - 05.2017
Application Developer
Inautix Technologies
09.2011 - 05.2014
Bachelor of Technology -
Sona College of Technology
04.2001 -
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