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VP @ Deutsche Bank | Product Strategist | Banking | Crafting Stories that Simplify Complexity

About

My professional adventures have led me to explore diverse landscapes and business cultures, from the Netherlands' serene canals to India's vibrant culture and Germany's efficiency-driven environment. With expertise in Liquidity Management, Correspondent Banking, Transaction Surveillance, and Digital Payments, I've also contributed to building financial products aligned with the bank's Risk Appetite Statement. My passion for continuous learning also led me to Agile methodologies, where I embraced roles as a Scrum Master and Product Owner. I hold certifications as a PSM I, PSPO, SAFe Agilist, and SAFe Product Owner, translating these principles into impactful transformations. Beyond the corporate world, I am an avid runner, storyteller, and book enthusiast. In 2019, I completed my first full marathon, running 42.1 kilometers, and took on the exhilarating challenge of climbing 62 floors in the Skyrun. Sharing stories is my passion, and I enjoy connecting with audiences through narratives on various social media platforms. Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer

Location

Pune District

Work experience

Vice President at Deutsche Bank, Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Responsibilities : Product Strategy & Roadmap: Shape product design, prioritize roadmaps, and drive feature releases to align with business goals. Customer-Centric Development: Translate business needs into functional requirements and oversee development from concept to launch Designing prototypes and strateging A/B testing to maximize production efficiency and user experience.

Senior Consultant (Product Owner) at Infosys Consulting, Feb 2018 - Dec 2023 · 5 yrs 11 mos, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Project Brief: Developed a real-time transaction surveillance product for a leading European bank to manage the internal business, financial, and regulatory risks for corporate banking transactions. The application is Cloud-based with a Microservices architecture. Responsibilities : • Strategist and communicated Product Goals for the Real-time Transaction Surveillance Product. • Feature prioritization and stakeholder alignments across multiple corporate banking business streams. • Facilitated & performed an in-depth analysis of various features of the product. Tools: Jira, Confluence, Poweruml, Hive, Impala, Tableau, Splunk Message formats: SWIFT(MT), ISO2022, PSDP

Senior Consultant at Infosys Consulting, Feb 2018 - Nov 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area, Project Brief: Designed a cloud-based application to perform fraud checks to comply with PSD2 Compliance. Responsibilities • Performed in-depth business analysis to provide an understanding of the interfacing layer. • Worked with product teams to prepare customer demos to demonstrate working software. • Defined business processes, requirement analysis, and elaboration for the scrum teams.

Agile Coach at appoxon GmbH, Aug 2017 - Jan 2018 · 6 mos, Hirzenhain-Merkenfirtz, Appoxon offers services to support customers in Agile Transformation. The project aims to identify and develop new “products” to offer to Appoxon's clients. This includes the development of public relations campaigns and conceptualizing a new website and materials for coaching. Responsibilities - Develop training material to support Agile Coaches. - Oversee and prioritize user stories for the creation of the Appoxon website. - Agile Transformation on different levels (organization, department, project/product) -Agile Coaching through gamification and workshops

Senior Consultant at Infosys (Leading European Bank), Jul 2014 - Jun 2017 · 3 yrs, Frankfurt/Oder, Brandenburg, Germany, Project brief: The bank used a legacy application to process SWIFT messages. The objective of the project is to migrate the legacy application. This enables bank to achieve consolidation and centralization across geographies and hence improve efficiency. Tools/Packages: Control M, HP ALM, Jira, IBM Cognos, Sharepoint, FIS MINT. Technology/OS: C++, Solaris Responsibilities (Business Analyst Role) - Oversee and prioritize risk, issues, and dependencies based on criticality, as well as coordinate with the product owner and stakeholders. - Conducted workshops to understand the requirements of the product owners and product managers. (Scrum Master Role) - Moderation of the Scrum meetings (Sprint planning, Review, Daily Scrum, System Demo, Retrospective) - Exchange with other Scrum Masters and expand the agile development process. - Facilitated forums to exchange information among Scrum Masters and expand the agile development process. Organized the Scrum of Scrum(SoS) and Retro of Retro for various scrum teams. - Created the Kanban board and used the data to define the WIP limit for the team. -Incorporated capacity planning in sprint planning that helped predict team velocity and provide transparency to the epic owners. - Removed impediments, facilitated collaboration, and identified risks for the team to enable a smooth working environment. - Monitored burn down metrics, velocity, and task breakdown charts for the team.

VP Public Relations at Toastmasters Esprit de Corps Frankfurt, Jan 2015 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area, Member of executive committee

Education

MBA, MBA, T.A Pai Management Institute Manipal

B.E, Information Technology, Mandsaur Institute of Technology