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Balaji Ramanujam

Technical Product Manager - CSPO® Certified Scrum Product Owner - Technology Consultant - Agile - Expert in Product Life Cycle Management & Continuous Improvement & Requirement Gathering & Value Delivery

Bengaluru

15+ years of work experience

Volvo Group
Feb 20268 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Oli Consulting Group
May 20223 yrs 10 mosFeb 2026

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Worked for the startup clients listed below Agnikul Cosmos - Agnikul.in IQTechMax.com Datalligence.ai 60plusindia.com trustyoursupplier.com logitok.ai technospurs.com * Successfully led agile product development by owning and refining the Jira backlog, collaborating cross-functionally with business, operations, and engineering teams to align sprint execution with roadmap goals. * Actively facilitated Scrum ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and reviews—ensuring stakeholder alignment and delivery readiness. * Championed Agile adoption across teams new to Scrum, helping shift legacy processes toward iterative delivery and improved stakeholder collaboration. * Contributed to strategic initiatives beyond development, including business process improvements, client engagement, and cross-domain coordination with fellow product owners.
May 20202 yrs 1 moMay 2022

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

* Founded and scaled an e-commerce platform for electric vehicles, defining product vision and roadmap based on market research, customer feedback, and operational insights. * Led cross-functional agile teams in building and iterating the online buying experience—managing Jira backlog, prioritizing features, and driving sprint execution to deliver measurable outcomes. * Fostered Agile practices across the organization, integrating product, engineering, and marketing teams for faster go-to-market and improved stakeholder collaboration.
Mindtree
Apr 20182 yrs 2 mosMay 2020

India

Tech Lead, responsible for feature development and production support for an infrastructure application. Managed a team of 18+ members across Chennai and Bangalore. analysed and integrated our application with several other software programs like Jira, WFMS, etc.
Cognizant
Dec 20143 yrs 4 mosMar 2018

India

Java developer, responsible for the development of a reporting system where the insurance company was required to report to the government on the workers' compensation insurance data. Created a testing tool that replaced the complete position of a manual tester. With the Apple client, I reengineered the resource pipeline system from Oracle properties software to an internal Java application
Kiya.ai
May 20113 y 7 moDec 2014

Chennai

Balaji’s AI Stack

claude code
claude code
claude
claude
codex
codex
cursor
cursor
gemini
gemini
github copilot
github copilot

Education

B.E, Computer Science & Engineering

Sakthi Engineering College

20102010

H.S.C, Computer Engineering

Sri Venkateswara Matric Hr.Sec School

20062006

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Headline

Technical Product Manager - CSPO® Certified Scrum Product Owner - Technology Consultant - Agile - Expert in Product Life Cycle Management & Continuous Improvement & Requirement Gathering & Value Delivery

About

An IT professional with over 14+ years of industry experience. Have held technical lead positions at multiple MNCs. Been actively involved in Startup ecosystem for last three years. Currently I function as a Technical Consultant cum Product Strategist for multiple startups, providing technical leadership and Strategic guidance. Being a quick leaner, I adopt to any of the business domains and technologies. More passionate about innovation and change. My ability to provide sound business advice, makes me an asset to any team or organization. Always eager to discuss new ideas and can convert them into prototypes and business models. I am deeply interested in helping startups and collaborating with like-minded individuals to build something innovative and impactful.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

gemini

github copilot

Work experience

Software Engineer at Volvo Group, Feb 2026 - Present · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Product Lifecycle Management Consultant at Oli Consulting Group, May 2022 - Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Worked for the startup clients listed below Agnikul Cosmos - Agnikul.in IQTechMax.com Datalligence.ai 60plusindia.com trustyoursupplier.com logitok.ai technospurs.com * Successfully led agile product development by owning and refining the Jira backlog, collaborating cross-functionally with business, operations, and engineering teams to align sprint execution with roadmap goals. * Actively facilitated Scrum ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and reviews—ensuring stakeholder alignment and delivery readiness. * Championed Agile adoption across teams new to Scrum, helping shift legacy processes toward iterative delivery and improved stakeholder collaboration. * Contributed to strategic initiatives beyond development, including business process improvements, client engagement, and cross-domain coordination with fellow product owners.

Software Product Manager at Thinkease Tech, May 2020 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, * Founded and scaled an e-commerce platform for electric vehicles, defining product vision and roadmap based on market research, customer feedback, and operational insights. * Led cross-functional agile teams in building and iterating the online buying experience—managing Jira backlog, prioritizing features, and driving sprint execution to deliver measurable outcomes. * Fostered Agile practices across the organization, integrating product, engineering, and marketing teams for faster go-to-market and improved stakeholder collaboration.

Technical Lead at Mindtree, Apr 2018 - May 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos, India, Tech Lead, responsible for feature development and production support for an infrastructure application. Managed a team of 18+ members across Chennai and Bangalore. analysed and integrated our application with several other software programs like Jira, WFMS, etc.

Associate at Cognizant, Dec 2014 - Mar 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos, India, Java developer, responsible for the development of a reporting system where the insurance company was required to report to the government on the workers' compensation insurance data. Created a testing tool that replaced the complete position of a manual tester. With the Apple client, I reengineered the resource pipeline system from Oracle properties software to an internal Java application

Associate Consultant at Kiya.ai, May 2011 - Dec 2014 · 3 y 7 mo, Chennai

Education

B.E, Computer Science & Engineering, Sakthi Engineering College

H.S.C, Computer Engineering, Sri Venkateswara Matric Hr.Sec School