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Karthik Sharma

Product Manager - IBM Cloud Infrastructure

Bengaluru

8+ years of work experience

IBM cloud
Apr 20251 yr 7 mosPresent

Product Manager for IBM Cloud, leading strategy and execution for Networking and VPN services in VPC. Focused on delivering secure, scalable, and high-performance cloud networking solutions that power enterprise workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments.
Cisco
Jan 20223 yrs 5 mosMay 2025

Greater Bengaluru Area

• Prioritize backlog items, practiced Agile Scrum methodology suing Jira with a close emphasizes on code quality and continues integration. • Monitor the Nightly Build performance and resolve customer issues of end-to-end Network Controller setup. • Develop detailed Product Requirements Document (PRDs), launch materials, customer presentations, videos, and podcasts • Configure, Test and Qualify Cisco NCS 2k and SVO devices for circuit services. • Resolve critical bottlenecks in Automation for PCE Optical Network Controller. • Engage regularly with customers & cross functional teams to gain an in-depth understanding of their business processes & product needs, validate solutions & handle customer issues.
Nokia
Sep 20192 yrs 4 mosDec 2021

Greater Bengaluru Area

• Collaborated with stakeholders to understand business problem statements and convert them into user stories with scrum teams. • Work Closely with Product managers to manage full cycle of projects from planning & conception to requirements to testing, implementation & release/Support Phase. • Managed backlog of user stories for 2 products simultaneously. • Acted as liaison between business, sales, and IT teams to refine the product and incorporate features based on market demands. • Led the transition of Hardware devices to cloud infrastructure and performed SWAT analysis. • Guided key stakeholders on the portfolio strategy across all phases of the lifecycle (e.g., planning, development, launch, management, exit). • Independently lea and drive the end-to-end strategy and operational product solution vision, roadmap, and backlog of work through the Product’s life cycle. • Translated features into user stories within the team’s backlog while managing, ranking, and prioritizing this backlog to reflect stakeholder’s requirements. • Partnered with IT &product leadership to drive, manage the solution development process, and ensure the product team understands the direction and vision.
Nokia
20181 yr2019

Bangaon Area, India

• End to End Product Testing o Outlined product vision for 6 new products and created actionable strategy for bringing them to production. o Develop/Automate the test cases using XML with CVS tool. o Audited the product features, recorded 15 major defects & developed mitigation plans to help resolve risks. • Agile/Scrum Development Roadmap: o Coordinated with team of 12, led them from initial planning to the final release. o Qualification of Equipment, Routing, Service Configuration on router through SDN using SNMP, CLI for testing. o Consulted with business & product owners to prioritize & shape the product backlog, via Agile practices. o Used GIT, Jenkins, AWS Concepts, REST API's, Dockers, Kubernetes concepts for Testing Nuage (VSD) applications. o Quality owner for 2 end-to-end modules in the customer solutions delivery. o Perform traceability from JIRA backlog/feature to JIRA test cases and perform test reviews and approve each test case, test cycles, pass/fail. • Training and Customer Satisfaction o Trained 15+ internal and external customers daily on the benefit & capabilities of new product builds.
Tech Mahindra
Sep 20161 yr 5 mosJan 2018

Bengaluru Area, India

Qualifying Cisco and HPE switches and testing the network with Medical equipment’s connected on network and providing a stable configuration and efficient topology for the deployment team. Roles and Responsibilities: • Device Exploration • Topology Design • Efficient Topology Design • Building Efficient Configuration • Execute Test cases based on testing functionality of devices • Verification of system by connecting all the ICU critical care monitor on the network • Documentation of the Verified results as per GE standards • Programming Language : Python, Java Basics • Device Types : Switches C2095, C3550 and Routers, C881K9, C2901, C4321 • L3 Protocols : IPv4, RIP, OSPF. • L2 Protocols : STP, RSTP, VLAN, ARP. • Other Protocols : TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP Protocols, ARP, HTTP • Testing Tools : Wireshark, Scapy traffic generator, IXIA. • Operating System : Linux(Ubuntu), Windows • Certificates : CCNA

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Education

Quantic School of Business and Technology

Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

Quantic School of Business and Technology

20231 yr2024

Master of Technology (MTech), Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

RVCE

20121 yr2013

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Headline

Product Manager - IBM Cloud Infrastructure

About

Experienced and results-driven Product Manager with over 10 years of success in driving network design, product planning, and platform strategy. Proven track record in defining product vision and roadmaps, leading cross-functional teams, and translating market needs into actionable epics and user stories. Skilled in managing product backlogs, sprint planning, and executing go-to-market (GTM) strategies in close collaboration with marketing, sales, and engineering. Adept at customer research, competitive analysis, and stakeholder management to ensure successful product launches and sustained growth.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

Work experience

Product Manager at IBM cloud, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos, Product Manager for IBM Cloud, leading strategy and execution for Networking and VPN services in VPC. Focused on delivering secure, scalable, and high-performance cloud networking solutions that power enterprise workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments.

Product Engineer at Cisco, Jan 2022 - May 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Prioritize backlog items, practiced Agile Scrum methodology suing Jira with a close emphasizes on code quality and continues integration. • Monitor the Nightly Build performance and resolve customer issues of end-to-end Network Controller setup. • Develop detailed Product Requirements Document (PRDs), launch materials, customer presentations, videos, and podcasts • Configure, Test and Qualify Cisco NCS 2k and SVO devices for circuit services. • Resolve critical bottlenecks in Automation for PCE Optical Network Controller. • Engage regularly with customers & cross functional teams to gain an in-depth understanding of their business processes & product needs, validate solutions & handle customer issues.

Associate Product Manager at Nokia, Sep 2019 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Collaborated with stakeholders to understand business problem statements and convert them into user stories with scrum teams. • Work Closely with Product managers to manage full cycle of projects from planning & conception to requirements to testing, implementation & release/Support Phase. • Managed backlog of user stories for 2 products simultaneously. • Acted as liaison between business, sales, and IT teams to refine the product and incorporate features based on market demands. • Led the transition of Hardware devices to cloud infrastructure and performed SWAT analysis. • Guided key stakeholders on the portfolio strategy across all phases of the lifecycle (e.g., planning, development, launch, management, exit). • Independently lea and drive the end-to-end strategy and operational product solution vision, roadmap, and backlog of work through the Product’s life cycle. • Translated features into user stories within the team’s backlog while managing, ranking, and prioritizing this backlog to reflect stakeholder’s requirements. • Partnered with IT &product leadership to drive, manage the solution development process, and ensure the product team understands the direction and vision.

Senior Technical Lead at Nokia, 2018 - 2019 · 1 yr, Bangaon Area, India, • End to End Product Testing o Outlined product vision for 6 new products and created actionable strategy for bringing them to production. o Develop/Automate the test cases using XML with CVS tool. o Audited the product features, recorded 15 major defects & developed mitigation plans to help resolve risks. • Agile/Scrum Development Roadmap: o Coordinated with team of 12, led them from initial planning to the final release. o Qualification of Equipment, Routing, Service Configuration on router through SDN using SNMP, CLI for testing. o Consulted with business & product owners to prioritize & shape the product backlog, via Agile practices. o Used GIT, Jenkins, AWS Concepts, REST API's, Dockers, Kubernetes concepts for Testing Nuage (VSD) applications. o Quality owner for 2 end-to-end modules in the customer solutions delivery. o Perform traceability from JIRA backlog/feature to JIRA test cases and perform test reviews and approve each test case, test cycles, pass/fail. • Training and Customer Satisfaction o Trained 15+ internal and external customers daily on the benefit & capabilities of new product builds.

Test Engineer at Tech Mahindra, Sep 2016 - Jan 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Qualifying Cisco and HPE switches and testing the network with Medical equipment’s connected on network and providing a stable configuration and efficient topology for the deployment team. Roles and Responsibilities: • Device Exploration • Topology Design • Efficient Topology Design • Building Efficient Configuration • Execute Test cases based on testing functionality of devices • Verification of system by connecting all the ICU critical care monitor on the network • Documentation of the Verified results as per GE standards • Programming Language : Python, Java Basics • Device Types : Switches C2095, C3550 and Routers, C881K9, C2901, C4321 • L3 Protocols : IPv4, RIP, OSPF. • L2 Protocols : STP, RSTP, VLAN, ARP. • Other Protocols : TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP Protocols, ARP, HTTP • Testing Tools : Wireshark, Scapy traffic generator, IXIA. • Operating System : Linux(Ubuntu), Windows • Certificates : CCNA

Education

Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Quantic School of Business and Technology

Master of Technology (MTech), Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, RVCE