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Senior Product Owner | Technical Product Owner | 12+ Yrs | Insurance, BFSI & Automotive | SAFe, Agile, ETL/Data Platforms | Data-Fluent PM

About

I'm a Senior Product Owner / Technical Product Owner with 10+ years of experience delivering platforms that engineering teams can execute predictably — and that users actually adopt. My background spans Insurance/BFSI and Automotive Manufacturing, with deep hands-on fluency in SQL, ETL, and data platforms alongside SAFe/Agile delivery leadership. At Kyndryl, I lead digital factory planning solutions for a major automotive OEM. I manage a 10-person squad and am overseeing the migration of 15+ critical factory planning applications from Germany to India — owning the roadmap, budget, and stakeholder relationships across two continents. Delivery speed improvements under my watch have brought sprint velocity predictability to ~95% and on-time feature delivery to 85%. At TCS, I progressed from Technical Lead to Product Owner on a large insurance programme — building ETL systems for claim reporting submitted by Third Party Administrators, then taking full ownership of the product. Starting from 50+ user interviews with claims teams and TPA representatives, we redesigned the platform and grew feature adoption from 30% to 72% in under a year. The ETL pipeline I originally designed processed 500K+ data points daily at 99.9% SLA with zero unplanned downtime. What sets me apart: I'm one of the rare POs who can read the data pipeline and talk to the engineer about what's actually possible — which means fewer surprises, faster decisions, and roadmaps that hold up under pressure. I work best in distributed onsite-offshore environments where trust is built through clear communication and consistent delivery. Open to Senior Product Owner / Technical Product Owner roles in Insurance, BFSI, Automotive, or Data Platform domains — Bengaluru or remote.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

github copilot

windsurf

githubcopilot

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Technical Product Owner at Kyndryl, Sep 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Product Owner for digital factory planning solutions for a major automotive OEM, leading a cross-functional squad of 10 engineers across a Germany-to-India programme. - Defined product vision and roadmap for 3 digital factory planning products, aligned to C-suite OKRs — delivering 85% on-time feature releases and ~95% sprint velocity predictability. - Leading the migration of 15+ critical factory planning applications from Germany to India, owning budget, timeline, and stakeholder alignment to ensure zero disruption to factory operations. - Driving delivery speed and process improvements — establishing sprint cadences, refining backlog prioritisation, and reducing cross-team dependency blockers. - Built product metrics dashboards (adoption, NPS, engagement) that directly inform quarterly roadmap decisions. - Presented roadmap, delivery status, and trade-off decisions to senior leadership and client stakeholders across Germany and India.

Assistant Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Progressed from Technical Lead to Product Owner on a large insurance programme — building and then owning ETL systems for claim reporting submitted by Third Party Administrators (TPAs). As Technical Lead (Apr 2022 – mid 2023): - Designed and built ETL pipelines to ingest, transform, and load TPA claim data into the insurer's core reporting platform. - Defined technical architecture and data standards for claim data ingestion, ensuring consistency and auditability across all TPA feeds. - Led a team of ETL developers, setting coding standards and managing delivery against SLAs and regulatory requirements. As Product Owner (mid 2023 – Sep 2024): - Took ownership of the product backlog, roadmap, and stakeholder communication for the claims reporting platform. - Led a redesign based on 50+ user interviews with claims teams and TPA representatives — grew feature adoption from ~30% to ~72% within three quarters. - Delivered a real-time ETL pipeline processing 500K+ data points daily at 99.9% SLA with zero unplanned downtime. - Applied SAFe (PI Planning, ART coordination, Inspect & Adapt) to improve delivery predictability across the programme.

Technical Lead at HCL Technologies, Jan 2020 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Led ETL data delivery for a large banking client, working closely with product owners to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions meeting strict SLAs and regulatory requirements. Guided a team of ETL developers on solution design and coding standards. Contributed to agile ceremonies including backlog refinement and sprint planning.

Module Lead at Mindtree, May 2014 - Jan 2020 · 5 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, Delivered data and integration components for an insurance client's core platforms. Progressed from developer to module lead over 5+ years — mentored junior developers, led code reviews, and supported UAT and production rollout alongside onsite counterparts.

Education

Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Science, N M A M Institute of Technology, NITTE