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Vinobalan Karuna

Product Manager | Product Owner | Delivery Manager | Product Strategy, Roadmaps & 0→1 Delivery | Enterprise Digital Products | AI-Enabled Tooling | SAFe POPM | 14+ Years Experience

Bengaluru

13+ years of work experience

Eli Lilly and Company
Sep 20233 yrsPresent

Bengaluru

Product Management | Product Strategy | Product Roadmap | 0→1 Product Development | Agile Delivery • Owned end-to-end product strategy, roadmap and 0→1 delivery for enterprise applications, • Owned BRD and PRD development, partnering with Architects and Tech Leads on FRD definition and translating business needs into prioritized product requirements. • Prioritized product backlog using WSJF and MoSCoW, balancing customer value, business priorities, technical feasibility and delivery capacity. • Drove MVP-to-post-MVP product evolution through customer research, product analytics and experimentation, partnering with Engineering, UX and Analytics to prioritize high-value product improvements. • Designed and evaluated A/B tests across user segments, using drop-off rate as a decision metric to guide product improvements and release decisions. • Led GTM and launch readiness for MVP releases, coordinating stakeholder communication and change management within a regulated healthcare environment. • Partnered with Engineering, Architecture, UX, QA, Analytics and Business stakeholders to align product vision, scope, priorities and release outcomes. • Initiated and built 3 AI-powered internal tools using Claude API and Power Automate, including a reporting agent, Microsoft Teams intelligence bot and Jira automation suite, reducing manual reporting effort across multiple teams. • Served as a committee member for the Software Product Management Community of Practice, mentoring aspiring Product Managers on GTM strategy, PRD writing and value-based prioritization.
CitiusTech
Nov 202210 mosAug 2023

Chennai

• Owned requirements translation for healthcare SaaS platforms, converting business needs into product requirements, epics, user stories and acceptance criteria. • Worked closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to articulate, refine and prioritize work requests, while managing requirements churn. • Facilitated backlog preparation and refinement, including breaking down epics into user stories and ensuring stories were clear and ready for development. • Collaborated with Engineering, UX and QA teams to align scope, priorities and delivery expectations across distributed and culturally diverse teams. • Facilitated Agile ceremonies including iteration planning, retrospectives, iteration reviews and daily stand-ups. • Led UAT planning, release readiness and defect triage, ensuring delivered features met acceptance criteria and business expectations. • Helped teams identify and resolve impediments and delivery blockers, while maintaining transparent communication of delivery status and risks. • Monitored delivery using Agile metrics including velocity, burndown charts and cumulative flow diagrams to improve predictability. • Supported Agile adoption through team coaching, onboarding and process training, driving continuous improvement through feedback and retrospectives.
Mphasis
Jul 20225 mosNov 2022

Chennai

• Owned backlog shaping for assigned initiatives, translating business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria. • Facilitated alignment between Engineering, QA and Business stakeholders to clarify scope, priorities and delivery expectations. • Supported Agile planning, backlog refinement and team coordination to improve delivery flow. • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies and supported teams in identifying and resolving delivery impediments. • Monitored delivery progress and communicated risks, dependencies and status to stakeholders. • Supported continuous improvement through retrospectives, feedback loops and Agile practices.
Oct 20156 yrs 9 mosJun 2022

Chennai

• Partnered with global stakeholders to analyze business needs and define product and solution requirements for enterprise digital platforms. • Facilitated Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement/Grooming and Retrospectives across matrixed global delivery teams. • Coordinated business, product and technology stakeholders to clarify requirements, priorities and delivery expectations. • Led UAT coordination and business validation, ensuring product releases met acceptance criteria and delivery objectives. • Improved sprint predictability and team delivery through structured backlog management, Agile facilitation and continuous improvement. • Influenced product priorities and delivery decisions across a global matrix organization without direct authority.
Chemin controls and instrumentation private limited
Feb 20132 yrs 7 mosAug 2015

Puducherry, India

• Gathered and documented technical and functional requirements based on client needs. • Designed PLC systems and developed technical specifications aligned with customer requirements. • Created assembly and panel layout drawings with Bill of Materials based on technical specifications. • Worked directly with customers and stakeholders to understand project requirements and support solution delivery.

Vinobalan’s AI Stack

claude code
claude code
codex
codex
github copilot
github copilot

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering

Surya college of engineering and technology

20084 yrs2012

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Headline

Product Manager | Product Owner | Delivery Manager | Product Strategy, Roadmaps & 0→1 Delivery | Enterprise Digital Products | AI-Enabled Tooling | SAFe POPM | 14+ Years Experience

About

I turn ambiguous business problems into shipped products — leading product strategy, discovery, and 0→1 delivery for enterprise platforms used by 4M+ users at Eli Lilly. Over 14+ years I've moved between Product Management, Delivery/RTE, and Business Analysis — giving me a rare end-to-end view: from customer discovery and roadmap prioritization through to Agile execution at scale. Recently I've been building AI-augmented product tooling — an agentic Sprint Intelligence pipeline that automates sprint reporting, and a Teams meeting-intelligence bot. Certified: SAFe 6.0 (POPM, SSM, SA), Aha! Product Management Professional, ICAgile. Open to Product Manager / Product Owner / Delivery Manager roles — especially platform and AI-driven products.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

codex

github copilot

Work experience

Sr. Consultant, Product Management at Eli Lilly and Company, Sep 2023 - Present · 3 yrs, Bengaluru, Product Management | Product Strategy | Product Roadmap | 0→1 Product Development | Agile Delivery • Owned end-to-end product strategy, roadmap and 0→1 delivery for enterprise applications, • Owned BRD and PRD development, partnering with Architects and Tech Leads on FRD definition and translating business needs into prioritized product requirements. • Prioritized product backlog using WSJF and MoSCoW, balancing customer value, business priorities, technical feasibility and delivery capacity. • Drove MVP-to-post-MVP product evolution through customer research, product analytics and experimentation, partnering with Engineering, UX and Analytics to prioritize high-value product improvements. • Designed and evaluated A/B tests across user segments, using drop-off rate as a decision metric to guide product improvements and release decisions. • Led GTM and launch readiness for MVP releases, coordinating stakeholder communication and change management within a regulated healthcare environment. • Partnered with Engineering, Architecture, UX, QA, Analytics and Business stakeholders to align product vision, scope, priorities and release outcomes. • Initiated and built 3 AI-powered internal tools using Claude API and Power Automate, including a reporting agent, Microsoft Teams intelligence bot and Jira automation suite, reducing manual reporting effort across multiple teams. • Served as a committee member for the Software Product Management Community of Practice, mentoring aspiring Product Managers on GTM strategy, PRD writing and value-based prioritization.

Manager II, Agile Product Owner at CitiusTech, Nov 2022 - Aug 2023 · 10 mos, Chennai, • Owned requirements translation for healthcare SaaS platforms, converting business needs into product requirements, epics, user stories and acceptance criteria. • Worked closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to articulate, refine and prioritize work requests, while managing requirements churn. • Facilitated backlog preparation and refinement, including breaking down epics into user stories and ensuring stories were clear and ready for development. • Collaborated with Engineering, UX and QA teams to align scope, priorities and delivery expectations across distributed and culturally diverse teams. • Facilitated Agile ceremonies including iteration planning, retrospectives, iteration reviews and daily stand-ups. • Led UAT planning, release readiness and defect triage, ensuring delivered features met acceptance criteria and business expectations. • Helped teams identify and resolve impediments and delivery blockers, while maintaining transparent communication of delivery status and risks. • Monitored delivery using Agile metrics including velocity, burndown charts and cumulative flow diagrams to improve predictability. • Supported Agile adoption through team coaching, onboarding and process training, driving continuous improvement through feedback and retrospectives.

Project Manager Scrum Master at Mphasis, Jul 2022 - Nov 2022 · 5 mos, Chennai, • Owned backlog shaping for assigned initiatives, translating business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria. • Facilitated alignment between Engineering, QA and Business stakeholders to clarify scope, priorities and delivery expectations. • Supported Agile planning, backlog refinement and team coordination to improve delivery flow. • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies and supported teams in identifying and resolving delivery impediments. • Monitored delivery progress and communicated risks, dependencies and status to stakeholders. • Supported continuous improvement through retrospectives, feedback loops and Agile practices.

Business Analyst / Agile Delivery Lead at ISD- Shared Service Center, Oct 2015 - Jun 2022 · 6 yrs 9 mos, Chennai, • Partnered with global stakeholders to analyze business needs and define product and solution requirements for enterprise digital platforms. • Facilitated Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement/Grooming and Retrospectives across matrixed global delivery teams. • Coordinated business, product and technology stakeholders to clarify requirements, priorities and delivery expectations. • Led UAT coordination and business validation, ensuring product releases met acceptance criteria and delivery objectives. • Improved sprint predictability and team delivery through structured backlog management, Agile facilitation and continuous improvement. • Influenced product priorities and delivery decisions across a global matrix organization without direct authority.

Engineer at Chemin controls and instrumentation private limited, Feb 2013 - Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Puducherry, India, • Gathered and documented technical and functional requirements based on client needs. • Designed PLC systems and developed technical specifications aligned with customer requirements. • Created assembly and panel layout drawings with Bill of Materials based on technical specifications. • Worked directly with customers and stakeholders to understand project requirements and support solution delivery.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering, Surya college of engineering and technology