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Anand Babu

Strategic and Innovative Lead Product Owner effective in leading and directing development projects from inception to launch. Progressive management experience and repeated success in developing project initiatives directing project plans and achieving revenue performance targets. High-achieving professional possessing excellent communication organizational and analytical capabilities. Devises custom solutions to resolve business and technology challenges.

Key Skills

Analytical Skills,
New Product Development
Product Concept Design and Testing
User Experience Research
User Interface Designing
Decision making
Product Management

Professional Experience

Feb 2020
Present
Lead Product Owner
First American India Pvt Ltd Bengaluru, IN
  • Being the voice of the customer and providing a business perspective on value during day-to-day development

  • Defining the road map and prioritizing the backlog of work to meet the vision in a timely manner to meet market and customer demands

  • Work with teammates in data, design, research, development and other departments  to bring ideas to life and achieve Strategic Goals for Organization

  • Build strong, collaborative relationships and work with each group to ensure the  vision, products, and progress are well understood

  • Lead cross-functional teams to define new features & product specs, establish milestones, and direct the development, implementation, and evolution of new features

  • Research, troubleshoot, diagnose, recommend solutions, and solve increasingly complex business and technical problems that drive revenue and deliver results

  • Drive progress against Product Roadmap and ensure the right things for the long-term

  • Develop a systematic approach to experimenting, measuring and learning, with high velocity

Mar 2017
Mar 2020
Senior Business Analyst
First American India Pvt Ltd Bengaluru, IN
  •  Defining the road map and prioritizing the backlog of work to meet the vision in a timely manner to meet market and customer demands 

  • Prioritize work within an agile team and maintain a backlog of future work for consideration/prioritization 

  • Work closely with counterparts in Product Management to align on the vision, program backlog, and roadmap 

  • Work directly with other product owners, system engineers, program managers, developers, testers, and customers to define features and technical user stories 

  • Drive and own backlog grooming and management, prioritize the iteration and drive acceptance testing and delivery of iteration 

  • Work with a diverse set of contractor and government personnel to track, manage, and resolve technical issues 

  • High energy level, adaptive and a strong team player with a good work ethic 

  • Entrepreneurial & Commercial Thinking 

  • Maximizing the work of the development team 
Aug 2013
Mar 2017
Business Analyst
First American India Pvt Ltd Bengaluru, IN
  • Worked with Multi-Functional teams across Dev, Tech Support, Product Management, Onsite Teams to gather Business and Customer Requirements.

  • Worked closely with end users to understand and augment Business Systems and Architecture which can lead to proposal for Improvement, Enhancement, Defect Fix to ensure smooth Operations.

  • Performed gap analysis procedures and detailed data reviews to optimize implementation. 

  • Developed and implemented cost-effective strategies for updating existing applications. 

  • Analyzing customer requirement and preparation of detailed design and functional specification document to support requirements.

  • Involved in end-to-end Testing of Business requirements which includes Requirement Gathering, thus ensuring productivity and quality levels are achieved.

  • Involved in Manual Testing and Automation Testing. 
Feb 2010
Mar 2013
Senior Process Executive
First American India Pvt Ltd Bengaluru, IN
  • Preparation and updation of Documentation for various processes and interacting with customers in meeting and bring to the attention of the team any issues and providing probable solutions.

  • Analytical, insightful, skillful in preparation of Title Reports using various tools, techniques and softwares in the field of Title Insurance and Real Estate Domain.
May 2007
Mar 2010
Process Executive
InterTitle Inc Bengaluru, IN
  • SLA Compliance (Meeting set Quality, Productivity, Turnaround time targets)
  • Process Compliance

Education

Feb 2005
Jun 2007
Bachelor’s Degree in Business in
Duke University
Mar 2004
May 2007
Bachelor in Commerce in St Joseph's Evening College (Autonomous)
Bengaluru University

Achievements

2018
Ace of Initiative Awards
Outstanding contributions towards achieving Strategic Project Goals for the Organization
2019
Innovation Champion Award
Exceeds expectations in contribution towards Kaizen Projects for the Organization in helping to identify improvement opportunities that directly and indirectly benefits in cost optimization, improvement in delivery standards.

Quote

Fide Et Labore meaning Faith and Toil

Languages

English
(Fluent)
Hindi
(Fluent)
Kannada
(Fluent)
Tamil
(Fluent)

Career Aspiration

To secure a challenging position in a reputable organization to expand my learnings, knowledge, and skills. Secure a responsible career opportunity to fully utilize my training and skills, while making a significant contribution to the success of the company.

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