Anjana Vijayakumaran Lekha
Seattle,WA
Summary
Product management professional with extensive experience in leading product lifecycles from conception to launch. Known for driving collaborative efforts and achieving outstanding results. Recognized for strategic thinking, adaptability, and strong commitment to team success. Strong communicator with a passion for creating products that meet and exceed customer expectations. Seeking to leverage expertise in a dynamic organization to drive product success and business growth.
Diligent with proven track record of driving product development and enhancing user experience. Successfully led cross-functional teams with high-impact solutions. Demonstrated expertise in stakeholder management and agile methodologies.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Manager
UST
11.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Client - T-Mobile
- Launched Spectrum tool which is an Analytical application for providing insights into various spectrum bands which T-Mobile owns.
- It provides information used to measure various utilization KPIs such as Circuit Utilization, Spectrum Utilization.
- The tool allows the customers to analyze the sites/licenses based on spectrum allocation and transmission, identify spectrum transmission anomalies
- Analytical data would help T-Mobile stakeholders to decide new bands to bid for and will help them to optimize the existing band usage and hence making more profit and growth to the organization.
- Develop and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with company goals and market trends
- Lead cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and sales, to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify market opportunities, customer needs, and industry trends
- Define product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria based on customer feedback and business objectives
- Prioritize features and enhancements based on customer value, business impact, and technical feasibility
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define success metrics, and ensure alignment across teams
- Drive product launches, including planning, coordination, and execution of go-to-market strategies
- Analyze product performance, user engagement, and customer feedback to iterate and improve product features and functionality
- Serve as a subject matter expert and advocate for the product, internally and externally, to drive adoption and customer satisfaction
- Improved user experience by collaborating closely with design and development teams on UI/UX enhancements.
- Increased product adoption by identifying customer needs and developing innovative product features.
- Managed product roadmaps, aligning with company goals and ensuring timely delivery of key features.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction rates through proactive communication of feature updates, bug fixes, and other relevant information related to the products managed.
- Drove go-to-market plans for product releases, coordinating marketing efforts to raise brand awareness and generate leads.
- Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, fostering collaboration across departments for seamless product development.
- Led cross-functional teams for successful product launches, resulting in increased market share.
- Championed customer feedback loops to continuously refine products according to evolving customer requirements.
- Leveraged Agile methodologies for efficient project management and rapid iteration cycles in response to changing market demands.
- Collaborated with sales teams on generating targeted marketing materials that effectively communicated unique selling points of each product offering.
- Consulted with product development teams to enhance products based on customer interest data.
- Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
- Created production operating plans with concrete goals and clear timelines to predict manufacturing output.
- Processed incoming bug report analyses to design software update roadmaps.
- Mentored junior Product Managers in effective project management techniques and industry best practices.
Test Manager
UST Global Trivandrum
01.2019 - 10.2021
- Microservices Test Automation
- Understanding Business Functions and Operations
- Reviewed Business requirements, Design documents and prepared Test Plans/Test Strategy/ Test cases for different scrum releases
- Identification of business threads
- Create/Review of the test cases written for contract level/ service level/ integration level/E2E level
- Designing and implementation of Automation framework for regression testing, Smoke testing and functional testing of Micro services using CA DevTest
- Automation of Test cases using CA DevTest
- Creating test data based on the test cases and executing the test cases
- Finding and reporting all possible defects in web services and logging the bugs in Quality center
- Defect Triaging with different business teams
- UI Test Automation
- Analysis of the E2E flow from the UI perspective and finalizing the UI automation scope
- Automation of UI test cases using Selenium based framework
- Performed Sprint testing/ E2E testing and QA Signoff reports/Consolidated Closure test reports
- Daily, weekly, and monthly status reporting
Technical Test Lead
Infosys Limited
09.2013 - 01.2019
- Continuous Testing in CICD Pipeline
- Implemented CT in Jenkins CICD groovy pipeline for zero touch Sanity executions
- Integrated CA DevTest scripts with Jenkins setup using Apache-Ant and JUnit Result reporting
- Service Virtualization of downstream systems
- Analyze landscape, identified SV candidates and proposed SV solutions
- Created High level and Low-Level Design documents, Environment Plan for different virtual services
- Designing and implementation of virtual services using CA DevTest
- Build in virtual environment Handshake for
- Performed Unit testing/ Integration testing and Consolidated Closure test reports
- Daily, weekly, and monthly status reporting
Test Analyst
UST Global Trivandrum
10.2011 - 09.2013
- Understanding Business Functions and Operations
- Management of Automation testing team, with daily and weekly status updates directly to client onshore
- Designing and implementation of Automation framework for regression testing, Smoke testing and functional testing of Web services using SOAP UI Pro
- Identification of business threads
- Reviewed Business requirements, IA Design documents and prepared Test Plans for all assigned project releases
- Creating Test Plan, Test Strategy and Test report templates
- Creating test cases for 1World web services from WSDL files for functional testing
- Review of the test cases written for unit and integration level
- Automation of Test cases using Soap UI Pro
- Creating test data based on the test cases and executing the test cases
- Finding and reporting all possible defects in 1World web services and Logging the bugs in Quality center
- Involved on testing the new functionalities based on test cases and coordinated with development team in fixing the issues
- Effective coordination between development team and testing team
- Team augmentation and training support for new members towards SOA testing skills
Consultant
HCL Technologies
04.2007 - 09.2011
- Understanding Retail platform services
- Understanding Business Functions and Operations
- Identification of business threads
- Reviewed Business requirements, IA Design documents and prepared Test Plans for all assigned project releases
- Creating Test Plan, Test Strategy and Test report templates
- Creating test cases for RSP web services from WSDL files for functional testing
- Review of the test cases written for unit and integration level
- Testing RSP services through SoapUI and with all possible input data
- Using SQL for checking the output of various reports
- Finding and reporting all possible defects in RSP web services
- Logging the bugs in Quality center
- Automation of Test cases using HP Service Test
- Creating test data based on the test cases and executing the test cases
- Involved on testing the new functionalities based on test cases and coordinated with development team in fixing the issues
- Effective coordination between development team and testing team
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
ANNA UNIVERSITY
04.2006
Skills
- Product Development Methodologies and Lifecycle
- Agile Methodologies
- Data Analysis
- Market Analysis
- UX/UI Principles
- Technical Aptitude
- Strategic Thinking
- Problem-Solving
- Adaptability
- Stakeholder Management
- Product Strategy
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Customer focus and research
Product Management skills
- Product Strategy: Developing and executing a clear product vision and roadmap aligned with business goals and market opportunities.
- Market Analysis: Understanding market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape to inform product decisions and strategy.
- Stakeholder Management: Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for product initiatives.
- Product Development Methodologies: Proficiency in Agile, Scrum, or other methodologies to manage product development processes efficiently.
- User-Centric Design: Applying UX/UI principles to create intuitive and engaging user experiences that meet customer needs.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Analyzing data and metrics to make informed decisions, prioritize features, and drive product improvements.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Leading and motivating cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, and marketing, to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.
- Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate ideas, gather requirements, and collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
- Problem-Solving: Identifying challenges and obstacles throughout the product lifecycle and implementing creative solutions to address them.
- Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities, market conditions, and customer feedback to ensure product success.
Stellar award from UST CEO
As a Senior Product Manager for UST's product development engagement with T-Mobile's Spectrum Management team, Anjana's leadership helped establish UST as a premier product and analytical solutions partner in T-Mobile's Network Engineering space. Anjana's initiatives established systems to manage T-Mobile's spectrum assets valued $100+ Billion, providing actionable insights and automated resolution for multiple compliance and optimization challenges.
Timeline
Senior Product Manager
UST
11.2021 - Current
Test Manager
UST Global Trivandrum
01.2019 - 10.2021
Technical Test Lead
Infosys Limited
09.2013 - 01.2019
Test Analyst
UST Global Trivandrum
10.2011 - 09.2013
Consultant
HCL Technologies
04.2007 - 09.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
ANNA UNIVERSITY
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