Arunkumar Manivannan
Summary
Senior Technical Product Manager with extensive experience in driving successful software solutions and data analytics. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams through Agile methodologies while developing roadmaps and optimizing product performance to enhance customer experience and decision-making.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Manager
Apex Fintech Solutions
01.2025 - Current
- Defined and executed the product vision, strategy, and multi-quarter roadmap for client platforms and configuration management, enabling scalable onboarding, operational reliability, and support for international and multi-jurisdictional expansion.
- Led the design and delivery of a firm-wide configuration platform, establishing unified data models, governance standards, entitlements, feature management, and self-service capabilities that reduced technical debt and improved cross-domain consistency.
- Partnered with product, engineering, operations, and client-facing teams to prioritize initiatives based on customer feedback and business impact, enhancing platform scalability and onboarding efficiency.
- Owned platform APIs and provisioning services, collaborating with engineering to maintain data integrity and resiliency while adhering to service-level objectives for availability and accuracy.
Senior Technical Product Manager (Data Analytics)
Charles Schwab
11.2022 - 12.2024
- Defined and maintained the product roadmap for the RMD journey, prioritizing features and initiatives to align with company objectives and enhance customer experience.
- Led 8-member analytics team in Program Increment (PI) planning, aligning key metrics with product objectives to enhance overall success.
- Successfully implemented Agile practices within the data analytics team, overseeing Scrum ceremonies and maintaining the backlog to ensure timely delivery of high-quality data.
- Developed dashboards and reports in Adobe Analytics, providing actionable insights to leadership and contributing to data-driven decision-making.
- Delivered monthly client engagement reports to leadership, facilitating strategic decision-making and strengthening stakeholder relationships.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize processes, maximizing return on investment (ROI) for analytics initiatives.
Product Owner
CSC - Corptax
Chicago
01.2019 - 11.2022
- Lead product vision, translating complex requirements into user-centric stories and wireframes, driving innovation across multiple products.
- Prioritized and managed product backlogs to align with feature release goals and enhance delivery efficiency.
- Collaborated with product managers to articulate product vision, ensuring stakeholder alignment and clarity.
- Fostered cross-functional partnerships to align stakeholders on product vision and streamline communication between technical and non-technical teams.
- Communicate requirements effectively to technical and non-technical teams.
Senior Technical Product Manager (Member Feedback and Insights (VOC))
Sears Holdings Corporation
Hoffman Estates
05.2014 - 01.2019
- Pioneered data-driven approach to product development, utilizing customer behavior trends to prioritize features and shape product roadmap.
- Spearheaded NPS and key metrics analysis, leading to continuous improvements in customer experience and product performance.
- Analyzed customer trends and behavior, presenting insights to stakeholders for data-driven decision-making in product strategy and development.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define and deliver new products, resulting in increased customer satisfaction.
- Directed product lifecycle from concept to retirement, ensuring strategic alignment and market fit.
Project Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions (Client: JP Morgan Chase)
Columbus
10.2008 - 05.2014
- Managed team of 6 (onsite-offsite model) to support default servicing applications and resolve high-priority issues for over 250 users.
- Led data analytics team to resolve data issues and enhance ETL processes, resulting in improved project efficiency.
- Managed enterprise release projects, coordinated implementation plans with dev/QA teams to ensure timely completion and delivery of quality outcomes.
- Crafted comprehensive functional and technical design documents, reviewed test plans, and conducted thorough analysis of data issues in Ab Initio graphs.
- Created data models for customer matching, improving data accuracy and operational efficiency.
Software Design Engineer
Microsoft Corporation
Sammamish
11.2007 - 10.2008
- Engineered ETL processes to store Microsoft knowledge base articles in content management systems with SSIS.
- Created and maintained ad hoc reports with stored procedures and ETL processes in SSIS to improve data accessibility.
- Developed stored procedures and triggers to streamline data transformation in data warehouse staging process.
Senior Web Developer
Campus Federal Credit Union
Baton Rouge
10.2004 - 11.2007
- Converted legacy intranet applications from ASP to ASP.NET, enhancing performance and reliability for users.
- Developed multi-user intranet applications using ASP.NET and SQL Server, enhancing internal efficiency.
- Collaborated with team members to integrate new applications, ensuring optimal functionality and user experience.
Education
Master of Science - Engineering Sciences
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA06-2004
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
University of Madras
Chennai, India06-2000
Skills
- Product Management
- Product Roadmapping
- Agile Methodologies
- Data Analytics
- Data Modeling
- SQL
- PostgreSQL
- Python
- GCP
- Airflow
- Adobe Analytics
- GitHub
Timeline
Senior Product Manager
Apex Fintech Solutions
01.2025 - Current
Senior Technical Product Manager (Data Analytics)
Charles Schwab
11.2022 - 12.2024
Product Owner
CSC - Corptax
01.2019 - 11.2022
Senior Technical Product Manager (Member Feedback and Insights (VOC))
Sears Holdings Corporation
05.2014 - 01.2019
Project Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions (Client: JP Morgan Chase)
10.2008 - 05.2014
Software Design Engineer
Microsoft Corporation
11.2007 - 10.2008
Senior Web Developer
Campus Federal Credit Union
10.2004 - 11.2007
Master of Science - Engineering Sciences
Louisiana State University
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
University of Madras