BHAVANA MEDA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Summary
Executive Director with over 20 years in driving profitability, revenue, and efficiency by seamlessly integrating product, strategy, and digital components. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams and fostering collaborative relationships to achieve and deliver innovative solutions that optimize business performance.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Digital Director, Client Benefits & Financial Wellness
Bank of America
01.2022 - Current
- Crafted long-term strategic vision, leveraging quantitative and qualitative insights to drive product & digital transformation
- Developed multiple comprehensive 3-5 year roadmap, prioritizing top features and securing investment through robust business cases for different lines of businesses
- Expanded and led high-performing product team of 7 in turn who manage and coordinate between 40 technology teams, resulting in best-in-class client experience and associate service model
- Managed $50M investment portfolio across multiple products, driving adoption on certain applications by 10% YoY and ensuring sales funnel reporting success rate is more than 80%
- Introduced new standards and best practices for product owners to gather requirements, metric tracking, productive testing routines
- Championed adoption of Microsoft Copilot and effectiveness of leveraging that in various stages of initiatives for different roles
Digital Director, Advice & Planning program manager
Bank of America
04.2020 - 01.2022
- Collaborated with business executives and stakeholders to find synergies across lines of businesses and formulate short & long term strategies
- Executed a $20M portfolio by laying out faster, cheaper and better solutions for product development
- Assess stakeholder input, digital trends, competitive landscape, customer feedback, and data analytics to identify product enhancement or new product opportunities
- Part of the innovation panel which allowed us to explore solutions without restraints and establish opportunities
Vice President, Managed Solutions Product Manager
Bank of America
12.2015 - 04.2020
- Contributed to agile transformation by collaborating with cross-functional teams to establish organizational structure and lead multiple teams as a product manager
- Leveraged comprehensive Agile product management skills: backlog prioritization, stakeholder collaboration, data-driven decision making, market analysis to enhance client experience through faster and cost-effective solutions
Vice President, Trade & Market Data Analyst
Bank of America
04.2011 - 12.2015
- Bridged communication between business units and technology teams to drive business outcomes
- Spearheaded trade-related projects, focusing on self-managed trade entry and end-to-end trade settlements
- Managed vendor relationships for market data acquisition and oversaw enterprise-wide data utilization
Business Analyst, Supply chain finance & Loans
Wells Fargo
07.2008 - 04.2011
- Led end-to-end enhancement of Distress Desk PnL platform, driving efficiency improvement through strategic analysis and implementation of automated workflows
- Steered vendor selection process by developing comprehensive RFPs, conducting technical evaluations, and negotiating with suppliers to achieve cost savings
- Architected platform requirements and technical specifications, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory compliance standards
- Mentored and managed a cross-functional team of 5 analysts and testers and improving team productivity
Developer, Trade & Portfolio management
U.S. Trust
02.2006 - 06.2008
- Architected and implemented portfolio modeling solutions that improved asset management efficiency by streamlining trade execution
- Led vendor selection and management processes, which led to successful integration of critical trading platforms
- Optimized performance of legacy applications by migrating from VB.Net to C#/.NET, reducing processing time and improving system reliability
- Enhanced database performance through SQL query optimization and collaboration with DBAs
Developer, Global mobility tool
Perot systems
07.2004 - 01.2008
- Developed and launched a dynamic e-commerce platform with role-based personalization, resulting in improved user engagement and targeted content delivery
- Implemented intuitive search functionality with filters and auto-complete features, reducing average search time and increasing customer satisfaction
- Deployed multi-tiered business logic with comprehensive unit testing, achieving 70% test coverage and reducing post-deployment issues
Education
Master's degree - Finance
University of Texas
01.2009
Bachelors of Engineering - Information Science
PESIT
01.2004
Timeline
Sr. Digital Director, Client Benefits & Financial Wellness
Bank of America
01.2022 - Current
Digital Director, Advice & Planning program manager
Bank of America
04.2020 - 01.2022
Vice President, Managed Solutions Product Manager
Bank of America
12.2015 - 04.2020
Vice President, Trade & Market Data Analyst
Bank of America
04.2011 - 12.2015
Business Analyst, Supply chain finance & Loans
Wells Fargo
07.2008 - 04.2011
Developer, Trade & Portfolio management
U.S. Trust
02.2006 - 06.2008
Developer, Global mobility tool
Perot systems
07.2004 - 01.2008
Bachelors of Engineering - Information Science
PESIT
Master's degree - Finance
University of Texas
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