Darsana Usha Devi
Bentonville,AR
Summary
Accomplished Staff Product Manager at Wal-Mart Associates, Inc, adept in product strategy and cross-functional leadership. Spearheaded innovative market-leading products, significantly enhancing customer satisfaction and reducing time to market. Expert in KPI tracking and strategic planning, with a proven track record of fostering collaboration and driving data-driven decisions for optimal product lifecycle management.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Product Manager
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc
08.2019 - Current
- Define and drive the Product vision, strategy and roadmap for the assigned product portfolio
- Collaborate with multiple technical and business teams to synchronize priorities and delivery roadmaps by building comprehensive data requirements
- Work with data stewards, data engineering and data science and visualization teams to manage delivery against key technical delivery milestones.
- Translate priorities across multiple workstreams to a strategic domain roadmap
- Ensure Data engineering, Modeling, Architect, Governance and Stewardship teams ate spending optimal time at work in their specialties
- Manage the output and development of other data PMs
Sr. Business System Analyst
UST Global
08.2017 - 08.2019
- Reduced project completion time by employing Agile methodologies and effective product management strategies.
- Elicited and clearly documented business and system requirements.
- Conducted end users sessions to detail the Business needs and determine/define scope of data and code fixes and support user acceptance testing.
- Created complex SQL queries to verify historical and incremental data and code changes and validate the changes in SIT and Production environment.
Sr. Product Owner
Anjaneyap Inc
11.2014 - 08.2017
- Delivered market-leading products, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy and customer needs.
- Fostered innovation within the team through brainstorming sessions and collaborative problem-solving exercises.
- Mitigated risks associated with product development through proactive identification, assessment, and management of potential issues or obstacles.
- Championed user-centric design principles throughout the development process to ensure exceptional user experiences.
- Led agile teams to deliver high-quality software solutions, significantly reducing time to market.
Business Consultant/Product Specialist
IBS Software Services
03.2006 - 01.2014
- Started as a Team lead/developer developing and maintaining applications for multiple Airlines Flight and Crew scheduling/tracking in C/C++, VC++ and Oracle.
- Transformed to a Business analyst/Developer for TUIfly suite of applications for Airline operations.
- Performed as Product Specialist for Orbitz.com in defining the UI requirements, integration with GDS, Payment systems, Customer care etc.
- Developed business strategies by conducting comprehensive market research and competitor analysis.
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
04.2004 - 02.2006
- Requirements study for upgrading a module dealing with Mobile handovers and Mobile power management.
- Closely collaborated with the client for application Enhancements and resolution of Fault reports in Assembly language and C.
- Provided technical expertise throughout all phases of the project, ensuring accurate execution of designs and specifications.
Education
Master of Science - Data Analytics
Walton School of Business
Bentonville, AR05-2026
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma - Business Administration And Management
Symbiosis Institute
India05-2012
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Cochin University of Science And Technology
India07-2003
Skills
- KPI Tracking
- Product Strategy
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Product Roadmaps
- Data-driven decision-making
- Product Vision and Strategy
- Cross Functional Leadership
- Jira, Atlassian, Rally
- Database Management Systems
- Strategic Planning and Alignment
- Product Development
Timeline
Staff Product Manager
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc
08.2019 - Current
Sr. Business System Analyst
UST Global
08.2017 - 08.2019
Sr. Product Owner
Anjaneyap Inc
11.2014 - 08.2017
Business Consultant/Product Specialist
IBS Software Services
03.2006 - 01.2014
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
04.2004 - 02.2006
Master of Science - Data Analytics
Walton School of Business
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma - Business Administration And Management
Symbiosis Institute
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Cochin University of Science And Technology
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