Divya Vangala
BRAMBLETON,Virginia
Summary
Product Manager, Product Owner, Product Analyst, and Leader with over 10 years of experience driving product strategy, modernization, and cross-functional delivery in mortgage, financial services, and insurance. Skilled at building roadmaps, managing backlogs, and aligning stakeholders to deliver customer-centric, scalable solutions. Adept in Agile/Scrum and Modern Delivery, defining user stories, OKRs, and acceptance criteria to accelerate enterprise adoption. Recognized for leading the modernization of pricing, servicing, and governance systems at Freddie Mac, including the retirement of legacy platforms, the deployment of API-first services, and the rollout of configurable, AI-enabled solutions that improved accuracy, adoption, and time-to-market.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Manager / Product Analyst Tech Lead
Freddie Mac
McLean, VA
06.2020 - Current
- Drove modernization of servicing platforms, streamlining multi-system workflows and improving servicer adoption.
- Led the retirement of mainframe ARM (adjustable-rate mortgage) systems, implementing API-first services and business rules.
- Established enterprise data quality monitoring to improve recalculation accuracy and reduce latency in change propagation.
- Applied AI optimization to create configurable solutions, enhancing user flexibility and system adaptability.
Product Analyst / Data Analyst
Freddie Mac
McLean, VA
06.2018 - 06.2020
- Owned the pricing backlog, converting business needs into user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Partnered with IT and business to prioritize features for customer benefit and align delivery with strategic objectives.
- Delivered pricing system improvements that enhanced accuracy, agility, and decision-making flexibility.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to remove barriers and accelerate release timelines.
Product Management Professional
Tasacom Technologies Inc, Clarendon Partners, and Blue Ally
McLean, VA
06.2016 - 06.2018
- Defined OKRs and product roadmaps for new strategic initiatives within the Single-Family division.
- Reengineered business processes and created training and adoption materials for the deployment of the Pricing Manager Application.
- Conducted gap analysis to align current vs. future state models with enterprise goals.
- Partnered with integration teams to mitigate risks, and ensure interoperability across systems.
- Established compliance frameworks and governance standards for the Single-Family Modeling and Analytics group.
- Validated pricing and capital markets models for compliance with new enterprise risk frameworks.
- Designed training and governance materials to improve risk management and stakeholder compliance.
Software Engineer
Capgemini India Private Limited
08.2013 - 08.2015
- Partnered with product leads and architects to design regulatory reporting solutions used as systems of record and statistical sources.
- Developed technical specifications aligned with product requirements for analytics and reporting.
- Automated backend processes (PL/SQL, Shell scripts) to enable scalable product delivery and reduce manual work.
- Supported performance tuning and optimization to ensure system reliability and efficiency.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
G. Narayanamma Engineering and Technology
Hyderabad, IndiaSkills
- Product vision and roadmaps
- Stakeholder alignment and executive buy-in
- Backlog management and sprint planning
- Prioritization and PI planning
- User adoption strategies
- Business process redesign
- Data governance frameworks
- Feasibility analysis and risk assessment
- AI-driven solution optimization
- Configurable solution design
- API-first services development
- JIRA and Quick Base proficiency
- Tableau and SharePoint expertise
- Microsoft Suite applications
- SQL and PL/SQL knowledge
- Oracle database management
- Cross-functional teamwork
Websites
Certification
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Alliance, 1209993, 04/01/20
- Accredited Mortgage Professional (AMP), Mortgage Bankers Association, 10/01/21
- Product Manager Certified, Product School, 31721506, 04/01/21
Timeline
Product Manager / Product Analyst Tech Lead
Freddie Mac
06.2020 - Current
Product Analyst / Data Analyst
Freddie Mac
06.2018 - 06.2020
Product Management Professional
Tasacom Technologies Inc, Clarendon Partners, and Blue Ally
06.2016 - 06.2018
Software Engineer
Capgemini India Private Limited
08.2013 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
G. Narayanamma Engineering and Technology