Nithyanand Anandan
Product Leader
Summary
Deliberate Product Leader with creativity in big-picture product implementations for over 10 Million customer base across the United States. Research and strategic product planning expert through collaborative leadership and customer polling. Dynamic and adaptable roadmap leader for delivery of highly successful products with projected market demand and company growth as guiding principles. History of developing new products and organizing successful launches and customer-acquiring events. Change Agent & Agile expert with verifiable achievements delivering large scale modernization objectives by leading cross functional teams to improve products, services, and processes.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Lead
Intrivo Diagnostics
Buffalo Grove, IL
08.2021 - Current
- Pioneered initiatives to develop a 4.9 rated app on the app store by delivering excellence consistently and growing active users to 2 Million in 1 year since launch
- Led the product delivery of Health Passport to securely store and share vaccination & health records, insurance and payments etc.,
- Converted business ideas into Minimum Viable (MVP) and Minimum Marketable Products (MMP)
- Oversaw 20+ member multi-pronged scrum teams spread across the globe to deliver weekly releases
- Concentrated on the penetration of new markets and establishing product maturity
- Collaborated with C-suite to maintain a Product roadmap fostering business vision
- Spearheaded technology partnerships with over 10+ health and diagnostic providers, delivery partners, and logistic solutions
- Led efforts to analyze product performance by building predictive product analytics
- Administered the rapid development of Mobile app, Web platform, API engines, to support business vision
- Orchestrated internal tests, soft launches, marketing, and program readiness prior to rollouts
- Performed user research and customer outreach to consistently improve app and platform capabilities
- Defined agile process methodologies, scrum ceremonies, and communication plans for releases.
Product Manager, Cognizant – Consultant
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Deerfield, IL
02.2017 - 09.2020
- Propelled innovation and game-changing technological advances to develop new products or enhance product lines within the Find Care platform through strategy consultation with Leadership
- Owner of the Product Backlog by grooming features, epics, user stories, and product designs to 30+ members of the agile scrum teams across Creative, Product, Tech & Marketing
- Delivered first of a kind externalized FHIR based Health APIs for Walgreens and integrated with partners for secure data sharing
- Accomplished market research and endorsed suitable products or tools using a Buy vs Build approach
- Realized a YoY savings of $1.2M USD in platform cost by delivering an in-house benefit management platform
- Directed the Product roadmap and prioritized sprint commitments with business sponsors and product leaders
- Partnered with the Product Design team in translating Product Visions into Wireframes and Visual Designs, leading development, content management, and QA teams in building the end product
- Functioned with marketing teams in promoting product launches; own media, social media promotion, paid search marketing, in-store promotion, loyalty program integration, targeted emails, and campaigns
- Measured product performance and ROI using analytical techniques like Website Analytics, Kenshoo Pixels.
SR. Business Analyst / Product Owner, Cognizant – Consultant
Walgreens
Deerfield, IL
12.2014 - 02.2017
- Oversaw a 25+ member cross-functional scrum team spread across multiple geographies to deliver a cloud-hosted implementation of a photo order management system to 8000+ Walgreens stores
- Managed product backlog through continuous refinement of user stories and periodic product releases
- Performed UAT and functioned as the gate keeper of Quality Control by working with the Business users
- Recognized and forecasted resource needs for projects and generated in-depth project estimates
- Delivered detailed project plans based on Business, Functional and Technical requirements.
Business Consultant, Cognizant – Consultant
John Lewis Partnership
Chennai
08.2014 - 11.2014
- Conducted interviews with over 10 Project teams to understand their current state, challenges faced and executed detailed current state analysis and pointed recommendations
- Developed a Standardized Estimation model proof of concept as a recommendation
- Formulated an Organizational Strategy Document encompassing key solutions based on Gap analysis and socialized with Client stakeholders for review and feedback.
SR. Business Analyst/ Business Development Lead
Cognizant
Chennai
03.2012 - 08.2014
- Won 30+ contracts with several Fortune 500 clients across North America, UK and APAC regions
- Masterminded an ECOM Analytics framework (Statistical comparison of ECOM websites) to improve NPS and perform statistical comparison of features for over 200+ retail, consumer goods and hospitality companies
- Implemented retail solutions and solution differentiators that helped in delivering increased value to 80+ existing and prospective customers
- Complemented the sales team in driving revenue by helping to qualify accounts, respond to RFP/RFI/RFQs, and prepare and deliver solution-based presentations and business cases
- Played an instrumental role in Account Mining and customer research for identifying business prospects.
Business Analyst, Cognizant – Consultant
Walmart
Chennai
04.2009 - 03.2012
- Functioned as the point person for requirement gathering from Client stakeholders and Business teams
- Led the implementation of 15+ use case documents and business requirement documents
- Recognized as the star of the quarter across the company
- Certified business readiness of the application through comprehensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Architect behind the End to End test management of Program that involved Test Strategy and Plan creation, Test Estimation and review with Senior Management, Test Design and Execution control
- Operated with Procurement and Forecasting team, Fulfillment Vendors and Logistics to facilitate end-to-end integration tests).
Project Lead - Cognizant - Consultant
Lloyds Bank
Chennai
07.2005 - 04.2009
Education
Masters in Business Administration - Retail Operations
Bachelor of Science - Physics
Skills
Product Lifecycle Management
New Product Introduction
Voice of the customer
Market Research
Stakeholder Management
Competitive Analysis
Strategic Product Roadmaps
Cross Functional Leadership
Product Design
Digital & Omnichannel Innovation
Software as a Service
Program Management
Agile Delivery
Business Case Development
Partner Relationships
Product Strategy
Certification
CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner)
Timeline
Product Lead - Intrivo Diagnostics
08.2021 - Current
CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner)
11-2020
Product Manager, Cognizant – Consultant - Walgreens Boots Alliance
02.2017 - 09.2020
SR. Business Analyst / Product Owner, Cognizant – Consultant - Walgreens
12.2014 - 02.2017
Business Consultant, Cognizant – Consultant - John Lewis Partnership
08.2014 - 11.2014
SR. Business Analyst/ Business Development Lead - Cognizant
03.2012 - 08.2014
Business Analyst, Cognizant – Consultant - Walmart
04.2009 - 03.2012
Project Lead - Cognizant - Consultant - Lloyds Bank
07.2005 - 04.2009
Manipal University - Masters in Business Administration, Retail Operations
University of Madras - Bachelor of Science, Physics