Product Owner Resume New Hampshire - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Experienced Program Director and Scrum Product Owner, with Master’s Degree in Engineering Management
Over 12 - year experience in program management, business development and vast expertise in managing software development, digital products, P&L, financial strategies and new product development
Adept in MS Project, Excel, Jira, Confluence, Analytics, developing business cases, product backlog grooming, creating epic and user stories, as well as managing stakeholders, SDLC, technical roadmaps, quality, status reports, conflicts, go-to-market strategies, cost-reduction and client expectations
Co-Founder, with the experience of growing a technology startup from $0 to over $10m
Extensive international experience across Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and Asia
Motivated self-starter and excellent communicator who earned multiple s during early career and, as well as sustained recognition for community service and mentoring
Seasoned strategist and entrepreneurial leader with in-depth understanding of emerging economies and technologies, and negotiation experience across USA, Nigeria, UK, Italy, China, India, South Korea & Holland

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Product Owner

Confidential, New Hampshire

Responsibilities:

Collaborated with customers, development team and other stakeholders to drive product specifications, design, and successful launch of a Mobile Application (new product line) for multiple ERP solutions
Translated ideas and strategies into tangible product requirements in the form of epics and user stories, helped with high-level estimation, made final acceptance decisions, and helped to increase team’s velocity
Developed marketing documents, prioritized requirements based on strategy, business value, implementation cost and resource availability, provided strategic guidance to project teams, and occasionally played scrum master roles

Program Director & Product Owner

Confidential, Massachusetts, Illinois

Responsibilities:

Developed business case, product specifications, market analysis, and go-to-market strategies for new IAAS mobile applications and e-commerce components for healthcare administration.
This included concept-to-successful deployment of high quality solutions that helped customer to save over $400k
Created and prioritized user stories, managed stakeholders, functioned as ‘customer voice’, and led the process of defining product vision, sprint goals and ‘done’ items, and managed trade-offs to optimize value
Managed budgets, quality, status report, deliverables, project risks, conflicts, client expectations, recruitment, SDLC, technical roadmaps, and stakeholder relationships
Managed 3 Project Managers, played some Scrum Master role and provided Agile to scrum team, senior management, operations, users and other stakeholders to transform teams from Waterfall to Agile

Co-founder & Product Director

Confidential, Massachusetts

Responsibilities:

Managed product life cycle from strategic planning to go-to-market plans, new product development (SAAS product, digital products, banking and healthcare applications, and energy products), and business analytics process
Developed healthy product backlog via apt user stories, prioritization, estimation and refinement
Formulated policies and provided overall direction (including strategy, business development, sales, program management and product innovation) for the company
Managed PMO office that included 5 project managers and 28 engineers, and worked to achieve efficient project delivery at all times

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed turn-key projects (ERP, e-commerce, IT infrastructure, and Power) of over $1m budget.
This included installation and management of enterprise software solutions across over 100 terminals, as well as CDMA, GPRS, e-Payment, Fibre Optic implementation, LAN, WAN, as well as HP servers and Cisco Routers.
Managed installation and integration of Diebold, NCR and Wincor Nixdorf ATMs across large bank networks
Evaluated and recommended innovative cost-saving power solutions, helping the company save over $100k maintenance costs within a one-year period