Raghuram Ananthapadmanabhan Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

As a Product manager, successfully developed Pension and Provident Fund product in record 8 months; Implemented in one of the largest custodians of funds. Liaison between business, sales, and executives to develop Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Worked closely with Pre-Sales for product demonstration.As an Agile project manager, delivered high value to customers, removed impediments of the scrum team, conducted sprint retrospective, and supported product owner in managing communication with stakeholders. Presented with sprint, epic, and release burndown charts, velocity charts, and control charts to measure project performance.As a Product owner, prioritized user stories and led the product development process of Health Insurance System. Functioned as Voice of Customer and chaired sprint reviews.As a Project and Program manager, initiated, planned, executed, and monitored Digital Transformation projects TCV worth $6 Million+ across Middle East, Africa, and South-East Asia. Identified risks and mitigation strategies, monitored complex integrations / interdependencies across work streams, managed escalations, and change requests. Involved in vetting and responding to RFP.As Member of COE implemented standard process across insurance verticals; Reported project financials - BTG, Debtors, Revenue and Unbilled to the leadership team

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai Area, India

• Managed key multiple projects exceeding USD 1 Million• Implementation of projects across multiple time zones; includes West and East Africa, Middle-East and South Asia• Lead highly motivated support that caters 15 customers• Maintained SLA and profitability on support and implementation activities• Involved in projects right from RFP, product demonstration, Pre-sales, Implementation and support handover• Practice project management principles as defined by PMBOK to deliver projects within triple constraints• Responsible for appraising weekly and monthly to management• Influenced customers to obtain critical decisions

United Arab Emirates

• Followed Agile methodology to implement projects• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to set priorities and gathered business needs• Communicate to multilingual offshore teams with clear user stories and documentation• Responsible for setting up priorities and check quality of incrementally received products• Iterative movement of solution to production and monitor progress• Planned complete solution

United Arab Emirates

• Managed budgets up to USD 1 Million• Negotiated contracts worth USD 150, 000 with third party systems supplier using RFI and RFP• Procured IT solutions and systems• Appraised projects by writing better management reporting• Defined business case, project charter, scope and deliverable for a dozen projects• Directed insurance projects and saved cost that improved bottom-line• Engaged in process re-engineering which increased productivity by 60 percent• Developed business and technical feasibility studies for the proposed initiatives

Chennai Area, India

• Identified best practices with respect to business and suggested areas of improvement• Involved in optimizing the solution for business requirement along with functional consultants• Developed plans and ensured the solution is validated• Assisted in identifying, analyzing, mitigating and responding project risk• Reviewed training documents and recommended possible corrections for better understanding

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Risk Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics