Manager Project

SHAVETA MEHTA

MBA, B.E, Certified Agile Leader, CSM, CSPO, Management 3.0, Certified Kanban Practitioner

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Los Angeles CA- 90245 Visa Type: L2 (EAD)

Agile Product Delivery Expert (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)

An Agile expert with Product Management and Program Management experience who strives to create and oversee the design and development of new products to meet customer demands by utilizing 15 years of experience in identifying and establishing products and programs based on assessments of the competitive environment, market segments, product positioning, pricing, and profitability. Passionate, value-driven product manager with experience leading cross-functional teams to plan, build, launch and manage world-class Mobile, Web, E-commerce, Enterprise, and Data engineering innovations. Blend technology skills with extensive Agile/Scrum experience, marketing orientation, and analytical abilities to evolve product strategy. Prioritize and manage multiple projects within specifications and budget restrictions.

Go-to-Market Launch Plans Digital product and program Delivery Product Management Program Management Strategic Business Planning Team building and Retention Management Budget planning and Cash flow optimization Multi-site Operations Management Quality Management BCP/Risk Management UX Management Agile Project Management Product Roadmaps Requirements Gathering & Analysis Market & Competitor Research Financial Modeling & Forecasting KPIs tracking for product performance.

Selected Achievements

●Played significant front-line role in setting up Mass media company NewsCorp’s development center ‘News Technology Services’ in India.

●Played leading role in setting up Pearson’s Development Center in India.

● Built a strong technology and process leadership to drive high quality work for Mobile, Web, Data technology, E-learning systems, Social and Ecommerce platforms and Enterprise solutions for different business units from the scratch.

●Increased development productivity in NewsCorp and Pearson by 4-fold within short span demonstrated by increased code output volume, reduced implementation windows, and 100% on-time deliveries using Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban Agile software development practices.

● Improved the expertise of engineering staff with in- house cross trainings, which helped in Employee engagement and retention and reduced training budget. Took many initiatives like ‘Hackathon’, ‘Burn-Day’, ‘Automato’ and ‘Pitch The Idea’ within the organization and saved man hours, improved quality and achieved on time delivery.

Professional Experience

AT&T- DIRETV- Telecommunications company (December 2018-Present)

Scrum Product Analyst, Product Development Engineering

●Determining customers’ needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information.

●Recommending the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements and discuss it with other product owners and coming up with a consolidated business requirements plan.

●Writing User Stories and creating Road Map and backlog for the team. Defining each sprint goal aligned with business requirements and doing UAT of the stories before it gets released.

●Provide source data for product line communications by defining product marketing communication objectives.

●Assess product market data by calling on customers with field salespeople and evaluating sales call results.

●Provide information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product forecasts and special reports and analyses; answering questions and requests.

●Bringing up new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; preparing return-on-investment analyses; establishing time schedules with engineering and testing teams.

●Manage operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.

●Maintain product management staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.

News Technology Services India Pvt. Ltd. (NewsCorp Division) (2016-Present)

General Manager-Digital (Promoted in March 2018)

Director-Process and Delivery

●Reported to Managing Director of India unit and played a significant front-line role in setting up News Technology Service, Bangalore (India). Started with 5 members and built the team of 350+ in 2 years. Built and managed strong delivery team including Engineering Heads, Agile Project Managers, Scrum Masters, software engineers, Automation QA Engineers.

●Product and program management of three business units (UK, United States and Australia). Unifying product strategy across NTS; combining feedback from sales, marketing, development, customers and prospects, contributing to company's strategic vision, and leading execution on new features and products, including detailed technical direction. Providing executive oversight of the Product Management team, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining product vision, and working closely with engineers, UX designers, and QA to deliver remarkable products on time and within budget.

●Lead teams of 110+ development, engineering, product, design and marketing professionals in all phases of custom product solutions delivery (from requirements gathering through build, test phases, QA, launch and support) for Mobile, Web, Ecommerce, Data Engineering and Enterprise Applications.

●Managed concept-to-launch of Sun Mobile and Web solution enabling real-time monitoring of online customer activities using data technologies. Top-user product has generated more than 60 million+ users in UK and became one of the most visited site and user friendly app.

●Responsible for End-to-End delivery of Media-Digital products including Mobile apps (IOS and Android), Websites (Wordpress), Data Engineering and Enterprise solutions. Worked for both Native and hybrid apps. IOS platform was build using Swift and Objective C with toolkits Apple Xcode & Intelli AppCode and Android Platform was build using Java and toolkits Android Studio & Android Developers Tools for Eclipse.

●Hybrid apps were developed using HTML5 and JavaScript. Wrapped in Native containers and the Toolkits used for it was Sencha Touch, Unity Apache Cordova/Adobe PhoneGap.

●Worked closely with Senior Leadership team of each business unit to align with business goals and created strategic product delivery roadmap for Digital products of NewsCorp.

●Developed digital teams for the different business units including UK and US from the scratch and strategized the deliveries in a way, which reduced the cost with a great level and increased the productivity 4-fold within short span of time.

●Introduced the automation wherever the work was done repeatedly and made it a DNA of the teams to bring in automation by introducing initiatives like ‘Automato’ and ‘Pitch the idea’.

●Introduced continuous improvement using agile frameworks in engineering and digital operations; every project have a proven record of 90% automation and continuous integration.

Pearson English (Formally GlobalEnglish India Pvt. Ltd.) (2008 - 2016)

●With 8 years of experience in Pearson, I have played many roles including Product owner, Business Analyst, Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master, Quality Analyst and UX Manager.

• Creating and managing the overall Product Management process.

• Building effective Agile teams from the ground up with our partners in Chennai and Silicon Valley

• Implementing, reinforcing, and improving Agile methodology across the organization

• Setting goals for the Product Management team to ensure success across products

• Leading the internal process to define product strategy, roadmap, and priorities

• Developing requirements and use cases for new product features

• Contributing technical and leadership expertise to new Pearson English organization

●Some of my job responsibilities as a business analyst includes Assisting with the business case, Planning and monitoring, Eliciting requirements, Translating and simplifying requirements, Requirements management and communication and Requirements analysis.

●As a delivery head, I was responsible for End-to-End delivery of Pearson digital products including Mobile apps (IOS and Android), Websites, Progressive Web Apps, Enterprise products like Global Scale of English, Pearson Practice English App and MyEnglishLab.

Head- Process and Delivery (2014 - 2016)

Senior Project Manager (2012 - 2014)

Project Manager (2010 - 2012)

Senior QA Engineer – (2008 - 2010)

Ntier Business Solutions (2007-2008)

Software QA Engineer

Webtek Technologies (2006-2007)

Software QA Engineer

Competent Telecom Solution (2003-2006)

Telecom Test Engineer

Education and Certifications

(MBA)- Master of Business Administration in HR Management 3.0

(B.E) Bachelor of Engineering- Electronics and communication NextGen Management

Certified Agile Leader- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner- Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Master- Scrum Alliance Certified Kanban Practitioner- Scrum Alliance

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