Akash Pandey

Experience

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  Thomson Reuters

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2021

  Requirements Gathering: Lead the process of gathering and documenting business requirements from stakeholders, including business users, clients, and subject matter experts. Conduct interviews, workshops, and analysis to elicit, validate, and prioritize requirements.Requirement Analysis and Documentation: Analyze and translate business requirements into clear and comprehensive system requirements. Create detailed functional specifications, user stories, use cases, and process flows. Ensure requirements are complete, accurate, and aligned with business objectives.Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with stakeholders, including business users, IT teams, and project managers, to ensure a shared understanding of requirements and expectations. Facilitate meetings, workshops, and presentations to communicate requirements, obtain feedback, and address any concerns.Project Leadership: Lead and coordinate business analysis activities within projects or initiatives. Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables. Develop project plans, timelines, and resource allocation. Provide guidance and support to junior business systems analysts.Risk and Issue Management: Identify and assess potential risks and issues related to requirements, system design, or project implementation. Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans. Escalate critical issues to project stakeholders and recommend appropriate solutions.Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve business processes, systems, and requirements practices. Propose and implement enhancements to streamline analysis and documentation processes, improve communication, and enhance overall business value.Domain Knowledge and Expertise: Develop a deep understanding of the organization's business domain, industry trends, and best practices. Stay abreast of technological advancements and industry standards relevant to the systems being analyzed. Show less • Translate stakeholder requirements into different tangible deliverables such as functional specifications, workflow/process diagrams, prototype, user stories and use cases. Gather and document business requirements and lead the collection, analysis, documentation and coordination of those requirements.• Writing user stories and maturing it at the same time for development team to start work. And ensuring each story has the correct acceptance criteria and other requirements.• I am managing and prioritizing the product back and making sure the close collaboration with the development team.• Prioritizing defect/bugs resolution and escalations reported by support department.• Working closely with Developers and Quality Assurance to ensure the right customer problem is solved and tracking progress towards the release of a product.• Liaise between business and technical team to ensure a mutual understanding of processes and applications. • Working closely with developers and between cross functional teams to deliver products within planned timeframes.• Working with Architects and Tech leads to define the system requirements and system technology solution.• Working with cross-cultural teams of UK, Australia and The USA across various hierarchical levels.• Under the Agile-Scrum, working with the Scrum Master and the Product Owners to estimate and create feature, user story, product backlog.• Participating and facilitating scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum Stand Up, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and Backlog grooming meetings.• Identify and reconcile errors in client data to ensure accurate business requirements.• Participate in business management meetings and understand critical business needs; input the same into the IT planning process.• Designing wireframes and mock-ups using Paint and In Vision.• Creating test scenario, test cases, test data and conducting manual testing to validate functionality. Show less

  • Lead Business Systems Analyst

    Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

  • Senior Business System Analyst

    Sept 2016 - Mar 2021

  • Business Systems Analyst

    Jul 2014 - Sept 2016

  • Associate Business Systems Analyst

    Sept 2011 - Jul 2014
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  Deloitte India (Offices of the US)

  Jun 2021 - now

  Sr Product Management Specialist 1

  Product Strategy: Develop and implement product strategies aligned with the organization's goals and market needs. Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and customer insights to identify product opportunities and define the product roadmap.Product Planning: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and sales, to define product requirements and specifications. Prioritize features and enhancements based on customer needs, business objectives, and resource constraints.Product Development: Work closely with development teams to guide the product development process. Provide clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Act as a liaison between stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and understanding of product goals.Product Launch: Plan and execute successful product launches. Develop go-to-market strategies, positioning, and messaging. Coordinate with marketing and sales teams to create product collateral, training materials, and promotional activities.Team Leadership: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior product management professionals. Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture. Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and encourage professional development.Industry and Market Knowledge: Stay up-to-date with industry trends, market dynamics, and emerging technologies related to the product domain. Continuously gather insights to inform product decisions and identify opportunities for innovation. Show less