Desislava Antonova

Experience

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  Information Services Plc.

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Business Analyst and BI Expert

  • Business Analyst • Business Process Engineer • Business Intelligence developer in multiple governmental projects (Parliamentary Elections 2005), the Bulgarian Council of Ministers and the National Military Command Centre. • Balanced Scorecard (BSC) expert

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  Vereo Technologies

  Mar 2006 - May 2013

  • Product Management - mobile applications manufacturing unit for iOS and Android platforms • Stakeholder Management • Process Transformation Lead - from waterfall to agile methodologies • Service/ Product Management - participate in strategy planning and road mapping of the Shell International B.V. IT Department.•Project Management - resource planning, project planning, monitoring and control Business Analyst - implementing BA methodologies across the team; requirements eliciting, documentation for IT projects in the Bulgarian Government Agencies.

  • Product Owner / Manager - Mobile

    Dec 2011 - May 2013

  • Business Unit Manager - Consulting Services (Shell International B.V.)

    Apr 2007 - Dec 2011

  • Senior Business Analyst

    Mar 2006 - Apr 2007
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  Experian

  Aug 2013 - Jan 2022

  - Drive Product Roadmap of a core Experian Product for debt collection that is transitioning to SaaS.- Client interviews and shadowing to gather feedback and pain points to inform Product Roadmap.- Close collaboration with architects, developers and UI/UX designers to define solutions that address customer needs.- Lead 12 Scrum teams in SAFe model to grasp product strategy, goals & scope, and requirements’ details.- Manage a team of 6 Product Owners to unfold their potential and grow their skillset.- Backlog management of 4 teams - create epics and user stories, prioritisation, refinement, execution and delivery.- Stakeholder Management Show less

  • Lead Product Owner

    Dec 2016 - Jan 2022

  • Sr. Product Owner

    Aug 2013 - Dec 2016
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  VMware

  Jan 2022 - Feb 2024

  Lead Product Owner | Functional Architect

  - Own the Product Roadmap and cross-functional alignment of a new internal software platform that unifies all discount and promo programs across VMWare products.- Product Backlog Management and Delivery - lead requirements building, process re-engineering, scoping and prioritisation, designing and prototyping, refinement, execution and delivery.- Interviews with users and stakeholders to gather feedback, uncover pain points and inform Product Roadmap.- Stakeholder Management - setting up clear expectations.- Agile | SAFe ambassador. Show less

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  The World Bank

  Aug 2024 - Nov 2024

  Product Lead | Product Owner

  - Own the Product Vision and Roadmap of the World Bank Country Engagement web application;- Product Backlog Management - create and maintaine Epics, Features, User Stories. Prioritisation and refinement with the team.- Setup team quarter OKRs, sprint goals and follow up.- Create and maintain Release Schedule- Lead Business Release Readiness- Create Customer success process flow