Sowmya Kumanan

Experience

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  Ford Motor Company

  Sept 2011 - Aug 2022

  --- Lead the E2E delivery of product by following agile practices, DevOps---Collaborate with stakeholders, cross functional and regional teams on a regular basis ---Monitor health of the project, assess risks and remediate---Be the go to person for any business problems ---Enable team to achieve multiple base camps without a process coach whereas other PMs led the team with the help of a coach(PDO transformation journey)---Design robust solution for complex business problems ---Conduct thorough and focused requirement workshops with close attention to detail---Discover hidden pain points of business and formulate a solution methodology for the same---Received multiple appreciations and recognitions from senior management and stakeholders for launching and leading a tough and mission critical project for Ford successfully---Fill resource gaps by playing multiple roles as Product Owner, Product Designer and Business Analyst when need arises Show less ---Gathered, analyzed and documented requirements----Liasoned with business partners---- Collaborate with Meta & Concept teams to author stories ----Worked with Business Process Owners to ensure that functional acceptance criteria are complete in all respects----Worked with QA lead to ensure that confirmation criteria are complete in all respects---Worked with SMEs, Coordinator and QA lead to ensure that all integration test stories are created and have complete confirmation criteria---Ensured that all stories meet the INVEST Criteria as well as the DONENESS criteria----Supported backlog grooming with Business Process Owner or their delegates. Show less

  • Product Manager

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2022

  • Business Analyst

    Dec 2013 - Oct 2017

  • Software Analyst

    Sept 2011 - Dec 2013
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  Appian Corporation

  Aug 2022 - now

  Design high complexity product features by consistently conducting discussions with clients and partners, convert that into actionable requirements, prioritise and work closely with product development team to convert that into a successful and meaningful product; Continue to measure success, gather feedback and take the right steps to achieve customer satisfaction I'm super excited to be a part of Appian team, looking forward to a long and happy journey with Appian #AppianLife

  • Senior Product Manager II

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Senior Product Manager

    Aug 2022 - Aug 2022