VARUN DAGAR
Angestellt, Product Owner, Virtusa Consulting Services
Pune, India
About me
Dynamic and seasoned Product Development Professional with over 12 years of hands-on experience in agile environments. Proficient in prioritizing product backlogs and spearheading detailed feature specifications to drive project success. Skilled in mitigating obstacles to meet release objectives and adept at orchestrating project-release plans to ensure timely delivery of functionalities. Adept at fostering internal and external stakeholder relationships, serving as a knowledgeable product ambassador.
Timeline
Professional experience for VARUN DAGAR
Current 1 year and 1 month, since Oct 2023
Product Owner
Virtusa Consulting Services
Present product vision and roadmap to the agile development team for product development Own the product throughout its lifecycle, from conception, discovery to successful delivery Prioritize and manage product backlog, ensuring effective utilization of resources and timely delivery of features As of May’24, succeeded in delivering 98% of Planned features for warehouse management in agreed timelines
5 years and 5 months, Apr 2018 - Aug 2023
Product Owner
Wolters Kluwer
Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including marketing, customer experience, and technology, to ensure seamless implementation and integration of new features Successfully completed the roll out of optimized product increment to support up to 5000 users’ login simultaneously Maintained the product backlog, prioritize features/user stories, and plan releases as per timelines agreed with sponsors Prioritized initiatives based on business value, user needs, and technical feasibility
9 months, Aug 2017 - Apr 2018
Senior Business Analyst
Globant India Pvt ltd
Help dev team to Oversee the module configuration and new features for the policy admin system • Anticipating customer needs for the product • Led the Transformation Project of Legacy – Insurance Policy Admin System (Desktop Application) to a Cloud based UI in Agile-Scrum SDLC • Engaging myself with business partners and users to ensure that critical strategic decisions are vetted and well thought out prior to implementation. • Eliciting and understanding the Requirements from all the stakeholders
2 years, May 2015 - Apr 2017
IT Business Analyst
Atos Syntel
Eliciting Requirements from all the stakeholders and Creating Features/User stories for the insurance Company's' Policy admin system for B2B environment • Conducting requirements gathering discussions with client and evaluation/analysis of the business requirements into IT solutions along with other junior BAs • Working in tandem with all Business stakeholders for application optimization, Improvements and Enhancements.
3 years and 5 months, Sep 2008 - Jan 2012
Analyst
Tech Mahindra
• Acting as the liaison between the business and Technology Delivery Centre to provide business solutions that meet user needs and improve business performance by providing the analysis of business requirements • Analysis of Billing for Telecom services and products like VSAT, Sat Phone, Routers, Ports, ADSL, IP Networking, and Video Conferencing Set-up for corporate customers in Italy and outside Italy. Customers like BNL, ENI, Deutsche Telekom, Syngenta etc.