Sowmya Raghavendra Rao

Product Manager

United States12 yrs experience

Key Highlights

  • Proven ability to manage complex projects efficiently.
  • Strong expertise in product management and UX design.
  • Exceptional skills in team leadership and stakeholder communication.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert with a focus on SaaS and MarTech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementBusiness AnalysisAgile MethodologiesProject ManagementMarket Research

Other Skills

Application Lifecycle ManagementBalsamiqBusiness DevelopmentCorporate RecruitingCustomer DemosCustomer PresentationsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Figma (Software)Interpersonal CommunicationInterviewingMicrosoft OfficeMockupsPeople ManagementPresentation SkillsProduct Design

About

I have time and again showcased acumen to grasp ideas quickly, crystallize them, and conceptualize solutions. I have also been able to juggle different responsibilities efficiently and handle people from various backgrounds with diplomacy. I quickly adapt to new situations, teams, and roles and handle them with confidence and ease.  Ability to contain and proactively resolve crisis situations  Ability to prioritize tasks and handle multiple projects simultaneously  Good leadership skills  Willing to learn and strive for constant improvement  Fiercely independent and a very good team player  Strong communication and interpersonal skills  Ability to adapt quickly to new situations I believe in a highly organized work culture, with a controlled fun element involved. I have observed over my career span that if you understand, adapt to and communicate with your team, efficiently navigating and coordinating through every day’s tasks, you can achieve your ultimate goal. Acquiring new skills is as important as nurturing and pruning old skills, and this I have dedicatedly done across my career, and plan to continue doing this for growth as an expert at what I do. CSM certified project manager owning all stages of the project lifecycle from planning to designating project resources, preparing budgets, monitoring progress and keeping stakeholders informed. Strong familiarity with project management software tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.) methodologies, and best practices. Experienced in technical and pre-sales, creating sales strategies and aiding in the development of customer base, marketing tools and product launches, specializing in product branding & positioning, liaising with Product and Sales heads. I also assist Product design by translating Client concept and requirements into wireframes and mock-up designs. I am also experienced in meticulously planning and executing social media marketing strategies, highly impacting Marketing, Sales, and PR.

Experience

Claritev

Product Owner

Oct 2025Present · 5 mos · United States · Remote

Sagitec solutions

Product Owner

Jun 2025Aug 2025 · 2 mos · United States · Remote

  • 1. Rapidly ramped up on 20+ pension modules within 3 months through self-directed learning, reducing onboarding time by 50% compared to standard timelines; delivered reverse KT sessions that received strong feedback from managers and peers
  • 2. Reviewed end-to-end module workflows, dependencies, and data flows, identifying 10+ enhancement opportunities and 5+ critical defects, directly contributing to improved product stability and compliance alignment
  • 3. Provided actionable feedback on usability improvements, leading to a 15% reduction in user-reported issues across core pension modules
  • 4. Developed cross-domain expertise in pension operations, benefit processing, and member/employer interactions, enabling more informed backlog prioritization and stakeholder discussions, which improved sprint planning efficiency by 20%

Career break

Full-time parenting

Sep 2024May 2025 · 8 mos

Moonraft innovation labs

Digital Product Owner/Manager

Apr 2022Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos · A UST Company , United States

  • 1. Managed cross-functional team and stakeholder communication and oversaw product development from inception to implementation for a Digital front door project that got revamped from an outdated website to an extremely user-friendly experience
  • 2. Helped streamline release implementation activities for a smooth and seamless delivery with most launches having low to zero bugs
  • 3. Performed multiple demos to different stakeholders that helped understand and navigate the application hassle-free. Conducted trainings to newly onboarded team members.
  • 4. Streamlined Jira/user story writing process that helped the development team execute quickly
  • 5. Drove the product and defect backlog discussions to align with the product managers and development team for a seamless launch
  • 6. Collaborated with the analytics team to understand the success metrics of the application

Ruby for good

Product Owner/Manager (Volunteer)

Dec 2021Mar 2022 · 3 mos · United States

Democracylab

Product Owner/Manager (Volunteer)

Dec 2021Mar 2022 · 3 mos · United States

The difference engine

Technical Product Owner/Manager (Volunteer)

May 2021Dec 2021 · 7 mos · United States

  • 1. Built a webapp that acts as a command center for receiving and managing grant nomination processes, significantly reducing manual work (from 35 hours/week to 2 hours/week) and increasing the processing efficiency of the applications.
  • 2. Maintain the product backlog, define product features, write user stories and acceptance criteria, test the application end-to-end to ensure it meets the acceptance criteria.
  • 3. Streamlined sprint planning and retrospective sessions by bringing in story points and team velocity for a 10 member team consisting of engineers and architects.
  • 4. Coaching the team on product demos and onboarding new developers by giving product overview and ticket assignment.

Born group

Project Manager

Sep 2019Feb 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • 1. Spearheaded a 15-member team, through daily standup calls and scrum sessions, to assess outcomes, progress, and to unblock issues.
  • 2. Owned end to end delivery of $6M SGD program for one of the customers to improve the UX process by bringing in new features.
  • 3. Helped set up an agile development process and collaborate with stakeholders to enable execution of a complex roadmap and deliver features.
  • 4. Earned trust and established relationships with clients and contributed to maintain NPS score consistently above 80%
  • 5. Plan and designate project resources, prepare budgets, monitor progress, and keep stakeholders informed
  • 6. Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
  • 7. Prepare budget based on scope of work and resource requirements
  • 8. Track project costs in order to meet budget
  • 9. Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan
  • 10. Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
  • 11. Strong familiarity with project management software tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.) methodologies, and best practices
  • 12. Handled large to enterprise projects

Bahwan cybertek

3 roles

Product Owner

Promoted

Jun 2019Sep 2019 · 3 mos

  • 1. Performed market research and continuously collected user feedback and observation, which I translated into feature enhancements to be iteratively incorporated into our product suite consisting social media listening tool, MVPs for web and mobile apps, etc.
  • 2. Drove multiple projects from concept to delivery by breaking big picture goals in detailed requirements, establishing a product roadmap and prioritizing the team’s backlog through regular grooming sessions with engineers.
  • 3. Led UX efforts for the entire product suite. Designed wireframes using Figma and Balsamiq, and helped craft design standards.
  • 4. Conducted product demos and partnered with Marketing to publish blog posts and launch emails.
  • 5. Manage Product and Interaction design
  • 6. Research – User personas, Market Data & UX trends
  • 7. Oversee the build of wireframes, storyboards and sitemap
  • 8. Liaising with clients to understand client needs and maintaining client relations
  • 9. Proposal and presentation support for writing, editing and formatting

Product Marketing Consultant

Jul 2018Jun 2019 · 11 mos

Business Analyst

Mar 2015Jul 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • 1. Presales Product Owner for Cuecent Pulse – A social media listening tool
  • Create compelling proposals and demos suitable for an opportunity
  • Create collaterals that will be useful for sales/pre-sales scenarios
  • Oversee or conduct product demos, set up with appropriate keywords
  • On-site visit to Brunei for product demo and training
  • Played a pivotal role in filtering complaints / feedback for Election commission
  • Post on-site engagement, continued to support from off-shore.
  • 2. Product Management for Cuecent Pulse
  • Do extensive research and provide ideas for building new features for Cuecent Pulse
  • o I have been instrumental in the ideation and enhancement phases of the product. During the ideation phase, I mocked up the products look and feel integrated with required products features.
  • Identify & Evaluate new scenarios for product implementation
  • Knowledge manager of the presales perspective of the project
  • Created more than 50 presentations and customized the demos and presentations to more than 30 customers
  • Writing / rewriting proposals, user manuals, key features, brochures, case studies
  • Made around 35 videos for the product for different industries (BFSI, Education, Retail, Govt., etc.)
  • 3. Managing BCT’s presence on social media
  • 4. Tasks & Responsibilities beyond Designated Role:
  • Communication Expert – HR Recruitment Panel
  • Communication Expert – Visa process
  • Inside sales – TIBCO product suite, MENA region (in training)

Freelancer - social media analyst

Social Media Analyst

Mar 2014Mar 2015 · 1 yr · Chennai Area, India

Grandma & grandpa's international early learning centre

Student Mentor

Mar 2013Mar 2014 · 1 yr · Chennai Area, India

  • I had mentored kids of age group between 3 years and 10 years in different areas of learning and development:
  • 1. Personal, Social and Emotional Development
  • 2. Communication, Language and Literacy
  • 3. Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
  • 4. Knowledge and Understanding of the World
  • 5. Physical Development
  • 6. Creative Development
  • 7. Assessment
  • I also trained the kids on Scratch - a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

Education

California State University, Los Angeles

Master of Science (MS) — Computer Science

Jan 2010Jan 2012

College of Engineering, Guindy

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Computer Science

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School

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