Navin Seksaria

About Navin Seksaria

Lead Product Owner with 18+ years of experience delivering impactful solutions across Sanctions Screening, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and Regulatory Compliance domains. I bring a powerful combination of deep technical expertise and strategic product leadership—honed through years of leading Java-based enterprise applications and collaborating with cross-functional teams(KYC, Payments, Cards, etc.) in the financial services space.Certifications in PMP, SAFe POPM, CAMS, AI Product Management and AWS CP helped me stay ahead of the curve and in leading end-to-end delivery for high-availability, regulatory-critical platforms at Citibank, driving business value and compliance with evolving global standards like OFAC, FATCA, and BSA.Key strengths include:• Driving product strategy and execution for AML/Sanctions platforms using Agile, SAFe, and DevOps practices.• Translating business needs into clear, actionable user stories and product features.• Leading global teams through sprint planning, backlog refinement, UAT, and production rollouts.• Embedding AI/ML capabilities to improve name matching accuracy and reduce false positives in screening workflows.• Partnering with stakeholders across Compliance, Tech, and Operations to ensure delivery aligns with regulatory and business priorities.

Experience

1. Lead Product Owner Product Management (VP)

   Citi

   Jan 2019 — Present · Pune, IN

   Lead product strategy, LPM planning and roadmap for the Name Screening application, a critical component of the Financial Crime Risk Management ecosystem, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory mandates. Collaborate with business stakeholders, compliance teams, and engineering to define product requirements, prioritize features, and deliver high-quality solutions on time. Drive product backlog grooming, user story creation, and acceptance criteria definition in a SAFe Agile environment. Partner with data science and engineering teams to improve name matching algorithms and screening performance through continuous enhancements. Drive team to analyze technical restrictions, risks, and impact for integrating a new solution. Ensure risk and regulatory compliance with evolving global AML policies (FATCA, BSA, AML, and OFAC) by delivering timely product updates and enhancements. Manage senior stakeholder communication and product reporting across business and technology leadership. Drove the migration from Monolithic to Micro-Service Architecture. Implemented effective Requirements, Design, Development and Validation processes for high quality deliverables.

Education

• Heritage Institute of Technology

  B. Tech, Comp Sc. n Engg.

  2003 — 2007