Varun Neema

About Varun Neema

Great products are not just built—they are understood deeply, refined precisely, and delivered purposefully.\"With 15+ years of progressive experience across Telecom, Waste Management, Capital Markets, and Consulting, I serve as a Product Owner with a core focus on Product Management, Business Analysis, and Agile Delivery. At Rakuten Symphony, I support global B2B telecom solutions by defining product vision, crafting go-to-market features, driving release planning with Release Managers, and aligning product objectives with business goals through close coordination with cross-functional teams.At WM Universal (a subsidiary of Waste Management Inc.), I functioned as an Agile Business Analyst and Offshore Product Owner for 8 years. I defined process scopes, translated stakeholder requirements into actionable user stories, prioritized and groomed product backlogs, and coordinated beta testing with QA and partner groups. I also delivered end-user training, product documentation, and ensured regulatory compliance across supply chain, rerouting, and environmental logistics systems.Before that, at BNP Paribas, I contributed to equity derivative platforms by preparing trade confirmation reports, fulfilling FED/EMIR reporting, and building SQL queries for trade cleanup and reconciliation. At TCS, I supported capital markets and settlement systems through GAP analysis, scope and spec documentation, client delivery support, and functional testing across global financial products.This journey is backed by technical fluency in JIRA, SQL, Power BI, Python, AWS, and Lucidchart, and shaped by a mindset focused on clarity, precision, and stakeholder collaboration—ensuring that every solution delivered is valuable, aligned, and business-ready.

Experience

1. Product Owner

   Rakuten Symphony

   Apr 2022 — Present · Indore, IN

   Driving next-gen, cloud-based mobile services as Agile Product Owner at Rakuten Symphony by aligning business vision, stakeholder priorities, and scalable product strategies in the global telco space.Achievements:Defined go-to-market features and shaped product vision in alignment with business goals for international, cloud-based mobile solutions.Clarified and scoped system processes to ensure development efforts match strategic and user requirements.Engaged cross-functional stakeholders across Business and Product teams to refine needs and streamline delivery pipelines.Built detailed release plans and collaborated with Release Managers on deployment strategies for seamless rollout.Facilitated communication across teams to transform complex business requirements into executable product plans.Contributed to strategic product execution within the rapidly evolving global telecom environment, enhancing customer-centric innovation.Skills:Agile Product Management, ITSM, Stakeholder Collaboration, Product Vision & Strategy, Release Planning, System Scoping, Telecom Industry Expertise.

Education

• Rishiraj Institute of Technology, RGPV

  B.E, Computer Science & Engineering

  2002 — 2006

• Institute of Management Studies

  MBA, Financial Administration

  2006 — 2008

Skills

• Front Office & Back Office Solution for Capital Market Traders
• Derivatives
• Trading
• Requirements Analysis
• Equities
• Fixed Income
• Capital Market Infrastructure - Trading ,Clearing & Settlement
• Customer Engagement
• Pre-Sales
• Capital Markets