skandini avadhani
skandini avadhani

Product Manager | Technical Product Manager | B2B SaaS

Open to offers · Member since 21 Oct 2026
Location
Slough, United Kingdom
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a Product Manager and Technical Product Owner with more than 12 years of product experience and over 19 years in software delivery. I specialise in complex B2B SaaS products across project portfolio management, life insurance finance, healthcare workforce systems, and enterprise technology.

I combine product strategy, roadmap ownership, discovery, stakeholder management, and requirements definition with a strong technical foundation in engineering and quality assurance. My background helps me work effectively with engineering teams on architecture, API requirements, delivery trade-offs, CI/CD, automation, and product quality.

I currently lead product strategy and development for PM3, an enterprise project portfolio management platform. I own roadmap priorities for PM3 Cloud and PM3Time, working closely with customers, commercial teams, UX specialists, support, and engineering.

I lead AI initiatives involving Copilot, MindsDB, Claude, and natural-language interfaces. My work includes designing AI assistants that enable users to query project data in plain English, as well as defining AI-assisted record management and cost and budget analysis capabilities while assessing feature cost, budget, and ROI.

I have delivered measurable improvements through automated CI/CD, reducing client-environment upgrade time from three days to 30 minutes and enabling releases every four weeks rather than quarterly. I have also led accessible UI/UX redesigns aligned with WCAG, helping simplify workflows and reduce user queries.

I am an Agile product professional and Certified Scrum Master with experience across Scrum and Kanban environments. I enjoy turning customer and operational problems into clear product outcomes, user stories, acceptance criteria, high-quality releases, and commercially valuable SaaS capabilities.

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Experience

Career history

Product Manager / Product Owner Bestoutcome Ltd

I lead product strategy and development for PM3, an enterprise project portfolio management product used by public- and private-sector organisations. I set the roadmap and vision for PM3 Cloud and PM3Time, prioritising work through customer workshops, stakeholder interviews, support insight, discovery calls, and market analysis.

I led the PM3 UI redesign with UX and engineering using Claude Design, validating workflows against WCAG standards. I also lead PM3 AI initiatives using Copilot and MindsDB, including a natural-language assistant for project data and planned AI-assisted record creation, editing, and cost and budget analysis. I work on API requirements, Azure DevOps and Zendesk integration, automated CI/CD rollout, and major Gantt functionality.

Product Delivery Manager Bestoutcome Ltd

I was responsible for delivery of PM3 and PM3Time, cloud products for managing time, cost, and expenses. I coordinated product, development, and test teams to deliver improvements aligned with business goals.

I worked with stakeholders and developers to finalise system architecture and product requirements. I introduced structured defect management, automated C# and Cucumber testing within sprints, and regression suites linked to requirements. I also used Claude Code in VS Code to evaluate code performance and discuss technical trade-offs with developers.

Product Manager ClearLife Ltd

I managed features for ClariNet, a SaaS platform supporting policy valuation, portfolio management, risk analysis, trading, servicing, reporting, and financial modelling for life insurance and longevity-linked assets. I owned discovery activities using customer issues, operational problems, and usage feedback to identify improvement opportunities.

I led prioritisation discussions based on customer impact, quality, technical risk, and delivery feasibility. I collaborated with Product Owners and engineering on backlog refinement, sprint planning, releases, and acceptance criteria, while establishing quality metrics and reporting to improve release confidence and customer satisfaction.

Product Manager RLDatix

I was Product Manager for HealthRoster and BankStaff, workforce management and staff rostering products originally developed by Allocate Software for healthcare organisations. I worked with senior product managers on enhancements across both products, translating business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.

I coordinated feature validation, release readiness, and stakeholder feedback to support roadmap delivery. I analysed customer workflows and operational processes to identify usability improvements, participated in Agile ceremonies and release planning, and used automation and quality data to reduce defects and improve customer experience. I received an Innovation Award at Allocate Software for automation and quality improvements.

Senior Consultant Sogeti UK

I worked on billing and payment projects for Yell and Three Mobile, supporting the delivery and quality of customer-facing telecom and enterprise systems. I led testing activities across complex systems and collaborated with project teams to validate requirements, resolve defects, and support releases.

I managed sprint testing, test execution, and defect resolution across teams to improve delivery quality and reduce release risk. I also contributed to test planning and quality assurance, working with technical teams to identify issues and ensure solutions met requirements.

Consultant British Gas Centrica

I led performance testing for British Gas Centrica as a contract consultant. I managed the work from requirements gathering and test strategy through execution and reporting.

I used LoadRunner and coordinated an offshore team to deliver performance-testing activities for the engagement.

Software Engineer Ness Technologies

I worked on enterprise SAP-based web and mobile applications, contributing to functional testing and test automation. This role developed my technical and quality engineering foundation.

I also participated in a database migration project from VSAM to DB2, gaining experience with enterprise data migration and legacy-system transformation.

Education

Learning history

VTU University, Karnataka, India

Bachelor of Engineering, Information Science

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science. Certifications: Certified Scrum Master and Agile Certified Tester.

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