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Manikandan Ravichandran

@manikandanravichandr

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Product Owner and Project Manager driving cross-functional teams to deliver technical products.

Germany

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role where I can lead cross-functional teams to build technical products, apply Agile practices, and drive measurable operational impact while collaborating closely with stakeholders and engineering.

I am a results-driven Product Owner and Project Manager with 10+ years of experience bridging business, technology, and customer needs across manufacturing, research, IoT, and enterprise domains. I have led distributed, cross-functional teams, owned end-to-end product lifecycles, and delivered solutions that improved operational efficiency, visibility, and stakeholder alignment.

My technical background in Python, Java, Elixir, cloud platforms (AWS, Aliyun, Azure) and microservices enables close collaboration with engineering teams to scale Scrum practices, deploy resilient services, and launch customer-facing portals and analytics. I prioritize metrics-driven delivery, clear roadmaps, and stakeholder engagement to drive measurable business outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Product Owner

KM.ON GmbH

Mar 2023 - Mar 2025 (2 years)

Led product lifecycle for factory-floor edge device services, introduced automated reporting and a Cockpit portal that improved stakeholder visibility and deployment smoothness across multiple customer sites. Managed a distributed team of 7 across 3 time zones and scaled Scrum practices to improve delivery predictability.

Product Ownership Agile Scrum Jira AWS Aliyun Backlog Management Stakeholder Management

Scientific Software Engineer

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum

May 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 9 months)

Led Scrum for the GHGA Data Portal Phase 1 and delivered backend APIs and a React+Python portal to improve genomic metadata management, enabling better data integration for research teams. Managed a team of 3 engineers and coordinated with researchers and data stewards to refine workflows.

fastAPI Python Docker RabbitMQ ReactJS Microservices Scrum Data Integration

Software Developer

IntraNav & The Urban Software Institute

Oct 2019 - Jun 2020 (8 months)

Built industrial asset-tracking applications and smart-city services using Python, GraphQL, Kafka and TypeScript to support real-time location and service features for urban deployments.

Python GraphQL Apache Kafka TypeScript IoT Real Time Systems Microservices

Software Developer

AGT International

Jun 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 3 months)

Developed real-time football analytics applications for live match operations using Elixir and Python, providing analysts with actionable insights and ensuring uninterrupted service via monitoring tools.

Elixir Python AWS Kibana Elasticsearch Monitoring Real Time Systems

Student Assistant Programmer

PlanHorizon GmbH

Feb 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 9 months)

Developed project management applications for Bayer using JavaScript, ExtJS, and Java GWT, contributing to internal tooling and project delivery.

JavaScript GWT Frontend Development

Software Developer

LCS, TCS & Virtusa

Jun 2009 - Mar 2014 (4 years 9 months)

Delivered enterprise software solutions including JP Morgan Chase dashboards and The Home Depot POS systems using Java/J2EE and Oracle, working in global delivery teams under Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

J2EE Oracle Waterfall Agile Enterprise Software Team Collaboration