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Owned end-to-end roadmap execution in alignment with stakeholders while driving agile delivery for the Payout Engineering team, managing 4 Cybersecurity Engineers, sprint planning, and backlog management.

Managed the Payments Connectivity Team with 8 Engineers for a global Payment Orchestration Platform, acting as the central bridge between Product Strategy and Engineering execution to ensure rapid delivery of merchant-facing integrations.

Led a team of 6 Product Owners delivering €1.25M in annual recurring savings by optimizing fees for Mastercard and Visa rails. Conceived and executed strategic product training for over 600 employees and defined data-driven requirements across 27+ countries for payment gateway integrations.

Prevented fraud cases valued at $420k as a team effort and collaborated with Indian Cybercrime Authorities to support high-stakes investigations. Leveraged deep knowledge of proprietary Mastercard systems to support issuer/acquirer migrations and ensure seamless adoption of network mandates.

Managed requirements gathering and end-to-end solution design for Issuer, Acquirer, and Scheme Processing platforms. Supported Barclays Bank issuer platform migration and trained the testing team on product.

Translated business requirements into User Stories with acceptance criteria for Issuing and Acquiring processing within legacy monolithic architectures for Visa, Mastercard, and Amex, including end-to-end testing.

Assessed the creditworthiness of companies for loans based on financial history.

Completed AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials certification, covering fundamental cloud concepts and AWS services.

Completed Google AI Essentials certification, covering foundational AI concepts and applications.

Completed Docker certification, covering containerization and Docker fundamentals.

Completed IT Specialist for Application Development (Fachinformatikerin Anwendungsentwicklung) with key modules in API design, microservices, and cloud infrastructure.

Completed the Computer Science for Business Professionals course, covering foundational computer science concepts for business applications.

Earned Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner certifications, demonstrating proficiency in Agile project management.

Completed a course on leadership and management skills.

Completed a course on leading multicultural teams.

Completed a course on requirements engineering.

Earned ISTQB certification, demonstrating knowledge in software testing.

Earned Junior Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (JAIIB) certification.

Completed PGDBM in Finance, an MBA equivalent program, covering financial services, risk management, and AML regulations.

Earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Accounting & Management, with coursework in economics, management, and business law.