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Rucha KHARE KANGO

Rucha KHARE KANGO

Pune

Summary

15+ years of experience in High value and Low value Payments in Business Product Management

Dynamic Senior Product Owner with 4+ years of experience focusing on client connectivity and payment processing.

Expertise in Payment Orchestration and ISO20022 migrations. Proven track record in managing cross-functional teams and delivering impactful solutions. Skilled in requirements analysis and client relations, driving successful real-time payment implementations across multiple markets. Mentoring and fostering collaboration for optimal project outcomes.

Responsibilities of a Product Owner include:

  • Accountable for creating and prioritizing a multi-year roadmap aligned with strategy and vision, while working closely with business stakeholders.
  • Responsible for creating and managing the requirement backlog aligned to the roadmap.
  • Ensure correct prioritization of the backlog delivery working with IT stakeholders
  • Provide oversight to BAs in terms of deliverables and SME support. Eg. review user stories for correctness, drive end to end traceability creation for the requirements lifecycle.
  • Ensure consistency with the global payment processing workflow as far as possible, driving out local changes unless driven by pressing business, regulatory, or compliance needs.
  • As part of existing governance processes, organize and run meetings with key global, regional, and local Business, Service Delivery, and Software Delivery stakeholders to review user requirements and advise on the appropriate approach to any functional change.
  • Maintain rigorous change control standards around requirements documentation.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Product Owner

HSBC GSC
India
08.2022 - Current
  • Payment Orchestration Layer (POL) is the routing platform of HSBC. Its an integral layer which can perform validation on in/out message and can translate messages from MX to MT, MT to MX or any other scheme specific format. POL specifically connects the Payments Processors and Payments gateways however it also enables an integration with multiple systems to ensure smooth processing of messages without losing data.
  • Key implementation includes ISO20022 CBPR+ migrations and 15+ countries MX RTGS migrations.

Lead Business Analyst

HSBC Global Technology
India
03.2019 - 08.2022
  • Real time payments roll outs for multiple markets
  • Facilitated immediate fund transfers for enhanced customer service and satisfaction. 24x7 & 365 days’ service availability. The settlement of the payment is instant with the credit to beneficiary is expected within few seconds along with immediate confirmation to both the parties (Payer & Payee). Also, customers can make/receive real time transfers to people or business just by entering their proxy/alias (e.g. Mobile no, email, FPS identifier, Passport No, NRIC, etc.) without knowing their actual bank account details which will help in simplifying beneficiary management, increasing transparency and security in the payment cycle.
  • Key Implementations Leading value stream - Real time payments for HSBC Commercial banking in channels (HSBCnet) Real time payments implementation in 10+ markets Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Sepa Instant, Saudi Arabia Alias/Proxy Registration & Management in HK, Malaysia, Canada, Indonesia Real time Bill Payments implementation in Bahrain which was the pioneering implementation in HSBCnet, which was used as a baseline product for markets like Qatar, Sri Lanka, Egypt.
  • Request for Payment (Pain.013/Pain.014) in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia Mandates and Real Time Direct Debits in HK, Sri Lanka.
  • Responsibility: Leading team of 5 BAs for RTP payment deliveries across the globe. Responsible for requirement gathering and analysis with close collaboration with business across various markets Impact Analysis, Technical Design, Low Level Designs Produce BRD, FRD OR Epics/User Stories in Jira.

Senior Business Analyst

HSBC Global Technology
India
06.2015 - 03.2019
  • HSBCnet is widely used and most critical product in commercial banking in HSBC. Payment application enables corporate clients to make High Value (Priority/wire Payment, Inter Account Transfer, Tax Payment) and Low Value Payments (SEPA, ACH, Bill Payments) from Payment Inception till Payment processing.
  • Key implementations - Bill Payments implementations across various markets Sepa SCT implementations across Sepa region Payment Transparency remediation Migration to Digital Customer experience for HV and LV payment types MT103, MT101, Priority Payment, Customer transfer, Inter Account Transfer Payments enhancements Implementing regulatory or compliance requirement for Local and International Markets.
  • Responsibility: Requirement Gathering and analysis with close collaboration with business Impact Analysis, Technical Design, Low Level Designs Produce BRD, FRD OR Epics/User Stories in Jira. Estimation and Planning, Monitoring and control, Status reporting Use cases, Sequence and work flow diagrams.

Senior Developer, Project Lead, Module Lead

HSBC Global Technology
India
08.2014 - 06.2015

HSBCnet Payment is a critical commercial banking platform enabling high and low value corporate payments (e.g., wire, SEPA, ACH, tax). Each release delivers new country rollouts, SWIFT integrations, regulatory compliance, and user experience enhancements.

Responsibilities: Led impact analysis, system and technical design, development, and end-to-end testing. Managed production incidents, estimations, planning, and status reporting. Contributed to productivity improvements, resource planning, and operational support strategies.

Incident Manager, Problem Manager

HSBC Global Technology
India
08.2009 - 08.2014
  • Focus on system stability, reliability, and performance optimization. Manage service quality dashboards, improve transaction efficiency, and reduce costs through SQL tuning and JCL modifications. Proactive and reactive problem-solving, incident reviews, and defect prioritization enhance system resilience. With global experience, including support representation in Hong Kong, we ensure seamless operations across regions.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

D.Y. PATIL Institute of Technology
Pune, MH
01.2009

Skills

  • Product Management
  • Client Relations & Presentations
  • Business & IT Planning
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Impact Analysis
  • Synergizing design
  • Cross-Functional Supervision
  • Team Building & Mentoring
  • JIRA & Confluence
  • Microsoft Office tools
  • COBOL/CICS/DB2/JCL
  • Commercial Banking
  • Payments and Cash Management
  • ISO20022

Certification

  • CIPSP (Certified International Payments System Professional)
  • ITIL V3 foundation certified

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi

Notable Accomplishments

  • Awarded Technologist of the Quarter in 2019 for Bahrain Bill Payments.
  • Awarded Star Performer of the Quarter in 2018 for Real Time Payments Malaysia.
  • Rise Award in 2014 for System Improvement Process.

Accomplishments

  • Technologist of the Quarter in 2019 for Bahrain Bill Payments in HSBCnet, where pioneering requirements and solutions for bill inquiry and real-time bill payment processing were implemented
  • Star Performer of the Quarter in 2018 for Real Time Payments Malaysia, where HSBC led the Malaysian market by participating in and launching RTP pay to account, pay to proxy, and request for payments Internal recognition
  • Rewards and pat-on-the-back awards
  • Rise Award in 2014 for system improvement process by reducing mainframe processing costs across various Cobol programs, SQL tuning for DB2 worth 1 million USD

Timeline

Senior Product Owner

HSBC GSC
08.2022 - Current

Lead Business Analyst

HSBC Global Technology
03.2019 - 08.2022

Senior Business Analyst

HSBC Global Technology
06.2015 - 03.2019

Senior Developer, Project Lead, Module Lead

HSBC Global Technology
08.2014 - 06.2015

Incident Manager, Problem Manager

HSBC Global Technology
08.2009 - 08.2014

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

D.Y. PATIL Institute of Technology
Rucha KHARE KANGO