Sandra Ligory

Sandra Ligory

Agile Product Owner
India
Full-time Hybrid

About Me

Agile Product Owner and Senior QA Specialist with 20 years of IT experience, including 7 years in Business Analysis and Product Ownership, bringing a distinctive blend of product strategy, technical business analysis, qu…

Experience

Agile Product Owner Senior

FIS · Bengaluru, India
Jul 2019 - Jul 2026 · 7 years

<p>Owned product vision, roadmap, release plans, KPIs, OKRs and business objectives for Investor’sView, aligning Business and Engineering teams on strategic priorities and measurable outcomes.</p><p> Translated complex business and technical requirements into BRDs, FSDs, epics, user stories and acceptance criteria, enabling clear execution across Engineering and QA.</p><p> Prioritized and refined the product backlog using SAFe Agile practices, applying Business Value, Cost of Delay and MoSCoW to maximize delivery of high-value enhancements.</p><p> Leveraged Copilot and AssistIQ/custom AI agents across requirements engineering, accelerating user-story, acceptance-criteria and solution-document creation while improving backlog refinement efficiency; enabled faster requirements elicitation and prioritization of the product backlog.</p><p> Led end-to-end Agile delivery cadence across PI Planning, Sprint Planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives, defect triage, system demos, and UAT, ensuring delivery alignment and release readiness.</p><p> Drove cross-functional modernization and integration initiatives across Wealth Management, Banking and third-party platforms, managing risks, dependencies, APIs, SLAs, regulatory requirements and stakeholder adoption.</p><p> Modernized the legacy Investor’sView platform through multiple product initiatives and integrations, improving stability and performance while strengthening client retention and feature adoption; supported an enterprise portfolio-management solution spanning investment portfolio management, trade processing, regulatory compliance and performance reporting for banking and trust institutions.</p>

Specialist – QA

FIS · Bengaluru, India
Apr 2010 - Jul 2019 · 9 years 2 months

<p>Performed manual and automation testing for a 12-member QA team, translating business requirements into functional, regression and UAT scenarios to ensure comprehensive release coverage; reviewed test cases, supported automation scripts and monitored testing coverage through release sign-off.</p><p> Reviewed test cases and developed automation scripts, standardizing quality validation and improving repeatability across product releases using QTP and supporting QA tools.</p><p> Owned end-to-end defect management, driving reporting, prioritization, RCA, replication, impact analysis and resolution coordination with Development teams to accelerate closure.</p><p> Managed testing execution across the SDLC, allocating tasks, tracking progress, preparing quality estimates and daily status reports, and coordinating System Testing, Regression Testing, UAT and release sign-offs with U.S. stakeholders.</p><p> Served as Investor’sView SME, supporting Wealth Management application integrations and stakeholder demonstrations while leveraging .NET, Angular 18, .NET Core APIs, MS SQL 2022, Agile/Scrum, Jira, Test Director and Spira.</p>

Senior Test Engineer

HCL TECHNOLOGIES · Bengaluru, India
May 2008 - Apr 2010 · 1 year 11 months

<p>Delivered QA activities for Banking & Financial Services applications supporting fee computation and billing, including taxation and loyalty-program functionality.</p><p> Applied domain-focused testing to financial calculations, billing workflows, tax-related functionality and loyalty programs, supporting quality across BFSI application releases.</p>

Software Engineer – QA

FIRST INDIAN CORPORATION · Bengaluru, India
Mar 2007 - May 2008 · 1 year 2 months

<p>Performed QA activities for Real Estate and Mortgage domain applications, building domain-specific testing expertise across financial-services workflows.</p><p> Supported application quality through structured software-testing activities, establishing the foundation for subsequent progression into BFSI QA.</p>

QA Analyst

SIEMENS · Bengaluru, India
Feb 2006 - Mar 2007 · 1 year

<p>Executed QA responsibilities for Travel-domain applications, gaining early experience in application quality assurance and domain-driven testing.</p><p> Built foundational software-quality expertise within a structured enterprise environment, supporting the progression into increasingly complex QA, technical analysis, and product-delivery responsibilities.</p>

PROJECTS

Investor'sView

FIS
Duration : 28-Apr-2010 - 22-Jul-2026

<p>Investor'sView is an enterprise portfolio management platform designed for regional banks, community banks, and trust institutions. The solution enables investment portfolio management, automated trade processing, regulatory compliance, and performance reporting through a secure, web-based application. It integrates with trust accounting and core banking systems to provide real-time portfolio visibility and streamlined investment operations. The platform includes TradeView™ and TradeDesk™ modules, which facilitate automated trade order generation, trade lifecycle management, and pre-trade compliance validation, enabling investment managers to execute trades efficiently while meeting regulatory requirements.</p>

Certifications

BE

Visvesvaraya Technological University, India · Bengaluru , Karnataka , India · 2002

Skills

Product Ownership Technical Product Management Product Vision Roadmapping Product Backlog Management Requirements Elicitation Technical Business Analysis SAFe Agile Scrum Value Stream Management Release Planning Business Value Prioritization User Stories Acceptance Criteria Product KPIs Metrics Stakeholder Management Product Modernization AI-Assisted Product Discovery UAT Quality Assurance Business Objectives KPIs OKRs Business Value Measurement BRDs FSDs Business Process Mapping Wireframing Process Flow Diagrams Release Notes PI Planning Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Backlog Refinement Sprint Velocity Sprint Burndown Story Points Delivery Predictability WSJF MoSCoW Cost of Delay Product Demonstrations UAT Sign-Off Deployment Approvals Client/User Training Continuous Feedback Regulatory Compliance Cross-Functional Collaboration
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