Kanaad Harishkumar Shetty
Deputy Manager – Business Analyst & Project Manager
Deputy Manager – Business Analyst & Project Manager with 6+ years of experience (5+ years in IT services) delivering GenAI products and solutions from MVP to production. I specialize in converting business needs into clear requirements, acceptance criteria, and execution plans that accelerate sign-offs and de-risk delivery. I bring a pragmatic, outcome-focused style that connects business value with technical feasibility and enables cross-functional teams to deliver effectively. Seeking roles in AI Business Analysis, AI Solution Delivery, or Project Management across AI product development and professional services.
Core Competencies
Core Skills: Requirements Discovery | BRD Development | User Stories & Acceptance Criteria | Stakeholder Management | Agile Delivery | RAID | UAT Planning & Execution | Release Planning
GenAI Solution Delivery: Agent Workflow Logic | Evaluation Approach | Stakeholder Alignment
Technical: Jira | Python | Claude Code | Cursor IDE
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Indian Institute of Management - Udaipur
2019 - 2021
Bachelor of Management Studies
Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science and Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics
2012 - 2015
Work Experience
Deputy Manager – Business Analyst & Project Manager, AI Platform
SLK Software (an Altimetrik Company), Bengaluru
- Led requirements discovery (stakeholder interviews, process mapping) and authored BRD, user stories, and acceptance criteria with end-to-end traceability, formal sign-offs, and change control
- Built the project plan and resourcing (Eng, UX, QA), set milestones, and managed scope & change control
- Defined MVP metrics and feasibility checks, drove go/no-go decisions aligned to acceptance criteria
- Led cross-functional cadence across stand-ups, weekly business reviews, and demos, prioritised backlog, managed dependencies, removed blockers, and controlled scope via formal change requests
- Drove test strategy (automation + end-to-end), coordinated UAT cycles, validated outputs against acceptance criteria, and managed production cutover to the client environment with sign-offs
- Owned product vision and requirements for an AI SDLC platform designed to reduce delivery cycle time by automating BRDs, architecture drafts, user stories, boilerplate code via multi-agent workflow
- Built prototypes in Claude Code + Cursor to align stakeholders on user flows and accelerate sign-off
- Delivered 4 AI solutions from MVP to production release as Business Analyst and Project Manager
- Drove alignment, requirements clarity, and execution across stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery
- Conducted client discovery calls, converting insights into scoped requirements and estimates; built AI solution proposals (GenAI/agents/automation) with value narrative and high-level architecture
Associate Manager – Partnership & Marketing
SLK Software (an Altimetrik Company), Bengaluru
- Cultivated strategic partnerships by engaging partner managers, demonstrating company capabilities, and identifying mutual business opportunities to expand market reach and drive sustainable growth
- Elevated Microsoft to Gold Tier and AWS to Advanced Partnership through strategic engagement and audits
- Spearheaded strategic partnership initiatives delivering $5.4M in annual revenue through targeted execution
- Established workflows eliminating bottlenecks and enabling data transfer for strategic decision-making
- Developed enablement program certifying resources and empowering sales across 14+ partner programs
- Led strategic brand repositioning from generic automation focus to customer-first transformation approach centered on business modernization and drove integration of new brand elements across digital platforms
- Spearheaded targeted campaigns and content marketing strategies, generating 100+ marketing-qualified leads
Associate – Programming Strategy
Star India (now Jio Star), Bengaluru
- Managed daily channel operations (packaging, programming, promotions, advertisements, endorsements), coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure on-air continuity and sustained revenue delivery
- Optimised programming strategy to drive revenue growth, improving slot yield and advertiser alignment by 9%
- Analysed 600+ hours of programming; redesigned schedule to lift prime-time GRPs and sponsor/category fit
- Owned RODP inventory planning, delivering 60–70 GRPs and 50% channel GRPs for sponsorship revenue
- Applied BARC analytics + qualitative research to surface Hindi market gaps and implement targeted strategy
- Built weekly executive insights (GRP trends, slot yield, competitor moves) to accelerate programming decisions
Professional Achievements
- Earned multiple performance awards for excellence as Business Analyst and Client Project Manager (2025)
- Elevated SLK to Microsoft Gold Partner status by leading audit process and documentation compliance (2023)
Professional Certifications
- Fundamentals of MCP by Hugging Face (2025)
- Machine Learning Specialisation by Deep Learning (2025)
Personal Projects – Cursor + Claude Prototypes
- Built a React Native app with multiple AI personas, end-to-end chat with integrated Firebase backend + APIs
- Built a LangChain agent with web search, notifications, file writing, and Python code generation capabilities