Sarkar Mriganka

Product Manager | Technology Consulting | Life Insurance, Annuities, Group Benefits, Retirement services

Greater Hartford1.9k followers
HCL Technologiesex-NTT DATAex-Cognizant

Experience - Business Development, Technology Consulting, Product Management, Post Merger integration and IT Service Delivery.

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Responsibilities - Program management; Requirement management, Vendor Management; Solution Architecture, Resourcing and project profitability, Recruitment and Mentoring; Industry accelerators and PoVs Areas of expertise - Large scale technology transformation, Digital strategy, Legacy modernization, Data & Enterprise architecture, Insurance distribution models, New product development. Process Areas - Policy administration, New business, Investment Management, Claims, Agency management; Insurance systems - CalcFocus, PennRiver, ViTech, FAST, EIS, Life70, LifeComm, Cyberlife, PolicyLink LOBs - Life Insurance, Annuities, Pensions, Retirement services, Group Benefits, COLI/BOLI

Career Timeline

GTM Index

  1. HCL TECHNOLOGIESJOB
    1. Insurance GTM Lead
      1Y 7M
    2. Solution Architect / Dir
      1Y 5M
  2. NTT DATAJOB
    1. Product Mgr / Senior Dir
      1Y 5M
  3. EYJOB
    1. Portfolio Lead / Senior Mgr
      1Y 11M
    2. Project Lead/ Mgr
      5Y 11M
    3. Module Lead/ Senior
      2Y 11M
  4. COGNIZANTJOB
    1. Lead Business Analyst
      2Y 11M
    2. Business Analyst
      2Y 11M

Time in market 16Y 9MOpen 1Closed 7Stints 8

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  1. Job: NTT DATA — Product Manager / Senior Director · 2023-09 – 2025-02 · 1y 5mo — Product Manager for new platform integration into NTT Data ecosystem. Responsibilities include - Define integration architecture with the larger NTT Data ecosystem - Design and implement security and deployment architecture of the new platform (CalcFocus) - SPOC for new product implementation and capability roadmap on CalcFocus - P&L management of the CalcFocus program - SPOC and Liaison for all issues, escalations and requests to CalcFocus Build a NTTD team and NTTD capabilities on new Policy Admin systems (CF and PennRiver) and manage migration of Variable Annuity, Whole Life, Indexed UL and Secondary Guarantee UL products for a client on the 2 platforms Responsibi…
  2. Job: Cognizant — Business Analyst / Associate Consultant · 2010 – 2012 · 2y — - Manage requirements of Day 2 functionalities for new products developed on a homegrown policy admin system of a large insurance client - Analyze data, define KPIs and elicit requirements for Workflow management tool in Life Insurance
  3. Job: EY — Project Lead/ Manager · 2016 – 2021 · 5y — Lead large transformation and consulting engagements for EY Indicative Projects - Develop strategy, manage the setup & execute the post merger integration of an Insurance de-merger. a. Conduct due diligence and operating model design b. Manage the post deal IT transformation program. Assisted client with enterprise architecture road map, vendor selection, contracting, and implementation. c. Manage end to end project delivery; support management in analyzing and improving current business models for 4 Lines of Business - Individual Disability, COLI, Group Annuities and 401k. -Build and manage a team of offshore resources for EY. Successfully ramped up a team of six resources (…
  4. Job: EY — Module Lead/ Senior · 2014 – 2016 · 2y — Contribute and lead modules of large transformation projects and consulting engagements Indicative Projects - Agile project manager and scrum master for the enhancement and support phase of a system integration initiative for an Insurance firm. - For a leading US insurer, designed and developed a DTC (Direct To Consumer) sales platform which would sell their term life insurance policies. Helped client Go Live with new product within 8 months of inception. - Co-ordinate RFP/RFI for PAS product selection of a Mid-tier Life Insurance company.
  5. Job: HCL Technologies — Solution Architect / Director · 2022 – 2023-06 · 1y 5mo — Solution Architect for large RFPs and lead "consult to deliver opportunities" in Life Insurance and Retirement Services LoBs. Achievements - Instrumental in winning 2 large deals in Life Insurance ($10M+ in deal value) and multiple smaller wins - Helped HCLTech win 2 new Insurance accounts through Consult to deliver approach Solution Areas - Assess and design the approach for migration of mainframe application to AWS. - Business Rules extraction and re-architeture of monolithic, batch driven mainframe system to an event driven micro-services architecture - Progressive Web App build out for plan members of group products - Co-sourced Operating model definition and ASM structure for L2 supp…
  6. Job: HCL Technologies — Insurance GTM Lead / Senior Director · 2025-03 – present · 1y 5mo — - Sales Enablement : Lead RFP/RFI responses and solution presentations for insurance clients - Market Intelligence: Provide insights to influence solutions and strategy - GTM Strategy & Execution : Develop GTM plans for Insurance solutions and services, identify target accounts and opportunities - Partnership & Ecosystem Management : Drive co-sell motions and joint business planning with partners Achievements (2025) - Scaled Insurance sector footprint by securing two $100M+ new account wins as lead technology partner - Upsold Application services to an existing Insurance Infrastructure account, deepening the client relationship and diversifying the service mix - Delivered $55M in Year-1 r…
  7. Job: EY — Portfolio Lead / Senior Manager · 2021 – 2022 · 1y — Manage portfolio of consulting projects across Life Insurance clients, identify and convert leads for prospective projects, build partnerships with insuretechs and develop joint go-to-market strategies Indicative projects - Assist client with selecting an illustration solution for their Annuity and Long term care business and subsequently decide on a build vs buy analysis that is consistent with long term architecture vision and business drivers - Define the target state architecture, High Level epics and business case for selecting an Underwriting Workbench solution at a Individual Life and Disability insurance client - Develop Group Benefits API strategy for TPE integration for a Tier 1…
  8. Job: Cognizant — Lead Business Analyst / Consultant · 2012 – 2014 · 2y — - Lead requirement gathering for a self service and straight through processing initiative of a leading US Insurer. - Develop data strategy for legacy system data as part of a modernization initiative of a Mid sized insurer - Data analysis, data mapping and rules extraction from five legacy systems to develop an ODS (Objective Data Store). - Requirement management of Investment Management & Customer access modules for a new COTs product (ALIS) implementation in a retirement services firm.

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Business AnalysisRequirements AnalysisRequirements GatheringProcess ConsultingIT StrategyBusiness AnalyticsSDLCGap AnalysisConsultingData ModelingBusiness Process MappingQuality AssuranceGlobal DeliveryBusiness RequirementsSoftware DevelopmentPre-salesBusiness ProcessBusiness IntelligenceStrategyAnalysis

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