Vidya Hiremath

Senior Product Owner with total 16+ years of progressive experience in enterprise-scale travel technology and aviation platforms, currently driving product strategy and execution at Amadeus Software Labs, delivering mission-critical airport management solutions. Domain specialists in Airport Operations Systems and multiairport implementations, contributing to revenue expansion and operational optimization through high-impact product releases across global customer environments. Proven leader in end-to-end product lifecycle ownership—spanning discovery, stakeholder alignment, roadmap definition, backlog governance, sprint execution, UAT oversight, and production deployment within Agile/SAFe ecosystems.

Strong international exposure with direct customer engagement at Kansai International Airport, translating complex aviation workflow into scalable digital solutions aligned with enterprise KPIs. Strategic collaborator across engineering, QA, UX, and executive stakeholders, ensuring data-driven prioritization, risk mitigation, and measurable improvements in customer satisfaction and time-to-market performance. Innovation-focused product leader leveraging AI-enabled documentation and automation (e.g., GitHub Copilot POC initiatives) to enhance product specification quality, delivery velocity, and cross-functional efficiency in global delivery models.

Product Owner/Product Definition Analyst at Amadeus Software Labs (2019-01 – Present)

Owning and governing the product backlog, defining product roadmap strategy for airport management solutions, and leading end-to-end product lifecycle activities within Agile/SAFe frameworks.

• Owning and governing the product backlog, ensuring value-based prioritization aligned with airport operational KPI's business objectives.
• Defining and executing product roadmap strategy for airport management solutions, aligning feature releases with customer commitments and market demands.
• Leading end-to-end product lifecycle activities from requirement discovery and stakeholder workshops to UAT oversight and production deployment within Agile/SAFe frameworks.
• Driving cross-functional collaboration across engineering, QA, UX, and business stakeholders to ensure structured sprint planning, refinement, and timely release delivery.
• Contributing to large-scale multi-airport implementation initiatives, enabling revenue growth and strengthening enterprise client relationships.
• Proactively identifying delivery risks, dependencies, and operational bottlenecks, implementing mitigation strategies to safeguard release timelines and quality benchmarks.
• Championing innovation by initiating AI-enabled documentation practices, including a proof-of-concept leveraging GitHub Copilot to enhance feature specification efficiency and reduce rework cycles.

Senior QA Engineer at Amadeus Software Labs (2012-11 – 2019-01)

Partnered with development teams to detect, analyze, and resolve complex software defects within aviation product modules and executed structured validation processes.

• Partnered with development teams to detect, analyze, and resolve complex software defects within aviation product modules.
• Executed structured validation processes to ensure functional stability and production readiness of enterprise travel solutions.

QA Engineer at IDS Next (2010-01 – 2012-11)

Conducted functional validation and defect tracking activities for hospitality software applications.

• Conducted functional validation and defect tracking activities for hospitality software applications.

B.E. in Computer Science – Visvesvaraya Technological University (2008-01 – 2008-01)