Prashanth Thipparthi – AI & Digital Transformation Product Leader based in Abu Dhabi

About Me

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) with 15+ years of product ownership and enterprise software delivery. I spent seven years at Hexagon as an Agile Product Owner — owning backlogs, writing user stories and epics, running sprint ceremonies with engineering teams, and shipping 10+ major releases to clients across 50+ countries.

I am strongest where product strategy, AI workflows, and rapid prototyping meet. My background lets me move from ambiguous user problems to functional prototypes, sprint-ready requirements, validation metrics, and delivery plans that engineering teams can act on without waiting for heavy documentation cycles.

At Bilfinger Tebodin Middle East, I am currently leading digital transformation initiatives focused on Engineering Digital Twin enablement and Autonomous Operations strategy for ADNOC assets. I work with AI, analytics, robotics, and Digital Twin vendors; evaluate technical approaches; and define data strategies for AI-driven decision-making. I am now targeting AI-Empowered Product Owner and Product Manager roles where I can combine product ownership, rapid prototyping, and cross-functional delivery in fast-moving UAE teams.

15+

Years of enterprise delivery experience

10+

Major enterprise releases shipped across 50+ countries

80%

Reduction in manual processing effort through AI workflows

30–50

Daily users on delivered UAE digital tools

Three phases. One coherent trajectory.

Phase 1 — Engineering Execution (2012–2016)

Delivered engineering documentation and data management for Oil & Gas EPC megaprojects. Built deep technical grounding in industrial systems, document workflows, and data validation — the foundation that makes every programme I manage technically credible and operationally realistic.

Phase 2 — Enterprise Product Ownership (2017–2024)

Joined Hexagon as a Product Owner and spent seven years managing enterprise software delivery for global clients across 50+ countries. Owned roadmaps and backlogs, translated complex technical needs into user stories, designed AI-enabled document and data workflows, shipped 10+ releases, and used prototypes and validation loops to reduce ambiguity before build.

Phase 3 — Digital Leadership in the UAE (2024–Present)

Based in Abu Dhabi as Lead – Digitalization at Bilfinger Tebodin Middle East, driving Engineering Digital Twin enablement and Autonomous Operations strategy for ADNOC. Leading vendor technical evaluations, architecting digital integration frameworks, and defining autonomous operations roadmaps — combining deep technical assessment with enterprise governance and long-term strategic alignment.

How I approach AI product delivery

  • A working prototype often communicates product intent better than a long requirements document.

  • AI features should be measured by user impact, accuracy, cycle-time reduction, and business value — not novelty.

  • Good product ownership turns ambiguity into a small set of testable decisions that engineering can build against.

  • Governance should protect speed by making risk, acceptance criteria, and success metrics explicit.

What I am looking for

  • AI-Empowered Product Owner and Product Manager roles across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the UAE

  • Teams building AI agents, automation workflows, SaaS products, marketplaces, mobile apps, or global connectivity experiences

  • Product roles that value functional prototypes, fast iteration, user-impact metrics, and close engineering collaboration

  • Organisations replacing legacy workflows with AI-assisted, data-driven product and operations processes

Want to work together?

If you are building AI-enabled workflows, automation products, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, mobile apps, or global connectivity experiences in the UAE, I welcome a direct conversation about AI Product Owner and Product Manager roles.