Uma Subramanian — Senior Product Leader
Senior leader with 25+ years of experience in product strategy, development, and customer engagement. Deep domain expertise in healthcare and medical devices, X‑ray systems, medical imaging workflows, and operational nuances in healthcare. Proven track record with AI/ML technologies, including AI imaging features and radiology AI portfolios.
Career Highlights: Product leadership roles at Microsoft, GE Healthcare, Elucid Bioimaging, CVS/Aetna | Engineering roles at Siemens Healthcare, GE, Tata Consultancy Services
Core Competencies
Product & Strategy: Product Strategy | Product Roadmap | Customer Engagement | Go-to-Market Strategy | Build-Buy-Partner Decisions | Agile Methodologies | Cross-Functional Leadership
AI/ML & Healthcare: Responsible AI | Algorithmic Fairness | AI Governance | Model Risk Management | Bias Mitigation | Clinical Validation | Post-Market Surveillance | AI/ML Model Monitoring
LLM: Claude | OpenAI | Perplexity | CoPilot | Multi-agentic workflow | AI Agents
Regulatory & Compliance: FDA Compliance | FDA AI/ML Guidance | Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) | HIPAA | HL7 | DICOM | FHIR | CE Mark
Technical: Medical Imaging | PACS | Enterprise Imaging | X-Ray Systems | Cardiovascular Imaging | Radiology Workflows | EHR Integration
💼 Professional Experience
- Providing AI/ML and product strategy consulting for medical device and healthcare companies
- Defined multi-year product vision, strategy and roadmap for SaaS products enabling accurate and efficient cardiovascular diagnosis — advanced visualization portfolio.
- Senior advisor for AI imaging and advanced visualization features (1 of 5 medical imaging SMEs in a 100‑person company).
- Partnered with clinical, engineering, advanced research, marketing, regulatory and sales teams to deliver market-ready and FDA-compliant products; led regulatory clearance for Digital/AI products.
- Led cross-functional delivery of a joint wall–lumen editing project: 33% workflow improvement and 50% improvement in case turnaround time.
- Made Build / Buy / Outsource decisions for specific product capabilities.
- Advised senior leadership on strategic business decisions and SaaS roadmaps resulting in 80%+ adoption rates for several features.
- Guided strategic healthcare organizations on product strategy for operational efficiency with Microsoft SaaS and data transformations.
- Secured major wins such as the UK's national healthcare provider adopting Teams premium for ~2.8M users.
- Evaluated Build vs Partner approaches and identified strategic partners focused on clinical and business value.
- Evaluated in-house and third-party AI solutions for radiology AI portfolio supporting GE Universal Viewer (~$25M annual revenue).
- Led Build / Buy / Acquire evaluations and maintained collaborations across clinical, regional, marketing and engineering teams to create multi-year PACS/Enterprise Imaging roadmaps.
- Delivered high customer satisfaction at initial sites, enabling deployment planning for 35 additional sites by 2020.
- Mentored teams on use case prioritization and requirements for agile delivery.
- Led delivery of a 4‑minute ultra‑fast cardiac imaging system and other imaging products with Siemens Science & Technology.
- Led the Medical Economics Engine — an AI-driven operational economics engine using machine logs and predictive models to optimize cost, uptime, and resource utilization.
🎓 Education
Technical Skills
Product Management: Product Strategy | Product Roadmap | Agile | Scrum | User Research | Customer Advisory Boards | Executive Briefings | Six Sigma | DMAIC
AI/ML: Responsible AI | AI Governance | Algorithmic Fairness | Bias Mitigation | Model Risk Management | Model Monitoring | Clinical Validation | Post-Market Surveillance | Machine Learning | Deep Learning
Healthcare Technology: Medical Imaging | PACS | Enterprise Imaging | Radiology Workflows | Cardiovascular Imaging | X-Ray Systems | EHR Integration | Digital Health
Regulatory & Standards: FDA Compliance | FDA AI/ML Guidance | Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) | HIPAA | HL7 | DICOM | FHIR | CE Mark | Post-Market Surveillance