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Himaanshu Sachdeva

New Delhi

Summary

Product Manager offering 15+ years of success in Product Development, Digital Transformation, Agile Methodologies and Business Analysis. Highly skilled in BFS, Wealth Management.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Manager / Product Owner

Iris Software
03.2020 - Current
  • Participate in Discovery phase for a new client engagement to propose solutions comprising domain, technology and process knowledge
  • Engage with client to Understand / Develop / Articulate Business Requirements and then create different Features / Epics in JIRA / Rally
  • Develop Business and Functional Product Roadmap, Knowledge and Expertise to engaged Stakeholders to complement product Engineering and Design
  • Collaborate with internal Dev Teams to develop Content, POC and Capability based on industry trends and customer needs
  • Championed customer experience through expert analyzation and communication
  • Work on Design Thinking Concepts for prototyping
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics
  • Liaised with clients to develop deep understanding of business needs and current market landscape
  • Documented user stories, specifications and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements
  • Collected customer requirements, directed testing and conducted continuous evaluations to make proactive adjustments to marketing approaches
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads
  • Managed benchmarks, product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation
  • Developed product documentation to communicate and align key components of upcoming features and products to internal teams
  • Defined and analyzed metrics to measure product performance
  • Set goals, formalized policies and enforced operational standards to maximize team performance and keep project on-task to achieve targets.

Product Manager

Coforge (Formerly NIIT Technologies)
08.2016 - 02.2020
  • Worked as a Product Manager
  • Hands on experience on the overall SDLC implementation in USA SEI Project
  • Build, Prune and Maintain the Program Backlog with input from the Product Manager, EPIC Owner and other stakeholders
  • On-shore coordinator for the complete project on the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology
  • Perform Business Analysis, Project Management, and Client Management in Wealth & Portfolio Management domain
  • Hands-on experience as a user, analyst and technical specialist supporting financial services applications, in wealth management domain
  • Worked closely with the Product Manager to share 'Content Authority responsibility for the solution
  • Contributes to Vision and Program Backlogs and Owns the Team backlog and implementation
  • Drive iteration content via prioritized user stories
  • Review and re-prioritize the backlog for Agile Release Train (ART) ceremony readiness
  • Instrumental in Producing an aggregated, system / Product Demo for key program stakeholders
  • Liaise with the Scrum Team during the ART ceremonies by providing story definition and providing clarification as necessary to assist the teams with story estimates, sprint loading, story sequencing and drafting specific objectives for upcoming PSI
  • Liaise with the Product Manager to define a plan for getting to actionable ability for those features not yet actionable
  • Work with scrum master to identify features that are actionable
  • Assist Product Manager in the identification and resolution of functional business or technical spikes
  • Responsible for the execution/coordination of the Sprint/ PSI artifacts such as Release Notes, User Guides, Rally updates, etc.

Product Owner

Coforge (Formerly NIIT Technologies)
01.2014 - 08.2015
  • Create & Prioritize product roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
  • Assessed costs and estimated production capabilities to evaluate economic viability.
  • Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
  • Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
  • Collaborated with sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.

Senior Wealth Manager

Standard Chartered Bank
11.2010 - 01.2014
  • Leveraging Customer Relationship Building, analyzing and nurturing it by a continuous process of portfolio management and financial planning.
  • Wealth management of high net-worth individuals and large corporate and increasing their wallet share with the help of various financial tools.
  • Created financial models to analyze and evaluate investment strategies.
  • Leading a team of wealth and portfolio managers.
    Preparing quarterly budgets and reports.

Wealth Manager

HSBC Bank
07.2009 - 10.2010
  • Managing and analyzing portfolio of High Net Worth individuals.
  • Advised clients on investments, retirement and estate planning.
  • Collaborated with clients to develop customized investment portfolios.
  • Client servicing, revenue management, liaison with different verticals, prepare budget and catchment action plans.
  • Client servicing through the help of financial planning team.

Assistant Manager

Citi Bank
07.2007 - 07.2009
  • Portfolio management for private banking clients.
  • Assist financial planners with onboarding new clients.
  • Dealing with core consumer & retail banking products.

Education

MBA - Information Technology & Finance

Birla Institute of Technology
Mesra
07.2007

Skills

  • Product Management
  • Product Owner
  • Scrum Agile
  • SAFe Agile frameworks
  • Consulting / Pre-Sales
  • People Management
  • Business Analysis
  • Leadership
  • Strategic planning
  • Business planning
  • Client communication
  • Stakeholder relationship management
  • Monitoring and reporting
  • Project Management

Certification

  • Scaled Agile Framework Product Owner / Product Manager (SAFe POPM)
  • Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment certification in finance (CISI)
  • Project Management

Languages

English
Hindi

Visas


  • B1 US Visa

Timeline

Product Manager / Product Owner

Iris Software
03.2020 - Current

Product Manager

Coforge (Formerly NIIT Technologies)
08.2016 - 02.2020

Product Owner

Coforge (Formerly NIIT Technologies)
01.2014 - 08.2015

Senior Wealth Manager

Standard Chartered Bank
11.2010 - 01.2014

Wealth Manager

HSBC Bank
07.2009 - 10.2010

Assistant Manager

Citi Bank
07.2007 - 07.2009

MBA - Information Technology & Finance

Birla Institute of Technology
Himaanshu Sachdeva