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Rahul Sharma

Pune

Summary

Dynamic Senior Product Owner with extensive Salesforce expertise at Michelin, adept at stakeholder engagement and roadmap development. Successfully streamlined communications and implemented Sales Cloud, enhancing operational excellence. Proven track record in Agile methodologies and data-driven decision making, driving impactful product outcomes across global teams.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Product Owner

Michelin
02.2022 - Current
  • Streamlined communications among stakeholders and teams to clarify project objectives.
  • Engaged with stakeholders across multiple regions for comprehensive requirement gathering.
  • Created product roadmaps incorporating feedback from marketing teams in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and South America.
  • Served as liaison between MSEM teams, regional contacts, Global Product Managers, and Scrum teams to achieve business outcomes.
  • Conducted workshops to elicit requirements and capture critical feedback for enhanced understanding.
  • Refined product features, crafted user stories, established acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlog items.
  • Implemented Sales Cloud and Experience Cloud; led deployment of Seismic platform for sales enablement.
  • Identified customer needs through interviews, surveys, focus groups, and other feedback mechanisms.

Product Owner - Salesforce PRM

Snowflake
06.2021 - 02.2022
  • Defined Product Roadmap for Snowflake Partner Program to align with strategic objectives.
  • Refined features, established user stories, and defined acceptance criteria.
  • Facilitated backlog refinement events and prioritized backlog stories to enhance workflow.
  • Conducted iteration planning, PI planning, and ART synchronization for cohesive project execution.
  • Collaborated with architecture team and multiple Agile teams for seamless integration.
  • Coordinated with other POs and PMs within Agile Release Train to optimize processes.
  • Executed quality control measures in partnership with QA team, ensuring adherence to user story criteria.

Senior Scrum Master

Michelin
02.2019 - 06.2021
  • Spearheaded Salesforce Community Cloud implementation for Michelin's Partners.
  • Authored comprehensive user stories detailing business requirements, integration applications, and acceptance criteria.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies including standups, retrospectives, and sprint planning sessions.
  • Conducted grooming and planning meetings to enhance team capacity and velocity consistency.
  • Managed a Scrum team of 10 members to ensure effective collaboration.
  • Prepared project roadmaps in partnership with business stakeholders.
  • Compiled weekly status reports and various project artifacts for stakeholder review.
  • Validated developed applications against established user stories to ensure quality.

Business Analyst

Jade Global
12.2015 - 02.2019

Collaborated with business owners to gather requirements and author comprehensive user stories.

Configured products, pricing, and validation rules to meet project specifications.

Managed backlog of requirements to ensure timely releases using AGILE and SCRUM methodologies.

Conducted Sprint Ceremonies, enhancing team communication and project visibility.

Executed unit testing and validated applications, coordinating team efforts during UAT.

Performed Salesforce administrative tasks, including creating profiles and objects for deployment.

Validated application development against user stories to ensure alignment with requirements.

Tracked defects and facilitated resolution processes for specified releases.

Team Lead - CRM Functional Analyst

Tata Technologies
11.2010 - 12.2015

· Oversaw the change requests for enhancements and prepared the traceability matrix

· Examined the support requests created on day-to-day basis, found the solution for the same, took approvals if required, implemented the solution and closed the SR at earliest

· Analyses the service and marketing processes of the Automotive industry as supported by the Siebel Application

· Concentrated focus on integration issues between Siebel & SAP System.

· Organized campaign through SMS & e-mail as required by TML business and 2000+ SMS & 1000+ e-mail campaign

· Examined areas for improvement and created change requests in the system based on stakeholder and users feedback

· Prepared Siebel Analytics Dashboards to cater to specific user requirements

· Ensured that all the tests processes were executed correctly to ensure a successful Siebel 8.1 upgrade

· Coordinated with end users and TML team members to generate application change requests where appropriate

Education

B.E. - Computer Science

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University
Bhopal, India
04.2010

Skills

  • Salesforce expertise
  • Product management
  • Business analysis
  • Agile methodologies
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Operational excellence
  • Roadmap development
  • Salesforce integration
  • Requirements gathering
  • Team leadership
  • Go-to-market strategy
  • Data-driven decision making

Certification

  • SAFe for PO/PM
  • Salesforce Certified Administrator
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Salesforce AI Associate
  • Salesforce AgentForce Specialist
  • SAFe for TEAMS

Timeline

Senior Product Owner

Michelin
02.2022 - Current

Product Owner - Salesforce PRM

Snowflake
06.2021 - 02.2022

Senior Scrum Master

Michelin
02.2019 - 06.2021

Business Analyst

Jade Global
12.2015 - 02.2019

Team Lead - CRM Functional Analyst

Tata Technologies
11.2010 - 12.2015

B.E. - Computer Science

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University
Rahul Sharma