Saumya Upadhyay
Summary
Product Manager/Digital transformation leader with ~10 years of experience in SaaS, AI-driven solutions, Industry 4.0, and Agile methodologies. Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, delivering high-impact products, and optimizing enterprise systems to enhance operational efficiency, cost optimization and customer satisfaction. Expertise in driving end-to-end product lifecycle, improving workflow automation, and generating sustained revenue growth across US healthcare, manufacturing, and technology sectors.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Manager/Manager Strategy, planning and delivery
HealthEdge Software Pvt Ltd
04.2023 - Current
- Developed and evangelized a 3-year product strategy for the GuidingCare application, influencing key investments and securing alignment with market trends and customer needs
- Spearheaded the AI-powered summarizer and OCR feature, reducing retrieval time by >99% for summaries and improving efficiency and accuracy in data handling
- Led the enhancements in the Utilization Management module, contributing to a $56M revenue increase within 9 months
- Championed Agile transformation by implementing SAFe, leading Agile Release Trains, and onboarding 50+ team members, improving sprint efficiency and delivery timelines
- Mentored and upskilled business analysts, refining stakeholder management, streamlining requirements gathering, and enhancing product development efficiency
Manager- Digital Transformation
Nuclear Fuel Complex
08.2017 - 03.2022
- Defined product roadmap, gathered requirements and led the product development lifecycle of a custom ERP system to digitize manufacturing operations across 5 production plants, eliminating reliance on external ERP solutions due to regulatory constraints
- Spearheaded the successful rollout of the ERP system in pilgering operations, leading to a 70% reduction in manual paperwork and 30% reduction in production delays over a year
- Led across a cross-functional team of developers, QA, designers and manufacturing domain experts, ensuring seamless communication between technical teams and functional SMEs for on-time delivery of features
- Delivered a barcode-based inventory tracking system, enabling real-time material movement, reducing manual data entry by 80% and eliminating stock discrepancies, ensuring zero stockouts for critical raw materials
- Integrated IoT-based sensors for machine monitoring, enabling predictive maintenance and reducing equipment downtime by 30%
- Delivered automated deployment pipelines and integrated security checks into the deployment pipeline for internal enterprise applications, reducing manual deployment efforts by 60% and ensuring system stability
Assistant Manager: Manufacturing Innovations
Nuclear Fuel Complex
08.2014 - 07.2017
- Designed executive dashboards, automating reports for senior leadership, cutting manual reporting efforts by 50% and improving decision-making speed
- Applied Agile principles alongside Lean Six Sigma, increasing manufacturing efficiency by 38% and shortening lead times by 25%, optimizing output for mission-critical products
- Spearheaded end to end design and manufacturing of tools used to product fuel for 22 Nuclear reactors in India generating ~4% of India’s overall power consumption
Education
MBA -
IIM Ahmedabad
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Technology -
Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology
04.2001 -
Skills
Product Strategy & Vision
Certifications
- Lean Six Sigma Certification - Henry Harvin
- Agile Product Management Specialization - University of Alberta
- AI Product Management - Duke University
Awards
- Winner: Student Championship Global Management Challenge (First Place out of 920 teams)
- Gold Medalist: Rank 1 in class of 103 during B. Tech
- Recipient: 3 Excellence in Science, Engineering and Technology awards from Department of Atomic Energy, GOI
- Recipient: Entry and exist scholarship for exceptional academic and non-academic performance at IIM Ahmedabad
Timeline
Product Manager/Manager Strategy, planning and delivery
HealthEdge Software Pvt Ltd
04.2023 - Current
Manager- Digital Transformation
Nuclear Fuel Complex
08.2017 - 03.2022
Assistant Manager: Manufacturing Innovations
Nuclear Fuel Complex
08.2014 - 07.2017
MBA -
IIM Ahmedabad
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Technology -
Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology
04.2001 -
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