Shashikanth Paloju
Principal Product Manager
Summary
- A driven and visionary data leader with 19 years of experience in crafting innovative data strategies and driving impactful solutions. Proven ability to design and implement complex data Products over data pipelines, analyze vast datasets, and translate insights into actionable business strategies , then showing the results on the powerful visualizations.
- Strong expertise in managing products Development from Ideation to Change management, Cloud Modernization, Digital Transformation and Application Support & Maintenance projects with significant experience in Delivery Management, Technical Program Management, Product Management, ODC Management and leading New Account Openings.
- Lead innovation teams to drive GenAI/ML excellence in both new and existing products, achieving a 90% adoption rate. Successfully engaged the leadership team through effective Proof of Concepts (POCs), resulting in the allocation of a budget of INR 20 Crore in the FY25 scorecard.
- Engaged the diverse project team across multiple organizations facilitating the delivery of software solutions while ensuring client satisfaction and project quality and focus on client engagement and on managing client expectations while ensuring the project's economic viability and success.
- Proven track record of successfully managing cross-functional teams of up to 50 members in a global delivery model to deliver high-quality complex programs on-time and within budget with continuously driving efficiencies.
- Engaged in Preparation of FY Scorecard, Budget approvals & resource allocation of about 100 FTEs. That team consists from Portfolio managers, Business translators, build team and end users.
- Maintained high levels of customer satisfaction by consistently meeting SLAs and engaged in proactive problem management via a trend analysis of important services or historical incidents.
- Proficient in delivering exceptional customer-centric experiences and adept at effectively engaging with business functions, managing stakeholders, and coordinating activities within a large, global, matrixed organization.
- Strong functional knowledge in Pharma, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Banking.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Principal Product Manager
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
1 2023 - Current
- Dynamic and results-oriented Technical Product Manager who oversees about 150M $ portfolio with a proven track record of spearheading the development of digital data products tailored for Emerging Markets as a single point of contact for any innovations on DPEx platform.
- Skilled in collaborating with Salesforce excellence teams, stakeholders to implement innovative solutions aimed at boosting revenue generation
- Lead the development and implementation of Data governance policies, procedures, and standards to uphold data quality, integrity, and security at enterprise level.
- Spearhead initiatives encompassing data privacy and protection, data retention, and data lifecycle management to fortify organizational data governance framework
- Ensured compliance with applicable regulations, and standards governing data privacy, security, and intellectual property rights while sharing the data across the multiple platforms
- Leading the conceptualization, development, and deployment of digital data products enabled by strong GenAI/ML models, specifically designed for Emerging Markets
- Ideated and developed multiple BI products in Digital marketing . Products enable the Brand sales in DRL and Marketshare by calculating the Competitors sales and helpful for price optimization in both Brand & Institutional markets.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams consist of Data Engineers, wrangler, Custodians & more team to ensure alignment with business objectives and market demands
- Work hand-in-hand with Partner’s team to convert the business requirement to technical requirement while developing the products and solving technical challenges from data perspective
- Employ agile methodologies and strictly stick to all Scrum ceremonies - Scrum of Scrums, Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums/ Stand-ups, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospectives
- Enhanced cost optimization by collaborating effectively with partner teams, maximizing resource utilization and streamlining processes to achieve greater efficiency
- Established a regular cadence with leadership to provide updates on productivity and cost metrics, ensuring transparency and alignment with organizational goals
- Developed a comprehensive year-long scorecard at the outset of the fiscal year, facilitating strategic resource planning and aligning initiatives with organizational objectives
Program Manager
Mphasis Limited
06.2021 - 01.2023
- Worked as a program Manager for a one of the complex and huge Datawarehouse migration projects ever done in the Banking industry from On-Prem to Google Cloud Platform (Big Query) where the inventory is in always High volumes
- Managed the portfolio of 300 million USD with 130 FTEs across the teams and regions
- Handling the multiple tracks from scratch of the complex project where multiple activities happen simultaneously and worked in collaboration with different tracks and multiple teams
- Worked with Google directly to deal with the Big Query limitations while converting Teradata Scripts
- Worked with teams collaboratively to identify and develop the Automations which make the whole program faster and flawless
- Managed the lineages, dependencies and Conversion failures very diligently
- Worked closely with higher management, third party vendors (Datametica) and Business stakeholders and forecasted upcoming sprints, impediments and mitigations
- Prioritized the work based on the Dependencies and procured all required lineages based on the priorities
- Worked closely with the Business stakeholders and cross functional teams from different regions to design and implementing BI solutions
- Managed the BAU changes and Operation Model using Bit Bucket
- Handled the team of 30 members with regular updates and risks.
Manager
Wipro Technologies
08.2011 - 06.2021
- Worked as a Manager in Business Intelligence and Data Analytics projects for globally top clients like Apple,HSBC,NationalGrid & more in building the data products.
- Worked closely with the Business stakeholders and cross functional teams from different regions to design and implementing BI solutions
- More than for 5 Years worked with Elite customers like Apple in Onsite and Offshore
- Collaboratively worked with Client’s team to define BI Implementation strategies and worked along with the defined Road Map
- Very strong in creating the Datasets by using the SQL queries and Stored procedures
- Enormous experience (More than 8 years) in Tableau Dashboard development, having used most advanced functionalities/Graphs while building the dashboards
Datawarehousing Specialist
Computer Sciences Corporation
08.2005 - 06.2010
- Worked as Datawarehousing specialist and developed multiple products for Zurich Financials across regions as Zurich UK and Switzerland
- Lead development of requirements, data models, and all documentation throughout project lifecycles
- Extensively worked on Informatica, SSIS and Business Objects areas for setting up Enterprise Datawarehouse, which starts from creating conceptual and physical data mode to developing the reports/dashboards for end users
- Created High-level and Low-level design documents, Informatica Mapping documents and Business Objects’s universe metadata documentation
- Designed and developed complex Business Objects Universes to support Caned and Ad-hoc reporting requirements.
Education
Skills
Cloud Google Cloud Platform,Google Big Query,Airflow DAGs,DataFlow,AWS
Business Intelligence Tableau,Power BI,Looker,QlikView,
SAP BI/BW,Informatica, IICS,AlteryxSAP BI/BW,Talend
Analytic Techniques Data Profiling/ Mining,AL/ML Models,NLP
Management & Planning Tools MPP,JIRA,BitBucket,,GitHub,Jenkins
Certification
AWS- Solution Architect- Associate
Visa
Valid H1B
Professional Achievement
- Awarded as Mr Dependable for all digital SFE products for Emerging markets in DR Reddys.
- Received Star performer award in Mphasis for bringing the Consumption track status from Red to Amber.
- Selected to design WIPRO digital technologies policies and Service offerings to clients.
- Developed Proof of concepts for BI and Machine learning projects and generated ~4.3M USD Product investment spread of 3years and recovered 75% of investment in 4years.
- Received multiple time Star of the Employee award for the excellent work done and Seminars conducted in Data Analytics.
Timeline
Program Manager
Mphasis Limited
06.2021 - 01.2023
Manager
Wipro Technologies
08.2011 - 06.2021
Datawarehousing Specialist
Computer Sciences Corporation
08.2005 - 06.2010
Principal Product Manager
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
1 2023 - Current
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