Shubham Singh
Gurugram,
Summary
Accomplished Senior Product Manager with 14+ years of experience in the financial sector, specializing in Post Trade Platforms. Proven track record in defining and executing strategic product roadmaps, driving customer satisfaction, and achieving business objectives. Skilled in leading and nurturing high-performance product teams, fostering innovation, and implementing Agile methodologies. Recognized for solving complex challenges, delivering impactful solutions, and establishing long-lasting, value-driven partnerships.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Manager
Arcesium India Pvt Ltd
06.2021 - Current
- Spearheaded the development and execution of a long-term analytical strategy and product roadmap for the firm's Accounting Warehouse, the primary source for all accounting reports and APIs for downstream and external consumption
- Completed complex end-to-end Accounting System migrations for multiple clients with zero downstream reporting or API impact, resulting in increased revenue opportunities and organizational growth
- Owned the product roadmap, release plans, delivery timelines, and communicated updates through detailed release notes and external blogs
- Developed and curated comprehensive product documentation, including self-help guides and knowledge bases for internal and external stakeholders, resulting in a 25% reduction in operational ticket resolution time
- Led the implementation of initiatives like Pagination across APIs to handle large volumes and service-based API catalogs for ease of end consumers
- Utilized data analytics and user interviews to drive decision-making on key API filters and outputs, resulting in a 15% increase in API product adoption
- Upgraded the Swap financing module to incorporate compounding, settle-date financing, asset-class exclusions, and corporate actions, significantly enhancing system functionality and flexibility
- Initiated and led the development of an internal product providing a 1000 ft health status view of different applications and data flows, reducing incident triage time by a factor of 10
- Led the migration from traditional databases to S3-based storage and short-burst compute, achieving $40K monthly savings across datasets
- Decommissioned long-running MSSQL and PostGres databases for the Warehouse product, reducing infrastructure costs by 50%
- Conceived and led the development of a modern API Scheduler application, migrating over 500 batches from the legacy CRON batch-based system, significantly reducing operational dependencies and enhancing system efficiency
- Collaborated with engineering teams on the technical re-architecture of the application, enabling 20x scaling and a 15x cost reduction
Asst Vice President
Tower Research Capital LLC
01.2018 - 06.2021
- Product manager for multiple nodes of the Post trade platform, namely: Transaction and Position Master, Corporate Actions, Fee System, and Reconciliation tool
- Coordinated with senior management to streamline operational efficiency, resulting in a 15% reduction in operating costs and increased profitability
- Responsible for creating business specifications for the engineering teams and handling change requests to capture the dynamic needs arising from newer trading venues, trading teams and the introduction of enhanced functionalities
- Spearheaded the establishment of Middle Office (MO) and back-office teams in Singapore, while managing and mentoring a team of five
- Ensured comprehensive cross-training and knowledge sharing, fostering a collaborative and efficient work environment
- Established efficient communication channels for MO queries including corporate actions, trade and position reconciliations, P&L, and position breaks, while developing a product for corporate action tracking, election communication, and automated internal bookings
Senior Product Analyst
Arcesium India Pvt Ltd
06.2015 - 12.2017
- Product owner for the Transactions domain for the Middle Office function
- Responsible for driving the implementation of the product roadmap and key initiatives by contributing to product specifications and testing strategies
- Liaised with the operations teams, subject matter experts, and development teams to remove roadblocks, foster communication, and drive enhancements while at all times staying on top of dynamically evolving business requirements
- Compiled and shared timelines, product roadmaps, release plans and notes and effectively communicated any changes or deviations to stakeholders
Middle Office Analyst
DE Shaw India Software Pvt Ltd
04.2014 - 06.2015
- Worked extensively on the equities and derivative with special emphasis on the Corporate Action processing and Transaction Data Management
- Handled and managed security and transaction modeling for asset classes like Equities, Options, Fixed income instruments, Futures, Swaps and OTCs
- Liaised with other internal functions like Pricing, Middle office, and Collateral management to resolve discrepancies and respond to the client, prime brokers, and admin queries
- Worked with the technology teams towards streamlining the Corporate Action elections and development of the automated booking process, thereby enhancing efficiency and mitigating any manual or operational risks in the process
Sr. Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
10.2009 - 02.2014
- Designed and wrote maintainable and extensible code in C++ and C for various features on MME-4G and SGSN-3G communication stacks
- Developed new workflows to enhance efficiency of the team in delivering more than 2.5 CRs per week per person
- Designed the internal knowledge sharing portal, which was recognized as the best in-house developed feature
- Owing to an excellent track record, I was granted a work sabbatical to pursue higher education for a period of 2 years
Education
MBA - Finance & Operations
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institue of Management
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communications
Maharishi Dayanand University
Skills
- Product Development & Lifecycle Management
- Product Strategy
- Change Management
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- APIs, Reports & Dashboards
- Stakeholder Management
- Product Marketing
- Agile
- Design Thinking
- Confluence
- JIRA
- FIGMA
- Middle Office & Post Trade Systems
- SQL
Certification
- Google AI Essentials, 06/01/24
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, 08/01/24
Timeline
Product Manager
Arcesium India Pvt Ltd
06.2021 - Current
Asst Vice President
Tower Research Capital LLC
01.2018 - 06.2021
Senior Product Analyst
Arcesium India Pvt Ltd
06.2015 - 12.2017
Middle Office Analyst
DE Shaw India Software Pvt Ltd
04.2014 - 06.2015
Sr. Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
10.2009 - 02.2014
MBA - Finance & Operations
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institue of Management
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communications
Maharishi Dayanand University
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