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Faisal Mahboob

Summary

Accomplished digital products professional with 23 years of success in digital products, loyalty programs, e-Commerce and payments. Hands on in managing digital products; Mobile Apps, websites, e-Commerce services, digital payments and loyalty programs. Strong product management acumen to orchestrate product vision, develop strategy, structure roadmap and manage delivery.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Manager, Digital Experience

Air Miles Loyalty Program, Bank of Montreal
06.2020 - Current
  • Lead the Mobile team to deliver consistent value by improving channel capabilities, enhancing user experience and adding incremental improvements to customer experience.
  • Lead product innovation from ideation, assessment, business case, planning and delivery by utilizing lean canvas, story mapping, roadmaps and periodic product increment planning.
  • Lead Mobile App product team and work with diverse cross functional squads of tech leads, analysts, scrum masters, delivery leads and engineers to ideate, organize and deliver innovation.
  • Coordinate, ideate and consult with UX Research, Analytics, Digital marketing, Security, Compliance, PMO, Product managers and leadership to ensure communication and democratization of product strategy, roadmap and progress on delivery.
  • Established business insights and data visualization using Adobe Analytics to measure KPIs, analyze customer behavior, channel utilization, transactions and customer acquisition.
  • Define KPI’s, report structures and visualizations to analyze progress towards targets, capture and understand vital user and channel insights to support future enhancements in digital channels.

Product Manager (Consultant)

MobileLIVE Inc.
09.2019 - 02.2020
  • Offer consultancy and advisory for developing digital product strategy, structure product roadmap and managing digital products for telecoms and financial sector
  • Offer industry insight, suggest innovations and provide thought leadership on self-service, mobile apps, browse and buy experience, customer journey optimization, CX and UX
  • Support discovery and engagement with clients, prepare response to RFPs, lead product and delivery teams in understanding product strategy, roadmap and orchestrate delivery plans
  • Assist business managers in structuring KPIs, building dashboards, assist in idea generation, advice on improving revenue streams and adding value to business and customers
  • Worked on structuring a digital transformation roadmap for one of the leading mortgage underwriters, aligning business vision, time to market and phased implementation of core systems
  • Worked on improving Mobile & Web based self-serve capability for one of the largest telecom companies in Canada suggesting enhancements to their UX and CX thru innovative features
  • Developed content and knowledge base for Digital Products center of excellence
  • Provide insight and expertise on digital experiences, digital products, road map prioritization and delivery plans
  • Groom teams for applying agile best practices in conducting rituals and day to day functions.

Head of Digital Banking & Payments

Arab National Bank
07.2016 - 06.2018
  • Manage Online Banking and Digital Payment business services
  • Develop and execute digital banking strategy, innovate and enhance services, manage internal and external stakeholders, manage product discovery and requirements, supervise projects to deliver strategic business objectives
  • Coordinate with delivery teams to plan and coordinate timely implementation of initiatives
  • Evaluate and design performance score cards and monitor KPIs thru dashboards
  • Conceived Online banking strategy, developed and initiated 3 year roadmap to achieve strategic goals
  • Contributed as a member of ANB’s Digital Center of Excellence Committee, advising on digital initiatives, industry trends, competitive landscape, innovations, IoT, UX and CX trends
  • Managed SADAD payment business, coordinating operations, enhanced CX and coordinated promotional campaigns to increase usage and revenue
  • Reformed online banking unit by restructuring resources, improved channel management, customer complaints tracking and resolution, established performance KPIs and periodic tracking, established MIS requirements and developed business dashboards and streamlined new initiatives.

Manager, Internet & Mobile Banking

Al Rajhi Bank
01.2004 - 12.2015
  • Responsible for developing and implementing online banking strategy, execute product roadmap for continuous improvement and innovation
  • Manage digital channels, internal and external stakeholders, manage the process from discovery to delivery, and coordinate marketing initiatives
  • Served as one of the pioneer members of Al Rajhi Bank’s digital banking team, managing one the largest digital banking client based channel in the Saudi banking sector
  • Performed continuous CX and UX improvements, coordinated feature additions and improvements which resulted in substantial growth in digital banking customer base, revenue and evolved the Bank as a leader in Digital banking
  • Contributed in Al Rajhi Bank Smart branch initiative, participated in ideation, design, delivery and promotion of smart branch initiative
  • Led initiatives to implement Chat bot, MFA, Voice recognition, online support, instant issuance of personal finance, credit card, card limit management, cheque book and statement delivery.

Education

Certificate - Digital Business Strategy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MBA - Information Technology

Hamdard University

BBA - Banking & Finance

Punjab University

Skills

  • Product Management
  • Product Strategy & Roadmaps
  • Digital Banking & Payments
  • E-Commerce & Affiliate marketing
  • Loyalty Programs
  • Business process re-engineering
  • User Experience Design
  • Agile Software Development

Accomplishments

  • Lead Airmiles digital experience team and supported in developing a strategy for Mobile App and Airmilesshops, structured roadmap and led successful delivery streams for 2 years.
  • Coordinated design and implementation of new branding and UX across all digital channels while complying to AODA standards.
  • Supported the migration of Google Analytics to Adobe analytics for Airmiles Mobile App. Developed KPIs for digital channels and structured dashboards for key stake holders.
  • Supported in developing use cases for AI based promotions for Offers and Ads leveraging customer data and behavioral insights resulting in 60% increase in offer uptake.
  • Supported the implementation of Gamification to increase user engagement and brand recognition resulting in 80% increase in Mobile App traffic.
  • Provided guidance to Rogers Telecom Digital team for improving UX, restructuring, enhancing features and cascading them to all Mobile Apps.
  • Developing a digital banking strategy for the bank and articulating a 3-year roadmap for execution.
  • Contributed in designing and successfully implementing improved Online banking services and customer experience for “Smart Branch” concept.
  • Managed one of the largest internet & mobile banking services in the middle east and achieved a major milestone of increasing the internet banking customer base from 56,000 to 1 Million plus in just 4 years making it the highest internet banking user base in the middle east.
  • Upgraded digital banking services to an Omni channel platform offering web, mobile web and native mobile app services with a customer focused features set based on customer and business priorities
  • Establish, measure and analyze business and operational KPI’s. Analyze the operational efficiency and process improvements introduced by innovation and transformation initiatives.
  • Contributed in sharing knowledge and insights about industry trends, competitive landscape, innovations, standards and regulations in Digital banking, IoT, UX, Mobile Apps and Payment services.
  • Implemented reforms in customer care, improving CRM to effectively manage customer complaints established new processes and improved system for operational excellence, introduces new workflows to route complaints, inquiries and fraud issues for immediate resolution.
  • Stared as a pioneer bank in implementing B2C payment system called SADAD Online Payment to accommodate immerging e-Commerce industry.
  • Developed "e-Riyal" Payment Gateway service by implementing the product, developing a pricing model and establishing partnerships with integrators.

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner
  • Project Management Professional
  • Fundamentals of Islamic Banking
  • Skills for effective leadership
  • Fundamentals of Basel II Compliance
  • Operational Risk Management
  • Op Risk Awareness
  • TOGAF 9.0
  • Anti-Money Laundering

Applications & Tools

Platforms: BackBase, Adobe suite, Oracle


Content Management Systems: Contentful, Judu / Rover,  Adobe Journey Optimizer, Adobe Experience Manager


Banking & Payments: Globus, CTF, Base24, Prime, Sadad, ACI, Visa and Master card payment gateways.


Analytics & Data Visualization: Tableau,  Business objects, Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics


Authentication: DigiPass, Auth0, Duo


Applications: JIRA, Confluence, Lucid, Parabol, Miro, Trello, 

Timeline

Product Manager, Digital Experience

Air Miles Loyalty Program, Bank of Montreal
06.2020 - Current

Product Manager (Consultant)

MobileLIVE Inc.
09.2019 - 02.2020

Head of Digital Banking & Payments

Arab National Bank
07.2016 - 06.2018

Manager, Internet & Mobile Banking

Al Rajhi Bank
01.2004 - 12.2015

Certificate - Digital Business Strategy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MBA - Information Technology

Hamdard University

BBA - Banking & Finance

Punjab University
Faisal Mahboob