Rahul Midha
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Product Manager with over 8 years of experience specializing in driving product development and innovation. Proven track record of effectively responding to dynamic business needs and priorities with a strategic mindset. Skilled in supporting Business Solution Software and conducting thorough analysis of business operations to deliver impactful solutions.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER
Royal Bank of Canada
05.2022 - Current
- Led the end-to-end product development of enrolment project, enabling seamless integration of 700,000+ HSBC Clients onto Royal Bank of Canada platform after the acquisition, with a project valuation exceeding $10M
- Developed and executed a strategic product roadmap, driving a 15% improvement in project efficiency
- Supervised a cross-functional team, leading to a 15% decrease in time-to-market
- Collaborated with cross functional teams to gather requirements and insights, resulting in a tailored enrolment platform that met the distinctive needs of HSBC Clients
- This strategic alignment played a pivotal role in fulfilling the overall objectives of RBC
- Collaborated closely with technical teams, UX designers, and other stakeholders to ensure a smooth integration process and a positive user experience
- Identified and addressed potential challenges and risks associated with the transition process, implementing proactive mitigation strategies to minimize impact on cardholders and business operations.
PRODUCT MANAGER
Deloitte
03.2019 - 04.2022
- Successfully delivered more than 3 projects on-time and on-budget for clients such as TD Insurance, Air Canada, Govt
- Of Canada
- Engaged with clients to gather software requirements/business rules, and ensured alignment with development teams
- Trained and transferred knowledge to 3rd party vendors
- Facilitated test-driven development on all projects increasing quality by 14% (benchmarked against historical data)
- Defined product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with business objectives and customer needs
- Designed and developed flow charts, activity diagrams to support the business requirement
- Facilitated the team to estimate story points and measured velocity to plan future sprints
- Ensured alignment of delivered features with objectives and user requirements during Sprint Demos
- Collaborated with development teams to ensure technical requirements aligned with the product vision and user needs, fostering clear communication between teams
- Managed product backlog, sprint planning, and prioritization in Agile/Scrum environments.
IT ANALYST INTERN
Canada Revenue Agency
09.2018 - 12.2018
- Initiated daily/weekly standup meetings with the scrum team to discuss roadblocks or potential risks
- Analyzed business data and created roadmap for development team
- Interacted with Development/Operations to execute SQL database queries for software/regression testing
- Worked with different teams to gather the data flow requirements to ensure appropriate data movement
- Led stakeholder engagement and user requirements generation for project iteration plan
- Prepared comprehensive business and functional requirement documentation to outline project specifications and objectives.
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
Swept
09.2017 - 08.2018
- Acted as a liaison between client and developers
- Debugged defects raised by the testing team and assigned them to the development team
- Assisted the testing team in the creation of test-case scenarios for the stories to be delivered in the current sprint
- Collaborated with Dev and QA to resolve doubts timely and ensured a high quality, defect-free product
- Handled all Agile/Scrum processes including sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint demos, reviews, and retrospectives, coaching team members on Agile methodologies
- Partnered with developers to automate manual processes, saving time and money while decreasing errors
- Tracked Sprint progress using burndown charts and conducted daily stand-up meetings to foster open communication within the team.
BUSINESS ANALYST
Capgemini Technology Services India Limited
02.2016 - 07.2017
- Managed a large team of stakeholders and facilitated the generation of user requirements, as well as the initial project plan
- Successfully launched a new Pathway application in collaboration with the Complex Care Management team
- Led enhancement of application requirements to improve clinical support capabilities
- Managed stakeholder requirements and effectively communicated them to the technical team to define appropriate scope of work for prototype and system development
- Collaborated with product owners and program managers to incorporate project enhancements
- Created and managed user stories for upcoming features in an Agile environment using tools like JIRA and Confluence.
AUTOMATION TESTER
Unify SoftTech India
07.2015 - 12.2015
- Assisted the Project Manager in understanding and gathering requirements
- Participated in test advisory meetings to provide input on testing methods and conditions
- Prepared test scenarios and scripts based on functional requirements and use cases
- Developed and executed automated test scripts in the website testing environment
- Utilized Selenium to execute test cases and reported any identified defects.
Education
MASTERS OF APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE (MACS) -
Dalhousie University
ON, CanadaSkills
- Windows 10
- Unix
- Linux
- MacOS
- Git
- SVN
- Product Strategy and Roadmapping
- Market Research and Analysis
- Agile/Scrum Methodologies
- Data Analysis and Decision Making
- User Experience (UX) Design
- Project Management
- Leadership and Team Management
- Business Requirement
- Requirements Gathering
- Business Analysis
- Business Requirement Document
- Resource Allocation
- Workshop Facilitation
- Agile Development
- Agile Project Management
- Collaboration
- Coaching
- Digital Transformation
- Task Prioritization
- Strategic Planning
- Product Roadmaps
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Product Launches
Websites
Certification
- Professional Scrum Master, Scrum.org, https://www.scrum.org/certificates/562528
- Mendix Rapid Developer, Mendix, #232328
Timeline
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER
Royal Bank of Canada
05.2022 - Current
PRODUCT MANAGER
Deloitte
03.2019 - 04.2022
IT ANALYST INTERN
Canada Revenue Agency
09.2018 - 12.2018
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
Swept
09.2017 - 08.2018
BUSINESS ANALYST
Capgemini Technology Services India Limited
02.2016 - 07.2017
AUTOMATION TESTER
Unify SoftTech India
07.2015 - 12.2015
MASTERS OF APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE (MACS) -
Dalhousie University
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