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SOURAV DASGUPTA

Toronto,ON

Summary

Results-driven Product Manager with a proven track record of successfully launching and managing innovative products in highly competitive markets. A strong Problem Solver with 8 years of experience across Product Management, Strategy, Business Analytics, Finance, and DevOps. Exceptional communication skills, adept at effectively collaborating with stakeholders from various backgrounds, including business, design, and IT, to drive successful product outcomes. In-depth knowledge of the product lifecycle, coupled with the ability to adapt and prioritize tasks in response to dynamic business demands.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

Scotiabank
03.2021 - Current

Credit360

C360 is a one stop web-based application for all Banking and Credit teams to manage Loan approvals, Loan Documentation and Client Records.

  • Built Credit360 platform from ideation to launch, overseeing entire product development lifecycle
  • Drafted detailed product requirements in Confluence, resulting in successful digitization of the Credit Adjudication process and boosting efficiency of banking and credit teams by 32%
  • Developed comprehensive roadmaps, planned key performance indicators (KPIs), and effectively communicated plans to leadership team and stakeholders
  • Led cross-functional teams, including Engineers, UX designers, Business Analysts, and Data Managers, to ensure seamless product development and growth
  • Conducted in-depth data analysis and data mappings by importing and manipulating large datasets in Microsoft SQL Server, using queries to extract key insights and inform decision-making
  • Gathered user feedback post-launch to measure KPIs and assess product success, presenting findings to Executives to highlight key achievements.

Supply Chain Financing Products

Receivables Purchased Financing, Approved Payables Financing, Bills of Exchange - These products are designed to offer Working Capital Solutions to clients by improving their cash conversion cycle

  • Assisted in development of new Product and drove Product strategy for Supply Chain Financing team, helping bring in more sales with customized product offerings
  • Conducted user interviews with Sales team to understand customer feedback and improve product capabilities
  • Collaborated with key partners such as Trade Operations, Technology, and Legal, Compliance, and Risk. Built and maintained effective relationships with Finance, Credit, and Marketing
  • Developed weekly revenue and assets reports and dashboards to keep track of KPIs and communicated results to Senior Leadership team

Lead, DevOps Infrastructure

IBM
08.2015 - 03.2018
  • Led a team for the Lloyds Banking Project, working on the implementation of Urban Code Deploy Infrastructure for the Bank's payment application. Created application processes that facilitated seamless online monetary transactions for millions of Lloyds Bank customers
  • Acted as a focal point during an application upgrade, collaborating with the client and cross-functional teams. Worked continuously for 26 hours as part of change management, successfully implementing new software features into the existing infrastructure
  • Followed Scrum Methodology to track daily team activities. Hosted daily scrum calls at the beginning of each shift, ensuring regular updates on assigned tasks to team members. Improved task management and delegation, resulting in a 30% increase in team efficiency

Education

MBA -

DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Burlington, ON
12.2020

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Northeastern Regional Institute of Science And Technology
Nirjuli, India
06.2015

Skills

  • Time Management, Prioritization, Stakeholder Management, Relationship Management, Process Improvement, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
  • Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Statement Analysis, Credit analysis, Financial Modeling, Business Valuation, Business Strategy
  • Power BI, Python, SQL, JIRA, Confluence, Figma, Fullstory, LaunchDarkly, Credit360, Salesforce, CapitalIQ, Bloomberg, MS Word, Power-Point, Advanced Excel (VBA, Macros, Pivot Table, Lookup), Shell Scripting, DevOps Automation tools

Additional Information

Supply Chain Finance Analyst (Intern), Scotiabank

May 2020 - August 2020

Supported the Supply Chain Finance Sales team with Credit Analysis, Prospecting, Creating Financial Models, Annual Reviews, Credit Memos and Pitchbooks, thus helping the team generate quarterly revenues of 30% higher than the budgeted


Corporate Banking Analyst (Intern), Scotiabank

September 2019 - December 2019

Supported Corporate Bankers with Financial Spreading, Credit Risk Rating, Cash Flow Analysis, Annual Reviews, thus helping Bankers in Relationship Management and Business Development


Business Analyst (Intern), Scotiabank

January 2019 - April 2019

Assisted Scotiabank's Procurement team with RFIs, RFPs, Market Research and developed a contract search tool for the Directors to increase visibility on evergreen contracts and contracts expiring within a month, thus helping the Bank to reduce its costs

Timeline

Product Manager

Scotiabank
03.2021 - Current

Lead, DevOps Infrastructure

IBM
08.2015 - 03.2018

MBA -

DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Northeastern Regional Institute of Science And Technology
SOURAV DASGUPTA