Vishal Sharma
Toronto,ON
Summary
Diligent Senior Product Manager offering [Number] years of success in product roadmap development, market research and data analysis. Highly skilled in identifying opportunities to maximize revenue. Driven and strategic with proven history of superior market penetration and product launch. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Manager
RBC Capital Markets
09.2021 - Current
- Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
- Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines.
- Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
- Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.
- Thrived in fast-paced, highly-adept team to develop and prioritize product features and build product roadmap.
- Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
- Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
- Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
- Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
- Reviewed new opportunities to drive business strategy at planning sessions.
- Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current business landscape.
- Directed planning and budgeting efforts.
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Launched successful digital marketing campaigns that achieved goals for increased website traffic.
Business Analyst & Test Manager
SSA INFOSYSTEMS INC. (IRIS Software)
04.2017 - 09.2021
- Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
- Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
- Provided technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
- Identified patterns and trends in large data sets and provided actionable insights.
- Created dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators.
- Created data models to support decision-making processes.
- Designed and developed data pipelines to acquire, clean and process data.
- Developed and implemented data governance policies and procedures.
Test Manager
IRIS Software
08.2010 - 04.2017
- Defined testing and acceptance strategies and determined quality assurance benchmarks.
- Reviewed bug reports and error logs, translating data into digestible reports for senior leadership personnel.
- Analyzed historical testing results to isolate failure patterns for long-term investigation into possible development protocols improvements.
- Updated ongoing testing procedures for software to account for changes resulting from post-release patches.
- Coordinated with off-site staff to verify correct use of test procedures and confirm accurate reporting.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.
Senior Software Testing Engineer
NIIT Ltd
06.2007 - 08.2010
- Designed testing scenarios for usability testing.
- Identified and tracked software defects and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results, and submitted observations to development team.
- Worked closely with different departments to develop innovative solutions to functionality issues.
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
- Used open-source tools to develop automation scripts.
- Coordinated regression test automation activities across supported applications.
- Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
Test - Team Leader
Zed-Axis Technologie
08.2003 - 06.2007
- Monitored team performance and provided constructive feedback to increase productivity and maintain quality standards.
- Supervised team members to confirm compliance with set procedures and quality requirements.
- Built strong relationships with customers through positive attitude and attentive response.
- Worked with team to identify areas of improvement and devised solutions based on findings.
- Conducted training and mentored team members to promote productivity, accuracy, and commitment to friendly service.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Information Technology
Sikkim Manipal University
INDIA05.2009
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Applications Development
IGNOU
INDIA12.2005
Skills
- Research and Trend Analysis
- Usability Studies
- End to End Feature Delivery
- Requirements Building
- User and UX Research
- Wireframe Design
- Troubleshooting and QA
- Scrum Framework
- ROI Analysis
- Jira, Atlassian, Rally
- Shipping New Products
- Stakeholder Alignment
- Mobile and Web Development
- Interpersonal Communication
- Agile Software Development
- Product Vision and Strategy
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Database Management Systems
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Product Roadmaps
- Project Planning
- Prioritization and Execution
- User Feedback Collection
- Progress Monitoring
- CSS, HTML
- Business Development
- Search Engine Optimization
- Documentation Management
- Data Analytics
- Business Planning
- Requirements Gathering
- Vendor Management
- Timeline Management
Accomplishments
- Spearheaded initiatives, such as incorporating Global Equities revenue to a global client analytical reporting platform, calculating daily estimates of client value based on the monthly balances captured from the source – Central Funding. It benefited producers and executives alike viewing holistic Global Markets reporting across all clients as of previous day (T-1). It further facilitated GE sales and traders with direct access to their commissions, enabled their managers with an access to the run rates, and provided a greater visibility of client analytics to the research team.
- Quarterback a project to establish Client Resource Efficiency (CRE) model that evaluated the usage of company’s resources against generated revenue growth; designed to assist Sales Management team develop clear initiatives restructuring resource allocation to maximize revenue growth.
- Provided executives with analytics and decision-support tools used as the basis for reorganization, consolidation, and relocation strategies.
- Partnered with business stakeholders to standardize client and the product visibilities across the platform for reporting global commissions with greater cohesion between the Cash and Derivatives world.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Certification
Lean Management
Load Runner
Application Security
ISMS - C010
Timeline
Product Manager
RBC Capital Markets
09.2021 - Current
Business Analyst & Test Manager
SSA INFOSYSTEMS INC. (IRIS Software)
04.2017 - 09.2021
Test Manager
IRIS Software
08.2010 - 04.2017
Senior Software Testing Engineer
NIIT Ltd
06.2007 - 08.2010
Test - Team Leader
Zed-Axis Technologie
08.2003 - 06.2007
Master of Business Administration - Information Technology
Sikkim Manipal University
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Applications Development
IGNOU
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