Tapan Sharma

Tapan Sharma

12 Years 3 Months Overall Experience
An accomplished Product Management leader with over 12 years of experience specializing in developing cutting-edge B2B and B2C SaaS innovations in the banking and financial industry. Proficient in assembling and guiding agile product teams, and adeptly overseeing the entire product lifecycle from conception to successful market launch.

Functional Areas

         

Education

Seth Jai Prakash Mukund Lal Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology

2006-2010

Accomplishment

Spot Award by PGS COO
Led the business process automation effort for the Finance Portfolio - July 2017

Certificate of appreciation by PGS COO
Represented the BU Business Analyst Group in the ‘Best Practices Zone' - August 2017

Project Management for Manthan Sanstha
A non-profit organization instrumental in empowering neglected communities in 120 villages of Ajmer and Nagaur districts in India (May 2020)

Certification

SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager
SAFe® 5 POPM orchestrates customer requirements, crafts epics, features, and stories, and prioritizes work for value-driven enterprise delivery.

2021

Experience

Epam System s Inc.

6 Months

Lead BA and Technical Product Manager

Dec -22 - April -23

  • Developed product strategy and led new team to deploy Virtual card-based payment systems – Smart data, for a major card network focused on increasing the company’s B2B payments footprint in US markets by 25%
Intercontinental Exchange Mortgage Technology, Inc.

11 Months

Associate Product manager

Feb -22 - Dec -22

  • Led a team of product developers and UX designers to develop new feature focused on instant payment (SWIFT GO) for B2B SaaS application; reduced the TAT by 18% for loan closure
  • Led the team of product developers, creating highly customized template based portals for the clients, helping them deliver faster to customer
Cognizant Technology Systems Ltd.

11 Months

Business Solution manager

April- 21 - Feb - 22

  • Developed Product roadmap for a major US retail client on Consumer Data Privacy in line with California Consumer Privacy Act
  • Collaborated with multiple stakeholders to optimize business processes by eliminating  system inefficiencies; resulted in ~$80k per year cost reduction
  • Designed automation solution for customer onboarding
Persistent Systems Ltd.

7 Months

Lead Business Analyst

April-20 - Oct -20

  • Developed product road map for the core banking application with a focus on speed to market, resulted in a 2-month early product release
  • Advocated and designed a MVP, focused on iterative product development for mobile application, improving NPS score by 20% MoM
  • Analyzed market trends to develop future product line-up for mobile banking application, thereby increasing the Product feature portfolio by ~25%
Principal Global Services Inc.

4 Years 11 Months

Senior Business Analyst

June 15 - April 20

  • Designed Product upgrade strategy and published a white paper on feasibility of using existing ERP product, resulting in a USD 130k saving
  • Managed cross functional teams, ingesting customer feedback and implementing product features across web, desktop and mobile
  • Led a product team to develop a POC for Block-chain based business solution for the Treasury department
  • Spearheaded CIO group and Sponsors meeting on key updates, artifacts, and the status of the project
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

4 Years 7 Months

System Analyst

Dec 10 - June 15

  • Provided end to end functional/business solutions for the Mortgage and loans portfolio for major Canadian financial institution
  • Visualized business processes to understand the current and future state of the system