Saumil - Shah - Product Owner

SAUMIL SHAH
Product Owner
 Result-driven Product Owner with 11+ years of experience in leading the product development and delivery of
innovative HR tech solutions. Skilled in translating user needs into actionable requirements and driving the creation of
products that optimize HR processes and enhance employee experience. Strong expertise in product strategy, Agile
methodologies, stakeholder management, and HR domain knowledge.
Accolades
 SAFe, CSM, AWS CCP, ITIL, Six Sigma
Skill Set
Product Management:
- Provide Structure, Direction & Vision - Project Evangelist & Team Builder
- Critical Thinker & Problem Solver - Customer Centric
Delivery and Functional:

- Project Management - SDLC
- GAP Analysis - Risk Management
- Scrum Framework - Customer & Product Support
- Value & Cost Engineering - Release Management
- Workflow Process Analysis - Team Management / Training
Technical:
- Agile and Waterfall SDLC - SaaS based project analysis
- VSTS, JIRA and MS Project - Preparing FRD, SRS, SOW and other business documents
- RFP review and response - UI/UX tools like Figma, Balsamiq
- SQL, MS SQL, Postgre SQL; NoSQL: MongoDB - Basics of DEVOPS and CI/CD
- JAVA, JSP and Java servlets, SAP EP - Data Science
- NLP based model creation using Python, Spyder
Project Highlights
1. Title: Background Check Enterprise Tool
Team Size: 21
Designation: Product Owner
Domain: HR Tech
Description: The background check processing involves a series of automation workflows starting from the candidate’s
order processing to generating final background check report. The salesforce application been converted to a standalone
enterprise solution with migration of more than 200 live customers.
Role:
 Acted as primary point of contact for stakeholders, including internal teams, customers, and partners. Conduct ed regular
meetings, gather feedback, and communicate product updates, timelines, and changes. Managed expectations and en -
sure alignment between stakeholders and the development team.
 Developed a comprehensive Product Roadmap that aligned with the allocated development budget, marketing strategy,
release schedule, and other relevant considerations.
 Closely worked with business analyst team for drafting Epics and User Stories for maintaining healthy backlog. Agile best
practices for user stories, starting only with Definition of Ready and marking Definition of Done on completion of the sto -
ries.
 Collaborated with UX/UI designers to create intuitive and user-friendly interfaces. Provided input and feedback on wire-
frames, prototypes, and visual designs to ensure a seamless user experience.
 Defined release strategies and coordinated with the development team to plan and execute product releases. Ensure
proper testing, quality assurance, and documentation processes are followed.
 Monitor post-release performance and gather user feedback for continuous improvement. Responsible for carrying out
overall UAT phase with the client before successful closure of the project.
Skills: Product strategy, Agile methodologies, stakeholder management, requirements gathering, UX/UI collaboration,
backlog management
2. Title: Applicant Tracking System and Recruiting CRM

Team Size: 10
Domain: HR Tech
Description: The tool provides recruiters with dynamic front and back-office functionality that empowers them to make
more placements, faster. The solutions enable you to stay ahead of staffing and recruiting requirements with powerful tools
and intuitive features.
Role:
 Preparing strategy and presenting ideas for stakeholders. Defining the features of the product according to customer re -
quirements.
 Leading the development process by creating a product roadmap based on this vision. Serving as the main point of con -
tact between teams and stakeholders.
 Looking after all the stages of product creation including design and development. Organizing and ranking the items in
the product backlog according to requirements.
 Helping the scrum/product development team achieve each sprint’s goals. Before the product is released, each iteration
is adjusted and improved.
 Locating areas that want improvement. Informing stakeholders and customers about the product’s status.
Skills: Product strategy, Agile methodologies, stakeholder management, requirements gathering, UX/UI collaboration,
backlog management
3. Title: Employment Recruitment and Employee Advocacy Tool

Team Size: 5
Domain: HR Tech
Description: The tool accelerates recruitment and deploys employee advocacy programs. Using a Multisource technology
and all the power of artificial intelligence to find, sort, contact talent and mobilize the employees
Role:
 Responsible to define the product vision, goals, and roadmap aligned with the company's overall objectives. Identify
market needs, customer pain points, and industry trends to shape the product direction.
 Collaborating with stakeholders, primarily HR professionals, recruiters, and employees, to understand their needs and
translate them into clear and actionable requirements. Conduct user research, gather feedback, and prioritize feature re-
quests.
 Utilize analytics tools and gather data to measure product performance and user behavior. Analyze key metrics and user
feedback to identify areas for improvement and drive data-driven decision-making.
 Gave the iterative demonstration and updates to the stakeholders, end clients on how we are moving with things and
are we on track and is there any update required on the plan.
Skills: Agile methodologies, stakeholder management, requirements gathering, UX/UI collaboration, backlog management,
data analysis, release planning, problem-solving
4. Title: Employment Referral Program

Team Size: 5
Domain: HR Tech
Description: The tool provides employee referral software platform that automates referral management to engage
employees to make more employee referrals. With the system, employees can track their employee referrals, track bonuses,
rewards, earn points for activity and share referral links on social media seamlessly.
Role:
 Collaborate with other teams such as sales, marketing, customer success, and support to ensure alignment and success -
ful product launches. Provide product training and support to internal teams as needed.
 Work closely with the development team, providing guidance and clarifications on user stories. Participate in agile cere -
monies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Collaborate with the team to ensure
timely delivery of high-quality product increments.
Skills: Product strategy, Agile methodologies, backlog management, data analysis, release planning, communication
5. Title: News Publishing Tool

Team Size: 12
Designation: Sr. Business Analyst
Domain: Digital Publishing
Description: There are 300+ company internal clients who use GCC web tool to publish articles 24*7. These clients have
many enhancement requirements along with support requirements on the current system that has been deployed.
Role:
 Grooming the user stories for the new requirements along with the team and make sure that the story is definition of
ready before development starts.
 Discussing on the technical feasibility with the technical leads and preparing the appropriate documents for the require -
ments.
 Planning sprint work for a team of 12 members as per their core competencies.
 Writing complex SQL queries and store procedures to publish the news content on simultaneous platforms.
 Analysing large complex data and converting them into usable format.
Skills: Product strategy, Agile methodologies, backlog management, data analysis, release planning, communication
6. Title: Desktop application
Team Size: 10
Designation: Sr. Business Analyst
Description: It is a desktop-based application to help the customer for seamless product experience, this application helps
in managing multiple users at simple point of time.
Role:
 Understanding the new requirements and preparing high-level documentation on the same.
 Discussing on the technical feasibility with the technical leads and preparing the appropriate documents for the require -
ments.
 Managing the requirements till the client delivery ensuring the smooth release as per the plan.
Skills: MS Visual Studio, MS Office, PTS Project Management
Education
 B.E (Computer Engineering) from L.D. College of Engineering, Gujarat University in 2011.

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Delivery and Functional:

2. Title: Applicant Tracking System and Recruiting CRM

3. Title: Employment Recruitment and Employee Advocacy Tool

4. Title: Employment Referral Program

5. Title: News Publishing Tool

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