Product Manager

I help identify the market problems worth solving and then leads the group that will solve those problems.

Business Developer

With my technical background, I work with business to figure out the best, affordable, and data driven solution to achieve their goals.

Team Leader

I provides guidance and instruction to a working group about a project or portfolio of projects. Work closely with tech and business team to accomplish the the final goal.

MY SKILLS

  • Product Manager 97% 97%
  • SCRUM & AGILE METHODOLOGIES 95% 95%
  • BUSINESS & TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 94% 94%
  • WORKFLOW ANALYSIS 90% 90%
  • RISK MITIGATION PLANNING 97% 97%
  • ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS 97% 97%
  • Atlassian (Jira & Confluence) 98% 98%
  • Trello 97% 97%
  • Figma 90% 90%
  • QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTING 97% 97%
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT 90% 90%
  • BUDGETING 94% 94%
  • RESEARCH & TREND ANALYSIS 88% 88%
  • STAFF MANAGEMENT 97% 97%
  • Azure DevOps 80% 80%
  • MySQL 80% 80%
  • Balsamiq 75% 75%

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Education

Temple University
B.S. in Computer Science

Certifications

Certified Software Tester (CSTE)
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

WORK EXPERIENCE

FUN FACT ABOUT ME: Outside of learning about new/historical technology and everything related to product management. My other passion is photography, on the weekends I work as a wedding/event photographer.
My work can be viewed at or clicking the logo above: www.ShardulMPhotography.com

MERCK

2021 - CURRENT
Sr. TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER
  • Managed portfolio of small, medium, and large clinical studies tracking product initiatives united under clear product strategy that generates $2M in annual revenue.
  • Played active role in recruitment and lead product team expansion.
  • Supervised planning, development, and implementation of Merck internal tools for all stages of clinical tracking. Which saved clinical researchers over 30+ hours per month with our tracking tools.
  • Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
  • Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
  • Managed cross-functional team and stakeholder communication.
  • Lead the development for a new B2C SaaS product to enable project managers to easily track clinical studies, which grew to 5000 users in the first year.

VERTEX

2018 - 2020
PRODUCT OWNER
  • Designed procedures for storyboard composition, action creation and storytelling protocols to complete an end to end workflow on Figma.
  • Developed and delivered presentations to stakeholders at the end of each sprint, including user demos.
  • Designed and implemented functional, integration, configuration, and system acceptance test suites; code and implemented automation components leveraging Python with a Selenium WebDriver and REST APIs for front- and back-end testing.
  • Introduced agile methodologies and effective development best practices to division to enhance product development.
  • Managed cross-functional team and stakeholder communication, and oversaw product development from inception to implementation.
  • Planned and executed a data clean up feature which lead to a new increase in new user of 29,000 annually.
  • Lead a team of 2 full-time employees and 4 contractors, and formed strong relationships with stakeholders.

SEI (CAPGEMINI)

2020 - 2021
AGILE PRODUCT MANAGER
  • Define product vision, strategy, goals, and product roadmap development.
  • Work directly with other product owners, system engineers, program managers, developers, testers, and customers to define features and technical user stories.
  • Manage product in areas of data model expansion, data migration, building API web services, integrating with external systems, and UI workflow.
  • Support Agile Software Development process, working in conjunction with end users / stakeholders and technical delivery team.
  • Lead and implemented test automation for our product, which lead to saving time and money.
  • Owned and prioritized product backlog.

VERTEX

2016 - 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEER II
  • Optimized the quality of Vertex’s SaaS tax application product by designing and executing automated and manual test suites for daily/monthly releases.
  • Investigated test suite execution failures occurring on Jenkins, RIDE and PyTest to determine root cause and worked with the scrum team to identify test script update needs or log items in Jira as warranted.
  • Designed and implemented functional, integration, configuration, and system acceptance test suites; code and implemented automation components leveraging Python with a Selenium WebDriver and REST APIs for front- and back-end testing.
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs and improving functionality.

PORTFOLIO

This is to show my thought process on how I approach a new feature or identify the market problems worth solving for.
Below are some test cases:

Healthcare

Prior Authorization Healthcare Application Test Case

Test Case: Building an application that helps patients & providers eliminate any barriers that a patient would face in order to get there medication.

STrategy

My Approach

Explore > Idea

Design > Develop

Test > Launch

Blog

MY THOUGHTS

Who is a Product Manager?

Who is a Product Manager?

Who is a Product Manager?By: Shardul Mahida A Product Manager (PM) at Intel is responsible for the strategic and tactical management of a product or product line. This includes market research, product definition, pricing, forecasting, and go-to-market strategy. The...

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Road Map for a PM with multiple products.

Road Map for a PM with multiple products.

Road Map for PM with multiple products.By: Shardul Mahida As a product manager of multiple products, you are responsible for creating and managing roadmaps for each of your products. Having multiple roadmaps to manage can be a challenge, but with the right approach,...

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Building a Road Map as a Product Manager.

Building a Road Map as a Product Manager.

Building a Road Map as a Product Manager.By: Shardul Mahida As a product manager, one of your key responsibilities is to develop a product roadmap that outlines the direction and priorities for your product line. A well-crafted product roadmap is a critical tool for...

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Shardul Mahida

Product Manager With A Software Engineering Background. Versatile product management professional with over 6 years of experience in product development, defining product vision, driving product strategy and delivering quality solutions. 

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