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SAP Product Manager | SAP Modernization Practice Lead | SAP Solution Architect | Driving Transformation in modern Enterprise Software

About

Senior Manager at Delaware Consulting | Products & Co-innovation | ex-SAP Labs With over 16 years of experience in the software product management & development, I drive high-impact enterprise software products and solutions for businesses, from concept to market. As Senior Product Manager (based out of Bangalore, India) I have led multiple agile scrum teams, aligning product offerings with market demands, and delivering intelligent Cloud ERP (SAP) solutions that accelerates digital transformation for global enterprises. Throughout my tenure at leading organizations like TCS, SAP Labs, smartShift Technologies and Delaware Consulting, I've led or driven ERP modernization initiatives, developed strategic product roadmaps, and managed end-to-end product lifecycles for SAP flagship (S/4HANA) enterprise applications and in-house SaaS Data Platforms. My adeptness in UX design and Design Thinking, coupled with my proficiency in Agile methodologies, enables me to lead teams efficiently towards delivering intuitive and customer-centric product features. Additionally, my technical prowess in S/4HANA Conversion, S/4HANA Cloud Extensibility, ABAP Cloud, Fiori, BTP and related ERP modernization topics, underpins my ability to innovate and deliver competitive feature sets. I'm passionate about harnessing my Product management experience and techno-functional skills to drive the future of modern ERP solutions. Be it leading cross-functional agile Engineering units, co-innovating with esteemed customers or providing thought leadership in SAP ERP application modernization subjects, I'm committed to developing impactful products and delivering transformative solutions in the enterprise software domain.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

elevenlabs

gemini

Work experience

Senior Manager at delaware India, Oct 2024 - Present · 2 yrs, Bangalore Urban, Senior Manager, Product Developments and Co-innovation, SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud Leading software development efforts as Product Owner for global co-innovation product initiative on SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud solution, also leading SAP Modernization practice for India entity.

Senior Product Manager at smartShift, Apr 2021 - Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Bangalore, Leading Agile development units, orchestrating multiple cross-functional scrum teams to align with the Product vision and optimize value. Driving end-to-end Product management from ideation to implementation, including prototyping, grooming, testing, and managing releases for SAAS Data Platforms. Spearheading Product roadmap for strategic topics like SAP Clean Core Realization, Cloud Enablement, and Modernization, fostering revenue growth. Pioneering Thought Leadership on SAP Modernization, mentoring team members, garnering Top Performer awards. Conducting Product research, refining Roadmap for competitive features. Offering expertise in SAP Application Modernization, contributing to SCN communities. Guiding UI/UX design prioritizing user-centricity, innovating Gen AI Product use-cases. Engaging customers through executive presentations, driving co-innovation phases with rapid feedback. Providing assistance with Analytical Reports, modern S/4HANA Extensions on SAP BTP platform. Executing rigorous Product owner activities, ensuring collaboration with Architects, Developers, prioritizing quality, timelines.

Product Owner at SAP, May 2018 - Apr 2021 · 3 yrs, Bengaluru Area, India, • Product owner for multiple Cloud + OP FIORI Apps focused on Mass Processing and Monitoring applications in S/4HANA Procurement • Responsible for SAP S/4HANA Masterdata offerings - FIORI Apps, SOAP API, Idocs and Odata API (published API Hub), SAP Masterdata transactions • Engaging with Stakeholders and customers to gather product requirements and transforming them to development backlogs • Leading the development team by deciding on priorities for the team based on maximum possible business benefit • Preparing product backlogs communicating and explaining the product backlog to the team alongside product roadmap • Defining done criteria for Product Backlogs and thorough review the deliverables along with Quality team to ensure high quality • Deciding on product focus and investments and defines feature plans (considering product and release backlog) • Responsible for an optimal product value and profitability and drives all actions towards this direction • Author of multiple blogs on SAP Community networks around product features designed and developed by our development team

Dev Team Architect at SAP, Apr 2018 - Jul 2018 · 4 mos, Bangalore, Development Team Architect for IS-Automotive 'Just in Time' Processing. - Co-authoring Architecture Concept Documents. - Authoring Design documents for Outbound Delivery process integration for JIT processes. - Providing Design and activity diagrams for Developers. - Design and SDD/Code Reviews.

Senior Developer at SAP, Dec 2015 - May 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Scrum Master and Senior Developer for SCP - SAP Product Configuration Intelligence (PCI)

SAP ABAP Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services, Mar 2010 - Nov 2015 · 5 yrs 9 mos, Kolkata Area, India, Implementation on WMS,Batch Support to SAP R/3 and F&R Apps (Served as Team Lead), Worked on SAP integration Project etc. primarily for Europe Retail Sector (UK,Poland).

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

PGDM, Business Analytics, JAGSoM - Jagdish Sheth School of Management