Product Manager Software Developer

Certified SAFE *.* Product Manager/Owner with **+ years of experience leading product development in delivering asset management financial services. Expertise in user-centered design, data-driven decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, agile methodologies. Adept at improving engineering velocity, driving customer engagement, and delivering measurable business value. CAREER SUMMARY

WORK EXPERIENCE

Mortgage Industry Advisory Corporation Charlotte NC 08/05-12/24 Fintech Company provider of pricing, risk management for the mortgage and financial services industries Tariq Shah

Product Management/Ownership

Product Manager/Owner Charlotte NC 01/20-12/24

Led the delivery of one of the main financial enterprise products, a key pillar for firm to delivering asset management suite with advanced behavior modeling and stress testing to effectively measure risk, evaluates the price performance of the mortgage capital markets products.

Defined and executed the product strategy that engaged over 80% of customers and internal users on existing products, long-term product vision; conducted monthly customer calls and quarterly customer panel reviews.

Improved engineering velocity by 30% by managing product backlog, prioritizing features, sprint reviews, product- engineering collaboration, and organizational alignment.

Developed OKRs by involving in market research that aligned with the organizational OKRs, achieving that resulted in increase in retention of existing users, onboard of prospect users and 30% of revenue increase.

Created and validated product feature using wireframes, prototypes and data to ensure user needed solutions.

Presented biweekly presentation report to higher executive level, breaking complex data into meaningful and impactful visualizations, polished prototypes, and clear user flows to drive strategic decisions.

Created and maintained product roadmaps that facilitated cross-functional workshops to align stakeholders across research, engineering, marketing teams & sales team resulting in a cohesive product launch.

Collaborated with UX designers to build detailed user journey maps and personas, leading to a 20% improvement in customer satisfaction scores through feature usability improvements.

Created and validated 4 quarter (12 months) product roadmap that aligns with product vision and company’s mission.

Presented biweekly presentation report to higher executive level, breaking complex data into meaningful and impactful visualizations, polished prototypes, and clear user flows to drive strategic decisions.

Owned the API product lifecycle from integration to delivery, translating customer and developer needs into clear requirements, and launching scalable APIs that enabled 3rd-party integrations and increased partner adoption by 35%.

Facilitated cross-functional workshops that brought together research, engineering, and marketing teams, resulting in a cohesive product launch.

Fostering and maintaining strong client relationships by ensuring regular, transparent communication with clients, keeping them updated on the progress of their requests, and being receptive to their feedback.

Optimized the user workflow and reduced it from 5 steps to 2 steps by automating backend items to compute scores without the need for user interaction.

Reduce the application processing time by ~40% by completely re-architecting the data fetch and loading processes. 845-***-****

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CORE COMPETENCIES

Product Roadmap, strategy, Execution, Market Research

Data-Driven Decision Making, UAT & Metrics Dashboards

User Journey Map, Backlog Grooming and OKR Development

A/B Testing, Customer Segmentation & Retention Strategies

Cross-functional Team Leadership, UX/UI Collaboration

Product Lifecycle Management, SDLC, Agile (Jira, Confluence)

Asset management, MBS, Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSRs), Whole Loans, Commercial Loans, Reverse

Financial Modeling, Cashflow Modeling & Structured Finance

Capital Market Asset Pricing and Risk Management

Cloud (Microsoft Azure), Big Data, API Integrations

Software Engineering (C++, C#, .Net, Python, SQL) CERTIFICATION

Certified SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager

(POPM)

Staff Software Developer NYC 01/12-12/16

Engineered OAS technology in C++ OOP, enhancing system efficiency by 40% for advanced Whole Loan and MSR Tranche FRM and ARM pricing, leading to faster and more accurate financial analyses.

Integrated real time feed from FINRA for TRACE data to generate in house TBA pricings.

Developed a comprehensive application for computing detailed Cash Flow Components, integrating problem-solving skills to allow user-defined prepayment, delinquency, and foreclosure models, facilitating seamless data transfer to spreadsheets.

Implemented Agile methodologies and DevOps practices to streamline project delivery, achieving a 30% reduction in development cycle time and enhancing team productivity through continuous integration and deployment.

Led a cross-functional team in adopting version control systems, fostering a collaborative environment that emphasized software engineering best practices and innovative problem-solving. Software Developer NYC. 08/05-12/11

Engineered a Bloomberg and Thompson Reuters Pricing API tool, enabling real-time pricing downloads and incorporating problem-solving and system architecture enhancements.

Implemented a reporting engine using Crystal Reports, facilitating runtime report generation with options for PDF/Excel export, improving data accessibility and report management.

Designed a sensitivity analysis tool, allowing simultaneous component adjustments and pricing for different components, showcasing problem-solving and software engineering skills. Developed an unrivaled price sensitivity analysis tool for interest rate shocks or scenarios at various levels.

Engineered a Bloomberg and Thompson Reuters Pricing API tool, enabling real-time pricing downloads and incorporating problem-solving and system architecture enhancements.

Implemented a reporting engine using Crystal Reports, facilitating runtime report generation with options for PDF/Excel export, improving data accessibility and report management. EDUCATION

Bachelor of computer Science, Bangalore University Software Development Project Management Charlotte NC 01/17-12/19

Led engineering and enhanced system architecture in C# and C++, achieving a 20% boost in application performance and a 30% reduction in code deployment time.

Oversee development and migration of C++ standalone MSR calculator engine to a C# enterprise solution, utilizing SQL for backend processes, embodying problem-solving and software engineering excellence using distributed process management.

Oversee Implemented DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment cycles by 40% and fostering a collaborative environment between development and operations teams.

Architected system infrastructure to integrate state-of-the-art, in-house, and third-party API prepayment and default models, improving loan-level cash flow calculations and asset valuation accuracy.

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