As a Technical Product Manager in the modern workspace, I am responsible for driving the product vision and bridging the gap between business and technology teams. I am responsible to align organization vision of the modern workspace with the product strategy and roadmap keeping the organization goals and operating budget in sight. My weekly activities include:1. Standup meetings with the technology teams - Dev, QA, Data.2. Status meetings with the business and technology stakeholders.3. Status meetings with the vendor.4. Backlog grooming5. Sprint planning6. Prioritizing product roadmap7. Mapping business requirements to functional specifications.8. Maintaining the team site for project documentation.

Oracle HCM cloud performance management implementation for one of the leading media groups in New York.

Agile implementation of a custom PeopleSoft 9.1 staff salary advance system. The purpose of the new system is to replace the manual advance system to reduce operational cost and effort. The new advance system will enable users to request the salary advances and get them approved online. The payment and recovery of advance is also automated to further reduce the efforts and provide a pleasant and user-friendly experience to requester, approver, finance and payroll teams.Responsible for gathering requirements from the stake holders across geographies. Developed the functional design solution and process flow diagram for the custom application.Responsible for outlining the security requirements for the application.Provided comprehensive support to end users and stakeholders through training and documentation.Created product backlog along with stakeholders.Utilized analytical and research techniques to identify gaps and inconsistencies within current processes allowing development of improved and cost-effective model.Coordinated test strategy development, project planning, scheduling, ensuring test environment availability, generation of test scenarios, test reports, communication of test activities and status.Responsible for conducting UAT with the cross-functional business teams to ensure the system is aligned with the vision of the business teams.Participated in regular meetings with upper management to communicate accomplishments, plans, issues and risks to the project’s progress.

Production support for PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 and Taleo Recruiting.I was roped in for the critical support of PeopleSoft Human Capital Management and Taleo Recruiting. As a functional consultant, my role was to advise the client on the process improvements and process updates due to system upgrade. I helped client set up new retail stores and suggested mass upload process for the annual position budgets.I was responsible for auditing the minimum state and federal wages across stores.I was responsible for maintaining the integration between Taleo and PeopleSoft to ensure that the jobs were posted correctly on the job site.Built several HCM reports using PS Query for the HR Services.

Implementation of PeopleSoft Recruiting and Security solutions for the United Nations. I lead the global implementation and shadow support and involved in the project planning activities. Implementation of Oracle HCM cloud Performance management and data migration from PeopleSoft to Oracle HCM. Designed critical solutions and process flows for client to meet the complex multi-agency requirements and reporting.Created functional specifications for the recruiting and onboarding implementation.Participated in stakeholder discussions to finalize the business requirements, budgeting and resourcing.Created functional specifications for workforce profile management for recruiting needs.Created custom PS security policies as per multi agency requirement.Designed functional design for the integration between recruiting and third party.Responsible for system configurations for recruiting and profile management.Prepared data mapping for data migration from PeopleSoft to Oracle HCM cloud.Designed Oracle HCM cloud Core HR org structure based on the UNDP requirements.Created system test plan and test scenarios. Lead the SIT activities to maintain the quality standards.Created acceptance test scenarios and supported business owners across geographies.Lead the change management activities.Lead a technical team of 5 members to successfully implement the project.Special Notes/Points of interest• I used my strong experience with PeopleSoft HCM solution to lead this complex, and successful implementation.• I lead the development team and also worked on individual tasks. • I mentored the team throughout the project on HCM policies and system functionality.

Implementation and shadow support for PeopleSoft Core HR-NA Payroll/ELM 9.1.Lead with System Integration team for PeopleSoft HR-NA Payroll/ELM 9.1 implementation.Prepares SIT test plan and mentored the team on SIT scripts creation and execution.Lead the defect management activities using Quality Center.Analyzed the business requirements and created functional specification documentation.I was liaison between business and technical team.I mentored the team on system functionalities and customizations

Upgrade and maintain PeopleSoft human resource and learning management solutions from v8.8 to v9.1. The upgrade wasbased on the waterfall methodology.Participated in PeopleSoft ELM/HCM 9.1 upgrade.Participated in the Gap analysis on the current system capabilities and created new requirements.Created HCM Test strategy in conjunction with HR, Benefit and Payroll teams.Creation of UAT test plans and scenarios to confirm expected system performance.Consulted with different Lines of Business owners and designed solutions to meet their requirements.Consultation with Lines of Businesses to bring them onboard the ELM system.Created and updated business processes. Responsible for maintaining the system configurations pre-and post-upgrade.Responsible for new and adhoc reporting requirements for HR Leadership and LoBs.Provided Tier 1 & 2 end-user support to identify system inefficiencies, document specifications and assist developers with technical designs.Used PS query and SQL for reporting requirements.User training support, HR roadshows, and quality control.Lead a team of 3 members in the HR services.

Implementation of PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management 9.0 solution for the Detroit based auto major General Motors.

Enhancements and implementation support of PeopleSoft Human Capital Management v8.8 for Sydney, Australia based investment bank.