Anubhav Sharma
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Mississauga, ON, Canada
Toptal member since October 23, 2024
Mr Sharma is a trusted AI and data science partner with over a decade of experience in business analytics. He has a successful track record in delivering high-impact, client-focused data, digital, and AI solutions in telco, connected services, manufacturing, and regulated industries such as life sciences. Anubhav Sharma has also productized data, analytics and AI capabilities to create multiyear roadmaps aimed at innovation, productivity gains, Infonomics for improving revenue, growth, and CX.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Alteryx
- Analytics
- Big Data
- Conversational AI
- Data Products
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
- Machine Learning
- Machine Learning Operations (MLOps)
Work Experience
Founder | Principal Consultant
PowerBricks Data Advisory Inc.
- Enabled a North American CMO with data analysis and strategic insights to go private equity, supporting the finance, private equity, and operations teams.
- Enabled a leading US direct-to-consumer (DTC) life science company's commercial practice with data gov and data ops practices in compliance with CCPA, GPDR, HIPAA, and FHIR standards, transforming connected patient, pharmacy, and HCP across therapies.
- Defined data transfer agreements (DTA) and CLM automation for data contracts and entitlements for vendors in telehealth, claims, dispensing, and CSP domains within the commercial org.
- Shifted data strategy from the in-person-centric health and healthcare delivery business to prioritize digital engagement and the use of digital products and services throughout the entirety of an individual’s health journey and therapy.
Product Manager
Daimler Truck North America
- Owned the MVP definition for AI-driven products and data services, guiding them from ideation to successful release. Established robust criteria for the definition of ready and definition of done.
- Created and maintained product roadmaps and managed product backlogs. Created user stories, release notes, and status reports to ensure transparent communication among stakeholders.
- Led internal teams to design, deploy, and evaluate algorithms that enhance customer safety, security, savings, and productivity.
- Built solutions for eCascadia sales, charging infrastructure, incentive boards, and disadvantaged communities.
- Injected GenAI capabilities to the voice of the customer and complaints channel, leveraging the latest features in Salesforce AI and Service Cloud.
- Managed continuous integration of BEV customer, regulatory, utility, and incentive data into the Salesforce Customer Data Platform (CDP).
Principal Business Solutions Architect
Roche
- Defined the vision, managed the product backlog, and led the re-engineering of business processes, leveraging data science, AI, and digital capabilities for drug product improvements.
- Industrialized analytics tooling and multiplatform orchestration strategies leveraging Alteryx, Tableau, Dataiku, UiPath, Dialogflow, Copilot, and process mining capabilities with a leadership matrix anchored on best practices and design reviews.
- Yielded an annual recurring savings of $9+ million FTE consolidation after managing the product backlog of on-demand reporting applications for PTQ Roche and regulatory authorities such as the FDA, Health Canada, and Swissmedic.
- Injected, piloted, tested, and validated GenAI capabilities into complaints intake, adverse event reporting, and pharmacovigilance channels, driving transformation using Salesforce.com, Google Dialogflow, and Azure together.
Data Science Lead
General Motors
- Led retail analytics AI business integration and data strategy in an Agile framework at the Chief Data and Analytics Office, providing recommendations and tradeoffs for delivery and continuous validation of digital connectivity benefits.
- Developed and managed a product roadmap for retail analytics initiatives, prioritizing features based on stakeholder input and market demands.
- Facilitated backlog grooming sessions and crafted clear and actionable user stories to guide development efforts in an Agile framework.
- Achieved a 10% lift in annual recurring revenue of $7 million after leading the analytical transformation of outbound marketing channels, improving the subscription base, and adopting ARPU, LTV, RPC, and conversion ratios.
- Steered MLOps and strategy of key analytics and predictive modeling projects like next best actions, the propensity to accept offers, and the right call time and frequency, managing diverse teams to drive outcomes that support corporate objectives.
Analytics Scientist (Contract)
Ford Motor Company
- Built reporting and analytics for rent optimization, floor space utilization, and facilities management for a 300 million-square-foot portfolio. Created the analytical data sets using CoStar, Archibus, EFT, Tridium, Maximo, JD Edwards, and ArcGIS.
- Led data governance, profiling, enrichment, harmonization, and data quality and standards activities to develop analytics and enterprise data lakes for warranty, engineering, purchasing, supply chain, real estate, emissions, and after-sales.
- Developed location intelligence and automated data services, leveraging the Alteryx designer and gallery, HERE APIs, Hadoop, QlikView, and GeoQlik.
- Evaluated climate data vendors such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Weather Source, and AccuWeather. Integrated and acquired weather data with warranty insights.
Business Analyst
Tavant
- Managed the cloud configuration and migration of warranty management solutions for Terex Cranes—automating major functions like warranty entitlements, recall campaign management, supplier recovery, return material authorization, and dealer transfers.
- Coordinated and managed SDLC activities with the offshore team, tracked high-priority and critical deliverables, developed industry case studies, and showcased new capabilities of the latest product release.
- Identified business requirements, handled process design, created post-implementation plans across multiple engagements, and developed end-to-end warranty management solutions on Force.com.
- Implemented a Salesforce.com-based warranty platform for Kawasaki, Terex Cranes, First Solar, and Subaru. As a business analyst, I wore multiple hats and participated in DevOps and release management.
Consultant
ATG (acquired by Cognizant)
- Designed solutions, developed system requirements, and led RFPs for customers in revenue recognition and lead-to-cash domains.
- Automated and improved sales, marketing, and CPQ processes using the native workflow capabilities of Salesforce, Conga, and BigMachines.
- Ensured data quality through business process audits, custom reporting, and data visualization.
- Oversaw data migrations using the Fusion CRM, SFDC Workbench, SFDC Data Loader, and Informatica for new and existing engagements. Created sales, contracts, and billing funnel reports.
- Led Sales Cloud implementation for Intercall and West IPC. Actively managed tenant-to-tenant integrations and legacy migrations impacting a global Salesforce. Acted as an admin for production-level organization, ensuring smooth data operations.
- Managed multiple Salesforce.com cloud-native implementations and automation of CPQ, CLM, and Reporting processes for telco clients, leveraging capabilities from Salesforce Dashboards and reports, CONGA, APPTUS, BigMachine, and DocuSign.
Project History
Connected Services Marketing Transformation
Grew the subscription base, adoption average revenue per user (ARPU), lifetime value (LTV), revenue per click (RPC), and conversion ratios, resulting in a 10% increase in annual recurring revenue of $7 million.
Analytics Transformation of Pharma Quality Operations
Built, developed, and managed the product backlog of on-demand reporting applications for PTQ Roche and regulatory authorities like the FDA, Health Canada, and Swissmedic—achieving $9+ million in annual recurring FTE savings and digital revenue.
We industrialized analytics tooling and multiplatform orchestration strategies that leveraged Alteryx, Tableau, Dataiku, UiPath, Alation, Veeva, Google Dialogflow, Copilot, and process mining capabilities with a leadership matrix. We also anchored on best practices and design review processes.
Real Estate Analytics and Cost of Carbon/Emission
Enabled analytics for rent optimization, floor space utilization, and facilities management for a 300 million-square-foot portfolio, including commercial, corporate, and manufacturing footprint for a major auto company.
Education
Master's Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering
Wayne State University - Detroit, MI, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering
University at Buffalo, SUNY - Buffalo, NY, USA
Certifications
Certified SAFe 6 Product Owner/Product Manager (PO/PM)
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Salesforce Certified Data Cloud Consultant
Salesforce
Salesforce Certified AI Associate
Salesforce
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scienctist Associate
Microsoft
FBDL: Data Lakes for Big Data
EMC
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Wayne State University
Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant
Salesforce
Salesforce Certified Administrator
Salesforce
Salesforce Certified Force.com Developer
Salesforce
Skills
Tools
Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Paradigms
Agile, Six Sigma, Agile Business Analysis, Azure DevOps
Platforms
Alteryx, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, MuleSoft
Other
Analytics, Big Data, Machine Learning, Salesforce, Digital Transformation, Business Solutions, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Conversational AI, Data Mesh, Data Products, CPQ, Data Strategy, Third-party Data, Location Services, Fraud Prevention, Cloud Computing, Business Analysis, RFPs, Customer Data Platform (CDP), Business Cases, Customer Experience, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Ownership, Roadmaps, Optimization, Production, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Applied Statistics, Finance, C++, SQL, Lean Manufacturing, Digital, AI Democratization, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Merkle, Experian, Acxiom, DataOps, Real Estate Analytics, Sales, Reverse Logistics, Price Sensitivity, Consulting, Integration, Migration, Core ML, CRM Design, Big Data Architecture, Lean, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Cloud Security, Cloud, Data Lakes, Data Quality, AWS Cloud Foundations, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Azure ML Studio, Data Governance
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