Sanket Sao
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal member since November 25, 2020
Sanket is a seasoned product manager with over five years of experience in managing multiple products at various lifecycle stages. He's created product strategies, built products from inception to delivery, created and managed multi-year roadmaps, worked with leadership to align the product roadmap, and executed the items using the Agile methodology. Sanket is data-driven, customer-centric, and driven by solving business problems using technology that creates real value.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- APIs
- Agile Product Management
- Analytics
- Business Process Automation
- Chatbots
- Integration
- Product Management
- SaaS
Work Experience
Senior Product Manager
"Enterprise Company"
- Drove the product strategy and roadmap for a SaaS suite of products in small business and mid-market segments.
- Executed the product roadmap while working closely with the development team to refine requirements, sprint planning. and execution; also assisted the go-to-market plan to drive the product feature rollout.
- Delivered features such as net new product modules, REST API integrations, chatbots, UI overhauls, analytics, and native feature enhancements.
Product Manager
FinancialForce
- Drove the product strategy and execution for an end-to-end HRIS system and third-party API integration solutions aligned with the company’s strategy and product vision by working closely with leadership, leading to 250% year-over-year user growth.
- Conferred with product leadership to translate the vision into a product strategy and then transform it into a roadmap of actual deliverables and finally execute it while working with go-to-market and product development teams.
- Provided technical direction using the Scrum Agile software development methodology to foster faster and quality software development, meet business requirements, and recommend an alternative approach.
- Leveraged Salesforce Einstein for predictive modeling in various areas of the product.
- Leveraged the Cloud Elements integration platform to build scalable third-party integrations with environments such as SAP Concur, Salesforce, and so on.
Product Strategy Manager
FinancialForce
- Developed product positioning, value props, and messaging that differentiates HCM product into the market and addresses the needs of target of personas.
- Executed go-to-market training, demo, and rich content for domain and technical enablement across cross-functional departments.
- Drove the marketplace expansion strategy by working with third-party vendors that form a good market and technology fit and build API integrations that increased the value exponentially for joint customers.
Data Engineer
Microsoft
- Built a reporting and analytical solution for Microsoft SQL Server.
- Implemented reporting and analytical models for various clients.
- Managed client accounts throughout the engagement and built strong professional relationships.
Project History
FinancialForce App in the Salesforce Marketplace
Designed features and built an integration ecosystem with third-party apps.
I worked as a product manager (PM) on designing various features from ideation to launch; this included leveraging the Salesforce SaaS cloud platform while providing a highly engaging experience.
Third-party Ecosystem
Built REST APIs that enabled the build of a scalable third-party ecosystem of applications, which drove 10% of channel revenues.
Candidate Matching Using Artificial Intelligence
Eliminated recruiters' manual sorting of resume work by providing them top candidates from a mass resume pile.
Education
Master's Degree (MBA) in Business Administration
McMaster University - Toronto, Canada
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Veermata Jijabai Technological University - Mumbai, India
Certifications
Salesforce Certified
Salesforce
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
SAP — Integration of Business Processes
SAP
Skills
Tools
Jira, ETL
Paradigms
Agile Product Management
Other
SaaS, Cloud, Product Management, Business, APIs, Product Roadmaps, Business Process Automation, Communication, Integration, Technical Product Management, Client Management, Product Launch, Databases, Vendor Management, Software Implementation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Agile Data Science, Machine Learning, Stakeholder Management, Go-to-market Plans, Launch Strategy, Salesforce, Analytics, SQL, Reporting, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), MySQL, JSON API, Enterprise, Roadmaps, Product Discovery, REST APIs, Technical Requirements, Predictive Analytics, Predictive Modeling, Chatbots
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