Syed Hussaini, Product Manager in Hoffman Estates, IL, United States
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Syed Hussaini

Verified Expert  in Product Management

Product Manager

Hoffman Estates, IL, United States

Toptal member since September 10, 2024

Bio

Syed excels in IT integration and aligning technology with business goals. He specializes in project management, Agile methodology, and business process design and has hands-on experience in SAP, Azure DevOps, Teams, Salesforce, Oracle PeopleSoft, and Icertis CLM. Proficient in big data, data lakes, and data engineering for financial reporting, Syed translates complex concepts into actionable insights, defines strategic roadmaps, and adeptly leads teams through agile planning.

Project Highlights

Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Deployment
Spearheaded the successful transition from legacy systems to the Icertis platform, reducing operational costs by 30%.
Dow and Saudi Aramco JV
Designed apps to track raw products from procure-to-pay (P2P), warehousing, storage, and freight to delivery, ensuring 100% compliance with joint venture agreements, accurate financial reporting, and marketing sales data for relevant business units.
CNHi Spare Parts Integration
Coordinated daily test status presentations for the data team, achieving a 100% on-time delivery rate.

Expertise

  • Agile DevOps
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
  • Data Lakes
  • Product Owner
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Stakeholder Management

Work Experience

Business and Integration Architect Manager | Product Owner

2015 - 2024
Accenture
  • Collaborated with over 50 business stakeholders to identify and prioritize requirements, ensuring a 95% satisfaction rate.
  • Headed the transition from legacy systems to the Icertis platform, reducing operational costs by 30%.
  • Got promoted and led data conversion and management efforts, overseeing the migration of over 10 million records with 99.9% accuracy.

Project History

Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Deployment

Spearheaded the successful transition from legacy systems to the Icertis platform, reducing operational costs by 30%.

While working on this project, I was promoted to lead data conversion and management, overseeing the migration of over 10 million records with 99.9% accuracy. My other responsibilities included:

• Collaborating with over 50 business stakeholders to identify and prioritize requirements, ensuring a 95% satisfaction rate.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for integration-related user stories, consulting on enhancements impacting data and reducing integration issues by 40%.
• Spearheading the transition to an agile work process, improving team efficiency by 25%.

Dow and Saudi Aramco JV

Designed apps to track raw products from procure-to-pay (P2P), warehousing, storage, and freight to delivery, ensuring 100% compliance with joint venture agreements, accurate financial reporting, and marketing sales data for relevant business units.

My other responsibilities included:

• Demonstrating exceptional leadership by training over 30 new team members and becoming the point of contact for high-priority issues, leading to a promotion to associate manager.
• Conducting peer reviews for all designs, ensuring a 98% approval rate.
• Completing intensive SAP S4/HANA training and receiving the Agile professional certification.

CNHi Spare Parts Integration

Coordinated daily test status presentations for the data team, achieving a 100% on-time delivery rate.

My other responsibilities included:

• Leading user acceptance (UAT), non-regression (NRT), and end-to-end testing for all systems, resulting in a 95% defect resolution rate.
• Overseeing cross-functional data validation and enrichment meetings, improving data quality by 15%.
• Managing offshore meetings for master data loads, ensuring seamless communication and execution.
• Overseeing the entire testing lifecycle, including master data maintenance and migration, to ensure data integrity.

Certifications

NOVEMBER 2023 - PRESENT

Certified SAFe 6 Product Owner/Product Manager

Scaled Agile

OCTOBER 2023 - OCTOBER 2026

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Project Management Institute (PMI)

OCTOBER 2023 - OCTOBER 2026

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Skills

Paradigms

Agile, Scrum, Agile Workflow

Other

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Data Lakes, Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile DevOps, Agile Practices, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Product Owner, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Financial Reporting, Supply Chain, Agile Sprints, Business Logic, Business Cases, SAP, Agile Delivery, Business to Business (B2B), Financials, BI Reports, Project Design, Data, Reporting

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