Vishal Vichare, Project Manager in Peterborough, United Kingdom
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Vishal Vichare

Verified Expert  in Project Management

Bio

Vishal is a project management expert in leading teams to understand complex business and technology requirements while transforming high-level vision into scalable solutions and driving ROI and performance for fintech and startup companies. Vishal's strengths are driving product vision while creating go-to-market strategies and MVPs to quickly confirm business capabilities, aiding stakeholders to ensure product propositions resonate with target audiences and optimize ROI.

Project Highlights

Digital Transformation Project
Led the digital transformation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM by decommissioning legacy systems and developing new applications. Improved compliance reporting accuracy with Power BI dashboards for better insights.
Scheduling System
Managed sprints for the scheduling system incorporating functions including results and participants entries for a successful release of an MVP.
EPOS Integration
Used Web APIs to manage EPOS integration of several stores in the UK for topping up their mobile phones and gaming e-vouchers.

Expertise

  • Feature Backlog Prioritization
  • IT Product Management
  • Progress Reporting
  • Scrum
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Technical Product Management
  • Technical Project Management
  • Web & Mobile Applications

Work Experience

Product Owner

2022 - PRESENT
Stonegate Group
  • Led Microsoft Dynamics CRM decommissioning and redevelopment, improving operational efficiency by 18%.
  • Developed AI-powered web scraping solutions for competitor analysis, providing actionable insights.
  • Led stakeholder engagement workshops to refine product strategy and ensure continuous feedback loops for Agile roadmap execution.
  • Conducted data analysis to improve forecasting and decision-making.

Senior Technical Project Manager

2013 - PRESENT
SVJC TRUST
  • Implemented a Centralized Project Management System – Introduced and configured a project management tool to streamline communication, task tracking, and volunteer coordination, reducing administrative workload by 40%.
  • Led the end-to-end revamp of the charity’s website, improving user experience, site performance, and accessibility, resulting in a 30% increase in online engagement.
  • Created a secure web-based system to automate volunteer onboarding, cutting down manual processing time by 50% and improving data accuracy.
  • Integrated donation processing features and optimized fundraising campaign pages, leading to a 25% increase in online donations within six months.
  • Coordinated efforts between UK-based doctors, donors, and technical teams to align digital initiatives with the charity’s mission, improving operational efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction.
  • Implemented data visualization dashboards to track volunteer participation, surgical impact, and fundraising metrics, providing real-time insights that improved decision-making and transparency.
  • Designed and deployed a mobile-responsive web interface, enabling volunteers and donors to access key information and contribute seamlessly, increasing mobile traffic by 40%.

Technical Project Manager

2025 - 2025
PANZ Lumber International Inc
  • Created a proposal for a consolidated billing platform, integrating recurring billing services from multiple providers, improving SMBs' financial transparency. Ensured platform scalability and data redundancy by selecting cloud-based solutions.
  • Led proposal development, including technology stack recommendations, cost breakdowns, and implementation strategies, securing stakeholder buy-in and resource allocations to ensure on-time delivery of platform releases.
  • Presented cost-benefit analyses to stakeholders, justifying technical investments and achieving budget approvals for key platform components.
  • Developed detailed platform demonstration materials, securing buy-in from enterprise clients and potential investors.

Technical Project Manager

2023 - 2023
Apped, LLC
  • Implemented project management methodologies, resulting in a significant increase in team productivity, as measured by the number of user stories completed. Also implemented a standardized issue-tracking system.
  • Executed a communication plan that included regular status updates and weekly meetings with stakeholders, resulting in an improvement in stakeholder satisfaction using Asana and Jira boards for communicating with the development team.
  • Collaborated with technical leads to establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for projects, enabling data-driven decision-making and tracking against project milestones.

Technical Project Manager

2022 - 2023
Corporate Games and Events UK Ltd.
  • Acted as a technical project manager and helped launch an MVP for a scheduling system for people participating in multi-disciplinary sports. Maintained ongoing improvements while leading external stakeholder relationships.
  • Used Agile methodology and the workflow for architects and engineering teams and regularly updated the stakeholders about the work process.
  • Defined project scope, plan, tracking, and road maps and managed full software lifecycle, assessing systems and associated portals and implemented changes while presenting solutions to stakeholders and ensuring data consistency and quality maintained.

Technical Product Manager

2021 - 2022
Eezi
  • Served as a technical product manager and managed teams of developers, aided the creation and delivery of unique software solutions with a team.
  • Developed business case while overseeing software roadmap. Managed sprints, including backlog, specification, and prioritization. I also aided in ceremonies, presenting sprint estimation and planning capabilities with scheduled needs.
  • Managed and developed a product backlog to prioritize initiatives according to their specific business value and also managed resources for the delivery of the projects.
  • Supported wider strategy to ensure capabilities for product sets are independent, owned, and scalable. Oversaw the development of customer connections to drive business growth.

Technical Project Manager

2020 - 2020
Sensations English
  • Engaged as technical project manager, overseeing the full delivery of business-critical projects, including website applications and third-party integrations.
  • Defined project plans and PID, tracked progress, and managed complex internal and external stakeholder priorities while resolving resourcing, budgeting, monitoring, and control issues.
  • Used Jira boards for workflow management and for managing sprints. Used monday.com for prioritizing tasks and Jira boards to carry them out.
  • Interacted with various offshore and third-party vendors, adjusting communication strategies for the project.

Project History

Digital Transformation Project

https://www.stonegategroup.co.uk/

Led the digital transformation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM by decommissioning legacy systems and developing new applications. Improved compliance reporting accuracy with Power BI dashboards for better insights.

• Implemented AI-driven automation and CRM transformation, increasing user engagement by 25% and reducing operational inefficiencies by 30%.
• Optimized backlog prioritization in Jira, ensuring seamless Agile execution and feature alignment.
• Developed Power BI dashboards, enhancing compliance reporting accuracy by 30%.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to define product strategy, roadmap execution, and business impact assessment.
• Created wireframes and process flows in Miro and Visio, reducing feature development time by 25%.
• Analysed large datasets (Power BI, SQL) to improve forecasting, risk assessment, and decision-making, reducing user friction by 20%.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Led Microsoft Dynamics CRM decommissioning and redevelopment, improving efficiency by 18%.
• Spearheaded competitor pricing analysis, enabling data-driven decision-making.
• Automated data workflows, reducing manual effort by 40% and improving reporting accuracy.
• Developed interactive dashboards that provided actionable insights, improving reporting accuracy and decision-making for cross-functional teams.

Scheduling System

https://www.corporate-games.com/

Managed sprints for the scheduling system incorporating functions including results and participants entries for a successful release of an MVP.

I defined project scope, plan, tracking, and road maps and managed the entire software lifecycle, assessing systems and associated portals. I also implemented changes while presenting the solution to stakeholders and demonstrated the importance of Agile methodology in resolving conflicts. In addition, I ensured client data was integrated into the scheduling system and maintained data consistency and quality.

EPOS Integration

http://myeezi.com

Used Web APIs to manage EPOS integration of several stores in the UK for topping up their mobile phones and gaming e-vouchers.

As a product manager, I transformed application user friendliness for B2C users. I surveyed a sample of consumers, listed and inoculated challenges with the app, identified third-party apps utilized to track user activity, and built and presented business cases and solutions to stakeholders.

I also led scrum meetings, gathered and prioritized requirements, verified Web APIs requests and responses, launched a project communicating with internal teams while performing UAT, and transformed the app to track user exit points.

MVP of Teaching English Online

https://sensationsenglish.com/

Led and managed two teams of developers, QA, and a solution architect to launch a website for non-English speakers to learn English successfully.

Led Scrum team through application development projects and managed offshore development teams, facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning sessions, demos, and other Agile methodologies.

I was accountable for working within teams to determine solutions to meet current and upcoming requirements measured by monthly users per feature or transaction volume. I delivered on time, team velocity and accuracy, support tickets, testing, support, retention, churn, and customer lifetime value. In addition, I defined project scope and plan, presented business cases, identified and mitigated risks while prioritizing requirements, led scrum meetings, implemented solutions, set and managed budget, executed project liaising with internal teams, and performed UAT.

Finally, I successfully utilized mixpanel to track customer journey while implementing different website pages to drive digital marketing campaigns that significantly boosted website registrations.

Application Launch

Led a team of developers to design, build, and launch a fully functional application, enhancing the charity’s operational efficiency and user engagement.

Led a team of developers to successfully design, develop, and launch a custom application that improved business processes for the charity. Managed the entire project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and product vision definition to development, testing, and deployment. Ensured seamless collaboration between stakeholders, including UK-based doctors and volunteers, to align the application’s functionality with real-world needs. The application introduced key features such as volunteer registration, scheduling, and reporting tools, significantly reducing manual work and enhancing operational efficiency. The application improved business processes, increased engagement, and enhanced transparency in tracking the charity’s impact by automating and optimizing workflows.

Education

2010 - 2011

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Administration

Newcastle Business School - Newcastle, England

2002 - 2008

Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication

University of Mumbai - Mumbai, India

Certifications

APRIL 2023 - PRESENT

SAFe Product Manager

Scaled Agile Inc.

OCTOBER 2017 - PRESENT

PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification

PeopleCert

MAY 2017 - PRESENT

Certified Scrum Master

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Skills

Tools

Jira, Slack, Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Paradigms

Agile Project Management, Scrum, Agile Product Management, Agile, HIPAA Compliance, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), UX Design

Industry Expertise

Pets, Health Insurance

Platforms

WordPress, Microsoft Dynamics 365

Other

Technical Project Management, ChatGPT, Project Planning, Sprint Planning, Risk Management, Roadmaps, Stakeholder Management, Resource Allocation, Solution Design, Technical Writing, Technical Documentation, API Documentation, CSS, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), HTML, Business Analysis, Process Improvement, SOP Development, Web Development, Estimation & Planning, Feature Planning, Feature Prioritization, Product Roadmaps, User Workflows, Delivery, Microsoft, Consulting, Contract Management, Communication Management, Teamwork, Web Scraping, API Applications, API Platforms, Request for Proposal (RFP), Vendor Selection, Implementation, POS, Platforms, Mobile Development, Web Technologies, Business Process Optimization, Workflow Automation & System Integration, Quality Assurance (QA), Dashboards, Scrum Master, Programming, Stakeholder Engagement, Progress Reporting, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Task Management, Web & Mobile Applications, Web Project Management, Web App Development, Product Management, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Technical Requirements, Estimation & Planning, Mobile App Development, Project Tracking, Artificial Intelligence (AI), APIs, IT Product Management, User Stories, Software Development, Software as a Service (SaaS), API Integration, Software Implementation, Cybersecurity, Project Delivery, Scope of Work (SOW), Client Delivery Management, Startups, IT Project Management, Fintech, Vendor Management, Technical Product Management, UI Design, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Databases, Project Rescue, User Journeys, Project Reporting, JavaScript, Product Roadmaps, Reporting, ERP Implementation, System Integration, C#, Business Intelligence (BI), Content Management Systems (CMS), Digital Transformation, Project Scoping, Backlog Grooming, Feature Analysis, APIs, Artificial Intelligence (AI), ChatGPT, OpenAI GPT-4 API, Customer Insights, Finance, Document Parsing, SOC 2, SAP Delivery Management, SAP Implementation, Large Language Models (LLMs), Low Code, No-code Development, OpenAI, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Zapier, Agile Coaching, Pitch Decks, Legal Technology (Legaltech), Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Python, BI Reporting, Business Processes, UX Wireframes, Interactive Prototypes, Digital Transformation Program Management, GAP Analysis, Resourcing, Business Process Analysis, Keyword Analysis, Strategy, Feature Prioritization, Sprints

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