Dhirendra Kumar Singh

Telephone: (M) 91-9810730656 Email: email2dhiren@gmail.com

Objective

Seeking senior managerial assignments in Product/Project Management for IT and IT based Products and Services

Profile SummaryA motivated, detail oriented and problem solving Team Player having hands on experience with variety of cross Function Lead

positions during past 15 years of my career and hence being a Generalization Specialist and based on my past experience, I performed (or got executed from respective teams) below Roles and Responsibilities, whenever these opportunities assigned to me.

Strategy and PlanningGeneral- Entrepreneurial Product Management Leader with a strong track record of driving new product launches and growing product

line revenue by innovating, developing and executing Business Plans, Product line strategy & Product Roadmap to deliver solutions to Customers, understands Business, ROIs and Priorities, performs Competition Analysis

- Managed P&L and multiple product lines serving Indian & Global Customers, Annual and Quarter Plans, Budgeting - Digital Consumer Engagement: Strategies to transform the Brand Consumer Relationship through Digital and Social

Media, engaging with consumers in a structured and sustained manner, deriving deep consumer insights, and influencing brand advocacy, actionable insights derived from Consumer Feedbacks

- Visualize Products based on Customer discussions, Feedbacks, Competition Analysis, Risk Analysis, SWOT Analysis, LONGPESTEL Analysis etc.

- Participate in formulation of Business Plans, Marketing initiatives and respective Strategies, collaborate with respective team of stakeholders to establish Business Roadmap along with developing the Sales Pipeline, Quarter and Annual Plans

- Present Technology strategy to investors, management, partners, customers and stakeholders Implementation and Deployment

Product Management- A strategy leader with experience in driving multiple product design, definition and delivery for Web / Cloud Computing

(Cloud Clients, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS etc.), Analytics, Business Intelligence, Big Data, Mobile APIs, Recruitment, eCommerce and Social Media

- Own and maintain Product Backlogs: based on Business value, ROI, Product Vision and prioritization of User Stories- Documentation: MRD, PRD, Technical Proposals, Presentations etc.Product Engineering- Going Agile way: Development Methodology process definition and implementation, desired documentation- Product Planning & Execution: Plan and discuss Product Roadmap, possible Releases (major & minor) and respective Sprints

with the teams, Collaborate with teams in developing and maintaining Release and Sprint Backlogs- Estimate: Resource, Time and Cost- Mentor teams during Product Specification Conformance (Test Cases definition) based on UX and User Stories- Code Repository: Code Library and Repository for its re-use by the respective programmers- Meetings: Customer and Senior Management meetings, Retrospective meetings, Scrum meetings (if needed)- Management & Framework Tools: JIRA (Manage Agile), SPRING, MS Project, Visio etc.Presales Support- Master and maintain knowledge of organization’s product-suite and act as Product Expert for Sales Team & Customers.

Manage the relationship with the customer and act as “second face” to the customer during the Sales Cycle- Mockups preparation post collaboration with Customer and respective stakeholders from Sales team- Go-No-Go Analysis, Solution Consulting (existing systems study, POC Development & Customer Presentations), Solution

Design & Documentation (Planning, As-Is, To-Be / Gap / Need Analysis), strong track record of handling Presales activities e.g. Project Definition, Scoping, SOW, RFP, Work Orders by innovating, developing and executing Business Plan, Sales Pipeline, Strategy & Roadmap to deliver solutions

- Manage and prepare technical/commercial responses to RFX (Government Tenders and Corporate Customers either regional or overseas) that include Bid Management, visualize overall Solution (through customer discussions, Feedbacks, Competition Analysis, Risk Analysis), Consortium Partners and Vendor Management, Offer Preparation & Approval, Estimation: Resource, Time and Cost

Service Exposure - IT Consulting, Product Management & Engineering, Application Maintenance & Support, Mobile Application, Web 2.0, Social

Media Solutions, Web Applications, Cloud Computing (Web Clients, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), Open Source, LAMPP, Big Data, Java etc.Operational Management

- Collaborate with Customers (Indian or Overseas), Senior Management, Cross Function Teams e.g. Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, Legal, Finance to build consensus on plans/priorities to articulate market opportunities and drive Customer acquisition & retention. In past, engaged with Customers and Partners in India / South East Asia / Hongkong / Middle East for both Government and non-Government engagements

- Vendor and Consortium Partners Management- Processes: recommendations to improve processes, establish team metrics for their success measurement- Team Building: Conduct Interviews, mentor teams by assisting in planning their individual Career Goals and Professional

Growth Plans, Performance evaluations and Reviews

Core Competencies

Product / Project Management • Portfolio Management • Leadership • Collaborate with Cross Functional Teams & Customer • Own the Product • Execute the Product • Product Strategy • Roadmap Development • Strategic Planning • Budgeting • Business Plan • Product Backlog building • Prioritization • Presentations • Project Planning • Project Development • Waterfall and Agile Lifecycle Methodologies • Product Launch / Release • Product Innovation • New Product Introduction • Resource Management • Pricing • SaaS • PaaS • Domain expertise: Recruitment, eCommerce, Cloud Computing, Big Data • Strategic Partnerships • Market Assessment • Product Requirements gathering • Go-to-market planning • Sales Enablement • Business Development • Product Positioning • Product Vision • Drive Product • Product / Software Sizing • Customer Interactions • Product Direction • Product Definition • Lead Product • Technical Proposal • Government Tenders • Estimation: Resource, Time, Price • Competition Analysis • Risk Analysis • Processes / Methodologies: Innovate and Implement new processes and procedures • ISO 9001 2000 processes

Tools & Technologies- Applications & Services type: Web based Applications, Cloud Computing (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), BigData, Mobility etc.- Analytic Tools: Competition Analysis, SWOT Analysis, LONGPESTEL Analysis, Competition Analysis, Risk Analysis- In past Collaborated with Teams working on: Open Source (LAMPP), Microsoft Technologies (.Net, C#, SQL Server), Java

Technologies, Oracle, C++, UI Design Tools- Development Methodologies: Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Waterfall- Design, Development & Planning Tools: JIRA, SPRING, MS Project, Sharepoint, Visio, MS Excel

Experience

- Monster.com (I) Pvt Ltd as Manager Product Engg [Dec 2007 to Present]

Worked as a leading member of the product development team to manage the delivery of scalable, high-performance solutions for transaction-intensive (e.g. www.monsterindia.com, www.monstercollege.in etc.) Web Applications and ServicesPartial List of ProjectsCorporate: MonsterIndia.com, MonsterCollege.in, RozgarDuniya.com, Syntel, ICICI PrudentialGovernment: NSDC, NIESBUD, ASAP Program for Kerala Government, Delhi Police, ONGC, CISF, CRPF, Indian Navy, DGR, LIC

- Wisitech Info Solutions as Project Manager [Jul 2007 to Dec 2007]

Responsibility included defining and developing Project Plans, managing and mentoring Teams, helping Teams to resolve technical issues, monitoring and reviewing project progress, and serving as a liaison for internal and external stakeholders. Manage delivery of scalable and high-performance service-based web applications Partial List of ProjectsIndian Clients: Wipro, NIITOverseas Clients: SnapSnalytx (https://snapanalytx.com/), Alliance Pharmacy Group (https://www.apgrx.ca/)

- Netcradle (I) Pvt. Ltd. as Manager Pre-sales [Mar 2006 to Jun 2007]Responsibilities include Requirements Study; discuss the requirements across various Teams members, Go-No-Go Analysis, Information Collection, Proposal Preparation, Estimate Resources, Timeline & Cost, Consortium Partner evaluation and interactions, NDAs, Interactions with Client and Top Management, Presentations

Implemented quality processes for ISO 9001 2000 certification for the organizationPartial List of ProjectsIndian Clients: LG India, www.indianfantasyleague.comOverseas Clients: www.juniors.net, www.youdagame.com, www.nightvisionplanet.com

- DayLight Best (I) Pvt. Ltd. as Project Manager [Sep 2005 to Feb 2006]

Responsibility included defining and developing Project Plans, managing and mentoring Teams, helping Teams to resolve technical issues, monitoring and reviewing project progress, and serving as a liaison for internal and external stakeholders. Manage delivery of scalable and high-performance service-based web applicationsPartial List of ProjectsIn-house Projects

- P J Softwares Ltd. as Manager Project/Presales [May 2002 to Aug 2005]

Responsibilities include Requirement's Study, discuss the requirements across various Teams members, Go-No-Go Analysis, Information Collection, Proposal Preparation, Estimate Resources, Timeline & Cost, Consortium Partner evaluation and interactions, NDAs, Interactions with Client and Top Management, Presentations

Manage Development, Testing and Support teams to ensure adherence to project timelines, Resource & Timeline Management

Implemented quality processes for ISO 9001 2000 certification for the organizationPartial List of ProjectsCorporate: EkalVidyalaya.comIndian Government: Sales Tax, NSDC, Indian RailwayUS Government: US Embassy

- IEC Softwares Ltd. as Programmer [Jan 2000 to Apr 2002]

Done programming for various projects using VB and SQL Server, also imparted Training programs on C, C++, Java, VB, ASP, Oracle etc.

Education

- PG Diploma (Computers) from NCST in 1999- Other IT Skills: Microsoft Certification in Visual Basic-6.0 and MS SQL Server-7.0., MDIT- B.Sc (Physics) from Ranchi University in 1990

Location Preference

- Any where across the globe