Parag Sandhansi

About Parag Sandhansi

Seasoned Digital Leader with expertise in leading large Portfolios of annual budget of ~USD 50M.• Expertise in defining & owning Product Vision and Roadmap for Global Digital products – currently leading a team of experienced Product Owners and Managers to deliver maximum business value.• Proven track record of coming up with innovative solutions and offerings using Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping principles - leading cross-functional teams, creating business cases, evaluating technology options, securing funding approvals, and executing with precision to help improve top-line as well as bottom-line.• Defined and executed the product Roadmaps for transition of large monolithic applications into easily managed modular, service based cloud applications to decommission legacy applications.• Rich domain experience across Digital and Physical Channels, Conversational Banking and Contact Center, Telecom, FMCG, Energy & Utilities industries, Non-Financial Risk Management and Compliance.• Hands-On Skills: Product Strategy, Digital Strategy, Product Vision and Roadmap, Digital Transformation, Design and Product Thinking, Cost Benefit Analysis, KPIs & OKRs Ownership, Lean Business Cases, Business Hypothesis, MVP Definition, Rapid Prototyping, Market Analysis, Competitor Analysis, Process Reengineering, People Management, Mentorship, Analytical and Interpersonal skills, Understanding of AI & ML and Keen interest in cutting edge Technology trends. JIRA, Confluence, Salesforce, MS Project, SQL, Advanced Excel, Google Analytics, Informatica. • Managed Tech Stack: Generative AI with ChatGPT 3.5, Turbo, 4o mini, Google Gemini, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, GCP, JAVA.NET, Tableau, PowerBI, R, Sitecore, Sharepoint, Oracle.• Strong Leadership, Analytical and Interpersonal skills - mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.• An MBA from Tier 1 B School - S P Jain, Mumbai (SPJIMR) in Information Management and an Computer Engineer from College of Engineering Pune (COEP).

Experience

1. Senior Vice President Product Management

   HSBC

   Jul 2022 — Present · Pune, IN

   Spearheaded the development of GenAI-based products, serving 40 million customers across 20 countries. • Managed an annual budget of USD 50 million, ensuring strategic allocation for maximum impact. • Accountable for the Global Digital Channels Strategy and led the transformation of Global CCaaS.

Education

• COEP Technological University

  B. Tech, Computers

  2005 — 2009

• SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

  PGDM, Information Management

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Unix
• Informatica
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Oracle
• Data Mining
• Requirements Analysis
• Pl/Sql
• Sql
• Business Intelligence
• Customer Analytics
• Java
• Shell Scripting
• Etl Tools
• Project Management
• Mainframe
• Data Warehousing
• Testing
• Business Analytics
• Etl