Zia Ahmad
Sr. Product Manager at Microsoft | ex-Tata Steel | XLRI
- Role
- Senior Product Manager at Microsoft
- Location
- Hyderabad, TG, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Zia Ahmad
As a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, I leverage my 10+ years of experience in digital project delivery and product development to drive cloud security and digital transformation initiatives. I have a strong background in stakeholder management, business requirement gathering, and delivering end-to-end customer value, with a focus on agile methodologies, scrum, and business intelligence.I have successfully led the identification and execution of gaps and opportunities in scaling the Azure Tenant Scanner platform, achieving a remarkable 37% reduction in plaintext secrets exposure and introducing 7 new capabilities. I have also collaborated with ecosystem partners and security program owners to define the future roadmap for product vision and domain-level strategies, ensuring alignment with core capabilities and compliance efforts. I am passionate about solving issues related to the digital domain, by means of analysis and innovation.Certifications:a) PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)®b.) Six Sigma Green Belt Professionalc.) Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentalsd.) Microsoft Certified: Data Fundamentalse.) Microsoft Certified: AI Fundamentals
Experience
Senior Product Manager
Mar 2023 — Present · Hyderabad, IN
Led the identification of gaps and opportunities in scaling the tenant scanner, evangelizing a vNext roadmap aligned with personas, capabilities, and features in collaboration with ecosystem partners.Drove the burndown of plaintext secrets in Azure, achieving a remarkable 37% reduction in exposure within three months. Partnered with security program owners for a joint effort in reducing security risks. Introduced 7 new capabilities in the Azure Tenant Scanner platform, improving alignment with built-in policies/MDC assessments and supporting multi-tenant scanning.
Education
XLRI Jamshedpur
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management, Strategy & Marketing
2016 — 2019
The Institute of Environmental Management & Studies, Jamshedpur
Post Graduate Diploma, Industrial Safety
2014 — 2015
Amity University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
2008 — 2012
KSMS
Senior Secondary
2006 — 2008
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