Technical Program and Product Manager with extensive experience delivering tech solutions. My name is Teerath Sandhu, and this is my portfolio.
About Me
I’m a highly motivated, data-driven, and technically proficient self-starter, with strong problem-solving, communication, and analytical skills, experienced in Technical Program Management and Product Management, with proven success delivering technology programs involving hundreds of stakeholders, $80M+ of budgets, and generating $120M+ of revenue.
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Education
Master of Business Administration
Management of Technology
Bachelor of Business Administration
Honours with Distinction in Management Information Systems
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Experience
Development Director |
Jan 2024 – Present
Managed the Online and Rendering engineering teams throughout the UFC 6 game development cycle; drove the development roadmap, ran data-driven scenario analyses, resolved resourcing needs, mitigated risks, addressed dependencies, and led cross-functional efforts for blue-sky initiatives and large-scale feature implementations, to successfully plan and deliver high-quality game features & functionality.
Drove the overhaul of Program Management processes using advanced Jira and GSheets tooling, automation, scripting, and reporting, to significantly reduce manual effort, increase quality and accuracy of data, and improve overall team efficiency and productivity, saving the team 200h+ of manual effort during planning phases.
Directed the development of blue-sky initiatives by flexibly balancing early-stage prototyping, changing external conditions, dependencies, and timelines, understanding complex technical nuances, and negotiating resourcing, scope, and timelines, for high-value Horizon 3 software implementations.
Tech Stack & Tools
Jira, PowerBI, Miro, Figma, GSuite, Confluence, Frostbite, Perforce, EADP SDK, Sony PS5 SDK, Jenkins
Technical Program Manager |
May 2022 – July 2023
Managed Ad, Syndication, and External Partnership programs core to the organizational strategy, driving new market expansion, net new revenue growth, and realized ARR growth of over $50M+ USD.
Led the training and adoption of a program management process overhaul for an engineering org of 200+, with continued process improvements, user engagement, and UX and user flow improvements, leading to improved upward reporting, analytics, operational planning, capacity management, and roadmapping efficiency.
Led a machine learning-focused, Horizon 2 initiative for Enhanced Audience Targeting in syndicated enterprise advertising, through experimentation, ML model prototyping, piloting, and productionization, thereby improving core business KPIs and capturing untapped revenues of $1M+.
Overhauled and automated capitalizable expenditures process to support Engineering and FP&A needs by improving data accuracy and reducing recurring effort. Established data migration, transformation, and automation processes, developed a functional user interface using Airtable, and provided change management, communication, and training to stakeholders.
Led program to experiment and analyze the impact of a new advertising product and UX. Conducted A/B experimentation, evaluated impact to stakeholders and ROI to org, and aligned on strategic direction with leadership, leading to multiple successful UX changes generating $2M+ of new ARR.
Regular program-level analysis, nuanced communication preparation, and engagement with stakeholders on program progress and strategic direction. Leadership stakeholders included multiple VPs of Engineering and Business Development.
Engaged with new external partners, GTM, Sales, and Product teams, to develop new partner integrations and products, and to successfully launch products with unified strategy and coordination as part of a rapid release cycle. Products experienced rapid growth and immediate net new revenue generation in the range of $500K - $5M per integration.
Tech Stack & Tools
AWS, GitHub, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon Redshift, SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, Jenkins, Maven, Docker, Python, iPythonNotebooks, Anaconda, Neural Networks, XGBoost, Java, Maven, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Grafana, Collibra, ElasticSearch, Airtable, Figma, GSuite, Jira, Confluence
Technical Program Manager |
Jul 2019 – Apr 2022
India Tech Hub Program
Managed program for new market entry into India, establishing a Global Capability Center in Bangalore to support the business’ resourcing and growth needs, involving cross-functional teams with 150+ stakeholders and contributors, a $5M+ USD budget, and set to generate $50M+ USD of revenue over the next 5 years.
Managed program for new market entry into India, establishing a Global Capability Center in Bangalore to support the business’ resourcing and growth needs, involving cross-functional teams with 150+ stakeholders and contributors, a $20M+ USD budget, and set to generate $60M+ USD of revenue over the next 5 years.
Managed financial analyst team and all financial processes for 10+ programs totaling over $60M USD in budget.
Independently developed semi-automated tools to reduce manual effort and human error throughout financial management processes by over 70%, and support the growth of the organization’s portfolio of projects.
Managing machine learning program implementation using advanced Hierarchical Bayesian models to optimize product demand forecasting, allocation, and replenishment for product delivery and sales maximization.
Engaged as Project Manager and Business Systems Analyst to establish new BI Analytics data management, analysis, and visualization processes for a single program. The initiative’s success led this newly established operational reporting model to serve as the standard for other initiatives across the organization.
Served as Scrum Master, Business Systems Analyst, and Technical Product Owner to implement machine learning algorithms for multi-dimensional data analysis in order to optimize inventory transfer and delivery.
Served as emergency transitional PM, to successfully provide critical service oversight, while maintaining velocity, covering environmental failures, deploying critical hotfixes, and delivering to the release schedule.
Tech Stack & Tools
AWS, GitHub, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Python, AWS Glue, Snowflake, MySQL, MongoDB, Amazon RDS, AWS Lambda, Amazon Athena, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Terraform, Jenkins, Maven, Amazon ECR, Apache Airflow, Apache Kafka, Splunk, Grafana, Swagger, Oracle Cloud, PowerBI, Anaplan, Smartsheet, Microsoft O365, Jira, Confluence
MPA Portfolio Financial Management
Managed financial analyst team and all financial processes for 10+ programs totaling over $50M USD in budget.
Independently developed semi-automated tools to reduce manual effort and human error throughout financial management processes by over 70%, and support the growth of the organization’s portfolio of projects.
Flow Operational Reporting Program
Engaged as Project Manager and Business Systems Analyst to establish new BI Analytics data management, analysis, and visualization processes for a single program. The initiative’s success led this newly established operational reporting model to serve as the standard for other initiatives across the organization.
Transfer Engine for Merchandising Allocation
Served as Scrum Master, Business Systems Analyst, and Technical Product Owner to implement machine learning algorithms for multi-dimensional data analysis in order to optimize inventory transfer and delivery.
Flow Data and Integration Infrastructure
Served as emergency transitional PM, to successfully provide critical service oversight, while maintaining velocity, covering environmental failures, deploying critical hotfixes, and delivering to the release schedule.
Technical Project Manager |
Apr 2017 – Jun 2019
Served as Business Analyst on initiative to successfully launch, within budget and schedule, the integration of a bespoke enterprise API enabling secure, real-time communication of client data.
Managed key cybersecurity initiative to assess and secure systems and processes in order to achieve PCI Compliance and satisfy regulatory requirements to enable the launch of key business growth initiatives.
Coordinated projects with budgets of $2+ million and involving 50+ project team members, including the development of new internal and external software systems, to support over 12,000 partners.
Identified gaps and created numerous automated reports using VBA scripts to automate project document and report creation, and accurately report statuses to relevant stakeholders, saving over 200+ hours of manual work.
Managed project to create a new, non-traditional revenue stream that was completed on-time and significantly under budget with $5+ million expected of new revenue through the implementation of a new platform.
Independently identified stakeholder process gaps and created a process automation solution to save over 300+ hours of manual project work and 200+ operational hours annually for tailored product package.
Spearheaded a large Jira system and process overhaul designed to increase project and resource transparency, to improve executive decision-making, project planning and execution, and interdepartmental coordination.
Managed a procurement project and product for the analysis and assessment of implementing a new system and processes, in order to improve the organization’s service offerings and increase customer loyalty and repurchasing.
Tech Stack & Tools
AWS, Azure, GitHub, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Jenkins, Docker, Selenium, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, SQL, MySQL, Amazon RDS, vApache Hadoop, Zoho Suite, Tableau, Microsoft O365, Jira Cloud & Server, Confluence
API Integration Project with BCAA
Served as Business Analyst on initiative to successfully launch, within budget and schedule, the integration of a bespoke enterprise API enabling secure, real-time communication of client data.
PCI Compliance Cybersecurity
Managed key cybersecurity initiative to assess and secure systems and processes in order to achieve PCI Compliance and satisfy regulatory requirements to enable the launch of key business growth initiatives.
iA Travel Insurance Project
Independently identified stakeholder process gaps and created a process automation solution to save over 300+ hours of manual project work and 200+ operational hours annually for tailored product package.
Digital Wave Program
Coordinated projects with budgets of $2+ million and involving 50+ project team members, including the development of new internal and external software systems, to support over 12,000 partners.
Identified gaps and created numerous automated reports using VBA scripts to automate project document and report creation, and accurately report statuses to relevant stakeholders, saving over 200+ hours of manual work.
Affiliate Program
Managed project to create a new, non-traditional revenue stream that was completed on-time and significantly under budget with $5+ million expected of new revenue through the implementation of a new platform.
Process Improvement Lead |
Feb 2015 – Sept 2016
Wore many hats, including the roles of Business Analyst for user interviews, requirements gathering, process flow optimizations, and user story creation, and QA Lead for the identification, investigation, and testing of bugs.
Independently learned SQL, wrote queries for data analysis and to serve operations managers, the CTO, and even engineers in their work, and used Node.js, HTML, and CSS to create a bespoke local analytics dashboard.
Proposed and championed a new product feature to the CTO based on end-user data analysis, helped organize a team to complete the project, identified solution and detailed requirements, put in hands-on work where needed, and managed the team to on-schedule product delivery.
Researched, documented, and presented ideas for software improvements, worked alongside Product Managers and engineers to analyze the improvements, wrote user stories and project proposals, oversaw the project completion, published user guides for the product, and then provided post-release analysis and improvements.
Tech Stack & Tools
AWS, GitLab, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Python, Scala, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Apache Kafka, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Splunk, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Apache Hadoop, Tableau, Jira, Confluence
Wore many hats, including the roles of Business Analyst for user interviews, requirements gathering, process flow optimizations, and user story creation, and QA Lead for the identification, investigation, and testing of bugs.
Independently learned SQL, wrote queries for data analysis and to serve operations managers, the CTO, and even engineers in their work, and used Node.js, HTML, and CSS to create a bespoke local analytics dashboard.