FAIZAN ZAHOOR
Project Manager
Merrylands,NSW
Summary
Proficient and customer-oriented product manager with expertise in supervising the development of consumer-oriented product feature designs. Strategic thinker and problem solver with the ability to propose cost-effective solutions and on-time product delivery in challenging environments. Commended for outstanding teamwork and leadership abilities, building teams to achieve targeted revenue and increase bottom-line profitability.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Manager
Autobacs Australia
Sydney, NSW
10.2022 - 01.2023
Product development in Safety, Marine, Connected Caravans, DVRs, cameras with IP rating,
Focus on Business idea to launch maintaining Agile methodologies, Prine2, Azure, Jira, Monday, Trello boards
Product management, hardware development with factory and software development
Report to CEO and working closely with stakeholders, marketing, product managers, sales managers, technicians and support
International presence of the brand and work with different branches in France, Malaysia, China, India, Indonesia, South Africa and main headquarters in Japan
Strategize Business GP, dealer GP, partnerships, launches, documentations, stocks, delivery, compliance, marketing, after support.
Product Manager
Emerald Planet
Brookvale, NSW
08.2019 - 10.2022
Product development in Energy efficiency schemes focusing on smart IT solutions with energy savings, digital tools, customer data analysis etc
Business idea to launch maintaining Agile methodologies, Prine2, Azure, Jira, Monday, Trello boards
Successfully launch 200 products from business and product development to launch
Notable products are Electricity Advisor, SafeLink, Airlink, Live Link, smart lights, plugs, heat pumps, different ranges of lights, smoke alarms etc
Bringing a new opportunity to the upper management and present a business model along with presentations, costing and scope of the opportunity
Working with Lawyers and patent the technical technology
Successful patent grants are Hybrid smoke alarms
Being in the management, my role is to bring product in the market from scratch by managing the teams including product development team, compliance, software development, AWS, marketing, product release and after sales support
Working closely with energy efficiency schemes in Australia including ELT (NSW), HEER (NSW), REPS (SA), VEU (Victoria) or any other opportunity
Manage app development in both IOS and android, perform QA, website dashboards, solve the trending issues, QR codes, services etc
Worked on multiple project management tools including Monday, Microsoft teams, Microsoft office tools, slack, Jira, Trello, Google etc
Manage the team to ensure debugging of complex issues by using programs like Firebase, sentry, AWS, Apple/android support, etc
Ensuring to release the products/apps/websites/admins by complete QA, QC, and other protocols
Utilizing the different servers based on DEV, stage, pre-production, and live server
Project management experience and leading teams in China and India
System Engineer
VERIADAPT
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Product development including Pulser system using R&D
- Learned Agile, waterfall, prince2 technologies to manage the task delivery
- Worked with IoT hub system
- Customer interaction and FAT analysis
- Make demo for the customers and support sales in projects
- Collaborate with the key stakeholders to define the future default systems configuration to meet specific application requirements
- System testing and fault finding
- Fully understand the Fuel monitoring system with dispensing, delivering and storing the fuel
- Experience working with different communication protocols such as RS 485, RS 232 and USB
- Document the solutions portfolio of the products
- Build, test and validate system configuration to deliver tried and tested solutions to the market
- NetSuite training
- Support outsourcing activities to enable the scaling of the product and delivery worldwide
- Support and create technical training materials to enable the successful ongoing development of the learning management systems platform
- Participate in the troubleshooting and root cause analysis of hardware and software product issues
- Provide technical support to the production, projects team and service team
- Update the knowledge sharing platforms with the latest and accurate information
- Create user guides and other customer facing technical documentation
Project Engineer | IoT engineer
09.2014 - 02.2017
- Working closely with stakeholders to understand the project delivery including costing, procurement, R&D, business case and launch
- Incorporate Agile methodologies, waterfall and prince2 to achieve project management
- Used AWS and azure platforms for project delivery
- IoT product development in MHP, home automation and Solar systems using R&D
Education
Master of Science - Management And Engineering Management
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY
Sydney, NSW 4 2018 - 3 2019
Master of Science - IOT AND WIRELESS SYSTEMS
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Sydney, NSW 3 2017 - 3 2018
Bachelor of Science - ELECTRONICS
BAHRIA UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD
Islamabad 3 2010 - 3 2014
Skills
Manage all product scope and development life cycles such as Agile, waterfall, Prince2 incorporated in smart products
Key to Key product delivery, Smart solutions, UI, UX design, hardware development, software development, IT solutions, R&D solutions, CRM, digital solutions, customer relationships
Lead the project from business idea, market competition, cost analysis, research, margins, launch, sales, after support
Evaluation of project risks, impacts, milestones and key deliverables
Intensive knowledge of project management tools and delivery tools such as Monday, Jira, Azure, Dot digital etc
Work with 3rd party clients, vendors internationally and locally to provide smart solutions to management/stakeholders
Manage Procurement strategy, incoming PO, Sale orders, marketing strategies and Partnership with 3rd party competition
Compliance of products with Government (Federal, VEU, ESS, SA) to launch in Australia, Quality management, assessment and training
Maintain documentations in Ms SharePoint, Google drive, local drive etc
Experience in managing 3d printed projects including prototyping and sample delivery
Management of product development, scope, financials, schedule, risks/issues, quality, procurement, resource management, stakeholder engagement, communication and work closely with management
Prepare and execute project management plans
Proficient in English
Pro cricket and DOTA player
Marketing and advertising
Budgeting
Staff Management
Business planning
Business administration
Search Engine Optimization
Negotiation
Brand building
Financial Management
Product development
Business Development
Strategic planning
Market Analysis
Project Management
Software Development Lifecycle
Procedure development
Team Bonding
Startups and turnarounds background
Programming Languages
MS Office
G-Suite
Training and Development
Flexible and Adaptable
Dependable and Responsible
Problem-Solving
Story planning
Problem identification
Risk Assessments
Technical expertise
Stakeholder relationship management
Agile frameworks
Scrum methodology
Reporting template development
Waterfall methodology
Documentation Management
Quality assurance
Risk mitigation planning
Organization and Time Management
Excellent Communication
Critical Thinking
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Procedures compliance
Regulatory compliance
ISO Compliance
Accomplishments
- Hybrid smoke alarm patent with emerald planet -co author
- Connected caravan market strategy with Autobacs Australia
- Successfully launch and managed 1000 plus products
- Difference between Biofuel and electrical vehicles- Research paper with UTS Australia
- Wireless SCADA architecture for BMS and industrial appliances by IEEP Pakistan pg
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop project planning , graphs,costing and analysis.
Timeline
Product Manager
Autobacs Australia
10.2022 - 01.2023
Product Manager
Emerald Planet
08.2019 - 10.2022
System Engineer
VERIADAPT
10.2018 - 03.2019
Project Engineer | IoT engineer
09.2014 - 02.2017
Master of Science - Management And Engineering Management
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY
4 2018 - 3 2019
Master of Science - IOT AND WIRELESS SYSTEMS
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
3 2017 - 3 2018
Bachelor of Science - ELECTRONICS
BAHRIA UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD
3 2010 - 3 2014