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Pixie Xiao

Pixie Xiao

Kennedy Town

Summary

An adept IT consultant with over 16 years of experience in top IT consulting companies Capgemini and Cognizant, I have honed my expertise in Financial Banking for over a decade and Life Sciences for five years. My career trajectory has been marked by a diverse array of roles, culminating in significant leadership positions.

  • Leadership in Insurance Platform Development: As a Delivery Lead, I’ve demonstrated a proven track record of continuous end-to-end delivery success, meeting budget, schedule, and quality targets for new features and enhancements in the Employee Benefits program over 19 months at HSBC Life.
  • Scrum Master Excellence: rich hands-on experience facilitating Agile teams, ensuring seamless communication, and driving the successful delivery of projects at HSBC Life, UBS and Merck
  • Agile Project Management: My project management acumen is supported by extensive use of JIRA and Confluence, implementing Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban within SAFe adopted programs ensuring seamless project execution.
  • Digital Transformation Leadership: I’ve dedicated 8+ years to large-scale digital transformation programs delivery in Agile environment at UBS HK/SG, significantly impacting Wealth Management workstreams such as WM product trading, mobile banking, client information and relationship management and strategic regulatory reporting.
  • Wealth Management Operation Contributions: Led and coordinated comprehensive end to end testing and delivery efforts in validating Wealth Management operation processes integrating regional entities into a global platform (1WMP) as part of an extensive $800M initiative, covering over 100 applications and 25 products and encompassing the full spectrum of business processes.
  • Life Sciences Master Data Management Solutions: Contributed 5+ years to master data management solutions, data warehousing, and analytical reporting, enhancing quality assurance processes and leading scrum teams, demonstrating my ability to manage complex data ecosystems.
  • Data Migration and Software Upgrades: Managed data migration projects and third-party software upgrades, ensuring seamless transitions and system integrity.
  • Strategic Regulatory Reporting Solution: Skilled in working with Core Banking systems like Finacle, as well as MicroStrategy and EAST for strategic regulatory reporting solution fulfilling diverse regulatory requirements.
  • Software Development Lifecycle: Gained experience in .NET development for a new client application in the Media research market, engaging in all SDLC phases in a Waterfall model for over a year.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Senior Manager

Capgemini
04.2022 - Current
  • Played a role of Delivery Lead and Scrum Master: Roadmap Development, Effort and Cost Estimation, Cross-functional Team Engagement, Risk Management, Progress Monitoring, Stakeholder Coordination, Agile Documentation, Scrum Leadership, Scrum Event Facilitation, Product Development Support

Manager - Projects and Senior Associate

Cognizant
05.2013 - 04.2022
  • Played a role of Project Manager in Strategic Regulatory Reporting projects: Sprint Delivery, Solution Facilitation, Team Coordination, Systems Development, Communication Management, Risk and Issue Management
  • Played a role of UAT manager in Wealth Management HK SG region projects: End-to-End Testing Leadership, Progress Oversight, Defect Management, Reporting and Test Deliverables Creation

Associate and Programmer Analyst

Cognizant
09.2008 - 04.2013
  • Played a role of Scrum Master at onsite Pennsylvania US: Sprint Execution, Scrum Mastery, Team Organization, Event Facilitation, Goal Alignment
  • Played a role of Test Lead at offshore Shanghai: Test Planning, Daily Coordination, Quality Assurance Leadership, Efficiency Optimization

Programmer Analyst Trainee

Cognizant
07.2007 - 08.2008
  • As an offshore developer in Shanghai China in .NET development: Project Lifecycle Involvement, Design Documentation, Module Development, Code Review and Testing, Project Management Support, Technical Leadership Support

Tools & Technology

JIRA, Confluence, HP ALM, PL/SQL, TOAD, Oracle DB, SoapUI, Selenium, UltraEdit, Excel

JIRA Query Language, SQL, XML, C#, Java, C, C++

GitHub, Visual Studio .NET, Visual SourceSafe VSS

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Technology

South-Central University For Nationalities
China
04.2001 -

Skills

Agile Project Management: Adept at managing Agile projects, with expertise in implementing Scrum and Kanban within SAFe programs; Deep understanding of Agile theories, principles, and concepts, with a strong ability to apply these principles in practice

Agile Leadership: Certified at SAFe 60 Product Owner/Product Manager and Professional Scrum Master; Adept at leading, training, and coaching teams and organizations in Scrum adoption, fostering self-organization and cross-functionality

JIRA & Confluence: Skilled in Jira Query Language, creating plans/roadmaps, and setting up Scrum/Kanban boards and dashboards in JIRA Proficient in documenting project deliverables, discussions, solutions, and best practices in Confluence

System Architecture: Knowledgeable in system architecture and design, including system integration and communication

Strategic Thinking: Strategic and analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving capabilities

Business Acumen: Comprehensive understanding of business requirements, adept at developing project estimations, plans, and approaches

Teamwork & Leadership: Strong team player with a sense of responsibility and proven leadership skills

Stakeholder Coordination: Exceptional coordination skills, capable of collaborating with business stakeholders, development teams, IT support, and vendors

Communication: Excellent communication abilities in English and Mandarin, facilitating clear and effective cross-cultural interactions

Domain Knowledge:

  • Financial Banking: Proficient in various sectors including Wealth Management, Investment Banking, Global Personal Banking, Corporate Banking, and Insurance Policy Administration
  • Life Sciences: Specialized knowledge in master data management within the pharmaceutical and biotech industries
  • Certification

    SAFe 6.0: Certified Product Owner/Product Manager

    Accomplishments

    • Difference Maker: Recognized in 2020 and 2013 for exceptional contributions and impact
    • Innovation in Automation: Awarded in 2011 for developing an innovative automation solution for source data file mockup on the Siperian MDM Project
    • Innovation Idea Presentation: Secured the First Prize at the QE&A China Innovation Idea presentation in 2009
    • Academic Excellence: Received the National Scholarship in 2005 and was consistently awarded the First Prize Scholarship and Merit Student accolade from 2003 to 2006

    Trainings

    • AWS Partner: Generative AI on AWS Essentials (Business)
    • Leadership Learning Programs – Building Your Leadership Differentiators:

            Beyond Coaching and Mentoring

            Critical Thinking

            Decision Making

           Presentation Skills

    • Connected Manager Learning Program
    • .NET Development Training Program

    Timeline

    Senior Manager

    Capgemini
    04.2022 - Current

    Manager - Projects and Senior Associate

    Cognizant
    05.2013 - 04.2022

    Associate and Programmer Analyst

    Cognizant
    09.2008 - 04.2013

    Programmer Analyst Trainee

    Cognizant
    07.2007 - 08.2008

    Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Technology

    South-Central University For Nationalities
    04.2001 -
    Pixie Xiao