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:
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 -