
##### Sai feedback
Saurabh exemplifies excellence as a product line manager at Transact Platform, embodying every facet of a visionary product evangelist. His strategic thinking, unparalleled vision, and adept market research skills set him apart, underscoring his profound understanding of the domain and industry landscape. With a keen eye for detail, Saurabh has meticulously crafted a forward-looking vision spanning the next three years, methodically reverse-engineering achievable milestones for the current year.

Throughout FY24, Saurabh showcased his thought leadership prowess, leaving an indelible mark on online business leaders with his captivating presentations and groundbreaking concept of Transact insights. His ability to articulate complex ideas with clarity and conviction inspired and galvanized his audience, earning him widespread admiration and acclaim. Moreover, Saurabh's unwavering alignment with the goals of the GOP and MCC has been instrumental in maintaining organizational focus and coherence.

A pivotal aspect of Saurabh's success lies in his close collaboration with the analytics team, where he leveraged their expertise to unearth invaluable data insights. By fostering a culture of knowledge-sharing and collaboration, Saurabh ensured that these insights were disseminated effectively throughout the team, empowering every member with actionable intelligence to drive informed decision-making. His commitment to harnessing the power of data underscores his holistic approach to product management, where innovation and analytics converge seamlessly.

In essence, Saurabh's journey as a product line manager at Transact Platform is a testament to his exemplary leadership, strategic foresight, and unwavering dedication to excellence. His ability to inspire, influence, and execute with precision has not only elevated the status of Transact Platform within the industry but has also set a new standard for product management excellence. As he continues to chart the course towards realizing his visionary goals, Saurabh serves as a beacon of inspiration and a catalyst for transformative change within the organization and beyond.
##### Peer feedback
- Can have more grip on domain knowledge
- Very good at communication.
- Team player
- Good at evaluating what next to product"
- Saurabh is not only incredibly knowledgeable in his space, but he has an innovative mind and contributes ideas that both improve his own product and that of others. Saurabh is very driven and professional, a truly impressive cross functional partner.
- dont see any improvement areas. continue to shine in his role!
- "Strong product management skills. Nice work on building a strategy and influencing the business.
- Proactively engages and offers help and thought leadership."
- None
- Saurabh's greatest asset lies in his ability to actively listen and comprehend the challenges faced by clients. He leverages his innovative thinking to devise unique solutions that address these issues effectively.  Also, he has been a great partner from DCQO side to work with and I look forward to collaborate more with him this year.
- "Product Strategy
- Communication
- Product Vision"
- "Maintaining a balance between current product capabilities and future aspirations, or ""north star"" capabilities, is crucial
- Broadening the deep knowledge into other commerce platform domains is essential"
- "Exceptional product vision and future roadmaps for CQP are commendable
- The thorough documentation of CQP product capabilities"
- not sure,i like how he works. it is detailed.
- Saurabh is very detailed and resourceful. he always thinks beyond the next release. he is a fantastic resource
- None that I can think of at this time
- Saurabh has great command of the DCQO space and I always appreciate him showing keen interest in understanding the 'why' behind the requirements being asked of DCQO team. His work is very thorough and he always ensures to follow-up.
- In building advocacy, Saurabh could enhance his approach by strengthening stakeholder mapping, ensuring a more robust recognition of key stakeholders who need to be informed. This would contribute to more effective communication and collaboration.
- Saurabh is not only a reliable partner but also brings a refreshing approach to collaboration. His strong vision guides projects with clarity and purpose. And out-of-the-box thinking helps him reimagine existing solutions and partnerships. Exceptional organizational skills allow him to navigate complexities seamlessly. His communication skills not only foster understanding but also create an engaging work environment. Additionally, his pleasant demeanor adds a positive touch to team dynamics, making him a valued colleague.
##### 2024-03-14 EOY feedback
- Sai's feedback 
	- Exec presence need to be better. Delivery is good, sometimes it is too verbose, needs to have punchy to create impactful. Leaning forward when talking can show more interest. 
	- Interpersonal relationships with others look great. No red flags.
	- Connect with our stakeholders more. Rakhi and you can collaborate on payments integrations with DCQO too. Sai will connect with other stakeholders. Build relationships this year and put in ideas to create intakes for this/next year. 
		- Sales ops - Angela's team
		- Services sales
		- Support teams on business side
- Peer feedback 
	- Hemant's feedback - not focused on execution a lot, need to get more involved in execution. 
	- Increase domain knowledge
	- Strengthen stakeholder relationships
- Sarika: Knows that you are more deserving candidate, would be on promotion track next year

##### Self-assessment
**FY24 achievements:**
I am proud of following achievements in FY24.  
1. I designed northstar strategy framework and brought alignment to DCQO team leads to consolidate our thinking on how to prioritize product capacity work items. Link: [DCQO evolution-Jul 2023.pptx](https://dell-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/p/saurabh_pitkar/EZS_DlOIe3RCgvvnP8YiaiUB0C6JNrB-_xIPs5rIHetihA)  
2. My team won FY24 hackathon with AutoSplit. - Link: [AutoSplit - Automatic deployments and API AB testing tool FY24 Hack4Platform.pptx](https://dell-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/p/saurabh_pitkar/ERwmUl3ASKRNopAUfQsoY_YBx7VMVLxQg6HQTT_PBKXmMA)  
3. I presented to Paul Riedel-VP of DTX on Transact Insights to pitch for AI-based investments in transact domain. [Transact Insights_Nov 2023.pptx](https://dell-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/p/saurabh_pitkar/ESopI4A7oy1MjTvD5GIqwhIBEnlrGIkwUubR8zG0rXP4Vw)  
4. MCC v4 adoption topics were successfully handled and negotiated to prioritize business goals matching with GOP adoption.  
5. I helped bring alignment on OMOD Composite Std Config launch strategy and compare tradeoffs with dev options to support business teams.
**Need leader help:**  
1. I will need help to progress on Analytics to do more sophisticated conversion analytics to learn customer behavior better in FY25. Email subject: **DCQO CP-Analytics collaboration to identify product improvements**

2. It would help to define role of product line lead better for me so that I can bring more strategic value add to the team.

3. I am looking for step-up opportunities to improve my skills further. It will help if I can selected for leadership programs or forums that can help me in this cause.
##### Feedback to Sai
- Strength - Ability to inspire team members and aim high. Sai is fantastic at it and enables team members to reach to their highest potential. He is also an enabler. He goes out of way to make team members successful.
- Area of improvement - Sai has several great skills, but the one area I would like him to spend more time on is his focus on internal big bets and strategies that help our product lines evolve. More rigor in this area would help align our team's focus on fewer big bets instead of chasing several micro-iterations.

##### Feedback to Uttam Ghosh
- Strength - Reliable and trustworthy. Uttam is good at bringing focus to his team and communication.
- Improvement area - I would like him to focus more on basic analytics rigor. I see several improvement areas with Uttam's style of working. He needs to push his team to do more than just basic PowerBI charting. We need analytics team to do more complex analyses but the ideas and inspiration needs to come from Uttam to his team. His analytics team should bring ideas to us, instead of us telling them what to analyze. Understanding pain points of his direct customer will immensely help in this.

##### Feedback to Santhosh (Uttam's analytics team)
- Improvement area - More sophisticated analytical techniques are needed for us to become better at processing large data. Santhosh should spend time on upskilling what type of analyses can be done on API logs, time-series and machine generated data.

##### Feedback to Prerna (Uttam's analytics team)
- Improvement area - One key area I would like her to work on is the types analytics approaches that are relevant to increase sophisticated understanding of user behavior. Creating reports with PowerBI charts may not help. She should act as SME consulting her direct customers on how to best use machine data that we have.
##### Feedback to Mohan
Communication skills. He's great at conveying his point. I think he will be able to influence better,he can back up his point with key reasons in concise words to make it punchy.

##### Feedback to Surendra
He can work on collaboration skills. Several projects happen throughout the year and it'll help if he can summarize or bring learnings to various team forums time to time.

##### Feedback to Karthi
He can work on building trust and communicating more with the team overall. He needs to work on his product management skills.

##### Feedback to Shivani
She can work on being more strategic thinker and put her POV out on what can help improve her products or the product line in 1 year timeline.

##### Feedback to Sriram
He can work on increasing focus on certain product aspects like advanced analytics, understanding customer journey and customer metrics that will help identify cart opportunities better.

##### Feedback to Manpreet 
Given that she's relatively new in the role, she has ramped up quite well. I would now expect her to bring more advanced topics on optimizing product performance and improving her products overall in the medium-long term that can help DCQO.