Payal Pandey

Product Manager

London, England, United Kingdom19 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 17 years of international experience in digital transformation.
  • Led successful delivery of $8 million in digital initiatives.
  • Expert in aligning IT strategies with business objectives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Digital Transformation Leader with extensive experience in the Energy sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital TransformationIt StrategyProduct ManagementBusiness AnalysisProject Management

Other Skills

Agile DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsAnalyticsBudget ManagementBudget managementBusiness PartneringChange ManagementContract ManagementCross business initiativesCyber SecurityData AnalyticsData strategyDevOpsDevSecOps

About

Delivery orientated leader, passionate about digital transformation, with an established track record of delivering business value from successfully managed digital products/projects. Expertise in aligning business objectives with IT strategies, fostering innovation, and managing business stakeholders at VP/GM level. Experience in all areas of the software lifecycle including analysis, development, testing, training and support as well as vendor management and contract negotiation. Masters degree in Information Systems, PRINCE2 Practitioner and ITIL certifications with over 17 years of international experience at some of the world’s leading companies in different industry sectors (incl. Trading, Retail, Mobile & Telecoms and Upstream).

Experience

Shell

5 roles

Digital Portfolio Manager - Lubricants Supply Chain

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr

IT & Digital Manager| Low Carbon Solutions

Promoted

Oct 2021Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • End-to-end accountability across the IT lifecycle and Digital investments for Shell's Sulphur and Bitumen businesses - from strategy definition, project/product delivery, architecture, IT/Cyber Security through to ongoing support/maintenance.
  • Work in partnership with Bitumen & Sulphur leadership teams to understand business ambitions, translate these into capabilities and ultimately drive value with market leading IT and Digital solutions.
  • Leading a global natural team of 30+ to drive Shell’s Net Zero ambitions and support a combined integrated annual business plan of ~$531M
  • As part of the data strategy, driving strong partnerships with functional partners to deepen data capability beyond business IT – Continuous improvement with IT Engineering; Fostered DevSecOps capability to enable continuous development/deployment with Operations.
  • Introduced cross business initiatives to rationalise and drive synergies on horizontal activities – MI reporting and AI capabilities.
  • Established an IT Investment Board for each business, to ensure steer, support, and value-based decisions for IT investments are completed.
IT lifecycle managementDigital investmentsCyber SecurityData strategyDevSecOpsCross business initiatives+3

Chief Product Manager - Global Lubricants Marketing

Promoted

Jan 2019Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Was responsible for E2E delivery for IT Products/Projects across Lubricant’s Marketing and Technical Services Portfolios, supporting Shell Lubricant's B2B and B2C digital transformation journey.
  • Led the successful delivery of over 15 Digital initiatives, amounting to approximately $8 million in IT investments.
  • Managed a global team of 5 product managers and an indirect delivery team of 30+ IT resources.
  • Was responsible for providing an integrated portfolio approach across a fragmented and matrix stakeholder environment. Ensuring strategic alignment across different senior stakeholder groups (VP,GM) and conflicting business priorities.
  • Managed all aspects of daily product portfolio issues and risks across my product line, including escalations, delivery impediments, budgets/finance, resourcing, prioritisation decisions, conflict resolutions, etc.
  • Developed budgets & ROI forecasts - and consistently track the progress at both product and portfolio levels against target, whilst monitoring progress & customer satisfaction
  • Drove rigour through investment discipline across the product lifecycle and championed use of product data and aggregated product line insights (such as monthly cost plans and latest estimates vs. approved budge, etc.) across respective product roadmaps through available tools (e.g. SNOW, Spotfire, PPM, etc.)
  • Aligning with key stakeholders in the Marketing, Digital Ventures & IT teams and leveraging business & technology synergies and data across the product line, defined and shaped Shell’s future B2B Digital Services Hub strategy.
Digital initiativesProduct managementStakeholder alignmentBudget managementPortfolio managementProduct Management+1

Senior Business Analyst - Trading & Supply

Promoted

Jan 2016Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Led a team of six Business Analysts responsible for the BA activities on IT projects within Shell Energy.
  • Served as lead BA for the SEE Power Strategy programme. My role involved effectively leading diverse requirements elicitation activities in a dynamic and demanding environment. Working closely with Traders and the Power Ops team, I played a pivotal role in shaping requirements for essential tools such as 'Forecast & Actuals Uploader Tool', 'Imbalance Management', 'EDT Link', and '247 Trading'.
  • In the Global Carbon Project, I played a pivotal role in facilitating the management and optimization of carbon and environmental product exposures across the company's assets within the same ETRM system (Aligne), enabling global oversight of position management, consistent risk metrics, and effective cash and working capital management. Additionally, I often double-hatted as the Project Manager, showcasing my versatility and commitment to the project's success.
  • Additionally was involved other strategic initiatives including Portfolio Management Prioritization, Shell Energy IT Portfolio Strategic Review, London IT Transformation Focus Group.
Business analysisRequirements elicitationProject managementPortfolio managementBusiness AnalysisProject Management

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Nov 2013Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

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Aug 2011Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos · London UK

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Education

The University of Sheffield

Master of Science (MSc) — Information Systems

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