PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Engineering Project/Program Manager at Societe Generale with 19+ years of hands-on delivery, development and management experience in varied technologies including asp.net, React, MSBI, Power-BI, SAAS product using Agile methods.

Experience in Waterfall model as well as Agile frameworks

Knowledge of Industry verticals such as Banking, Retail and Manufacturing. Experienced in Running Technical Vertical PMOs & Enterprise PMOs

Managed 5 Applications and 3 Projects ( 2 Development and 1 Decommission) concurrently

Team Productivity Improvement / Optimization – Excellent communication, and presentation skills, strong client management skills and proven track record of managing multiple distributed Agile virtual teams with a combination of Scrum and Kanban

Involved in business strategy, process improvement, training, problem-solving, collaborative decisions, and Risk management.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Worked closely with Business/Technology counterparts for understanding long-term initiatives. Strong experience in process improvement, Software Development & Technology Leadership.

Domain Expertise: Retail Banking, Digital Banking, Accounting

Clients: Reuters, GE, Wal-Mart & Captive/Product Companies : ANZ Bank, Bank of America, Fidelity Investments, Danske Bank, Societe Generale

Project/Program Management: Delivery, Planning, Cost, Monitoring/Execution, Release Management

Process Management: Contributing to Developing & Implementing process

People Management: Hiring, Managing & tracking resource development career needs, performing Performance Reviews

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: MSBI ( SSIS, SSAS), Java8/11, React, DOT NET Core, Mainframes, Python, Power-BI, Springboot

Databases: SQL Server, Oracle

Operating Systems: Windows

Project Management Tools: Jira, MS Office Tools(Excel, PPT, Word etc), Confluence

Experienced in containerization, RESTFUL APIs and design patterns

Plan and Manage Analysis, Design and Review phases. Provide a strategy for architectural design and created high quality Technical solutions.

Ability to work independently yet collaborative. Able to research innovative solutions for challenging business/technical problems.

Quality Focussed mind-set and problem solving attitude. Good at Pareto Analysis

Development & Operation Management Expertise - Diverse background in technical, operational management and Consultative Engagements Diverse background in technical, operational management and Consultative Engagements.

Application development - Hands-on design, configuration, and implementation expertise. I performed roles like Developer, Senior Developer and Development / Engineering Manager.

Service Delivery & Service Level Management – Demonstrated commitment to delivering high-quality solutions and meeting client/business SLAs.

BEHAVIOURAL AND FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

Immense experience in managing people, resources, and processes. Skilled in Stakeholder and Risk Management & Mitigation Planning.

Experienced in creating project chatter and including post-go-live enhancements

Expert in the realization of the Deming framework for projects.

Proven track record as a Data-driven, Empathic, and Servant leader.

Using SMART and FLOW Frameworks, KPI’s, and Models for managing people and executing projects.

Natural coach, mentor, and motivator with excellent Team Management, Agile Project Management, and Dynamic Leadership skills.

Leadership - An effective leader with proven abilities in architecting solutions, leading teams, and people management skills: ensure optimizing team dynamics, uniting diverse views to a common goal, and harnessing strategic and operational drivers to deliver results.

SPECIFIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Expert in planning, budgeting, Resource Management and tracking of the project

Experienced in leading” PI planning” of a SAFe project and agile project management, RTE for a tribe

Very good excel, power point and Microsoft Projects skill

Champion in executing global projects and managing globally distributed teams

Vast experience in onsite and offshore models of project experience

Huge experience in executing projects from client site

Experienced in Integrated Project Planning Regime (PID, RAIDE, deadline and ownership, training, reporting (incl. exception and routine reports, governance), risk mitigation, management of relationships with contractors, business continuity, etc.)

Enhance awareness and implementation of project management best-practice across the company (training, on-boarding, annual assessments)

EXPERIENCE/S

SOCIETE GENERALE SOLUTION CENTER Location: Bengaluru

International Banking & Financial Services Company (Sep-2020 to Till-Date)

Leading Global Team (Bangalore & Paris)

Global Domain Manager (Engineering, Delivery, Project/Program and Technology Management)

●Managing multiple projects and products on DOTNET, MSBI, Java 8/11, Informatica, Oracle, Python, and Power BI. Responsible for End-to-End delivery of the initiatives, projects, services, and products this includes technical contributions, architectural review, Proposal, Containerization and stakeholder management.

●Lead Technical & Strategic roadmap and Technical product vision creation and manage backlog through the Application life cycle utilizing the Program Increment model within SAFE.

●Manage a 30+ (FTE) person cross-functional team

●Collaborate with Product Owner to groom the Customer requirements, prioritize them and align them to the Technical Product Roadmap & to maintain the Project Artefacts are current & relevant using JIRA. Collaborate with Cross-functional teams such as Product Owner Team, Procurement Team, IT Teams (Security, Platform, Release Management, Testing) etc

●Presales & Solutioning : use-cases based on Tech Modernization on by 2024 removing SSIS, rewriting the Legacy UI in React, DOTNET Core, Java 11, Springboot micro-services architecture aligning with in-house SECURE BY DESIGN methodology and moving the Private SG Cloud Gen2.

●Engage with Solution architects and Domain architects to finalise on the design and ARC recommendations for new use case requirements

●Infrastructure savings of 15k Euros and Automation of 50MDs per Annum. Evaluating applications for the possible AWS/AZURE public cloud movement.

●Technical Roadmap to Pivot the applications on to Cloud compatible by 2024 removing SSIS, rewriting the Legacy UI in React, micro-services architecture, CICD Implementation

●Stakeholder Management including Tribe Head and Directors and manage regular communication to update and receive feedback on the use topics completed

●Drive Software Engineering & Process improvement - Track the PI progress, plan and manage it. Drive the Agile Ceremonies. Plan the Implementations. Review the Architecture & feedback from Platform implemented, engage QA & Functional Team to test the deliverables

●Actively manage Project Conflicts, dependencies, changes to the Scope, Schedule, risks & issues and ensure plans to mitigate them and update relevant stakeholders in a timely manner

●Driving the OPCO’s & Steer-co’s with Sponsors, Management of Milestones and Tech Delivery to Business users

●Lead few Tribe Level and few group level OKRs contributing to the Org level KPIs & Initiatives

DANSKE BANK INDIA CENTER Location: Bengaluru

International Banking & Financial Services Company (Mar-2018 to Jul-2020)

Leading Innovation Project Team (Bangalore) & Leading Global Project Portfolio within Personal Banking

Project & Portfolio Manager (Engineering, Delivery, Project/Portfolio and Technology Management)

●Managed $15M Budget for Personal Banking Task Management Portfolio, as part of Strategy & Execution team, Personal Banking that delivers the small to medium IT solutions to the business, reporting to Associate Development Director in India and a dotted line to Strategy & Execution Head in DK

●Excellent Stakeholder Management – handled Stakeholders across the Development Manager/Directors and CIOs, Chief of Staffs, Business Journey Leaders.

●Worked in a Matrix Environment

●Delivered ~13% more delivery of IT solutions vis-à-vis PY thereby ensured that the IT Tasks delivered enabled Business teams realize the agreed benefits

●Manage a 8+ cross-functional team supporting UK Account aggregation feature, Mobile Banking, part of Digital Customer experience group within Digital Banking in rapidly aggregating new Banks using .net Core(C#), React Native

●Collaborate with Product Owner to prioritize key deliverables, groom the requirements and align it to the Product Roadmap & to maintain the Project Artifacts are current & relevant using JIRA & CONFLUENCE

●Collaborate with Cross-functional teams such as Procurement Team, IT Teams (eBusiness Security, Platform, Release Management, Testing) etc

●Lead the Technical Staff (Includes Vendor staff), involved in Hiring and Mentoring the associates

●Engage Senior Stakeholders such as Product Owner, Development Directors, CIO and manage regular communication to update and receive feedback on the work completed/In-Progress

●Drive Software Engineering & Process improvement with the team by following Agile Scrum Development methodologies, track the release plan and manage it. Drive the Agile Ceremonies.

●Actively manage Project Conflicts, dependencies, changes to the Scope, Schedule, risks & issues and ensure plans to mitigate them and update relevant stakeholders in a timely manner

●Driving the Management of Milestones & Tech Delivery to Business users

●Deal with Project Escalations and seek help assistance from relevant stakeholders through appropriate channels to resolve them in timely manner.

From Mar-16 till Feb-18 with Fidelity Investments (FMR – India) Location: Bengaluru

From Sep-14 to Mar’ 16 with Wipro Location: Bengaluru

From Feb’11 to Sep’13 with Australia New Zealand(ANZ) Bank as Senior Analyst Location: Bengaluru

From Dec’09 to Dec’10 with Bank of America (BofA) as Analyst Location: Hyderabad

From Nov’03 to Dec’09 with Satyam Computer Services Ltd as Systems Analyst Location: Hyderabad, USA

As a DEVELOPER, SENIOR DEVELOPER, SYSTEMS ANALYST, CONSULTANT,PROJECT MANAGER I

1.Worked as a Lead for Business Systems using Mainframes (COBOL, JCL, IMS DB, IDMS, DB2) & SQL Server

2.Lead a team of 5-6 Developers to support the Applications

3.Worked on the Entire Mainframe Application Life Cycle – Development, Support & Maintenance & Sun setting the Applications

4.Supported the Upgrading of Infor 9.1 version to Billing Application as Developer

5.Transitioned the Wealth Management MIS reporting to Commercial Banking MIS Reporting and used SSIS, SQL Server Stored Procedures & Mainframes batch jobs

6.Incident Management & Production Support – Project Documentation Updating

7.Manage a three-person team, supporting General Manager – PMO Head to drive initiatives across Verticals to align it to the Delivery of IT Services

8.Drive Account’s Periodic reviews on Early Warning, Program Governance, CAST, Escalation Management, People Drives, Cost of Delivery(Goal 40%), Automation & Process Improvements & People Management

9.Drive New Account’s review for Delivery Readiness, Start & Stay Green processes collaborating with the Verticals Unit, Pre-Sales Teams, Finance & Staffing teams

10.Provide regular updates to CXOs & participate on the Service Line’s Existing & New Accounts

11.Drive the Organization Initiatives on Finance Goals, Staffing goals etc

12.Support BU Head & Directors with Project Deliverables, lead generation and follow-ups and partner-presentations, reporting to Vice President – Data CoE Head

13.Conduct Project/Engagement reviews periodically. Plan & engage stakeholders/partners at periodic intervals

14.Plan & Organize Tech_Talks, an event to allow the Tech folks to discuss the emerging practices within ML & Data Technologies, for Data CoE & later expanded to include the BU Heads

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

B. E in Telecommunication Engineering from VTU in 2003

MBA/EPGP (Full-Time) from Indian Institute of Management – Indore (IIMI) in 2014

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – June 2020

Project Management Professional (PMP) – June 2013

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