Debadutta Swain

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Senior Program Manager

Redmond

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Summary:

Senior Program Manager

-Drove the unification of efforts around the business processes for continuous improvement and process simplification across portfolios

-Partnered with business and IT team on product vision and road map, prioritized business objectives based on defined ROI and delivered desired outcomes

-Established a strategic roadmap to scale professional services including, resourcing, team enablement, project governance and delivery oversight

-Identified value streams, established - ARTs, lean governance, forecasting and budgeting

-Implemented SAFe to facilitate complex delivery of various value streams in multi-service line environment

-Led cross functional teams across geographic locations and executed multi-functional requirements with business partners and Service line leads

-Trained clients, service line leads, product owner prioritization by business value, MVP, Lean Portfolio

-Worked as a release train engineer (RTE) and led scrum of scrums to encourage adoption of Agile mindset, including ownership, self-organization, and empowerment.

-Managed risks and dependencies through relentless follow-through and skilled stakeholder communication

-Designed Measurements for Business Benefits on Products and services: Digital innovation and transformation initiatives that create value by improving customer engagement and loyalty, driving new revenues / service lines, or achieving new efficiencies

-Drove Digital Innovation with teams across service lines to generate innovative solutions for products, services, processes, customer experiences, and business models

Leadership

-Proven trusted leader – able to influence and drive decisions across orgs and service lines through a consistence and data-driven approach to problem solving

-Ability to share a clear vision and inspire others – Clearly articulate program vision and effectively convey that vision to others

-Glass Half Full – always stay positive and enthusiastically collaborate with teams

-Cultivate Learnings – encourage teams to explore new things and learn from mistakes

-Appreciate team and individuals for their contribution. Empower the Team and build trust.

Relevant Skills

-Program/Project Management

-Risk Management

-Project Budgeting - Cost Controls

-Team Building Leadership

-Multicultural remote teams management

-Agile Transformation

-Agile Coaching/Agile Delivery Management

-Business Processes Management/Design

-Strategic Planning

-Vendor Management

-Requirements Gathering

-Relationship management

-People Development

-Change Management

-Scrum Programming techniques

-DevOps/CICD/Agile implementation

-Proposal and statement of work writing

-Crisis Management

-Agile Ceremonies

-Design Thinking

-Project Management tools – Microsoft Project, MS Visio, ADO

Relevant Certifications

-PMP

-SAFe Agilest

-CSPO – Certified Scrum Product Owner

-CSM – Certified Scrum Master

-AZ-900 - Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Experience (>18 Years IT experience)

June 2011 – Present – Sr Program Manager, Accenture Client: Microsoft

Programs:

-EAS-OEM/VL – Seattle

-EnTICE– Seattle

-VL- Bedrock

Responsibilities:

-Cross functional collaboration with business partners, service line leads and different teams to ensure scope, schedule, financials, ROI, risks, and contingency plans are managed

-Led multi-year, multi country, cross border programs spanned across Microsoft’s geographical landscape

-Executed Programs over $8M budget and managed global team of 35+ resources

-Managed lifecycle of development, from ideation to sprints to deployment. Established reputation for on-time and on-budget delivery

-Constant Monitoring and controlling of projects through various tools and techniques and effectively communicated with internal and external client partners/stakeholders on the progress of the project

-Implemented Scaled agile framework and SAFe ceremonies to gather and prioritize business objectives by conducting Program Increment planning, Sprint Planning, and backlog grooming. Requirement traceability maintained through “Epics->Scenarios ->Features->User stories->Tasks”

-Managed stakeholder expectation and effectively led and motivated project teams to achieve project goal

-Established metrics to track program success to ensure delivery and post-delivery phase gates are successful and drive revenue through hitting goals

-Developed implementation strategies and readiness process to accelerate time to value

-Responsible for facilitating adoption, implementation, and sustainability of Agile/DevOps processes, principles, and practices

-Used Sprint Burndown and Velocity charts for effective status communication with project team and other stakeholders

-Presented QBR (quarterly business review) and MBR (monthly business review) with partners, business owners and senior leadership

August 2006 – December 2010 – Program Manager, IBM

Programs:

-Partner Management Console

-Imaging and Workflow

-STTAT- PMI

-CPE (Customer Premise Equipment)

Responsibilities:

-Identified scope and managed strategic projects end-to-end; maintained responsibility for deliverables and timelines, cross team dependencies, shifting priorities as needed; managed stakeholder relationships, expectations and KPI’s of the contract

-Managed Risks/Issues with risk responses considering residual risks and contingency plan

-Developed detailed plans considering investment sequencing, change readiness, and interdependence. Managed project scope, cost, and schedule.

-Created RTM (Requirement traceability Matrix) to ensure requirements are tracked from initiation to deployment

-Established Agile Teams, Lean Governance, Lean contracting

-Identified and modified process gaps to make sure schedule deviation, quality adherence, defect density etc. are managed within the project goals.

December 2003 – July 2006 – Manager IT, Union Bank of India

Programs:

-UBI Interact

-UBI Net

Responsibilities:

-Managed on-going intranet projects of the bank

-Vendor Management and technical guidance

-Budgeting, costing, and planning for the new and ongoing projects

-Engaged in monitoring tool evaluation for network management

-Weekly cadence with vendor team and leadership on status discussion and reporting

April 2003 – November 2003 – Sr Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard (HP)

Programs:

-Eclipse

-Cleanup Reports

-Parts Replacement

Responsibilities:

-Worked as a senior software engineer in delivering high quality applications - engaged in coding, testing and deployment.

-Helped and guided team in delivering projects on time.

-Received multiple client appreciations due to on-time and high-quality deliverables.

-Proposed/suggested new innovative ideas which helped cost reduction and customer satisfaction.

Education:

B.E, Electrical Engineering

Utkal University, 1993 – 1997

Post Graduate Certificate in Business Management

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar

Strengths:

-Individualization, Relator, Strategic, Achiever, Self-Assurance

Honors and Awards

-Go-Getter Award by Accenture

-Delivery Hero Award by Accenture

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