VINEET GUPTA

US Citizen 732-***-**** adz6k1@r.postjobfree.com Plainsboro, NJ - Local

Professional Summary

Over 23 years of experience in Program Management with focus areas in financial sector including Investment banking, Wealth Management, Corporate banking, retail banking, credit, Mortgage, Lending, Mergers & Acquisition (M&A), Insurance, State government, Legal, Compliance, Strategic Development, Global Diversity. A unique and innovative ability to drive strategic and sustainable solutions, a manager of several successful global projects/initiatives, an effective communicator, and a builder of trusted advisor relationships with clients and senior executives.

Skills

Enterprise Portfolio, Program and Project Management

Conflict Resolution

Risk Management

Leadership

Communication

Detailed Oriented

IT Governance & Metrics

Project Planning and Scheduling

Negotiation

Waterfall Development Methodology

Interpersonal Communication

Data Analysis

Business Process Engineering

Collaboration

MIS Reporting

Leadership

Strategy

Skills Management

Change Management

Forecasting

Adaptability

Stakeholder Management

Prioritization

Waterfall Methodology and Agile Framework

Global Diverse cross functional teams’ management

Asset Management

Data Governance

Digital Transformation

Modernization

PMO Governance

Career Highlights

Instrumental in leading/ redesign an Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) for Barclays. Restructured Project Management Office to function as a strategic Centre of Excellence offering Project Management and Lean Six Sigma professional leadership services to provide adequate support for shifting priorities and faster delivery cycles. While building transparency and consistency into portfolio planning, designing innovative execution methods, and driving learning and development within two years Project Management Office's portfolio tripled in size with 70% of projects/programs aligned as cost saving and/or revenue barring initiatives.

Setup and Lead Enterprise Agile Centre of Excellence/ PMO functioning modernization; providing guidance to Program Managers in defining the PMO strategy and leading the design and implementation of a common project management methodology, standards, and tools to drive and facilitate the successful delivery of projects.

Lead the execution of a PMO governance, reporting and review framework to provide a holistic view of all project activity.

Provided consultative inputs to Head of Technology, wealth management and Investment banking business leadership team through insights from business data and metrics.

Aligned projects and programs to Organizational Strategic Goals and build solid project management office foundation.

Go to person in PMO office to guide and mentor Program and Project Managers to successfully Initiate, Plan, Execute, Monitor & Control and close the Enterprise-wide projects/programs.

EXPERIENCE

Barclays, Whippany, NJ Jan 2020 - Present

Sr Program Manager PMO Lead

Governance:

Restructured the Enterprise PMO Office (EPMO) and created an Agile Center of Excellence in alignment with Project Management Institute (PMI) guidelines, quality standards and company requirements.

Defined the PMO strategy and leading the design and implementation of a common project management methodology, standards, and tools to drive and facilitate the successful delivery of projects and aligned projects and programs to Organizational Strategic Goals.

Lead the execution of a PMO governance, reporting and review framework to provide a holistic view of all project/s activities.

Implemented efficiencies to meet and exceed the financial expectations established at project

initiation.

Developed, implemented, and governed program management processes, tools, templates, policies, and metrics.

Monitored compliance with project policies and standards.

Leadership:

Coached, mentored, and trained project management practitioners and shared knowledge of best practices.

Establish the PMO organization structure, hire and manage project staffing requirements in line with project objectives.

Coordinated project deliverables with Project Managers, Analysts, Market Leads, Regional Directors, and support contractors in a direct and indirect reporting structure.

Set annual performance targets for direct reports and conduct performance reviews.

Lead and Mentored Project Managers for the delivery of projects/programs on time, within scope and on budget.

Mentored Program and Project Managers on project costing, budgeting, resource management, and work effort tracking.

Supported hiring managers in the creation of critical hire justifications, job descriptions, forecasting to facilitate recruitment, onboarding of employee and consultant positions, manager changes, and resource off boarding.

Tracking and Monitoring:

Produced quantitative monthly financial review reports for programs with supporting qualitative commentary on financial variance to targets.

Managed the risk, issue and change resolution process, and worked with other Stakeholders to take corrective action as needed.

Administered project related IT financial management across the project portfolio including monitoring actuals vs budget and determining project related corrective action.

Ensured contract compliance and reporting to the Leadership.

Proactively managed leadership backlogs and overall meeting cadence/routines.

Partnered with communications department to provide timely oversight and clear messaging for critical announcements.

Prioritization:

Provided executive leaders with the information needed to assess and decide which proposals have the highest potential value, impact, and strategic alignment.

Interfaced with executives to define project priorities, implementation opportunities, challenges and

communicate project risks and opportunities.

One Main Financial, Baltimore, MD Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

Program Manager PMO Strategy & Transformation

Rebuild and structured Project Management Office to function as a strategic Agile Centre of Excellence modernization offering Project Management and Lean Six Sigma professional services. Increased Portfolio by 75% within 2 years.

Redesigned Project and Program Portfolio to include the following services: Lean Education, Six Sigma Consultation, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Data Harvesting and Presentation, change management, define best practices, Project Management Services, Executive Leadership Strategic Partnership, Project Management Functions.

Recruitment, development, training, mentoring, engagement, and retention of professional to sustain a high-performing strategic Project Management Office.

Planned, directed, and coordinated activities of the Project Management Office to ensure that project goals are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters.

In conjunction with senior administration and affiliate project managers, developed project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources.

Worked with project leads and staff to educate them as to best practice project management tools and techniques and reinforces the utilization of these tools and techniques through feedback and demonstrated leadership. Shared evaluation of these staffs’ skills with appropriate managers/directors.

Lead the planning, acquisition, implementation, operation, and support of all information technology services for One Main Financial.

Maintained capacity to serve with strategic areas identified by Executive Leadership.

Managed project/program portfolio with 9 million calculated ROI for FY18.

Fidelity Investments, New York, NY Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

Sr. Agile Program Manager

Led PMO to champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for scaled agile program project management.

Oversaw the tracking of statuses, project deliverables, and milestones and managing of Risk and Issues.

Collected the status reports from all the PMs under the PMO office and prepared consolidated program status reports for the Senior Leadership.

Provided Support and guidance on best practices and ensured a high-level project management integrity across the program.

Managed delivery across multiple workstreams with varying timelines, priorities, and complexities.

Provided monthly metrics reporting to product development management team on burn down progress, velocity, and release updates.

Developed, planned / led communication strategy with Agile PMO stakeholders, served as the primary liaison for the PMO, fostered positive relationships with all stakeholders, and ensured timely resource allocation across the business units.

Involved in successfully strategies internal partnerships with other organizations and imbibed collaboration by effectively influencing other teams in the organization.

Led multiple projects / prioritized workload based on urgency, importance, client expectations & business needs, and delegated decision-making to team members as appropriate.

Developed project timelines / ensured that project team members completed requirements on time while anticipating challenges and formulated solutions before the project is adversely impacted.

Deutsche Bank, Jersey City, NJ Oct 2010 - Dec 2013

Sr. Program Manager

Established / maintained a robust resource tracking process for the complex, and multi-function program to monitor end-to-end recruiting across all open roles in the program.

Monitored / reviewed program budget vs. actuals in consultation with the finance team, program office manager, and program resources.

Defined / implemented key strategies for the program to operate within the agreed budget; enhanced fiscal accountability and responsibility at all levels across the program.

Provided accurate, timely / transparent resource & financial information and reports to assist the program office manager, program resources, and key governance forums.

Drove / changed to tooling & group processes to ensure data traceability, governance, and controls.

Merrill Lynch, Hopewell, NJ Jan 2008 - Sep 2010

Sr. Project Manager

Led a team of 20 developers in delivering new projects, enhancing existing applications / participated in support activities to resolve and support production issues encountered by the wealth management (MLOL/MLD) users.

Interacted with the business users / gathered specific user requirements relating to private wealth & asset management applications and website.

Communicated with inter / intra-department teams and integrated the newly developed applications with the existing MLD/MLOL website.

Lehman Brothers, New York City, NY Jan 2004 - Dec 2007

Project Manager

22nd Century Technologies, Inc., Somerset, NJ Jan 1998 - Dec 2003

Senior Consultant

EDUCATION

Masters in computer applications 1997

M.C.A, Kurukshetra University, India

Bachelor’s degree in finance 1994

Panjab University, India

Certifications:

Project Management Professional (PMP).

Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB).

SAFe 4.6 Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM).

CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) (CISM).

ITIL V3 Foundation (ITIL).

SAFe 4.6 Scaled Agilist (SA).

Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

SAFe 4.6 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM).

SAFe 4.6 Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM).

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2021 Associate (OCIFA).

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