Abhishek Pawar
Bangalore
Summary
Dynamic IT professional with over 20 years of diverse experience, with nearly 9 years specializing in Program and Project management. Renowned for exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with a strong ability to navigate technical and organizational challenges through innovative collaboration in distributed, multicultural teams.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Agile Program Manager
Publicis Sapient
Bengaluru, India
07.2021 - Current
- Executed large-scale programs valued between $400k and $1.5m, ensuring effective value delivery and revenue growth for Nissan Europe.
- Achieved program retention through effective management of renewals and proactive pursuit of new opportunities.
- Championed prioritization of business goals to drive value realization and establish strategic roadmap for Product journeys.
- Championed customer advocacy and success initiatives to prioritize product development.
- Achieved timely project delivery by effectively managing cross-functional teams of product managers, product owners, and engineers to enhance project outcomes. Cultivated a results-oriented culture to maximize team efficiency.
- Oversaw staffing operations to ensure effective revenue management and value delivery in accordance with product objectives.
- Oversaw fixed-time, fixed-price, and SLA-based engagements.
- Coordinated with diverse global teams and product owners to ensure backlog grooming aligns with client roadmaps.
- Oversaw senior stakeholder relationships and managed internal and external dependencies, implementing strategies to mitigate risks and guarantee on-time program execution.
- Crafted and deployed targeted project strategies to elevate overall operational performance.
- Established and enforced SAFe frameworks across multiple programs utilizing agile release trains(ART).
- Oversaw the development of project forecasts and status reports to enhance decision-making.
- Led initiatives to track agile metrics and project KPIs for continuous improvement. Coordinated with cross-functional teams to align project goals with strategic objectives.
- Spearheaded implementation of process improvements to enhance automation and drive efficiency gains.
Project Manager
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru, India
07.2016 - 07.2021
- Spearheaded Continuous value delivery model for major Telecom programs
- Stakeholder Management, Collaboration across multiple Vendors, Risk Management and Project Delivery.
- Deep experience in Project Proposals, Project Estimations, SoW, Change Requests.
- Developed project plans, timelines, and resource allocation strategies for multiple initiatives.
- Implemented Agile methodologies to enhance project delivery efficiency.
- Facilitated all scrum ceremonies, including backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives, while ensuring effective defect triage and removal of impediments.
Team Lead
Riversand Global Technologies
Bengaluru, India
04.2014 - 06.2016
- As Scrum Master, led Agile ceremonies like Daily scrum, Sprint planning, Retrospective.
- End to End Test management including Requirements analysis, Test Planning, Test Design and Strategy, Test Estimation, Test execution and Defect Triage.
- Deliver clear and understandable Daily Test Status Reports, Test Summary Reports and QA Metrics to the Management.
- Served as primary liaison to ensure effective collaboration between core execution team and professional services implementation teams for resolution of product testing challenges.
Senior QA Engineer
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd, Torry Harris Business Solutions, Riya Visual Search, Stag Software
07.2005 - 04.2014
- Managed test lifecycles (test planning, design, execution, data management, defect tracking) for Integration, Functional, User Acceptance, Web Service, Regression, System, and Exploratory Testing.
- Collaborated closely with stakeholders to finalize requirements, performed impact analysis, estimation, and scheduling.
- Created and reviewed test strategies, plans, and test cases, and drove defect management, documentation, and reporting.
- Risk and Issue management
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science
R.V College of Engineering
Bangalore05-2004
Skills
- Program leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic planning
- Risk Management
- Process Governance
- Customer Success
- Customer Advocacy
- Value Realization
- Digital Transformation
- SAFe Framework
- Agile Delivery
Certification
- Certified SAFe 6 Agilist
- Certified SCRUM Master
Timeline
Agile Program Manager
Publicis Sapient
07.2021 - Current
Project Manager
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
07.2016 - 07.2021
Team Lead
Riversand Global Technologies
04.2014 - 06.2016
Senior QA Engineer
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd, Torry Harris Business Solutions, Riya Visual Search, Stag Software
07.2005 - 04.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science
R.V College of Engineering
Domain/Industries
Automotive
Telecom
Master Data Management
Healthcare
Banking
E-Commerce