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Aniruddh Datar

Project Manager / Delivery Manager
Pune

Summary

Experienced Project Manager responsible for end to end planning and delivery of complex project portfolio. 10+ Years of best of both technical Q.C. Services and production department experience across 40+ AA / AAA complex projects for both in house and clients. Looking for challenging opportunities as a Project Manager / Delivery Manager, which will hone my skill and contribute in growth of an organization.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Project Manager

Games2win India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2024 - Current
  • Plan and execute periodic updates from the annual product roadmap with end-to-end project management.
  • Define Scope of Work (SoW) and create comprehensive project plans for timely delivery.
  • Collaboration with multi-disciplined teams (Engineering, Art, UI/UX, Analytics, QA, LiveOps, AdOps etc) to deliver the complex projects within Project Management Constraints.
  • Ensuring to maintain effective communication across stakeholders for ensuring hassle-free day to day operations.
  • Creating & maintaining risk register, meaningful trackers and Periodic status reports to ensure key stakeholders are informed on progress, risks & risk mitigation options.

Senior Project Manager

Ediiie
08.2024 - 11.2024
  • Managing multiple client project portfolios as a Senior Project Manager for NFT, Blockchain, and EdTech products.
  • Defining project goals, processes, communication channels, and execution plans across in-house production teams and client product teams.
  • Coaching and mentoring in-house and client product teams to implement Agile frameworks and improve project efficiency.
  • Leading cross-functional teams, including Producers, Product Designers, Developers, Art, QA, LiveOps, Service Vendors, and Marketing to ensure seamless collaboration.
  • Tracking project deliverables, optimizing workflows, and initiating escalations when necessary to maintain progress and quality.
  • Acting as a liaison between executive management teams across organizations to foster strong client relationships.
  • Monitoring and managing project KPIs to ensure strategic alignment and operational efficiency.
  • Creating comprehensive reports for key stakeholders to support informed decision-making.

Project Manager

Games2win India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2023 - 08.2024
  • Plan and execute periodic updates from the annual product roadmap with end-to-end project management.
  • Define Scope of Work (SoW) and create comprehensive project plans for timely delivery.
  • Collaboration with multi-disciplined teams (Engineering, Art, UI/UX,
  • Analytics, QA, LiveOps, AdOps etc) to deliver the complex projects within Project Management Constraints.
  • Ensuring to maintain effective communication across stakeholders for ensuring hassle-free day to day operations.
  • Creating & maintaining risk register, meaningful trackers and Periodic status reports to ensure key stakeholders are informed on progress, risks & risk mitigation options.

Senior Compliance Specialist / Tech. Project Coord

Ubisoft Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2015 - 03.2023
  • Collaborating with Release Management for digital planning, concept creation, product categorization, offer recaps, monetization planning, storefront management, cross-platform mandates, and partner portal configurations (Microsoft, Sony). Ensuring compliance with age rating and platform requirements.
  • Working closely with Production Management, Technical Production teams, Dev-QA teams, and other technical teams to ensure products meet first-party compliance, accessibility standards, and internal product benchmarking requirements.
  • Ensuring products comply with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) gates while monitoring deliverable velocity, workload planning, and scheduling for technical services.
  • Spearheading technical discussions with first-party representatives via forums and emails to validate design implementations.
  • Managing a cross-functional project team of 30 professionals to deliver products for Microsoft, Sony, Stadia, Amazon Luna, PC stores, and Ubisoft Connect platforms.
  • Writing technical documentation, process narratives, and design change records using Confluence, TestRail, and JIRA.

Manufacturing and Q.C. Engineer

Laxmi Engineering Works
01.2014 - 06.2014
  • Managed a small team of Q.C. technicians responsible for performing
    inspections, tests, and validations on incoming raw materials and
    finished goods inventory.
  • Ensuring timely delivery as a key vendor for automobile giants.

Trainee Game Tester

Ubisoft Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2013 - 06.2013
  • Validating the Game Products against design documents.
  • Coordinating with Devs for testing and product validations.

Manufacturing and Q.C. Engineer

Laxmi Engineering Works
01.2012 - 03.2013
  • Implementation of 5s and Kaizen in manufacturing shop.
  • Production and process planning.
  • Implementation of JIT and SMED methodologies to save costs and
    improve efficiency.

Trainee Engineer

Cadbury India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2010 - 12.2010
  • Participation in six sigma green belt implementations.
  • Implementation of SMED to save costs and improve efficiency.
  • Outcome was saving around 1.2 CR INR per annum by minimizing
    downtimes by careful planning and parallel executions.
  • Production and process planning.

Education

SAFe Certification: Project Management - Project Management

Udemt
Online
06.2024 - 08.2024

Project Management Fundamentals - Project Management

Udemy
Online
06.2022 - 06.2022

Bachelors of Engineering: Production Engineering - Production Engineering

University of Pune
Pune
06.2009 - 07.2014

Diploma in Production Technology - Production Technology

Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
Pune
06.2006 - 06.2009

Software

Microsoft Office / Google Workspace suit

Project Management: Micorosft Project Trello JIRA TestRail XRAY

Batch Scripting

Timeline

Project Manager

Games2win India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2024 - Current

Senior Project Manager

Ediiie
08.2024 - 11.2024

SAFe Certification: Project Management - Project Management

Udemt
06.2024 - 08.2024

Project Manager

Games2win India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2023 - 08.2024

Project Management Fundamentals - Project Management

Udemy
06.2022 - 06.2022

Senior Compliance Specialist / Tech. Project Coord

Ubisoft Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2015 - 03.2023

Manufacturing and Q.C. Engineer

Laxmi Engineering Works
01.2014 - 06.2014

Trainee Game Tester

Ubisoft Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2013 - 06.2013

Manufacturing and Q.C. Engineer

Laxmi Engineering Works
01.2012 - 03.2013

Trainee Engineer

Cadbury India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2010 - 12.2010

Bachelors of Engineering: Production Engineering - Production Engineering

University of Pune
06.2009 - 07.2014

Diploma in Production Technology - Production Technology

Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
06.2006 - 06.2009

Interests

Reading

Creative Writing

Public Speaking

Being Petrolhead

Aniruddh DatarProject Manager / Delivery Manager