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ANOOP NAIR

ANOOP NAIR

Project Manager
Mumbai

Summary

PMP certified Project Manager with extensive 9+ years of rich experience in End to end project management in managing medium to large scale projects from inception through completion independently, utilizing ProjectManagement skills. Adept in many project methodologies including waterfall, Agile & Hybrid. Proficient in planning and overseeing IT infrastructure, Networking & Telecom projects . Strategic and authoritative leader with a firm grasp of business practices and successful project management techniques. Strong emphasis on coordinating cross-functional teams, overseeing budget allocation and ensuring deliverables meet required standards. Ready to offer many years' experience to a challenging position in a fast-paced, progressive environment.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification

Work History

IT Infrastructure Project Manager

PwC India Private Limited
Mumbai
05.2022 - Current

Client - Reserve Bank of India

  • Developed and implemented project plans, objectives, schedules, and milestones to ensure the successful completion of the RBI Website Revamp project.
  • Defined scopes, managed resources, and oversaw schedules in line with stakeholder and project owner specifications by following the SDLC lifecycle.
  • The solution included RHEL Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) OS, Oracle RAC DB, Liferay application platform
  • Identify and mitigate risks, proactively addressing potential roadblocks, and implementing contingency plans to maintain project and program momentum.
  • Perform ongoing optimization analysis and develop plans to assist in additional cost reduction initiatives across your assigned portfolios.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and business stakeholders, to define program scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
  • Develop, maintain, and communicate the program roadmap, strategy, and goals.
  • Identified and managed risks associated with infrastructure projects to minimize impact on timelines and budget.
  • Prepare the weekly status report and provide regular updates to customers and the internal senior management team on a weekly or bi-weekly status call.
  • Obtain sign-off from the customer at appropriate stages of the project delivery.
  • Manage project risks, actions, issues, and dependencies (RAID), and resolve conflicts to ensure program success.
  • Provided technical guidance throughout the duration of an infrastructure project lifecycle.
  • Established clear roles and responsibilities for team members involved in the delivery of an infrastructure project.
  • Create detailed program plans, timelines, and resource allocation strategies. Monitor and report on progress, performance, and milestones to senior leadership and stakeholders.
  • Participated in post-project audits to identify areas for improvement within the organization's Infrastructure Projects department.
  • Developed strategies for mitigating potential problems that could arise during any given stage of a project lifecycle.
  • Monitor project progress, adjusting plans and schedules as needed and providing regular status updates to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and effective communication throughout the project or program lifecycle.
  • Acted as a liaison between business users and technical teams when resolving complex issues encountered during implementation stages of a project lifecycle.
  • Responded to escalated issues and implemented successful resolutions to resolve conflicts and restore project trajectory.
  • Monitored milestones and deliverables to stay ahead of schedules and proactively spot potential roadblocks.
  • Delegate tasks and responsibilities to team members based on their expertise and strengths.
  • Provide regular feedback, coaching, and performance evaluations to optimize team productivity.

Team Lead - Service Delivery

Brennan IT India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
01.2019 - 05.2022
  • Pivotal role in the overall Service delivery framework and Project management to ensure that all the stakeholders are managed throughout the lifecycle of service delivery process
  • Supervised/Managed projects for network infrastructure deployment including data links Ethernet, MPLS, 4G along with SDWAN implementation with various vendors & stakeholders across the globe
  • Initiating client kick-off call and ensuring common understanding of the project deliverables among all stakeholders prior to execution stage
  • Act as a sole interface directly to customers and telco vendors in a project rollout
  • I was charged with the responsibility to oversee a range of critical projects from conception to delivery along with the establishment of project implementation methods & procedures
  • Regular service review and other meetings to review customers' current business issues & future developments
  • Analyze the implications for service requirements, identifying opportunities for improvement, or cross-selling

Project Coordinator - Managed Services

NTT Global Networks
Mumbai
02.2017 - 12.2018
  • Responsible for managing the Telco data circuits like Ethernet, MPLS, 4G (both new and existing) with various vendors across the globe
  • Order, budget and track all open wireless/voice/data circuit requests and drive timely installations
  • Interaction with multiple stakeholders and business leaders across different verticals and geographies and ensuring all the links work in sync towards a common goal
  • Follow-up till delivery and keep the client informed about the delivery
  • To foresee the gaps and constraints and work alternatives to deliver customer orders on timely basis
  • Weekly, monthly, quarterly calls and meetings with external stakeholders & internal stakeholders discussing project tracker
  • Coordinate with the internal team, vendors/suppliers, and customers to implement customer orders in a thorough and timely manner
  • Act as a technical and team escalation point for the provisioning group
  • Monitoring and controlling the deliverable throughout the life cycle to keep a check on CPI & SPI to ensure the services are delivered as per the agreed timescale with customer

Project Coordinator

Reliance Global Cloud Xchange
Mumbai
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • To support the setup of the Provisioning team
  • Ordering/managing provisioning of Telco data circuits, to deliver great customer services
  • Adherence and compliance to the defined processes and tasks assigned
  • Establish and maintain relationships with customers & third parties/vendors
  • Add clear, unambiguous and time bound comments on to the corporate system when tasks or circuit delivery is in jeopardy or delay
  • Escalate significant delays to the line manager
  • Use appropriate techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs for billable projects

Education

Bachelors Degree - Electronic and Telecommunications

University of Pune
Pune
03.2014

Higher Secondary School -

Maharashtra State Board
Mumbai
03.2010

Secondary School (SSC) -

Maharashtra State Board
Mumbai
03.2008

Skills

  • End to End Project Management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Project Planning & Scheduling
  • Resource Management
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Scope management
  • JIRA & Microsoft Project
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Effective customer communication
  • Software Deployment Life Cycle
  • Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Service Delivery
  • Task Prioritization

Certification

  • PMP - Project Management Professional
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
  • Certified ScrumMaster
  • PRINCE2 - Foundation & Practitioner
  • ITIL V3 Foundation

Languages

Malayalam
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2

Accomplishments

  • Best Performer, Won best performer award multiple times for achieving vendor delivery milestone within the defined SLA and receiving a maximum number of customer appreciations for the quarter Sep 2019 and March 2020 at Brennan IT
  • Star Of the Month, Awarded Star of the Month for achieving 100% circuit delivery within SLA for the quarter ended Dec 2017 at Virtela India
  • Star Of the Month, Awarded Star of the Month for demonstrating skill of working with teams & stakeholders with positive attitude & getting to the root cause of the problems and resolve them to achieve successful project deliverable at PwC India, 08/23 & 01/24
  • Received Above and Beyond Award for displaying the project management skills in delivering and meeting customer satisfaction for handling crucial client (Reserve Bank of India) 10/24
  • Star Of the Month, Awarded Star of the Month for demonstrating skill of working with teams & stakeholders with positive attitude & getting to the root cause of the problems and resolve them to achieve successful project deliverable., PwC India, 08/23 & 01/24

Work Availability

monday
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morning
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evening
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Timeline

IT Infrastructure Project Manager

PwC India Private Limited
05.2022 - Current

Team Lead - Service Delivery

Brennan IT India Pvt Ltd
01.2019 - 05.2022

Project Coordinator - Managed Services

NTT Global Networks
02.2017 - 12.2018

Project Coordinator

Reliance Global Cloud Xchange
01.2015 - 01.2017

Bachelors Degree - Electronic and Telecommunications

University of Pune

Higher Secondary School -

Maharashtra State Board

Secondary School (SSC) -

Maharashtra State Board
ANOOP NAIRProject Manager