Bhanukira Kamireddy
Program Manager
Hyderabad,TG
Summary
Program Manager with 15+ years of IT experience and 8+ years of program/project management experience, leading large-scale product development and transformation initiatives across cross-functional teams. Experienced in AI-enabled program management, SAFe, Agile, Scrum, and Kanban, with strong expertise in program governance, roadmap execution, dependency and risk management, stakeholder alignment, and end-to-end product delivery. Proven ability to lead geographically distributed teams, translate business objectives into executable programs, and drive continuous improvement through data- and AI-enabled ways of working.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant
ADP
11.2022 - 08.2026
- Drive AI-enabled program management across cross-functional teams, establishing an AI adoption roadmap and monitoring the use of AI agents throughout the AIDLC program lifecycle in alignment with organizational AI development and Human in the loop lifecycle practices.
- Developed an AI-enabled program dashboard to track program execution across Sprint, Feature, and Quarter levels, leveraging prompting, skills, and context-setting concepts to improve visibility and program reporting.
- Led 9 cross-functional teams with 30+ members delivering strategic initiatives spanning CoreHR, payroll processing, compliance, and enterprise technology, ensuring alignment between business priorities, technology execution, and delivery commitments.
- In SAFe framework facilitated program-level PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Checkpoint meetings, release planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring alignment across teams and program increments.
- Drive program planning, execution, governance, risk management, dependency tracking, stakeholder alignment, and delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate business objectives into program roadmaps, delivery plans, milestones, and execution priorities.
- Manage 3 highly sensitive client and stakeholder relationships through structured governance, progress reviews, issue resolution, and proactive communication.
- Identify delivery risks, dependencies, and process bottlenecks and drive corrective actions to improve program execution and predictability.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives across fleet teams, identifying opportunities to streamline processes and improve delivery efficiency.
- Develop and maintain program plans, timelines, dependencies, and delivery milestones across multiple project phases.
- Collaborate with 25 + cross-functional partner teams to design and implement technology solutions aligned with business and customer requirements.
Program Manager
Altimetrik
01.2022 - 11.2022
- Led end-to-end program lifecycle across multiple projects, coordinating cross-functional teams and managing delivery commitments, stakeholder expectations, risks, dependencies, and governance.
- Partnered with Product Management, System Engineering, and other stakeholders to manage product roadmaps, backlogs, priorities, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
- Led geographically distributed teams across India and the USA, ensuring effective coordination and alignment across engineering and leadership stakeholders.
- Applied SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban practices to improve team collaboration, planning, delivery predictability, and continuous improvement.
- Used structured program-management techniques including WBS, critical-path analysis, resource planning, risk management, and activity sequencing to manage complex delivery programs.
- Coordinated external suppliers and cross-functional dependencies, proactively identifying risks and driving mitigation actions.
- Drove retrospective-based improvement by identifying risks, lessons learned, improvement opportunities, and successful practices across teams.
Scrum Master/Lead
Carrier Corporation
05.2015 - 01.2022
- Managed product development from MVP definition through product releases, ensuring alignment between product priorities, engineering execution, and customer/business objectives.
- Performed Scrum Master role, Coached and mentored Product owner other scrum members in our product team.
- Handled complete Self-storage lock business workflow from Defining Requirements to Release, Team consists of members from diverse verticals (i.e. Software, Firmware, and Hardware functions, Support) and time zones.
- Organized and facilitated sprint planning, effort estimations, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning.
- Implemented Best practices from different agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
- Ensure that our ways of working are consistent across the teams. Managed dependencies between our team, other scrum teams, and third parties.
- Managed impediment backlog to track and resolve in a timely manner. QA Lead
- Expertise in leading QA activities, Responsible for estimating, prioritizing, Developing QA plan, managing day to day activities, Work closely with Developers and stakeholders.
- As a RRCA spark conducted RRCA events, helped teams to identify Root cause, fix process gaps, mitigate risks.
Senior Engineer
Sonata software and HCL Global Systems
10.2013 - 05.2015
- Progressed through engineering and project/program management roles with increasing responsibility across product development and delivery.
- Developed and executed test strategies, test plans, and defect-management processes for software and product releases.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify quality risks, dependencies, root causes, and corrective actions, improving overall product reliability.
- Managed defect triage and prioritization with development and product stakeholders, ensuring critical issues were addressed within release timelines.
Quality Analyst
APEX CoVantage
07.2011 - 09.2013
- Contributed to release readiness and quality governance, validating product quality against business and technical requirements.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify process improvements and streamline operations.
- Led initiatives to reduce defect rates through targeted corrective actions and preventive measures.
Education
Senior Management Program (SMP) -
IIMC
09-2025
B-tech - undefined
JNTU
Hyderabad01-2010
Skills
Program Strategy & Execution
Agile Program Management, SAFe
Portfolio Prioritization
Roadmap Planning
Dependency Management
Risk & Issue Management
PI Planning
Executive Reporting
Release Management
Stakeholder Management
AI adaptablity governance
AI Agent Adoption
AI-assisted Reporting & Analytics
Prompt Engineering
AI-driven Program Dashboards
RAG
Stakeholder alignment
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Development
Software/Firmware/Hardware Programs
MVP Definition
Backlog Management
Cross-functional Engineering
Vendor/Supplier Coordination
Certification
Project Manager from ISB
Accomplishments
- Milestone Award – Recognized for successfully delivering and releasing the Key Advantage product under stringent timelines.
- Titan Award – Recognized for delivering the Trillium MIFARE product with high quality and successful release execution.
Patents
- A method and an apparatus for switching premises
- Method and system for switching the premises.
Work Availability
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Timeline
Consultant
ADP
11.2022 - 08.2026
Program Manager
Altimetrik
01.2022 - 11.2022
Scrum Master/Lead
Carrier Corporation
05.2015 - 01.2022
Senior Engineer
Sonata software and HCL Global Systems
10.2013 - 05.2015
Quality Analyst
APEX CoVantage
07.2011 - 09.2013
B-tech - undefined
JNTU
Senior Management Program (SMP) -
IIMC