Gurupriya N
Program Manager/Senior Project Manager
Chennai
Summary
Program Manager with close to 17 years of experience and with a proven track record in delivering successful Products and projects in Agile and waterfall methodology. Experience in handling complex programs with 100+ team members, 15+ products and with multitude of technologies.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Director – Program & Project Management
LTIMindtree Ltd
02.2022 - Current
- Responsible for smooth delivery and execution of projects for world’s leading air transport management company which includes 16 different products and 100+ team members
- Ensure all products meet the highest standards of quality, Performance and Security
- Responsible for tracking of product releases and progress in accordance with roadmap
- Responsible for resourcing, estimation and bringing in new business
- Responsible for overall Portfolio growth, Revenue and Margin
- Handle and support both internal and external audits including ISO audits
- Responsible for Overall program level Customer satisfaction and risk management
- Responsible for managing the scrum team and coordinating scrum ceremonies like sprint planning, Refinement and Retro
- Responsible for identifying process gaps and mitigating the same to meet KPI targets
- Understand Industry trends and propose proactive proposals which includes AI tools, Cloud migrations and other technology trends
Senior Project Manager
Fujitsu Consulting India Private Limited
07.2021 - 02.2022
- Responsible for smooth delivery and execution of projects for a Japanese government-based project
- Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, resourcing, expense reporting, risk management and execution for 2 critical Projects (Testing and Development project)
- Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to have a hassle-free delivery
- Maintain clear and consistent communication with stakeholders at all levels, providing regular updates on project status, risks and outcomes
- Work closely with Sales, Engineering, Product and QA team to ensure seamless delivery
Delivery Partner/ Project Manager
TATA Consultancy Services
01.2014 - 07.2021
- Responsible for smooth delivery and execution of projects for a logistics based European Customer
- Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, resourcing, expense reporting, risk management and execution for 2 Customers (Travel management company, Logistics company)
- Oversee the entire SDLC including requirement analysis, design, development, testing and post deployment support
- Invoicing and billing based on milestones
- Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to have hassle-free delivery
- Strategic planning and implementation for continuous growth of the accounts
- Continuous monitoring of cost and margin
- Structured planning to implement Cost optimization
- Proactively involved in Project management review and internal audits
Project Lead/Sr Developer
TATA Consultancy Services
06.2010 - 01.2014
- Monitor, guide, assist, and direct a team of software developers
- Communicated and collaborated with customers regularly to ensure quality development and service delivery
- Plan, facilitate, and evaluate system design specifications
- Performance evaluation for team members
- Code review and quality check
- Worked on POCs for new tools and technologies
- Consistently Awarded as 'Best Auditor' for 4 Quarters
Java Developer
TATA Consultancy Services
07.2007 - 06.2010
- Analyze, design and efficiently develop Java based web applications
- Monitor, assist, and direct a team of software developers for J2EE based application development
- Daily monitoring of logs and Provided L2 and L3 support for web-based applications
- Unit testing and integration testing
- Worked on POCs for new tools and technologies
- Optimized overall application performance through testing and tuning of applications
Education
B.E - Computer Science & Engineering
Anna University
Skills
SAFE Agilist
Program Management
Project Management
Cost control/Optimization
Risk Management
KPI Management
Delivery Quality Management
Accomplishments
- Experience with RFP and proposal presentation.
- Experience handling cloud migration projects.
- Experience in handling Re-Engineering/ Transformation programs.
- Contributed to the proof of concept for generative AI tools like AskCodei, Copilot, Cast, etc.
- Active project auditor in internal Auditor’s pool and have participated in ISO audits with zero non-compliance.
- Completed internal auditor’s training and internal Project management certification.
- Received 'Best auditor', 'Champ', 'Applause', 'Star' award for consistent performance.
Tools Used
- Azure Devops Board
- Trello
- Eclipse
- GIT
- SQL developer
- SVN
- Slack
- Octane
- Microsoft Co-Pilot
Timeline
Director – Program & Project Management
LTIMindtree Ltd
02.2022 - Current
Senior Project Manager
Fujitsu Consulting India Private Limited
07.2021 - 02.2022
Delivery Partner/ Project Manager
TATA Consultancy Services
01.2014 - 07.2021
Project Lead/Sr Developer
TATA Consultancy Services
06.2010 - 01.2014
Java Developer
TATA Consultancy Services
07.2007 - 06.2010
B.E - Computer Science & Engineering
Anna University