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HARSHITHA SRIRAMANENI

Hyderabad

Summary

  • With nearly two decades of strategic leadership and technical expertise, I've consistently delivered exceptional results by aligning technology with business objectives.
  • I have a proven track record in adapting to latest technologies and leading diverse teams, implementing innovative solutions, and optimizing operations has enabled organizations to achieve sustainable growth.
  • Guide cross-functional teams in identifying CI/CD opportunities and automations, consistently leveraging these opportunities to upskill and cross-skill team members while providing clear, long-term career paths.
  • Fostered a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability, leading to improved team performance and growth in building high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth
  • Establish governance structures and implement best practices through integrated Power automated reporting, enhancing service delivery benchmarks and earning consistent accolades for team performance.
  • Collaborated with C-suite executives at ValueMomentum, and key stakeholders, aligning technology solutions with business goals

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Director Partner Delivery Operations & Ops

MassMutual Strategic Partners
11.2021 - Current
  • Spearheading end-to-end operations for MassMutual Strategic Partners (Technology, Operations & Shared Services- Procurement, Organization PMO) with 300+ Headcount
  • Establish governance structures and implement best practices through integrated Power automated reporting, enhancing service delivery benchmarks and earning consistent accolades for team performance.
  • Manage budgets, allocate resources, and optimize timelines, delivering .6 X cross-skilling coverage and absorbing 0.4X worth of work, contributing to a 30% reduction in FTE costs for the Wealth Management Operations team.
  • Streamline processes, reducing operational errors by 28% and increasing resource efficiency by 20% quarter-on-quarter by enabling Investment operations teams to build cost effective and resourceful tools.
  • Collaborated with C-suite executives at ValueMomentum, and key stakeholders, aligning technology solutions with business goals and achieving an18% Annual cost reduction for India team.Developed and implemented strategic plans to enhance operational efficiency and drive continuous improvement initiatives
  • Formulating and executing strategic initiatives aimed at optimizing operational efficiency and driving a culture of continuous improvement which include focus on Accuracy (AHT), Average Turnaround Time (TAT), Effort/FTE savings, increased contribution to Value Adds
  • Successfully managed procurement activities, negotiating contracts, and ensuring cost-effective solutions while maintaining quality standards achieving Q-o-Q cost savings of 15%
  • Implemented key process improvements in Operations resulting in a 15% reduction in operational errors and a 25% increase in cross leveraging resources Q-o-Q
  • Developing tailored employee engagement strategies for different stakeholder groups (Wealth Management, Investment Banking & Shared Services), ensuring active participation and support for organizational initiatives
  • Achieved consistent ESS score of 93% and above, 2 years in a row

Head of Operations

Value Momentum
08.2021 - 11.2022
  • Reporting to the C-Suite and executed on a day-to-day basis, led several short-duration , high impact projects with high turnaround times leveraging deep cross-functional collaboration, promoted from Associate Director to Director within 3 months because of the impact created
  • Simplifying the ‘complex’ into simple, actionable opportunities
  • Orchestrated to build and integrated Operations dashboard across all functions from Lead to Cash in Power BI for effective monitoring of metrics and KPI
  • Led a cross-functional team in optimizing Organizational delivery processes by applicable Process Automation resulting in a 20% increase in productivity and a 15% decrease in turnaround time for key deliverables
  • Implemented a robust change management framework that facilitated seamless adoption of new processes and technologies, leading to a 10% increase in employee engagement and satisfaction
  • Identified opportunities in P&L to optimize revenue benefits and developed strategies to revamp revenue streams by diversifying resources between High value and long term value customers

Program Manager & PreSales

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2018 - 08.2021

- Anchor for leading multiple RFPs worth ~ US$ 2 MM - 20 MM, for successful closure in diverse capacities of Bid

Manager, Stakeholder Manager for a seamless collaboration with Cross functional Teams

- Conceptualized Cloud Migration Proof of Concept implementations for obtaining new business proposals

accomplishing in new SOW sign-off’ s and SOW renewals

- Resource and Opportunity Pipeline Management

Start-up Manager for the Financial Unit

Large Automobile Giant
02.2017 - 12.2017

Led a complex program as an Onsite Start-up Manager for the implementation of new central system in

Integration with complex modules which involved multiple legacy systems while collaborating with multiple Vendors( ~3) and 25+ Stakeholders for multiple markets

- Evaluating bids with respect to the cost estimates, scope deviation(s) and commercial deviations

- Orchestrated Business requirement & Gap Analysis workshops for multiple markets of Europe and established

effective process for reusability of Artefacts to reduce the time to GO-Live per market

- Design and support the development and maintenance of clear & concise statistical and metric-based reporting

of delivery progress including reports and dashboards for continuous improvement

- Establish and provision key process documents for effective implementation of multi market applications

- Responsible for key KPI levers Managing Risk, Revenue, Profitability, Growth and Customer Satisfaction

- Collaborate with Delivery teams for smooth delivery of the Program

Project Manager for Financial Unit

Large Automobile Giant
11.2015 - 01.2017

Led a complex program to integrate modular projects across 5 EU regions; managed 60+ stakeholders across 7

locations to create an Operations effective platform (Planning, Tracking, Execution, RiskMitigation, Communication and Status Tracking about the programs health for large integrated complex

applications

- Key role in establishing QA COE in the customer locations for Improved Response times of 45% for complex

applications and reduced execution time of batch jobs by 28% while establishing best practices

- Supported customer in Agile Transformation for the Multi-market implementation modules

- Responsible for monitoring key levers that impact profit margins like Billable Revenue, Employee Tier %, etc

- Identifying skill requirements and skill gaps within current resources, defined training requirements for team

and delivering training in line with these gaps

Project Manager COE

Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2010 - 11.2015

BA Lead

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2009 - 09.2010

Consultant (POC Implementation)

Infosys Technologies Ltd.
09.2006 - 12.2009

Education

B.E. - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

JNTU Hyderabad
01.2006

MBA - Strategy, Leadership and Finance

Indian School of Business (ISB)
01.2019

Certified Independent Director -

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
01.2024

Skills

  • Partnerships and alliances
  • Strategic project management
  • Operations management
  • Budget planning & management
  • Portfolio/Account growth management
  • Global Stakeholder engagement

Timeline

Director Partner Delivery Operations & Ops

MassMutual Strategic Partners
11.2021 - Current

Head of Operations

Value Momentum
08.2021 - 11.2022

Program Manager & PreSales

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2018 - 08.2021

Start-up Manager for the Financial Unit

Large Automobile Giant
02.2017 - 12.2017

Project Manager for Financial Unit

Large Automobile Giant
11.2015 - 01.2017

Project Manager COE

Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2010 - 11.2015

BA Lead

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2009 - 09.2010

Consultant (POC Implementation)

Infosys Technologies Ltd.
09.2006 - 12.2009

MBA - Strategy, Leadership and Finance

Indian School of Business (ISB)

B.E. - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

JNTU Hyderabad

Certified Independent Director -

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
HARSHITHA SRIRAMANENI