Mayura Sakhare

Managed day-to-day operations of large-scale projects across diverse workstreams.

• Led cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects on time.
• Coordinated resources and stakeholders for seamless project execution.
• Developed project plans, outlining key milestones and deliverables.
• Facilitated meetings to track progress and address challenges collaboratively.
• Implemented risk management strategies to mitigate potential project issues.
• Analyzed project performance data to enhance future planning efforts.
• Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.
• Developed and maintained project plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Built and established strong partnerships with teams, vendors and contractors.
• Monitored progress of each project to ensure timely delivery of deliverables in accordance with established quality standards.
• Maintained records of all documents related to each project including specifications, change orders, invoices.
• Led meetings with internal team members, consultants and contractors.
• Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages.
• Prepared cost estimates for projects of varying sizes.

Led 24/7 service assurance operations for international telecom and submarine cable services, ensuring SLA compliance and high network availability.

• Managed major incident, problem, and change management processes to expedite service restoration and minimize customer impact.
• Conducted root cause analyses for critical outages, collaborating with internal teams, carriers, and vendors for permanent corrective actions.
• Governed Change Advisory Board activities, including review, approval, communication, and post-implementation validation of network changes.
• Coordinated with global telecom operators such as BT, Verizon, AT&T, Telecom Italia, Sparkle, Orange, Sprint, and Cable & Wireless for service provisioning and fault management.
• Conducted service review meetings and performance reporting to ensure adherence to customer SLAs and operational KPIs.
• Led service continuity planning and risk mitigation initiatives to sustain service resilience during network events.
• Implemented customer experience and service improvement programs through traffic diversification and operational process enhancements.

Managed end-to-end operations of international submarine cable systems, including SMW3, SMW4, IMEWE, and TGN networks.

• Executed network provisioning, alarm monitoring, fault management, and restoration across DWDM, SDH, and OTN transport networks.
• Developed annual restoration and contingency plans to guarantee service continuity during cable faults and force majeure events.
• Designed in-system restoration strategies for international traffic, coordinating with NOC teams and consortium partners.
• Oversaw capacity planning, utilization monitoring, and bandwidth allocation to meet service continuity requirements.
• Coordinated restoration activities during maintenance windows and major outages to minimize disruptions.
• Conducted network health assessments and capacity reviews to ensure performance readiness of restoration resources.
• Collaborated with international carriers and third-party providers to enhance network operations and service delivery.