Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Accomplishments
Hobbies and Interests
Timeline
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Meenakshi Rai

Summary

Dedicated and results-driven Technical Program Manager with 5 years of experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative technical solutions. Proven track record in managing complex projects, fostering collaboration, and achieving project goals. Seeking a challenging role to contribute expertise in program management, technical leadership, and strategic planning.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Technical Program Manager

Cars24
Bengaluru
04.2024 - Current
  • Communicated regularly with external partners to ensure alignment of strategies and goals.
  • Drafted reports for senior management highlighting key milestones achieved throughout the program lifecycle.
  • Identified areas of improvement in existing processes, procedures and systems related to the program delivery cycle.
  • Developed and maintained project plans, timelines and roadmaps for multiple projects.
  • Organized and facilitated meetings with stakeholders to review project status and progress.

Technical Program Manager

Paytm Money
Noida
04.2023 - 04.2024
  • Led and managed the end-to-end lifecycle of concurrent technical projects, overseeing project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including software development, QA, design, and product management, to ensure successful project delivery.
  • Developed and maintained project plans, budgets, and schedules, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
  • Conducted risk assessments, identified mitigation strategies, and proactively addressed potential issues to ensure project success.
  • Established and maintained clear communication channels with stakeholders, providing regular updates on project status, risks, and milestones.
  • Successfully delivered projects on time and within budget, meeting or exceeding quality standards.

Technical Program Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
Noida
11.2020 - 04.2023
  • Developed and maintained project plans, timelines and roadmaps for multiple projects.
  • Monitored project performance metrics including cost, schedule, scope change requests and quality assurance plans.
  • Maintained relationships with vendors and partners ensuring successful execution of programs within budget constraints.
  • Track and communicate Agile metrics which may include team velocity and sprint/Program Increment (PI) progress within Scaled Agile (SAFe) framework
  • Worked closely with the Release Train Engineer for the ART in coordinating dependencies between various scrum teams
  • Status Reporting and Escalation to senior management for any unresolved issues
  • Tracked complete execution in JIRA - EPIC, Features, user stories, estimation, assignment, progress, impediments, approvals, closure, and retrospectives

Scrum Master

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
01.2016 - 07.2018
  • Organized and facilitated Agile and Scrum meetings, which included Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums or Standups, Sprint Review & Retrospective.

Education

MBA - Marketing

Institute of Management Studies, BHU
04.2020

Bachelor of Techonology - Mechanical Engineering

Krishna Engineering College
05.2015

Skills

  • Program Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Agile Project Management
  • Agile Frameworks - Scrum, SAFe
  • Scaled Agile Framework
  • Tools - JIRA, Confluence, Rally
  • Cross- Functional Team Leadership
  • Communication
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Technical Proficiency
  • Documentations and Reporting
  • Risk Management

Certification

  • PSM 1
  • SAFe Scrum Master
  • Six Sigma (Yellow belt)

Accomplishments

  • Rewarded as Star Performer for outstanding efforts towards adhering to workspace management guidelines.
  • Received Certificate of Appreciation for effortlessly migrating entire client workspace from Rally to JIRA and played a critical role in providing accesses to the entire team smoothly.
  • Awarded Ms. FIT, Aagman 2k18, IM-BHU, August 2018.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Traveling
  • Reading
  • Exploring

Timeline

Lead Technical Program Manager

Cars24
04.2024 - Current

Technical Program Manager

Paytm Money
04.2023 - 04.2024

Technical Program Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2020 - 04.2023

Scrum Master

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2016 - 07.2018

MBA - Marketing

Institute of Management Studies, BHU

Bachelor of Techonology - Mechanical Engineering

Krishna Engineering College

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