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Neha Sinha

Neha Sinha

Director, Technical Program Management
Pune,India

Summary

Accomplished Portfolio and Program Management professional with 16+ years of experience leading all phases of diverse technology projects.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certificates

Work History

Director, Technical Program Management

Mastercard
Pune, MH
08.2021 - Current
  • Led program demand management, SAFe Agile Delivery, capacity analytics, and program KPIs for MasterCard Processing for APAC, MEA and EUR regions
  • Spearheaded India on Soil program for business, working closely with organization compliance team and auditors
  • Orchestrated program annual roadmap planning with Engineering and Product leadership
  • Defined and managed annual program metrics
  • Monitored and coordinated workflows to optimize resources, driving program profitability
  • Analyzed business needs while soliciting customer feedback for process improvements

Prinicipal Program Manager

Nuance Communications
Pune, MH
05.2021 - 08.2022
  • Portfolio Management for Nuance Digital and Enterprise R&D
  • Led program ISO 270001 certification
  • Designed and managed program governance model
  • Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees

Senior Program Manager

Nuance Communications
Pune, MH
09.2019 - 05.2021
  • Driven end to end Agile Transformation for the R&D teams
  • Identified system needs and designed processes to support business requirements.
  • Established strong incident management process with Pager Duty
  • Managed key product transitions to India center involving knowledge transfer and team of 200+ engineers
  • Remodeled quarterly roadmap planning, along with comprehensive dashboard reporting
  • Worked closely with R&D leadership for the product roadmap planning

Senior Program Manager

Helpshift India
Pune, MH
12.2018 - 09.2019
  • Provided strategic leadership to Product and Engineering
  • Annual roadmap planning aligned to the organization mission & vision
  • Agile transformation for program leading to faster time to market
  • Managed ISO 270001 certification for the organization
  • Worked in close collaboration with Product Marketing & Professional Services for product rollouts
  • Designed several organization processes

Program Manager

Amdocs India
Pune, MH
06.2013 - 11.2018
  • Led and managed India MIS Program
  • Established the Project Management CoE, BA Competency, Digital & AI Solution Center, and the UX Competency Center within the group
  • Spearheaded RPA vendor evaluation and practice setup in the organization

Senior Business Analyst

Amdocs India
Pune, MH
07.2009 - 06.2013
  • Designed and managed the IT Clock Policy
  • End to end implementation of organization content management and program management solutions on Web and mobile
  • Led implementation and design for Amdocs Search Center including branding, communication and trainings
  • Headed MIS Knowledge Management Practice

Solutions Developer

INCAT - A TATA Technologies Company
Pune, MH
10.2008 - 02.2009
  • MVP design and development of a SharePoint application for Jaguar and Tata Motors

Senior Software Engineer

WIPRO Technologies
Pune, MH
07.2006 - 10.2008
  • Key developer for SharePoint solutions for Credit Suisse, J&J, Zensar, and British Library
  • Project Management for Status Tracking System designed for Credit Suisse Executive Leadership
  • Designed and led DITL Demos for Microsoft

Education

PGDBA - Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Symbiosis Center of Distance Learning
Pune, MH
09.2008 - 07.2010

B.Tech - Information Technology

Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology
Sultanpur, UP
09.2002 - 06.2006

Skills

Portfolio, Program, Project Management

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Certification

Managing Successful Programs (MSP) Practitioner (Axelos)

Interests

Travelling, Reading, Coaching & Facilitation

Timeline

Director, Technical Program Management

Mastercard
08.2021 - Current

ITIL Foundation

06-2021

Prinicipal Program Manager

Nuance Communications
05.2021 - 08.2022

Managing Successful Programs (MSP) Practitioner (Axelos)

12-2020

Senior Program Manager

Nuance Communications
09.2019 - 05.2021

PRINCE2 Practitioner (Axelos)

06-2019

Senior Program Manager

Helpshift India
12.2018 - 09.2019

ICP-ACC Agile Certified Coach (ICAgile)

07-2018

PSM 1 (Scrum.org)

03-2018

Program Manager

Amdocs India
06.2013 - 11.2018

Senior Business Analyst

Amdocs India
07.2009 - 06.2013

Solutions Developer

INCAT - A TATA Technologies Company
10.2008 - 02.2009

PGDBA - Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Symbiosis Center of Distance Learning
09.2008 - 07.2010

Senior Software Engineer

WIPRO Technologies
07.2006 - 10.2008

B.Tech - Information Technology

Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology
09.2002 - 06.2006
Neha SinhaDirector, Technical Program Management