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Niranjan Pabbathi

Niranjan Pabbathi

Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic Sr. Technical Program Manager at Akamai Technologies with expertise in Agile methodologies and risk management. Proven track record in driving cross-functional engineering programs and enhancing operational efficiencies, achieving significant cost savings. Adept at leading teams and implementing process improvements to deliver high-quality results in complex, time-sensitive environments.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Technical Program Manager - CTG PMO

Akamai Technologies
Bangalore
08.2022 - Current
  • Developed and executed strategic plans for cross-functional engineering programs, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and priorities.
  • Provided strong leadership to cross-functional engineering teams, defining clear goals, roles, and responsibilities throughout the program lifecycle.
  • Drove continuous improvement initiatives by leveraging insights from program execution to enhance processes, methodologies, and project management practices.
  • Established and enforced quality standards and best practices across engineering teams, implementing robust processes and tools to ensure high-quality product delivery.
  • Led process improvement initiatives, introducing SAFe Agile methodologies and PI planning to enhance efficiency and collaboration.
  • Effectively coordinated efforts across multiple departments to achieve project goals within highly time-sensitive, complex programs.

Technical Program Manager - Corporate IT Systems

Akamai Technologies
Bangalore
07.2017 - 08.2022
  • Managed end-to-end delivery of IT infrastructure programs, ensuring successful execution within scope, budget, and timelines.
  • Oversaw budget management, resource allocation, and risk mitigation, ensuring program goals were achieved while addressing conflicts and dependencies.
  • Directed the strategy, analysis, and implementation of large-scale transformation programs, focusing on IT infrastructure, data center migrations, and compliance initiatives.
  • Led the implementation of enterprise tools to improve organizational compliance, streamline workflows, and enhance overall productivity.
  • Spearheaded successful data center migrations from on-premises to colocation environments, ensuring minimal service disruption and effective integration.
  • Drove significant operational efficiencies and cost savings through service improvement programs, focusing on optimization of IT services and infrastructure.
  • Managed cross-functional teams and key stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment and smooth execution of IT transformation initiatives.

Project Manager - Nucleus Transformation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2016 - 07.2017

Led the digital transformation initiative for Deutsche Bank, managing the end-to-end migration of critical applications to the cloud. Ensured seamless execution by coordinating cross-functional teams, optimizing legacy systems with cloud-native solutions, and implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency, scalability, and compliance.

Program Management for Centre for e-Governance, Karnataka

Accenture
09.2013 - 08.2016

Managed IT infrastructure and procurement initiatives for the Centre for e-Governance, Karnataka, ensuring seamless coordination with government departments. Led software licensing and infrastructure procurement, authored technical RFPs, and collaborated with vendors to implement effective digital solutions.

BHP Billiton Monitoring Tools Transition

Accenture
06.2013 - 09.2013

Led the transition of BHP Billiton’s monitoring tools support to an offshore model, collaborating with clients to ensure a seamless migration. Built and onboarded offshore teams, developed process documentation, and established standardized workflows to enable efficient support and operations.

Sanofi NGDC Production tools Transition

Accenture
12.2010 - 06.2013

Led the transition of production tool support for Sanofi NGDC, ensuring smooth knowledge transfer, and operational stability. Developed SOPs, mentored team members, managed client escalations, and drove effective collaboration to ensure seamless service delivery.

ETL Support for HP Procurve Networking Business

Mindteck
08.2008 - 12.2010

Managed ETL support for HP Procurve Networking Business, ensuring data quality and reliability of scheduled ETL jobs in Informatica. Monitored data pipelines, identified and resolved issues, and optimized ETL processes to maintain seamless data integration and reporting.

Education

MBA - Product Management

Institute of Product Leadership
Bangalore
09-2021

B.E. - Electronics & Communications

VTU University
Bangalore
06-2008

Skills

  • Technical Project Management
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Product Management
  • Business Analysis
  • ITIL Processes
  • Datacenter Operations

Certification

  • PMI PMP Certified
  • SAFe Advanced Scrum Master
  • SAFe Product Owner Product Manager
  • SAFe DevOps
  • ITIL Certified - Expert Level

Hobbies and Interests

  • Startups
  • Capital Markets
  • Angle Investment

Core Competencies

Manage projects under tight deadlines with involvement of cross-functional stakeholders, Escalate risks and issues as appropriate and ensure that contingency plans are in place to minimize risk, Communicate effectively with regional and global stakeholders on project status to ensure successful completion and transition to steady state., Executed multiple End to End Datacenter Migrations, Needs Analysis and Solution Recommendation, Good knowledge of large size distributed cloud platform, Good exposure to project management tools like Jira, Confluence, Smartsheets and MS project, Selected for prestigious 'Akamai Intrapreneurship' program where only 8 candidates make it to final list across the organization, Possess high entrepreneurial spirit and have the ability to understand and talk technology, Ability to define product vision and strategy, Ability to think strategically with strong problem solving/decision-making skills, Familiar with Design Thinking, UX Design and Marketing concepts, Continuous skill development in Product Management through formal education and side projects to put the concepts to work

Timeline

Sr. Technical Program Manager - CTG PMO

Akamai Technologies
08.2022 - Current

Technical Program Manager - Corporate IT Systems

Akamai Technologies
07.2017 - 08.2022

Project Manager - Nucleus Transformation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2016 - 07.2017

Program Management for Centre for e-Governance, Karnataka

Accenture
09.2013 - 08.2016

BHP Billiton Monitoring Tools Transition

Accenture
06.2013 - 09.2013

Sanofi NGDC Production tools Transition

Accenture
12.2010 - 06.2013

ETL Support for HP Procurve Networking Business

Mindteck
08.2008 - 12.2010

MBA - Product Management

Institute of Product Leadership

B.E. - Electronics & Communications

VTU University
Niranjan Pabbathi