Prakash Pattanaik
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic PMO Project Manager with extensive experience at CGI Information Systems, excelling in Agile methodologies and stakeholder management. Proven track record in delivering projects on time and within budget, enhancing resource allocation efficiency by 30%. Adept at conflict resolution and driving continuous improvement in project delivery frameworks.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PMO Project Manager
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
06.2022 - Current
- Managing the projects in Emerging Technologies and Digital Innovation, Devkit and Business Intelligence, Sub Surface and Wells with end-to-end project delivery framework (PDF) and Operate Readiness Framework (ORF) using Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid and DevOps Methodologies and ensuring that the predefined benchmark to scope, cost, schedule, quality, resource, risk and compliance, procurement and stakeholder management are achieved
- Coordinating for Key Performance Indicator (KPI) such as PIRA, OCET, Support Model, SNOW Catalogue, ITSO SaaS Requirements, NFR and various project status reports, budgeting and forecasting, capacity planning, tracking time writing etc
- Strategically allocating resources and aligning staff as per the requirements, NAV status and adding value in terms of cost savings or benefits etc
- Closely work with Business and Operations to ensure that transition deliverables are in place prior to deployment to production for new technologies, enhancements and change requests to fulfill the business requirements
- Having Problem-Solving Abilities for aptitude and identifying the potential risks and mitigating with the effective plans
- Closely work with product backlogs, user stories and tasks with the supported scrum frameworks for monthly sprint releases
- Facilitate Scrum Framework – sprint planning, sprint goals, daily stand-up, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
- Work with product owners, development team and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress
- Plan and execute agile best practices and encourage team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity
- Coach teams in agile best practices and provide necessary trainings to create a positive mindset to agile way of working
- Work hard to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle
- Work closely and listen to each team member’s feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts within the team
- Streamlined and optimized workflow and communication by implementing agile framework
- Providing expertise for onboarding new applications and the corresponding support for delivering the projects and products deliverables on time with the defined timeline
PMO Consultant
Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.
10.2021 - 06.2022
- Support both UK and India Digital Solutions Team for resource Onboarding and Offboarding activities across all Digital Solutions Domain working with Royal Bank of Scotland
- Manage GRRP hiring process
- Maintaining the master head count report both UK and India, keeping a tap upon the budgeting & forecasting also P&L across the projects
- Support Client Supply/Demand Specialist in defining, identifying and evaluating candidates for open resource requests; and filling resource requirements
- May work directly with client team executives when that is more effective
- Support in processing SOWs and POs and closely working with the vendors for contract staffs, application support, invoicing and billing
- Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Project P&L Review Meeting with the Management and Stakeholders
- Manage Projects Budgeting, Forecasting VS Actual, Cost Analysis, FTE Reconciliation, Gross Margin Projection, Timesheet, Client Billing Activities, Account Payable/Receivables etc
- Actively participating in projects overview, leadership discussion, steering co meetings, program boards and ensuring that the projects are on track and attuned with the key objectives of the program
- Providing support to the stakeholders for all application requirements and the corresponding cost for delivering the projects on time
Operations Manager– Process Excellence
FIRSTSOURCE SOLUTIONS LTD.
12.2020 - 09.2021
- Projects Planning and Executing, Hiring and Resource Utilization, Monitoring SLA Performance, Projects Status Reporting, Governance, Risks & Issues and Benefit following to the Agile methodology defined under the process Scrum framework
- Forecasting and Budgeting and effort, design, scope, resource coordination and deliver as per projects requirement
- Work as a point of contact for PMO queries & information and an advocate for best practices in project
- Work with the tools such as MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Projects and JIRA
- Actively participating in projects overview, leadership discussions, steering co meetings, program boards and ensuring that the projects are on track and attuned with the key objectives of the program
- Establishing stakeholder management plan and implementing the communication framework
- Ensuring team adherence to process during project execution and implementation
- Identifying RAID and plan for the mitigation
- Identifying process improvement and implement in the team
- Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Project P&L Review along with the Management
- Demonstrate successful execution of quality strategies for products and employees
- Evaluate the appraisal performance for the team
- Manage Revenue Projections, Cost Analysis, Attrition Analysis, FTE Reconciliation, Gross Margin Projection, Invoicing, Timesheet, Client Billing Activities, Account Payable/Receivables
Manager PMO
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD.
05.2013 - 11.2019
- Managed program level operations which includes project planning, executing, governance, resource management, project status reporting on small to large size projects in IT Infrastructure, Development
- Forecasting, cost & budgeting of the projects to ensure time & effort estimation as per the standard process
- Implementation and managing the agile methodology, JIRA to manage project delivery effectively in AWS Cloud Computing Platform (AWS Data Services Covering Security, Polices and Access Management
- Successfully managed projects in various phases including Executing Phase, Testing Phase, User Acceptance Test Phase and Production
- Manage Business Finance – lever analysis, budget/opex tracking, Analysis, PA, Quotes, and SOW/contracts, etc
- Conducted monthly resource allocation for 300+ resources for multiple projects and reconcile monthly variance on projects
- Enhanced organizational objectives & metrics by improving overall efficiency and customer satisfaction level
- Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to gather data, brainstorm on active RAID
- Gathering project data for management review in weekly and monthly; managing financial budget development, tracking actual costs vs
- Budget, work-plan management and control using a standard Project Management Tool; generating Work Plan Dependency Reports, Status Reports, Metrics Report and managing in SharePoint Customization
- Worked with the tools: MS Excel, Jira and MS Projects
- Responsible to manage Revenue Projections, Cost Analysis, Attrition Analysis, FTE Reconciliation, Gross Margin Projection, Invoicing, Timesheet, Client Billing Activities, Account Payable/Receivables, Validate Revenue Remittance, Unbilled & Unearned Analysis & clearance etc
- Responsible to manage IQMS, Contract Management (CMS), Vendor Management Operations (VMO), Project PMR, ISO 20000 and 27001-Internal & External Audit
TEAM MANAGER
INNODATA INDIA PVT. LTD.
02.2008 - 04.2013
SR. ASSOCIATE
ORACLE FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.
02.2007 - 01.2008
Education
MBA - Personnel Management & Human Resource Development
IIMM
Post Graduate Diploma - Computer Application
Cosmic
B.Sc - Maths
Utkal University
Skills
- Project and Program Management
- Agile Methodology
- Scrum Management
- Business Process Management
- Service Management
- Project Delivery Framework
- Transition Management
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Vendor Management
- Contract Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Resource Management
- Risk Management
- ServiceNow
- MS Office
- Azure DevOps Board
- GitHub Boards
- Jira
- MS Project
- Resource allocation
- Team collaboration
- Conflict resolution
- Project lifecycle management
- Forecasting
- Meeting facilitation
Certification
- Professional Scrum Master I
- Prince2 Foundation Certified in Project Management
- ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certified in TCS
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Bengali
- Odiya
Personal Information
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
Major Achievements And Awards
- Achieved Leadership Outstanding Performer Award towards increasing the efficiency of business objectives at Tata Consultancy Services.
- Achieved Best Performer Award for my best performance in the project at Innodata India Pvt. Ltd.
- Achieved 'We Care' award from CGI for my best effort in project delivery in Yr 2024.
Timeline
PMO Project Manager
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
06.2022 - Current
PMO Consultant
Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.
10.2021 - 06.2022
Operations Manager– Process Excellence
FIRSTSOURCE SOLUTIONS LTD.
12.2020 - 09.2021
Manager PMO
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD.
05.2013 - 11.2019
TEAM MANAGER
INNODATA INDIA PVT. LTD.
02.2008 - 04.2013
SR. ASSOCIATE
ORACLE FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.
02.2007 - 01.2008
MBA - Personnel Management & Human Resource Development
IIMM
Post Graduate Diploma - Computer Application
Cosmic
B.Sc - Maths
Utkal University
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