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BusinessDevelopmentManager
Pranav  Gupta

Pranav Gupta

Gurugram

Summary

A decade of experience in driving & managing portfolios, programs & projects from their inception to execution with exposure to consulting and business analysis. Exceptional in working cross-functionally with product managers, designers, engineering team, business operations, marketing, legal and external partners across organization to guarantee a smooth and efficient product delivery. Effectively leading sprint ceremonies & creating efficient processes at a portfolio level to ensure the goals are achieved as per the corporate roadmap. Working experience as a product consultant & have traveled On-site to carry out & lead client events.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Technical Program Manager

MakeMyTrip
Gurugram
10.2021 - Current
  • Leading end to end project planning & delivery within Go-MMT which involves smooth executing & rising flags on potential risk with plans to mitigate them.
  • Collaborate with CXO leadership on the critical projects & resource planning by providing weekly reports.
  • Single point of contact for engineering and business teams in executing the cross-lob projects.
  • Driving the quarter planning sessions to ensure project picked are optimized against the available team capacity.
  • Identify the gaps and create processes to ensure there are no impediments.

Technical Program Manager

Ola Electric
Bengaluru
11.2020 - 09.2021
  • Leading multiple program and sub-programs in parallel for the digital software team in Ola Electric from 0 to 1 phase by planning, execution & delivery of large cross-functional initiatives.
  • Managing stakeholders from different cross functional teams by setting expectations and providing frequent program/project status reports.
  • Prioritizing and clarifying project commitments as well as establishing and maintaining clear chains of accountability
  • Managing vendors by collaborating projects, resourcing, procurement and driving joint debugging sessions.

Technical Program Manager

PayTM One97
Bengaluru
03.2020 - 11.2020
  • Managed the software release schedule for multiple product teams & multiple competing customer projects in parallel.
  • Lead and Manage the LOB by implementing the Agile & SAFe framework & processes.
  • Manage & prioritize product and business requirements and timely release plan.
  • Creating and maintaining appropriate JIRA dashboards and boards for flagging any SLA breaks.

Project Manager

Finastra Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
03.2019 - 03.2020
  • Consulting with client to determine project requirements and needs analysis.
  • Ensure the Team Release Planning is set up. Create Release plan and ensure JIRA is up to date for each team.
  • Communicate project scope, status, and risks to all stakeholders.
  • Monitor the defect management process with teams and assess the risks and issues on the project with appropriate frequency and mitigate/escalate as necessary.
  • Get the acceptance for the demonstrated user stories from the Product owner and ensure that are accepted in JIRA at the demo. Follow up on user stories that have been rejected by the product owner.

PMO /Business Analyst

Cerner Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
05.2016 - 10.2018
  • Gather business requirements and manage multiple inputs and priorities.
  • Developed reports to make data more meaningful for business initiatives and support the decision-making needs of business.
  • Driving the project-quoting meeting between the leads and the architects to quote the queued projects.
  • Handled & maintained project constraints, agreement letters and scope documents from the client and resolve any discrepancies.
  • Monitored all key financial metrics to ensure funds and resource allocation is appropriate.
  • Monitoring the team billability and creating reports to measure the billable utilization of each associate of the team to make sure they are productive.

Delivery Consultant

Cerner Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
04.2013 - 05.2016
  • Consulting the clients on Cerner methodology. Designed, configured and trouble-shoot Cerner solutions within the appropriate tools used by project team/solution.
  • Established and maintained relationships at the appropriate level between Cerner and Client.
  • Carried out client events and implemented Cerner solutions for clients in the UK and in Australia and supported the projects in the Middle East.
  • Gather relevant data and analyze the business needs of the clients and the stakeholders to identify business problems and propose solutions.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Technology (B.Tech) - Computer Engineering

Sobhasaria Engineering College
Sikar
01-2012

Skills

  • Portfolio & Program Management
  • Agile & SAFe
  • Technical Architecture
  • Project Kickoff, Planning & Delivery
  • Requirement Gathering and Analysis
  • Project Quoting & Initiation
  • Project Monitoring & Control
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Risk Management & Mitigation
  • Resourcing & Procurement
  • Vendor Contracts and Relationships
  • Process Excellence
  • Client Consulting & Stakeholder Management
  • Project Compliance & Governance
  • Confluence Documentation
  • JIRA Query Language
  • User Acceptance & Manual Testing
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Microsoft office: Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  • Test Management Tool: JIRA, HP Quality Center

Accomplishments

  • Rewarded Ace Performer award for exceptional work in handling multiple Cross-Lob Projects and delivering within time.
  • Given added responsibility of leading and managing a new LOB to ensure process is driven and projects are managed efficiently.
  • Took multiple initiatives of driving the abrupt releases due to business calls in Ola Electric and will appreciated with a good hike within 4 months of my joining.
  • Revamped and transformed the entire Lending Department Agile process for a team of 200 members and managed the entire program over 9 months.
  • Managed new process in Retail Banking department with the strength of 200 people in funneling the client requirements from varied teams.
  • Took the ownership and worked with two teams simultaneously for more than 10 months on two separate roles to make sure the team does not suffer.
  • I was highly appreciated for the cut over build support for Alfred Health Project, South Australia for Cerner PathNet- Microbiology during the Go-Live of this project.
  • I was highly appreciated for the System Validation event in Cerner U.K. office (London) and had lead the data collection session with the team of Bart's Hospital and a team of National Health Services

Timeline

Senior Technical Program Manager

MakeMyTrip
10.2021 - Current

Technical Program Manager

Ola Electric
11.2020 - 09.2021

Technical Program Manager

PayTM One97
03.2020 - 11.2020

Project Manager

Finastra Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
03.2019 - 03.2020

PMO /Business Analyst

Cerner Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
05.2016 - 10.2018

Delivery Consultant

Cerner Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
04.2013 - 05.2016

Bachelor's Degree in Technology (B.Tech) - Computer Engineering

Sobhasaria Engineering College
Pranav Gupta