Prasanth Raju
Project Manager
Bengaluru
Summary
Project Manager successful at delivering large scale Business Transformation & Change Management projects. Accomplished in project management with proven success in Banking and Finance industry. Offers strong analytical, planning and organizational skills to manage competing demands.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Manager/Scrum Master
Capco Technologies – HSBC Bank
Bangalore
04.2019 - Current
- Successfully transform the team’s waterfall mindset to Agile by developing effective training materials for teams to understand Agile delivery and administering all Agile/Scrum processes
- Working with, Wholesale Banking for End-End digitized transformation of Customer journey - Onboarding Process, KYC, Client Due Diligence and Business Intelligence/Reporting in efforts to reduce the current operation expenses by $3M annually
- Mentored a cross functional team of 15 resources across 4 agile pods to deliver quality products with high quality and within the committed timelines
- Directed and lead development team from project initiation through the delivery of product (iterative) . Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
- Synthesized current business intelligence data to produce reports and polished presentations, highlighting findings and recommending changes.
Business Analyst Manager
Wipro Technologies
Bangalore
02.2019 - 04.2019
- Engage with client to gather software requirements and translate into tangible deliverables in form of functional specification document, Feature & Epic, Use case, User stories, Wireframes (Sketch/Invision), Data model diagrams
- Worked as a proxy product owner to define the scope and project objectives, collaborated with development team to finalize the build architecture and testing frameworks
- Work along with Scrum Master to define Feature and Epics, create user stories for Sprint development and track any requirement changes.
Sr. Business Analyst
First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation
Plano
10.2017 - 09.2018
- Analyze Secondary Market/Pricing team’s requirements and processes through interviews, prior documents, workshops, and workflow analysis and develop user stories
- Manage the changes to the QRM - Mortgage Banking and QRM – Servicing model frameworks and to measure the results of Secondary Marketing and MSR activities so that the risk exposure is consistently managed within the established risk tolerances and pre-determined guardrails
- Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined sensible solutions.
Project Manager
Wipro Ltd
McLean
04.2008 - 10.2017
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance. Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
- Orchestrated projects within strict timeframes and budget constraints by solving complex problems and working closely with senior leaders.
- Facilitated communication between internal personnel, contractors and vendors for project cohesion.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Anna University
Chennai 05.2004 - 04.2008
Skills
Project Management
Agile Delivery
Business process re-engineering
Design Thinking
Business Intelligence Roadmap Design
Team Building & Mentoring
Business/Digital Transformation
Timeline
Project Manager/Scrum Master
Capco Technologies – HSBC Bank
04.2019 - Current
Business Analyst Manager
Wipro Technologies
02.2019 - 04.2019
Sr. Business Analyst
First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation
10.2017 - 09.2018
Project Manager
Wipro Ltd
04.2008 - 10.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Anna University
05.2004 - 04.2008