Ravi Ramasamy
Bengaluru
Summary
- Motivated, Optimistic, Seasoned Project Manager and certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM), with 16 years of experience in SAP, including 8+ years of experience in project management, program management and delivery management.
- Spearheaded end-to-end delivery of multi-million-dollar global programs for Tier-1 clients, directing cross-functional teams of 50+ members, managing stakeholders across multiple geographies [EMEA, APAC, Americas] to ensure seamless project execution.
- Available for immediate joining.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Agile Project Manager
MyNextHire Pvt Ltd
12.2021 - 09.2023
- Directed a high-performing cross-functional agile team—including Developers, Testers, BAs, and Product Owners—to streamline product delivery outcomes aligned with business goals.
- Acted as a strategic partner to the CEO, with weekly and monthly executive briefings and review of operational, tactical, and strategic data to drive high-level decision-making.
- Spearheaded the end-to-end audit lifecycle and internal policy overhaul, resulting in the successful attainment of ISO 27001 certification. This helped the company bid on more enterprise-level contracts.
Senior Project Manager & Project Manager
L&T Mindtree Ltd
Bengaluru
07.2014 - 12.2021
- Led the delivery for a suite of mission-critical global applications used for the financial accounting, reporting and management reporting for 600+ companies from 140+ countries.
- Managed a $5M annual portfolio consisting of a diverse mix of Fixed Price (FPC) and Time & Materials (T&M) contracts, with a diversified team of 40 to 50 members.
- Consistently met financial targets while delivering high-impact projects featuring global rollouts, digital transformations, application migrations, upgrades, change management and AMS.
- Orchestrated the end-to-end project lifecycle by defining comprehensive project scope, charter and road map, SOWs, schedule, milestones, multi-year financial forecasts, budgets and commercials.
- Responsible and Accountable for submission of Revenue Guidance and Gross margin actuals (GMA), including resolution of any queries and alignment with senior leadership and customers.
- Led the setup of end-to-end governance structures, including Steering Committees, RACI models, and escalation paths to drive project transparency.
- Managed Stage-Gate reviews within the governance framework to ensure all technical and business criteria were met before phase transitions.
- Optimized global project schedules by using Critical Path Method (CPM).
- Proactively mitigated project risks by managing a centralized RAID log and monitoring critical delivery metrics, resulting in improved schedule adherence.
- Standardized project delivery frameworks through the creation of SOPs for team members and executive dashboards for transparent communication to key stakeholders.
- Driven an initiative to reduce the redundant data foot print by as much as 95%, which resulted in a savings of 80,000 Euros of hardware cost and also 20% improvement in reporting performance.
- Spearheaded the annual performance review process for a team of 40-50, providing actionable feedback and personal development plans (PDPs).
- Cultivated a culture of continuous improvement through quarterly performance evaluations and mentorship, aligning individual career goals with organizational milestones.
- Identified key skill gaps and implemented targeted training initiatives to improve overall team productivity.
- Involved in hiring/recruiting of team members and employees in the organization, to ensure the right skill-to-role alignment as well as cultural alignment.
Project Lead
L&T Mindtree Ltd
Bengaluru
01.2012 - 06.2014
Module Lead
L&T Mindtree Ltd
Bengaluru
11.2010 - 12.2011
Senior Software Engineer
IBM Ltd
Bengaluru
09.2007 - 10.2010
Software Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
Chennai
08.2005 - 08.2007
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
Anna University
Chennai, India04-2005
Skills
- Platforms: S/4HANA, ECC 60, BW 7X, BW/4HANA
- SAP Modules: SEM-BCS, BCS/4HANA, FI-GL, SD
- Enterprise Business Processes: OTC, R2R, Group Reporting
- Methodologies / Frameworks: ITIL, SAP Activate, Agile
- Tools: HPQC, ServiceNow, Citrix, JIRA
- SAP certification in BW 73
- Global project delivery
- Multi-project management
- Project governance
- Strategic planning
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team leadership
- Trained in PMP
- Certified PSM [Professional Scrum Master]
Accomplishments
- Recipient of 'Pillar award' (top 5% in the Organization) for consecutive years at L&T Mindtree Ltd.
- Recipient of 'Outstanding performer' award for consecutive years at L&T Mindtree Ltd.
- Nominated for 'Passions award' by the customer.
References
Ramachandran Seetharaman, Senior Director – L&T Mindtree Ltd
Ramachandran.seetharaman@ltm.com
Nandawat HS, Director – L&T Mindtree Ltd
Nandawat.hs@ltm.com
Vivek Jade, Founder & CEO – MyNextHire Pvt Ltd
vivek.jade@mynexthire.net
Timeline
Agile Project Manager
MyNextHire Pvt Ltd
12.2021 - 09.2023
Senior Project Manager & Project Manager
L&T Mindtree Ltd
07.2014 - 12.2021
Project Lead
L&T Mindtree Ltd
01.2012 - 06.2014
Module Lead
L&T Mindtree Ltd
11.2010 - 12.2011
Senior Software Engineer
IBM Ltd
09.2007 - 10.2010
Software Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
08.2005 - 08.2007
Bachelor of Engineering -
Anna University