SANDEEP AHUJA

Trusted Senior Programme Manager with a proven track record in establishing and driving program delivery governance for large-scale Microsoft, Oracle and SAP cloud technology initiatives. Specialized in leading complex transformations across Financial Services, Consulting, Banking and Retail sectors, ensuring strategic alignment, operational excellence, and stakeholder confidence.

Key Skills Demonstrated.

• Delivered leadership for Dynamics 365, Azure, SAP, and Oracle projects, ensuring successful implementation and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Executed program turnaround strategies that redefined governance structures, stabilizing high-pressure project environments.
• Driving operational excellence and client satisfaction through structured and agile practices
• Led cross-functional teams to improve service delivery and operational efficiency, achieving enhanced outcomes for client partnerships.
• Risk, scope, and financial management (up-to £25m) for fixed-price and hybrid engagements
• Multi-supplier coordination and stakeholder engagement
• Developed department performance goals and methods for achieving milestones.
• Prepared reports and presentations for executive leadership review.

• Lead global programs relating to new services and offerings in financial services, e.g., Cyber Risk and Resilience.
• Lead large to medium sized projects to innovate and deliver additional value to the FS business through efficient, quality service and continuous improvement.
• Collaborated with the Industries and Market Innovation team to support the Financial Services group as a Strategic Business Partner.
• Counseled business leaders and recommended approaches for executing high-level strategies while developing creative solutions to address challenges.
• Manage Budgets allocation & governance: Planning & prioritization process investment priorities.
• Provide research and analysis, strategic insights on key markets, competitors and targets to support business development efforts in the region.
• Produced competitive intelligence analysis reports, identifying key targets and insights to inform strategic decisions.
• Identifies or develops cutting-edge analytical tools, models, and methods for making key business decisions.
• Conducted various analyses and produced reports detailing results for global and regional management, enhancing decision-making processes.

• Identified programs and projects focused on process improvements, new service development, and implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Developed and implemented project management methodology for identified projects, enhancing project execution.
• Facilitated formation of project teams, aligned resources, and mentored teams on achieving project deliverables.
• Presentation of project statuses to the GTH Executive team on a regular basis, highlighting areas of risk/concern.

• Conducting Feasibility Studies including as-is and to-be process deployment, skill-set requirement and IT set up analysis.
• Responsible for assessing processes and recommending solution/ potential for migration.
• Migrations planning including Cost Benefit analysis, ensuring BCP plan is documented, plan business contingency and achieve cross-training.
• Ensured project documents are complete, current and stored.
• Manage relationship with client managers, business partners, operations team and key business stakeholders.

• Developed and monitored key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess team effectiveness.
• Maintained a positive work environment that promoted collaboration between team members.

• Streamlined financial processes to enhance accuracy and efficiency in reporting.
• Identified discrepancies in financial data and recommended corrective actions to resolve them.