Sashank CMNV

Accomplished Strategic HR Consultant and Scrum Master with 12 years of experience in Agile Program Delivery, Risk Management, and Global Human Capital Strategy. Delivered significant bottom-line impact through multi-country launches and complex transformations. Optimized project plans and schedules while coaching cross-functional teams to overcome challenges and achieve project objectives.

• Global Program Scale: Spearheaded the end-to-end operational launch of 6 international markets(Australia, China, Philippines, Egypt, New Zealand, Singapore) for 25,000+ employees, achieving a 96%+ adoption rate.
• Operational Cost Reduction: Delivered $19M in validated savings through 27 Kaizen and Gemba initiatives.
• Technical Risk Mitigation: Architected automated fraud detection programs (Phish-hook) realizing $31.1M in savings.
• Agile Transformation: Led 60+ associates through a transition from Waterfall to Agile, reorganizing units into specialized teams to increase throughput by 40%.
• Stakeholder & Risk Management: Direct advisor to Senior Leadership (C-Team & S-Team), managing complex cross-functional dependencies between Legal, Tax, and FinTech using ROAM-based risk mitigation.
• Operational Excellence: Maintained a consistent 98% on-time feature delivery rate by rigorously managing project backlogs and eliminating operational bottlenecks.
• Leadership Pipeline: Standardized leadership selection criteria for L5 and L6 pipelines, conducting competency assessments and gap analyses for regional management hubs.
• Professional Development: Cultivated a leadership pipeline that yielded 4 internal promotions while maintaining a 95%+ team engagement score through structured coaching on Agile principles.
• Performance Intelligence: Leveraged KPI monitoring and performance intelligence to align cross-functional team objectives with global business goals.

Project Name: Global Market Expansion (6-Countries Launch)
Role: HR ConsultantEngineered foundational SOPs and Gantt-based timelines for Day-1 readiness across Australia, China, Philippines, Egypt, New Zealand, and Singapore.

• Risk & Compliance Governance: Maintained a transparent Compliance Backlog and ROAM-based risk logs, ensuring 100% adherence to local labor laws across all operating jurisdictions.
• Cross-Functional Management: Directed complex dependencies between Legal, Tax, and FinTech teams using Asana and Agile methodologies to prevent bottlenecks in multi-country rollout timelines.
• Leadership Advisory: Advised senior leadership on organizational restructuring and workforce strategy, leveraging data-driven insights to align global objectives with regional headcount scaling.

Impact: Delivered foundational Day-1 readiness for 25,000+ employees with a 96%+ adoption rate across all launched markets.

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Project Name: MFI Investigation Automation 

Role:  Team Manager/Scrum Master

Led a cross-functional Agile pod to solve systemic "Missing From Inbound" (MFI) inventory discrepancies, transitioning manual investigative workflows into an automated risk-mitigation system.

• Process Optimization: Identified process bottlenecks where 19% of manual investigations were repetitive mis-receive errors, targeting these for high-impact technical automation.
• Sprint Lifecycle Management: Directed the end-to-end Sprint lifecycle to automate 3,491 cases per month, delivering a direct saving of 157 human hours monthly for the specialist team.
• Change Management: Built comprehensive SOPs for the new automated workflow, enabling a seamless transition of investigators from data entry into high-judgment, complex case roles.

Impact: Maintained a 98% on-time feature delivery rate by rigorously managing the project backlog and resolving technical impediments.

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Project Name: Phish-hook & Supply Chain Integrity
Role: Risk Manager

Architected the "Phish-hook" automated detection program using rapid prototyping and iterative frameworks to safeguard the global supply chain from fraudulent incursions.

• Risk Logic Management: Managed risk telemetry and fraud logic updates for an automated system that removed 1.3M fraudulent product units from the global supply chain annually.
• Executive Communication: Translated complex risk analytics and fraud telemetry into strategic insights and actionable recommendations for S-Team (Senior Leadership) executives.

Impact: Delivered $31.1M in validated savings within the first 8 months of deployment through high-precision fraud identification.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• SAFe Agilist
• AWS Certified AI Practitioner
• AWS GEN AI DEVELOPER
• PMP - Project Management Professional, In Progress
• B.Tech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, JNTU-H

• Generative AI in Program Management
• Data Telemetry
• Predictive Risk