Sharanya Vuppala
Sr.Project Delivery Manager
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Sr. Project Delivery Manager leading complex contact centre transformation, secure payments, and Conversational AI programmes across cloud and regulated environments. Manages a team of 10 Technical Delivery Managers while driving governance, go-live readiness, and stakeholder alignment across Agile, SAFe, and Waterfall delivery. Coordinates portfolio financials, release control, and service stabilization from planning through BAU handover.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Project Delivery Manager
Accenture
12.2023 - Current
- Led and mentored a team of 10 Technical Delivery Managers across multiple transformation programmes, driving end-to-end delivery and service governance.
- Aligned 10 weekly steering reviews with business and technology stakeholders to resolve risks, decisions, and delivery priorities.
- Managed programme financials through CAPEX and OPEX tracking, monthly forecasting, and change requests for incremental funding.
- Drove Agile and Waterfall execution across cross-functional squads, using Jira to track dependencies and resolve delivery slippages.
- Oversaw secure payments, conversational AI, and release readiness by coordinating compliance artifacts, testing, rollback planning, and go-live stabilization.
Project Lead
Accenture
01.2021 - 12.2023
- Improved project efficiency, delivering a 15% reduction in project costs without compromising quality through workflow optimization.
- Led diverse technical teams through cloud security initiatives spanning threat assessments, vulnerability management, compliance audits, and incident response.
- Applied Agile and DevOps practices to streamline delivery, strengthen cross-functional collaboration, and accelerate secure product releases.
- Built team structures from technical requirements and initiated staffing workflows for Agile and Waterfall project needs.
- Coordinated daily stand-ups and maintained project backlogs, epics, features, and scenarios in Azure DevOps to track execution.
- Led cross-functional squads through core banking migrations and complex SAP delivery across FI, FICO, SRM, MM, SD, and CRM environments.
- Aligned clients, vendors, and internal teams while managing scope baselines, CAB reviews, UAT approvals, production cutovers, contract renewals, and billing milestones.
Team lead
FIS Global Ltd
09.2018 - 01.2021
- Developed and executed project plans, schedules, budgets, and deliverables across the development lifecycle.
- Led change and risk management activities, tracking scope changes, dependencies, and issue resolution through formal procedures.
- Facilitated daily scrum, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning while partnering on backlog grooming in Agile and Jira.
Senior PMO
Lenora soft Technologies
01.2017 - 03.2018
- Developed detailed roadmaps and project plans for data center infrastructure builds across Asia and Europe, covering scope, timelines, and resources.
- Coordinated with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders to align execution with project objectives and delivery expectations.
- Led a portfolio of data center projects spanning design, construction, equipment installation, and commissioning.
- Managed project budgets, tracked expenditures, and maintained financial accountability throughout the project lifecycle.
- Provided regular status updates and completed closeout, documentation handover, and lessons learned after implementation.
Senior Project Coordinator.
Makro Care Research Limited Pvt
10.2014 - 12.2016
- Planned and executed virtualization projects from initiation through optimization, aligning delivery with technical and timeline requirements.
- Partnered with IT, infrastructure, networking, virtualization, storage, and security teams to support successful deployment activities.
- Identified and mitigated technical risks, resource constraints, and stakeholder dependencies affecting project success.
PMO
Omics Publishing Group
12.2011 - 09.2014
- Supported project planning by defining scope, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements for active initiatives.
- Compiled status reports and project documentation for stakeholders and management using Jira and Microsoft Project.
- Coordinated budgets, expenditures, and cross-functional dependencies to keep projects aligned with approved goals.
Education
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Bangalore University
BangaloreSkills
Agile
Waterfall
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
Jira
Microsoft Project
DevOps
Stakeholder management
Change management
Risk management
Release management
Program governance
Portfolio management
Executive reporting
Resource capacity planning
Budget forecasting
Go-live planning
Certification
PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner certified.
Timeline
Sr. Project Delivery Manager
Accenture
12.2023 - Current
Project Lead
Accenture
01.2021 - 12.2023
Team lead
FIS Global Ltd
09.2018 - 01.2021
Senior PMO
Lenora soft Technologies
01.2017 - 03.2018
Senior Project Coordinator.
Makro Care Research Limited Pvt
10.2014 - 12.2016
PMO
Omics Publishing Group
12.2011 - 09.2014
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Bangalore University