Shreeja Mangathil

Outline:

Working as a Lead Manager for a team of Program/Project Managers responsible for executing significant programs and projects under Regulatory, Commercial and Tech modernization pillars.

Key Responsibilities,

Recruitment and Selection: Identifying staffing needs, defining job roles, and leading the recruitment process to hire qualified project managers.
Onboarding and Training: Facilitating smooth onboarding of new project managers, providing them with necessary resources, training, and orientation to integrate them into the team effectively.
Team Leadership: Providing guidance, mentorship, and support to the team of project managers to ensure they meet project goals and deadlines effectively.
Resource Allocation: Regularly catching up with senior leadership team to identify new opportunities and assigning projects to project managers based on their skills, workload, and project requirements.
Performance Management: Conducting regular performance evaluations, setting SMART goals, and providing constructive feedback to enhance project manager performance.
Strategic Planning: Collaborating with senior management to develop and implement strategic plans, goals, and objectives for the project management team.
Conflict Resolution: Resolving conflicts within the team or between team members and other departments to maintain a positive work environment and ensure project success.
Budget Management: Anticipating future resource needs for budget forecasting and planning, allocating budget resources, and monitoring and tracking expenses against budget allocations.
Cost Control: Implementing cost-saving measures and efficiency improvements to optimize resource utilization
Vendor Management: Managing vendors and third-party service providers, negotiating contracts and pricing to align with budgetary constraints
Budget Reporting and Reconciliation: Providing regular reports and updates to senior management on budget performance and reconciling actual expenditures with budget allocations

Key Responsibilities,

• Managed end-to-end product development throughout the SDLC, from requirements and design to implementation, testing, release, handover to production, and closure
• Planned and tracked project dependencies with internal and external stakeholders
• Oversaw project budget management, implementing cost control and optimization measures
• Led cross-functional teams including Product Management, R&D, Testing, SCM, Customer Support, Sales and Marketing, Service, and Product Quality
• Scoped and scheduled project management activities
• Ensured on-time fulfillment of project requirements by identifying dependencies on other projects/programs
• Managed project communication with internal and client stakeholders, including steering committee formation and weekly review meetings
• Identified, assessed, and developed response strategies for project risks and issues, conducting periodic reviews with stakeholders
• Implemented project quality management through process definition, driving process improvements, and applying quality control techniques
• Managed project contracts, including commercial quote evaluation, contract review, initiating work orders/purchase orders, contract extensions, and closure with suppliers

Key Responsibilities,

• Conducted requirement workshops with user groups to gather product backlog requirements
• Prioritized requirements and assisted the product owner in preparing the product backlog for the next sprint
• Managed the scrum process and coordinated the scrum team in Agile methodology
• Organized daily stand-up meetings, scheduled demos, and facilitated decision-making processes
• Led sprint planning and retrospective meetings
• Removed impediments for the scrum team and ensured the correct use of the scrum process
• Tracked project progress and reported metrics for project review/status meetings, including Sprint Success factor, Actual team velocity, Sprint burn down chart, Release burn-up chart, and test defect validity during each sprint

Key Responsibilities,

• Analyzed customer specifications with the sales department and project manager
• Prepared detailed calculation sheets for internal transformer design based on customer requirements
• Conducted loss and force computations using an in-house developed tool
• Calculated short circuit withstand capability of transformers according to IEC norms and regulatory requirements of customer's country of operation
• Computed essential parameters for determining suitable designs of tap changers (both on load and off load) for transformers

Key Responsibilities,

• Tested and implemented protection relaying schemes for bus bars, power transformers, and feeders in transmission and distribution substations serving industrial, urban, and rural areas
• Conducted testing of electrical equipment as part of preventive and breakdown maintenance
• Performed commissioning tests prior to the commissioning of new power transformers
• Implemented control and protection mechanisms for newly installed power transformers in substations