Sivarama Krishna, PMP®
Hyderabad
Summary
Result-oriented leader with unparalleled experience in achieving organizational goals and succeeding in an environment of growth and excellence by leveraging skills, knowledge, and effective leadership; targeting roles in PMO and operations, preferably in Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager - Project & Program Management
Google via Astreya consultancy India Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
04.2025 - Current
- Collaborating with the customer team to gather requirements and drive solutions with all internal and external stakeholders through all stages of assigned projects from the roadmap.
- Preparation of the project plan and schedules, defining what project success would look like, and driving execution to meet milestones and organizational objectives.
- Implementing personal onboarding of project resources, providing training to them, conducting service improvement activities, and ensuring systems, methodologies, and procedures are in place.
- Owning all program reporting and metrics delivery.
- Working closely with the TA team to develop a pipeline and process for hiring strong candidates and interviewing where necessary.
- Overseeing multiple, cross-functional, and technical projects.
- Further develop and maintain resources through training and guidance to understand career projection, and build a succession plan for future career growth opportunities.
- Managing a diverse group of project resources.
Manager - Operations & PMO
PQE India Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
10.2022 - 03.2025
- Leading the Operations Department, monitoring budgetary allocations, resource planning, utilization tracking, quality assurance, and compliance with company and departmental protocols.
- Managing process improvement, process management, team building, training, and client relationship management.
- Allocation of various resources to projects at the right time, and managing their yearly performance in association with the HR department.
- Setting up the process and liaising with the right vendors for development at the right price and on-time product delivery.
- Driving process improvement initiatives and transformative projects, while also providing operational support to maintain day-to-day business operations.
- Assessing risk and formulating mitigation strategies with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth operation, and facilitating conflict resolution by mediating with cross-functional teams.
- Ensuring compliance with client processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), addressing client dissatisfaction, and implementing corrective actions as necessary.
- Meeting monthly reporting and key performance indicator (KPI) requirements, and managing internal processes accordingly.
- Imparting continuous on-the-job training to the workforce for enhancing their productivity and operational efficiencies through knowledge enhancement and skill building.
- Strategizing organizational growth, including setting business metrics, revenue targets, and strategic resource investments.
- Streamlining workloads across projects, emphasizing meeting or surpassing utilization targets, adhering to timelines, and maintaining standards.
- Spearheading project management activities, including estimation, planning, risk management, resource administration, and quality management.
- Establishing project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria, thereby creating a distinct project vision and ensuring alignment with goals in coordination with stakeholders.
- Monitor the team’s adherence to the agile process during project execution, and identify issues to assist the team in resolving them.
- Front-leading delivery of projects from the stage of initiation to monitoring and control, including planning, estimation, and scheduling, integrating change control, planning risk responses, and contingency planning.
- Implementing project management frameworks throughout the project lifecycle, from initial planning to project closure during transition and release management, transformed the approach to project execution and ultimately led to seamless transitions.
Senior Project Lead
IQVIA (RDS) India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
10.2018 - 09.2022
- Developed and executed comprehensive project plans, encompassing Project Management, Communication, Quality Management, Resourcing, Training, Vendor Management, Project Instructions, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Performed gap analyses and formalized deviations through Corrective Action Plans (CAR), Noncompliance Occurrences (NCO), and Significant Unplanned Deviation Records (SUDR).
- Facilitated kick-off meetings, bid defense sessions, internal and external team gatherings, managed the risk, actions, issues, decisions, dependencies (RAIDD) log, and maintained the project contact list.
- Cultivated collaborative relationships with project leaders and senior stakeholders, evaluated cross-functional team capabilities, and provided coaching, training, and support to enhance project/program management proficiency and foster collaborative development.
- Monitored project budgets and finances, including revenue recognition, team resource forecasting, budget projections, vendor work orders, purchase orders, change orders, and contributed to contract and proposal development.
- Led quality control efforts by implementing efficient techniques to enhance operational efficiency, improve quality standards, and achieve cost savings.
Project Lead
BioClinica India Pvt. Ltd.
Mysore
07.2017 - 09.2018
Junior Analyst (PMO)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Kolkata
09.2016 - 07.2017
Medical Writer
ICON Clinical Research India Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
09.2013 - 08.2016
Education
MBA - Marketing Management
Sikkim Manipal University (DDE)
Sikkim04-2015
M.Pharm - Clinical Research
NIPER
Mohali06-2013
B.Pharm - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Guntur04-2011
Skills
- Project management
- Strategy planning and execution
- Operational excellence
- Vendor and stakeholder management
- Project life cycle management
- Cost and resource optimization
- Continuous process improvement
- Cross-functional coordination
- Quality monitoring
- People management
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Documentation and reporting
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) in November 2021
- PRINCE2 Practitioner from AXELOS in April 2021
- Google Project Management from Coursera in August 2021
- Lean practitioner from IQVIA in February 2021
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from TUV SUD in September 2020
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Tamil
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Kannada
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Timeline
Manager - Project & Program Management
Google via Astreya consultancy India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2025 - Current
Manager - Operations & PMO
PQE India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2022 - 03.2025
Senior Project Lead
IQVIA (RDS) India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2018 - 09.2022
Project Lead
BioClinica India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2017 - 09.2018
Junior Analyst (PMO)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2016 - 07.2017
Medical Writer
ICON Clinical Research India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2013 - 08.2016
MBA - Marketing Management
Sikkim Manipal University (DDE)
M.Pharm - Clinical Research
NIPER
B.Pharm - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Acharya Nagarjuna University
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