Sunitha B
Bangalore
Summary
Accomplished Senior Technical Program Manager with a proven track record at VISA, adept in leading cross-functional, global teams and executing large-scale programs. Excelled in project management and capex management, significantly reducing manual effort by 40% at DELL EMC. Skilled in Jira and fostering team collaboration, consistently delivering projects ahead of schedule and under budget.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Technical Program Manager
VISA
Bangalore
04.2024 - Current
- Led large-scale, cross-functional programs requiring collaboration with globally dispersed teams.
- Directed the execution of Visa installments program while managing several Bangalore teams over a span of two quarters.
- Managed data center migration and portfolio conversion projects.
- Managed regional operations by leading Scrum of Scrums in the AP area.
- Mentored the program team located in AP region.
Technical Project Manager
Quotient Technologies
Bangalore
01.2018 - 01.2024
- Championed agile based product development, developed actionable mitigation strategies and contingency plans for tackling risks to develop multiple flagships project within stipulated time, drove team efficiency and process improvements, managed stakeholders from multiple domains
- Ensured the delivery of national rebates by coordinating with sales, engineering, product, operations and support teams across US, India and France within 2 quarters
- Managed end to end development life cycle, from project planning to KPI analysis
- Coordinated with teams across 5 time zones and achieved go to market 1 month prior to the deadline
- Completed highly time bound hyper-wallet integration projects by closely coordinating with both external (hyperwallet sales and engineering teams) and internal (engineering and product teams)
- Project was delivered within 2 months, which was widely appreciated across the organisation
- Managed the cost saving project to optimise and upgrade legacy business flows by actively working with multiple teams like dev-ops, engineering, SRE, support and operations
- Effective Cross functional team collaboration
- Streamlined capex management by introducing a time tracking tool across all the 5 locations of the organisation
- Change Management process was planned and executed well while onboarding this tool
- Championed agile methodologies by introducing and facilitating scrum ceremonies and mentored and trained teams and freshers on agile values
- Introduced the practices like mid sprint review and product-engineering check-ins, which resulted in decrease in project spillover rate by 10+ points
- Initiated 'be your own scrum master' activity to impart agile values to every team member
- Mentored 40% of the freshers joining Quotient Bangalore office from past 2 yrs through a Q-Guru initiative
Test Principal Engineer
DELL EMC
Bangalore
01.2007 - 01.2018
- Championed agile based product development, led automation and optimization efforts, delivered scalable distributed products, managed stakeholders from multiple domains
- Reduced the manual effort of System management application by 40% by automating GUI components
- Actively participated in product design and development and ensured 80+% of automation
- Presented test plans, status reports and QA roadmaps to leadership
- Mentored and trained freshers to enable them to deliver effectively in short span of time
Senior Test Engineer
DELL EMC
Bangalore
01.2007 - 01.2018
- Led teams across multiple locations and timezones
- Review/Analyze the Product Design, Writing Test Cases based on requirement, Test Execution on Server Management software, Estimate test effort, Analysing-regressing & managing defects and automating the regression suite
- Interlock with dependent teams(Dev, Info-Dev, Usability, Marketing)
- Hands-on experience in GUI Automation using Selenium
- As part of Quality and Test Engagement, actively took part in production issues assessment to achieve quick solutions
Education
PMP Certification -
Project Management Institute
01.2023
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
UVCE
Bangalore, India01.2007
Skills
- Project Management
- CapEx Management
- Risk Management
- Budgeting
- Change Management
- Jira
- M S Excel
- Google Sheets
- Aha
Accomplishments
- Hackathon enthusiasts have won 4 back to back Quotient hackathons.
- Received multiple On the Spot Awards, Dell Champion awards, Dell Quarterly Awards.
- Recognized in Q4 FY24 All hands as Star of the team.
Timeline
Senior Technical Program Manager
VISA
04.2024 - Current
Technical Project Manager
Quotient Technologies
01.2018 - 01.2024
Test Principal Engineer
DELL EMC
01.2007 - 01.2018
Senior Test Engineer
DELL EMC
01.2007 - 01.2018
PMP Certification -
Project Management Institute
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
UVCE