Ujwala Raut
Project/Program Manager
Mumbai
Summary
18+ years of experience in successfully executing multiple IT Projects from inception to completion. Demonstrated leadership in leading high-performing teams across geographies in Financial services and IT industry. Thriving in fast-paced and business critical environment. Adept in driving innovation, ensuring smooth project delivery on time and within the budget. Implementing automation solutions and spearheading process improvements
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager, AVP
Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Ltd
3 2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Managing SAP & KORE Implementation
- Produce and present scorecards around project status to steering committees, stakeholder groups and executive leadership on fortnightly basis
- Setting up the process for Control audit, ITGC Audit and closure and tracking of all audit observations
- Participating the organization initiatives like Evaluated multiple vendor's product for implementation of ITSM, ITAM product across the organization
- Involved change management process of Custom application (RAB, CAB, UAT, Production deployment coordination's primary dealer automation project for second largest PD - PNB Gilts, India
- Rewarded multiple times by Delivery Head/ CEO for demonstrating organization value Agility and Customer focus
- Managing SAP & KORE Implementation
- End to End Execution of Project from Flag-Off to Flag-down using Agile on Scrum methodology
- Owning the Agile ceremonies
- Develop a plan and schedule with well-defined milestones
- Responsible for the effective project management and delivery execution of large complex project/product implementations
- Leading and managing comprehensive project plans, Capacity planning, Sprint planning, Velocity tracking issue management, risk identification and management, change management and resource management utilizing the Implementation PMO standard PM best practices and methodology
- Work with Business Analyst, Product Owner, Relationship manager, development, QA and design teams to coordinate and manage releases
- Involved in Functional design, Technical design and Integration expert in heterogeneous application
- SME for integration between heterogeneous system
- Involved in proposal making and pre-sales activities
Senior project manager
Expenzing Software
08.2017 - 02.2022
Project Leader/Scrum Master
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
02.2011 - 05.2017
Team Leader
Kale Consultant pvt ltd
05.2010 - 02.2011
Senior Software Engg
LNT InfoTech
04.2004 - 04.2010
Education
Bachelors of Engineering - EXTC
Amravati University
Skills
SAFe Agile 60 Certification
Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)
Project Management software (Jira, Asana, MS TFS, DEV Ops, MS Projects, HPSM, Service Now)
ITIL Foundation Certification
SDLC, PDLC
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
People & Performance Management Training
Project Scoping & Estimation
Product Management
Project Governance
Change Management
Budget Management
Project Matrices report
MS Dot Net
Java
Share point
SSRS
SSIS
SQL Server
Oracle
C#Net
VB
Recognitions
- High performance within tight deadline, 2019
- High performance within tight deadline, 2020
- "Doing what it takes", 2018
- Feather in the cap, 2010
- 2 Project Team performance awards, Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Ltd.
- Best project recognition, 2007, Major US Insurance Client of L&T InfoTech
Careeroutline
- Program Manager, AVP, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Ltd, 03/01/22, Present, Managing SAP & KORE Implementation, Produce and present scorecards around project status, Setting up the process for Control audit, Participating in organization initiatives
- Senior Project Manager, Expenzing Software, 08/01/17, 02/28/22
- Project Leader/Scrum Master, Capgemini India Pvt Ltd, 02/01/11, 05/31/17
- Team Leader, Kale Consultant Pvt Ltd, 05/01/10, 02/28/11
- Senior Software Engineer, LNT InfoTech, 04/01/04, 04/30/10
Professional Snapshot
18, Project Management, Business Analysis, Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Banking Industry, Insurance Industry, IT Industries, Creating project plan, Stakeholder management, Project tracking, Change management, Risk mitigation, Budget management, Communication plan
Timeline
Senior project manager
Expenzing Software
08.2017 - 02.2022
Project Leader/Scrum Master
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
02.2011 - 05.2017
Team Leader
Kale Consultant pvt ltd
05.2010 - 02.2011
Senior Software Engg
LNT InfoTech
04.2004 - 04.2010
Program Manager, AVP
Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Ltd
3 2022 - Current
Bachelors of Engineering - EXTC
Amravati University