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Venkatesh Kunigiri

Venkatesh Kunigiri

Senior IT Project Manager
Hyderabad

Summary


Dedicated IT Project Manager with 6+ years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex technology projects on time and within budget. Seeking to leverage my proven expertise in project management, technical knowledge, and leadership skills to drive innovation and success in a dynamic organization.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior IT Project Manager

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Mumbai
04.2018 - Current
  • Responsible for New Business Partner Integration for entire digital platform of IPRU for both B2C and B2B models
  • Successfully managed to onboard 150+ partners and created multiple APIs for application journeys including major banks like ICICI Bank, IDFC First , IndusInd Bank, AU SFB being a few
  • Organized a business flow to reduce partner-onboarding efforts from 2 days to 2 hours and to eliminate dependency on production cycle thus providing same day delivery
  • Structured a plug and play model to immediately start business with Partners involving 0 developmental efforts
  • Pioneered payment first model and implemented with multiple partners like Phonepe, Coverfox, Bank Bazaar and increased conversion rate by 3 folds
  • Tatva Awards (Star Performer - 2020, 2022, 2023)
  • Built user journeys and automated several processes for Partners including Policy Bazaar, Paytm, Airtel Payments bank, Phonepe
  • Managed a team of 15+ IT experts and delivered 95% of projects on time balancing client requirements and internal bandwidth
  • Optimized customer journey by using CKYC data pre-population
  • Successfully orchestrated the integration of APIs from multiple vendors, enhancing system interoperability and data sharing.
  • Implemented data mapping and transformation processes, enabling the conversion of data formats and structures during integration.
  • Designed and developed integrations using custom scripts, tailored to specific business needs

Business Associate

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Mumbai
07.2017 - 04.2018
  • Increased the conversion rate of leads from 1.7% to 3.1% by conducting competitive market research and UI/UX improvements
  • Enhanced customer experience using all omnichannel offerings
  • Reduced 80% of partners' queries by optimizing the integration process and simplifying API documentation
  • Removed manual intervention in commission settlement for partners by introducing attribution algorithm

Software Developer - Intern

HCL technologies
Pune
12.2015 - 05.2016
  • Automated DFM Pro interfaces, windows, pages, reports, controls and help system into 4 foreign languages using python
  • Wrote maintainable and extensible code to accommodate files in bulk

Stress Recognition App - Project

IIT Madras
06.2015 - 06.2017
  • Successfully Measured the stress levels of humans by developing a mobile application with "Typing Patterns" as the basis for assessment
  • Conducted detailed studies with participants put under varying stress conditions to test the code of the application

Miscellaneous

Hip Hop Dancer
  • Instagram Influencer and Content creator produced Dance videos and tutorials
  • Most Watched Video has 7.2Mn views, 10k followers

Education

Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) - Engineering Design

Indian Institute of Technology
01.2012 - 04.2017

Skills

C, C++, Python, SQL, Agile, Jira, Manage Engine, Deluge, Tableau, Google Analytics

Timeline

Senior IT Project Manager

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
04.2018 - Current

Business Associate

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
07.2017 - 04.2018

Software Developer - Intern

HCL technologies
12.2015 - 05.2016

Stress Recognition App - Project

IIT Madras
06.2015 - 06.2017

Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) - Engineering Design

Indian Institute of Technology
01.2012 - 04.2017

Miscellaneous

Hip Hop Dancer
Venkatesh KunigiriSenior IT Project Manager