Vijaykumar Chhalla
Pune
Summary
Strategic Technical Program Manager and Learning & Development Operations Specialist with over 6.5 years in LMS/LXP administration and training operations. Expertise in managing global learning platforms, optimising training catalogues, and enhancing user engagement. Demonstrated success in vendor coordination and data utilisation analysis, leveraging agile methodologies and SharePoint development to improve collaboration and workflow efficiency.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Executive - Learning & Development
Persistent Systems
06.2018 - Current
- Managed 10M portfolio across enterprise LMS & LXP platform, overseeing deployment, vendor partnerships, and learner engagement strategies to enhance digital learning solutions.
- Led LMS/LXP operations for enterprise-wide L&D programs: course creation, publishing, workshop management, assessments, learning pathways, and tracking.
- Administer and maintain enterprise-wide LMS/LXP platforms (Degreed, Oracle Fusion), ensuring up-to-date training catalogues and accurate course metadata for 10,000+ employees across India, Europe, and the US.
- Monitored learning module progress through automated reports, dashboards, and alerts; consolidated and analysed training data using Power BI and Excel to track completion, participation, utilisation, and engagement for 10,000+ learners, generating FMEA reports and sharing insights with leadership for informed progress planning.
- Manage user access, licenses, and roles across learning platforms; conduct utilization and adoption analysis to improve platform ROI, maintain system hygiene.
- Managed end-to-end learning platform service tickets across Summit AI, Spira, while ensuring a seamless learner experience with 95%+ SLA compliance.
- Maintained audit-ready documentation, compliance, vendor coordination, training budget tracking, expense monitoring, and PO and invoice workflows.
- Managed end-to-end planning of large-scale flagship events with 1000+ participants, ensuring seamless logistics, communication, and experience.
- Managed interactive SharePoint microsites development to showcase talent and learning initiatives across global accounts - boosting engagement visibility.
- Update Academy catalogues and publish learning updates on internal portals, SharePoint microsites, and external platforms.
Team Lead - Enterprise Application
Persistent Systems
06.2018 - Current
- Led end-to-end preparation and delivery of sprint demo presentations, showcasing completed features, technical enhancements, and business value to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Coordinated UAT cycles, defect triage, and sprint planning, ensuring effective release management.
- Strengthened assessment platforms through improved workflows and user experience, enhancing reporting dashboards.
- Built and managed interactive SharePoint microsites to showcase talent and learning initiatives across global accounts, increasing engagement visibility.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Mumbai University
01-2018
HSC - 12th Grade
Maharashtra Board
01-2012
SSC - 10th Grade
Maharashtra Board
01-2010
Skills
- LMS Administration
- LXP Administration
- Course Management
- Training catalogue
- Training Scheduling
- Attendance Tracking
- Learning Data Management
- Reporting
- Configuration
- User Request Management
- Ticket Management
- Vendor Coordination
- Invoice Coordination
- Learning Communications
- Campaigns
- Audit documentation
- Compliance
- Digital Learning Tools
Certification
- SHRM - Elevate AI: Empowering L&D Towards Excellence Program
- PMP training & Certification (In Progress)
- Business Analysis & Process Management (Coursera)
- Business Analysis Fundamentals (Udemy)
- Power Platform Fundamentals PL - 900 (Microsoft)
- Azure Data Fundamentals DP - 900 (Microsoft)
- Azure Fundamentals AZ - 900 (Microsoft)
Awards
- Learning Navigator - Persistent Systems
- Bravo - Team Awards (2025/2024)
- High Five - Team Awards (2025)
- High Five - Individual Awards (2024, 2025)
- Top Talent (2023)
Hobbies and Interests
- An avid reader
- Fitness enthusiast - Gym, Cycling
- Recently completed 100Km cycling BRM
- A scenic cycling trek to Sinhagad Fort, completing a rewarding 40 km BRM ride
Projects
- Persistent Digital Engineering Academy (PDEA), Executed a global talent development program for 10,000+ learners, enhancing capability building and engagement. Managed communication, engagement touchpoints, training operations, and platform workflows. Achieved 100% success rate globally by driving strategic talent development initiatives also managing all LMS & LXP platform for the entire program.
- EdTech Program Manager - Codeslash / Mettl / Speedhire (LMS Platform), Executed a high-impact assessment migration project (SpeedHire → CodeSlash), enabling PDEA's global launch for 10,000+ candidates with 100% success, through close collaboration with trainers and meticulous content review. Worked closely with development teams to enhance system capabilities and embed custom reporting features, streamlining the assessment delivery process on CodeSlash.
- EdTech Program Manager - Nuvepro (LMS Platform), Drove end-to-end technical implementation by aligning vendors and trainers on configuration requirements, content review cycles, and platform readiness, resulting in the successful deployment of 30 skill clusters within 60 days.
- Training As A Service & Leadership - Flagship Events, Contributed to the Training as a Service project, where I helped set up L&D facilities for external clients. My role involved designing course assessments and finalizing the Learning Experience Platform (LXP), ensuring a comprehensive and tailored learning solution for our clients. Coordinated and delivered milestone leadership programs with large-scale participation, maintaining flawless execution across virtual and onsite formats.
- SharePoint Management, Spearheading the development and deployment of SharePoint microsites for multiple global accounts in close collaboration with delivery teams. These microsites highlight key initiatives across diverse learning domains - Technical, Domain-Specific, and Soft-Skill - while promoting knowledge sharing and stakeholder engagement. Managed 1000+ learning pathways creations on Degreed.
- Revenue Tracking System, Captured revenue projections across multiple cost heads for current and upcoming months aligned to active project indents. Led UI/UX design teams to deliver intuitive, accessible user interfaces that enhance platform usability. Implemented robust security measures to safeguard applications from vulnerabilities and cyber threats.
- Employee Self-Service Portals & Engagement Knowledge Base, Contributed by gathering all FAQs related to the L&D domain and uploading them into the SummitAI tool. This initiative significantly reduced common queries from FY'25 1st quarter. Maintained high SLA compliance by driving timely ticket resolution, achieving a 95% success ratio across support workflows.
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
www.linkedin.com/in/vijaykumar-chhalla
Timeline
Senior Executive - Learning & Development
Persistent Systems
06.2018 - Current
Team Lead - Enterprise Application
Persistent Systems
06.2018 - Current
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Mumbai University
HSC - 12th Grade
Maharashtra Board
SSC - 10th Grade
Maharashtra Board