Vinay T Reddy
Bangalore
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Omnicom Media Group (Annalect)
05.2021 - Current
- Roles and responsibilities in the Current Position: Strategic Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Delivered 10+ complex projects and exceeded quality, schedule, and budgetary targets, achieving a 4.5 basis-point customer satisfaction rating.
- Lead planning and execution across multiple teams, ensuring alignment between engineering, product, operations, legal, compliance, and other departments.
- Act as the primary point of contact for coordinating efforts across all departments, ensuring smooth communication and alignment on project goals, timelines, and priorities.
- Communicate with the ELT team to define key business objectives and ensure project goals align with the overall company strategy.
- Manage cross-functional teams and ensure stakeholders are aligned with the Project progress.
- Supervised a cross-functional team of 35+ people to deliver complex technical projects within budget, leading to a 90%+ project completion rate.
- Maintained strong relationships with 20+ key stakeholders by managing expectations, leading to a good stakeholder satisfaction rate.
- Coached teams to implement Agile methodologies, improving productivity, team morale, and customer satisfaction.
- Conducted regular audits of the Projects progress to identify the risks and also identify the process improvements.
- Delivery Management & Execution:
- Oversee and drive the execution of multiple high-priority projects, ensuring timely and successful delivery within scope, budget, and quality parameters.
- Lead the implementation of Agile Scrum practices within the organization.
- Ensure proper planning, resourcing, and risk management for all ongoing and upcoming projects.
- Facilitate key Agile ceremonies (e.g., increments planning, Scrum of Scrums, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, refinement, retrospectives) to ensure organization and teams remain on track and goals are met.
- Establish and monitor KPIs for project success, track progress, and provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders through portfolio governance.
- Process Improvement & Change Management
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives by assessing and refining delivery processes, focusing on enhancing efficiency, reducing waste, and improving team collaboration.
- Establish and monitor KPIs for project success, track progress, and provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders through portfolio governance.
- Implement and enforce best practices for project delivery including strong testing protocols, automation (e.g., CI/CD), and change management processes.
- Drive the adoption of tools and platforms to enhance project tracking, reporting, and communication across departments.
- Help the organization transition from Scrum to Kanban to better align with business objectives and improve project visibility.
- Annalect (OGS) is a data, technology, and marketing solutions company, a global capability center of Omnicom Media Group, focused on helping agencies and clients improve marketing outcomes through data-driven insights and technology.
- Confidential - Not for Public Consumption or Distribution
Project Manager
Tech Mahindra
11.2016 - 04.2021
- Project Manager with Tech Mahindra, Bangalore - Nov 16 till Apr-21
- Confidential - Not for Public Consumption or Distribution
Senior MTS Specialist
SSDI (A Subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, Japan)
04.2011 - 11.2016
- Senior MTS Specialist, SSDI (A Subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, Japan) - Apr 11 till Nov-16
- Confidential - Not for Public Consumption or Distribution
Associate Engineer
Xchanging Technology Solutions (present DXC)
11.2008 - 04.2011
- Associate Engineer with Xchanging Technology Solutions (present DXC ) – Nov 08 till Apr-11
- Confidential - Not for Public Consumption or Distribution
Education
Master of Science - Electronics
Sri Krishnadevaraya University
Anantapur, India04-2008
Skills
- Delivery & Account Management
- Adaptability
- Client Relations
- Project Scoping and Process Definition
- Negotiation
- Agile and Scrum
- Leadership
- Task Delegation
- Agile Maturity
- Customer Service
- Cost Estimation
- Strategic Planning
- Conflict Resolution
- Assessing Project Risks
- Jira &Confluence
- Budget management
- Stakeholder Management
- Smartsheet and Hive
- Risk management
- Team Leadership
- Change Management
- Quality Management
- Time management
- Goal Setting
- Project management
- Cross-functional leadership
- Agile methodologies
- Stakeholder engagement
- Process improvement
- Change management
- Strategic planning
- Team collaboration
- KPI monitoring
- Delivery execution
- Communication strategies
- Scrum practices
- Technical project delivery
- Kanban implementation
- Continuous improvement
- Quality assurance protocols
- Resource allocation
- Project planning
- Scope management
- Portfolio governance
- Client relationship management
- Project plan development
- Project scheduling
- Training and mentoring
- Client relations
- Cross-functional communication
- Cost control
- Agile methodology
- Requirements gathering
- Documentation management
- Multi-project management
- Critical thinking
- Team leadership
- Excellent communication
- Customer relationship management
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Omnicom Media Group (Annalect)
05.2021 - Current
Project Manager
Tech Mahindra
11.2016 - 04.2021
Senior MTS Specialist
SSDI (A Subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, Japan)
04.2011 - 11.2016
Associate Engineer
Xchanging Technology Solutions (present DXC)
11.2008 - 04.2011
Master of Science - Electronics
Sri Krishnadevaraya University