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Yash Chopra

Summary

Dynamic Senior PMO professional with over 22 years of experience with a mix of leadership and project manager role in steering complex, cross-functional projects for internal business units and external clients. Proven expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, effectively aligning project outcomes with strategic business objectives.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Project and Program Manager

Giesecke+Devrient
11.2021 - Current
  • Spearheading the team of Project Managers for EOC India.
  • Streamlined project selection and prioritization, allowing for greater portfolio alignment, oversight and control
  • Responsible for defining and delivering KPI’s for Project Managers in India alignment with organization strategy and purpose
  • Responsible for ensuring that the projects are meeting quality standards and that deliverables meet the requirements of stakeholders.
  • Key Projects: Post Merger Integrations in Turkey, Chicago and Serbia.
  • Responsible for continuous improvement initiatives specially and Post Merger Integration Projects
  • Expertise in IT Infrastructure projects like IT integrations, Greenfield Data Center projects

Project and Program Management Specialist Advisor

NTT DATA Formerly Dell Services
03.2021 - 11.2021
  • Heading the Project Tower of NTT for UK Based client Trafigura.
  • Spearheading onsite -offshore project activities; overseeing project estimations and staffing; facilitating Capacity planning for project team of 12 resources based on customer requirement and project prioritization.
  • Establishing and maintaining criteria for projects vs BAU leveraged work and ensuring the processes are adhered to the contractual agreement with the client.
  • Responsible and accountable for account P&L monthly financial performance for project tower for NTT against the P&L baseline.
  • Promoting a strong culture of standard Project Management processes & excellent service delivery as per SLAs

Project Manager - IT

Ramboll
05.2017 - 02.2021
  • Member of PMO Ramboll team of Project Managers spread across the globe reporting to Director Projects based in Copenhagen, SPOC for all IT projects in Middle East Asia Pacific region apart from other global projects
  • Portfolio consists of wide range of IT projects ranging from Mergers and Acquisitions, IT Strategy & business driven programs, Office consolidations & transition, Application development projects.


  • Delivered 4 Mergers & Acquisitions projects including complete integration of all IT systems, service desk, applications transition of ERP systems, HR systems (workday)
  • Led transition of 14 Office moves ranging from medium to large sized office integrations across the globe

Project Manager

IBM
10.2016 - 04.2017

Responsible for spearheading the project of Coverage Increase for L1 incident resolution using IP Center Technology


Role included identifying new opportunities for L1 automations within internal IBM accounts to increase the project scope and coverage as well as ensuring smooth operations of active accounts

Senior Advisor

Dell International Services
12.2009 - 09.2016

Account Wolters Kluwer


Role

  • Project Co-ordinator for Office Move and Greenfield Data center projects from 2014 - 2016


  • VMware and Windows L3 engineer from 2009 - 2014

Systems Analyst

RBS
03.2007 - 12.2009

Team Leader - IT Operations

Ats Services Private
03.2005 - 02.2007

Desktop Support Engineer

Saransh
03.2004 - 02.2005

Education

MBA - Information Technology

Symbiosis Center For Distance Learning
Pune, India
06-2009

B.Tech - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Institute of Electronics And Communication Engineers
New Delhi
06-2004

Skills

  • Team Management
  • Effective resource allocation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Financial performance analysis
  • Organization Change Management

Certification

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Product Manager Certification from Duke University
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • SAFE Agilest (Leading SAFE 4.0)
  • Prince 2 Certified Foundation and Practitioner
  • ITIL V3 Foundation certified
  • PMO-CP (PMO Value Ring Certified Practitioner)

Timeline

Senior Project and Program Manager

Giesecke+Devrient
11.2021 - Current

Project and Program Management Specialist Advisor

NTT DATA Formerly Dell Services
03.2021 - 11.2021

Project Manager - IT

Ramboll
05.2017 - 02.2021

Project Manager

IBM
10.2016 - 04.2017

Senior Advisor

Dell International Services
12.2009 - 09.2016

Systems Analyst

RBS
03.2007 - 12.2009

Team Leader - IT Operations

Ats Services Private
03.2005 - 02.2007

Desktop Support Engineer

Saransh
03.2004 - 02.2005

MBA - Information Technology

Symbiosis Center For Distance Learning

B.Tech - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Institute of Electronics And Communication Engineers
Yash Chopra