Mohit Khanna
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
A dynamic strategic transformation leader offering 22 years of experience in delivering large-scale transformation programs in complex and diverse tech stacks. Extensive project delivery experience of 13 years in Banking and Finance, Superannuation, 5 years in healthcare sector and HCM - Peoplesoft. Exceptional experience in Practice Leadership, Innovation, Transformation, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Consulting and Go-to-market strategies. Successfully built, led, managed & integrated large teams (100+ team size) across multiple geographies through large delivery partners. Built strong relationship management with customer, business sponsors, senior management, development teams and strategic vendor teams to build a cohesive quality focussed IT environment. Solid demonstration in Agile Testing Methodology and traditional project methodologies (Waterfall/V Model). Demonstrate strong people leadership, coaching and mentoring skills to develop and retain team members and contribute to the culture of IT and the Financial Institutes. Strong understanding of ITIL and ITSM practices. Monitoring and reviewing initiatives progress for ensuring quality & timeliness of deliverables and reporting on projects progress and escalate issues to management on priority to address and resolve.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Capgemini Australia
Melbourne, Australia
10.2013 - 05.2024
- Served to ANZ Bank Australia for delivery of various complex programs from past 10.5 years as Senior Project Manager.
- Programs/Initiatives Delivered:
- Business Services - Strategic KYC Transformation using SaaS platform (Fenergo) hosted in AWS cloud
- Risk & Compliance - BS11 Implementation with SAS 9.5 Cloud Data migration using GCP
- Enterprise Data & Insights - xPression Data migration
- Business Lending - CFOLA (Cash Flow Online Applications)
- Responsible Banking - BOLB (Breakup of Living Expenses)
- Payments - ISO 20022 Testing, NPP, Fast Pay, Digital Wallet, Card Transactions, BASE24 SWITCH
- Customer Service Platform - Third Party Deposit (TPD)
- ANZ Security
- Superannuation – ANZ Smart Choice Super
- Digital Channel – Multi Channel Platform – goMoney, GROW Money, Merchant Transaction History (MTH), FileNet, SME Lending, HOLMES
- Key Responsibilities:
- Project Management:
- Managed Portfolios of programs/projects to ensure successful delivery and taking Business on the journey.
- Directed and reviewed end to end project activities on efforts/estimations, project plan execution, documentation, test data management, defect management, release/change management and status reporting.
- Reviewed program/project level business requirements, technical specifications, end-to-end Business Processes, and solution design documents, highlighting any gaps or potential improvements.
- Reviewed reports produced by the vendor, provide guidance, evolve processes, and actively participate in resolving issues/roadblocks to project progress.
- Managed project in a lean Agile environment with leading squads in all the agile ceremonies like Scrum meetings/Sprint Planning/PI planning/Backlog grooming/Showcases and Retrospectives.
- Stakeholder Management:
- Collaborated closely with practice leads both technology and business, vendors, and integration partners to facilitate communication, manage competing priorities, and help prioritize work based on business needs.
- Worked with business to identify solutions for the enhancement development and implementation of scalable and robust operating models, ensuring alignment to strategic business initiatives and global partners.
- Coordination & Oversight:
- Efficiently coordinated meetings, including the preparation of presentations and documentation, taking detailed meeting notes, and following up on action items.
- Simultaneously, oversee project budgeting and scheduling while also ensuring the preparation, tracking, and organization of project documentation, including version control and folder structures.
- Governed Go-Live activities including the execution of deployment plans and run checklists.
- Actively involved in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings to discuss release scope and address risk/issues/blockers.
- Team Leadership:
- Built a high performing team of professionals to deliver a value-add service to the business across all geographies within Capgemini and ANZ Bank.
- Coach, lead and mentor the team of Testers, Developers and Engineers, delegating work and projects effectively with a focus on developing and enhancing collective skillsets
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive environment where resources are empowered to innovate and drive results aligned with both local and global business objectives.
- Governance and Risk:
- Governed Quality Assurance across the full spectrum of the SDLC, including regulatory and compliance controls.
- Assessed risks from a business perspective, identifying and recording specific risks, and communicating them to the appropriate project stakeholders and business management team.
- Review and sign-off of project artefacts, liaising with respective project team members (Development teams, Test teams, Business, Solution Designers, Architects, IT, POs, PMs, and other stakeholders) to proceed for project implementation.
- Global Focus:
- Worked with teams from different regions to ensure alignment on timelines, processes, and priorities, with a special focus on balancing local needs with global expectations.
Program Manager
Samsung Research India
Bangalore, India
05.2012 - 07.2013
- Worked as Program Manager to develop the overall program approach with the respective lead to organise project activities, resources and information effectively.
- Provided operational consultancy and analysis of new business opportunities and transition events with Client Service Teams, Product Developers and Investment Desks.
- Led, guided, and monitored the analysis, design, implementation and execution of Business use cases, test procedures and test suites.
- Successfully delivered Samsung EMR health care solution for South Korea hospitals.
- Provided administrative support to the Project Lead by maintaining and extending the SharePoint/Teams site to reflect current governance, team structure, project status, document library, risk, issue, and dependency registers etc.
- Collaborated with technology to define and prepare and manage the required test environments.
QA Lead
Welldoc S/W Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
09.2009 - 05.2012
- Worked as QA Lead in all phases of QA life cycle for maintaining quality of US based Healthcare technology application releases.
- Accountable for working onsite (Baltimore USA) for critical deliverables and participating in FDA audit & inspection.
- Ensured test strategies are designed with automation as a priority and apply available resources effectively and efficiently whilst minimising risk.
- Planned the testing phases including User Acceptance Testing, system integration testing, and security testing.
Sr. Software Engineer QC
R Systems International Ltd
Noida, India
11.2007 - 09.2009
- Worked as Sr. Software Engineer QC for client Open Solutions USA in Core Banking projects.
- Involved in system testing, test case design, defect management and reporting.
Sr. Test Engineer
Infosoft Consultants
Indore, India
07.2002 - 11.2007
- Involved in Coding, Testing and Bug reporting and fixing.
Education
MCA - Computer Applications
Sri Vaishnav Institute of Management
Indore01.2002
Skills
- Program Delivery Management
- Lean Agile - NWOW
- Test data management
- Customer Data Migration
- Pre-sales Support
- Business Transformation
- Test Automation
- Stakeholder Management
- Vendor Management
- Release/Change Management
- Risk and Issue Management
- Quality Audits
- BFSI, Insurance, Superannuation, Telecom, HCM and Healthcare
- Domain Expert
- People Management & Hiring
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Capgemini Australia
10.2013 - 05.2024
Program Manager
Samsung Research India
05.2012 - 07.2013
QA Lead
Welldoc S/W Pvt Ltd
09.2009 - 05.2012
Sr. Software Engineer QC
R Systems International Ltd
11.2007 - 09.2009
Sr. Test Engineer
Infosoft Consultants
07.2002 - 11.2007
MCA - Computer Applications
Sri Vaishnav Institute of Management