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SANAND VENUGOPAL

PROGRAM DELIVERY MANAGER
SYDNEY,NSW

Summary

· Experienced program manager with 5+ years of success, leading all phases of diverse technology projects: Currently working as HEAD OF PROGRAM DELIVERY

· Expert in IT technologies (database, legacy, web, client server etc.), software engineering, development & testing methodologies, enterprise architecture, design patterns, estimation methodologies and quality processes.

· Possess good knowledge about IT outsourcing contracts, IT delivery management and managing IT projects in global delivery model.

· Business strategist: plan and manage projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage, and bottom-line gains.

· Able to manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

· Drove the high-quality and timely completion of cloud migration projects

· Excellent communicator: leverage technical, business, and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.

Overview

8
8

Years of project / program management experience

13
13

Years of professional experience

Work History

Program Delivery Manager

IpSCAPE
Sydney
2018.01 - Current

Program Delivery
• Head the following programs for the organization
o Project management office (PMO)
o Incident management
o Release management
o Governance & process management
o Quality assurance management
• Chair the program steering group to discuss project updates
• Vendor co-ordination for project delivery
• Change management
• Own agile methodology of project delivery
Project Delivery
• Project manage key strategic projects
o Project requirement & scoping
o Project planning scheduling & task management,
o Team development
o Project budgeting & cost management,
• Release management
o Maintain and own release calendar
o Plan the release windows and cycles across all portfolios
o Conduct release readiness reviews, milestone reviews, release Go/No-Go
o Produce deployment and implementation plans
o Weekly release reporting
o Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required
Technology leader
• Part of key strategic decisions
• Reports to C-Level management (CEO)
• Provide monthly update to company board

Project manager

Cashrewards
Sydney
2017.02 - 2017.12
  • E2E Project Delivery
    • Project manage key strategic projects
    o Project requirement & scoping
    o Project planning scheduling & task management,
    o Team development
    o Project budgeting & cost management,
    • QA management
    o Maintain and own QA process
    o Plan testing activities
    o Get testing conducted and automated
    o Get the code delivered into production

Test Delivery Manager

Optus
2013.03 - 2017.01
  • Program Delivery
    • Manage test activities for key strategic projects
    o Project requirement & scoping
    o Test planning scheduling & task management,
    o Team development
    o Project budgeting & cost management,
    o People management
    • Manage offshore-onshore model
    o Manage test leads to deliver projects in offshore-onshore model
    o Deliver projects in 80:20 (offshore: onshore) model

Test Lead

Tech Mahindra
Sydney
2010.01 - 2013.01

Test Analyst

Tech Mahindra
Bangalore
2007.01 - 2009.01

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Mar Baselios College of Engineering & Technology
Kerala, India
2003.06 - 2007.07

Skills

IT Program & Project management

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Accomplishments

  • Project manage key strategic projects, including.
  • Azure migration program: Entire platform migration to Azure.
  • Product transformation program: UI/UX change for the whole product.
  • Define PMO process.
  • Implemented and own the following programs in the organisation.
  • Project management.
  • Incident management.
  • Release management.
  • Governance and process management.
  • Quality assurance management.
  • Consistent “Employee of the year” award winner, Qualification(s).

Timeline

Program Delivery Manager

IpSCAPE
2018.01 - Current

Project manager

Cashrewards
2017.02 - 2017.12

Test Delivery Manager

Optus
2013.03 - 2017.01

Test Lead

Tech Mahindra
2010.01 - 2013.01

Test Analyst

Tech Mahindra
2007.01 - 2009.01

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Mar Baselios College of Engineering & Technology
2003.06 - 2007.07
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