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Manu in a few words
8+ years of project management experience in the IT, Aerospace, Banking, and Operations sectors. Self-motivated and highly skilled at integrating SAP modules, using Agile and Scrum methodologies as well as consistently exceeding all set KPIs and targets, ensuring the smooth daily running of project operations. Vast experience in building strong relationships with stakeholders, exceeding clients’ expectations, completes transformation and engineering/IT/ERP projects on time and within the set budget.
Experience
- University of PortsmouthGraduate Student AssistantJune 2022 - December 2022 (6 months)Portsmouth, UK
- University of SouthamptonGraduate Student AssistantJune 2022 - July 2022 (1 month)Southampton, UK
- Quinnox IncSenior PM ConsultantApril 2020 - March 2022 (1 year and 11 months)Bengaluru, Karnataka, India- Handled the Master Service Agreement, SOWs, and Change Orders for multiple projects, meeting all KPIs.- Liaised with 2 UK clients (Shawbrook Bank & CoCaCola) whilst assisting 2 Vice President and a Project Manager, resulting in successfully managing a PMO team.- Coordinating live projects whilst supervising a portfolio budget worth £20 million, monitoring portfolio progress.- Presented SFDC opportunities alongside resources for projects; reported to Programme Managers.- Directed projects with artefacts and segregation of budget within each project in the SAP Project System.- Carried out plans and prioritized workload for offshore developers, testers, and product owners.- Executed other tasks including assessing the availability of resources, introducing Agile methodologies using Prince2 and Scrum, leading all sprint related duties, cooperating with teams, and identifying impediments.- Undertook other duties such as forecasting the tasks and budget, leading an engineering team of 43 resources, publishing the project dashboards, preparing invoices, and handling sprint retrospectives.- Strengthened relationships with stakeholders as a result of consistent communication with them.- Managed risk whilst identifying and assessing risks based on previous projects.- Presented project requirements to HR to hire the necessary resources, attaining all targets.
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Education
- Master of ScienceUniversity of Portsmouth2023Master of Science - MSc, Project Management
- Master of BusinessKoneru Lakshmaiah University- Business School2014Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Technology Management
- Master of Technology in Information TechnologyPotti Sriramulu Chalavadi Mallikarjunarao College of Engineering & Technology2012Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology
- 7th To 10th, SSCSri Kakatiya high School20067th To 10th, SSC