Phaninder Kumar Yarlagadda

• Managed end-to-end IT infrastructure migrations for data centre consolidation, overseeing key business applications and SIEM tools.
• Implemented a delivery framework aligning QA, Technical, and Business teams.
• Acted as change manager, leading Project CAB and approving migration CRs.
• Governed QA deliverables and drove defect management.
• Conducted design reviews to enhance migration quality.
• Proactively enhanced automation for testing using tools like Jmeter and Selenium.
• Facilitated workshops to improve team collaboration.
• · Managed Programme RAID, mitigating risks across project streams.

• Developed the offering from the idea stage to go live within eight months
• Developed a deep understanding of customer needs and analysed market trends and the competitive landscape to create a product offering that is unique and adds value to customers
• Created and reviewed the business requirements and converted them into technical requirements to support procurement in identifying and onboarding technical partners
• Developed a go-to-market strategy and partnered with specialists to ensure the on-time launch
• Spearheaded the technical team to finalise and deliver a cloud-centric end-to-end solution on AWS with Spring boot Microservices architecture using Angular as front and REST API and Mongo DB.
• Worked with experienced designers to define customer journeys, UX Flows and page designs using Figma and helped finalise the acceptance criteria
• Influenced executives and CXOs regarding product vision, roadmap, and product backlog priorities and trade-offs; developed a robust technical solution leveraging microservices and AWS.
• Streamlined operational processes for improved efficiency and cost reduction.
• Optimized supply chain management processes to reduce costs while ensuring timely delivery of products.
• Provided strategic direction for product development, resulting in high-quality offerings that resonated with customers'' needs and preferences.
• Secured lucrative partnerships by establishing strong relationships with key industry players.
• Established foundational processes for business operations.
• Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
• Prepared annual budgets with controls to prevent overages.
• Recruited, interviewed and hired new staff members and developed training materials for employees.
• Researched target market to discover customer needs and analyze competitor trends.

• Responsible for managing the implementations of the Intranet (SaaS/StaffBase), SAP Integrations, Neptune Platform Implementation, five Neptune applications (e.g., RFC, PMR), Network Refresh, Devonway, and SolarWinds implementation projects.
• Ensure URENCO IT projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the expected quality standards, covering both IT-led projects and IT sub-projects within business/operational initiatives.
• Oversee projects from startup to delivery, ensuring comprehensive project documentation (e.g., Brief, PID, CEP) and adherence to the URENCO IT project delivery process.
• Estimate and price projects consistently to provide value to the business.
• Raise Requests for Proposals (RFPs), request quotes, negotiate budgets, and manage the financial aspects of projects.
• Identify, assess, and manage project dependencies, risks, and issues to mitigate potential impacts.
• Act as an internal project management subject matter expert, providing ad hoc quality assurance for various projects.
• Assist the Project Demand Manager in ensuring projects are added, maintained, and removed from the IT Projects Pipeline in a controlled and consistent manner.
• Collaborate with Service Delivery Managers to ensure the effective transition of project outputs into operational (BAU) support.
• -Support the Service Transition Manager by ensuring all necessary documentation is delivered for the ongoing support of projects.

• Leading the onboarding of SIEM (Exabeam) on 42 applications to comply with BaFin VA-IT requirements.
• Drive the delivery of use cases by coordinating with teams responsible for log provisioning, pre-production tuning, testing, and incident response.
• Plan, implement, and coordinate the application onboarding process with the Munich Re team across the US, EMEA, and APAC regions.
• Manage the progress of user stories between teams to ensure timely delivery, proactively resolving any issues that arise.
• Apply appropriate test standards, measurements, and metrics related to advanced analytical workflows.
• Plan, monitor, and report on all efforts and resources as per the project requirements.
• Ensure project documentation aligns with auditor requirements (i.e., BaFin VA-IT, EY YEA requirements).Project Manager at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development

· Strategic Leadership: Led workshops to align vendor solutions with project objectives.

· Governance and Quality Assurance: Established robust frameworks for testing and issue resolution, ensuring high-quality deliverables.

· Team Development: Cultivated autonomous teams and implemented TDD and shift-left strategies for streamlined processes.

· Vendor Management: Managed vendor relationships, contracts, and outsourcing activities.

· Technology Implementation: Led diverse technology implementations, driving digital transformation.

· Automation and Process Improvement: Spearheaded SDLC automation, reducing delivery timelines.

· Resource Optimization: Managed resources and talent to meet evolving demands.

· Communication and Stakeholder Management: Communicated project progress to stakeholders, facilitating decision-making.

· Project Governance: Established control frameworks to ensure compliance and monitor progress.

· Change Management: Developed strategies to minimize change resistance and facilitate implementation.

· Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Conducted testing to ensure IT resilience and business continuity.

· Logistics Security Governance: Oversaw security for server migrations, ensuring compliance and minimizing risks.

Delivered New Web Product(NWP) as part of the Multichannel Transformation e-commerce Programme and handover to BAU within budget and agreed on a timeline

• Designed and implemented customisation of off-shelf IBM WebSphere Commerce product as part of digital transformation at IKEA
• Controlled project budgets of up to £5 million throughout the life cycle of the project to deliver NWP
• Matrix-managed teams with up to 30 resources that including technical resources, testers, third-party suppliers, offshore partners and internal resources
• Analysed the existing test environments, identified inefficiencies, and developed a revised model that initiated an environment-less approach, i.e. CI /CD.
• Spearheaded the DevOps team to implement POC as part of CI/CD automation to implement shift left strategy and reduce go-live timelines.
• Coordinated between vendor teams across locations to ensure increased integration and developed a trust-based working environment.
• Successfully managed risks during the programme and resolved all major issues identified during testing before going live.
• Consistently drove programme progress to meet milestones and deliverables by motivating release and test managers.

Delivered cloud-based call centre with acceptance from the client within five months at 20% reduced cost and improved client satisfaction and profit margin for Verizon.
• Organised workshops to identify and align business requirements with contractual requirements, thus achieving acceptable criteria from the client
• Facilitated implementation of Project Delivery Strategy and ensured alignment with client's roadmap to ensure agreement on test delivery.
• Ensure that the quality of delivery from vendors and internal teams is as per agreed contractual terms.
• Negotiated and ensured the resource allocation as per the requirements from internal teams, reducing timeframes for the programme by four months
• Organised, coordinated and implemented proof of concept and client acceptance, leading to an on-time milestone achievement
• Coordinated with clients' teams across countries and facilitated multiple train trainers and user acceptance workshops to ensure a smooth transition to a live environment.
• Proactively identify the challenges in delivering the solution and identify appropriate solutions to help achieve client satisfaction.
• Regularly review and report progress to all relevant stakeholders.

During my time at IBM, I worked with Nationwide (January 2015 – February 2016), O2 (March 2014 – January 2015), and Vodafone (August 2013 – March 2014). At Nationwide, I have successfully migrated 700 call centre staff to new Cisco-based systems with zero major issues. At Vodafone and O2, I was a programme test manager /project manager to design and implement data centre migration programmes.

At Halifax Share Dealing (HSDL), I have worked on three projects managing 30+ resources and planned and implemented test execution for three projects. I could reduce the cost of testing by 40% by innovatively using trainees for testing purposes and developing a control mechanism to ensure trainees deliver the expected results.
Re-Skin: This project gave a new look to the 4 HSDL websites, including Halifax, Bank Of Scotland, Iweb and The Motley Fool.
Direct Investments: - This project introduces e-investments in Lloyds and direct investment for the HSDL websites to allow customers to invest and manage their investments directly.
Cyclone:- This project is about Migrating all the Lloyds Share Dealing back-end systems, including the data from Equinity to Halifax Share Dealing. This includes Certificate Sales, Share Dealing activities, and all the data of the existing customers.
FATCA:- This project is about implementing the US Treasury Department's regulations. I have led the team that tested changes to existing applications and reports.

RBS and its IT services purchased part of ABN AMRO, and its IT infrastructure was hosted at two data centres in Amstelveen. The Amstelveen Data Centre Exit Programme (ADCE) was implemented to migrate the IT infrastructure to Edinburgh. I was the first test person on the ground responsible for creating and implementing a test strategy for the Migration of shared services. I have managed to test and facilitate the Migration of 350 physical servers with 25 shared services such as VMware, Citrix, Secure Gateway, RSA, LDAP, Oracle Grid, Site minder, Websphere, MQ Series, NETHSM, Network Management, Web Services, etc. Additionally, I got to act as a project manager and migrate NETHSM and Siteminder services.

YBS has acquired Chelsea Building Society (CBS), and I was onboarded to work on Chelsea Integration and Securitisation projects. As part of these projects, my responsibilities were to prepare test plans and onboard resources, train them, manage system testing, integration testing, and UAT, and ensure the completion of testing to the agreed standards and budget.

Reporting to the Programme Office Manager, I was responsible for establishing, governing arrangements, budgeting, and developing the Testing function within Somerset Health Informatics Service (SHIS). Within six months, the department that started with me grew into a ten-member team. I delivered testing for rollouts such as Datacenter Migration, Cerner Millenium Implementation, Somerset Cancer Register, and Swift Plus.