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Somrup Paulchowdhury

Somrup Paulchowdhury

Manchester,Lancashire

Summary

Skilled end -to-end Program Test Manager with extensive Test Delivery & Management for ASEAN, Middle East , Greater China & Hong Kong, India Business, UK and ANZ regional - accounts and versed in planning and overseeing testing operations under tight deadlines. Organised and well-researched approach to solving problems. Collaborative and open mindset with 20+ years of demonstrated success in the field. Primary focus areas include Service delivery & stakeholder management , Team building & people management with extensive domain expertise in Banking & Financial Services, Telecom, Media & Entertainment & Device Driver Testing. Have onshore work experience of more than 5+ years working with BFS and Telecom clients across UK, Singapore & Malaysia. Currently managing a portfolio as Program Test Manager of USD 8M+ with a team size of 130+ spread across UK and India

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Test Manager

Cognizant Worldwide, PTM
Manchester, Lancashire
11.2021 - Current

To manage project delivery and operational needs for multiple projects under Bank IT portfolio - Telephony Modernization & IVR systems , Active Directory Migration and MS Teams migration, Application migration over Cloud, Batch Remediation, DataStage Remediation , OS/ Application upgrade and Cyber Security

Responsibilities

  • Managed multiple Test projects and Test Project Managers & team - Functional (manual / automation) , Non-functional (performance / OAT)
  • Performed Project Initiation and Test planning/ Resource forecasting
  • Performed Risk analysis due to change in project planning and working out additional efforts for Change management system
  • Managed multiple stake holders & 3rd parties
  • Liaised with offshore - onshore counterparts for project deliverables
  • Worked on RFPs , Resourcing ,Financial Planning and Analysis
  • Increased Cognizant account level value add initiatives for client like - ALM to Jira-Xray migration and innovations / automation,

Offshore Test Delivery Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
04.2016 - 11.2021

Managed the project delivery and operational needs for multiple accounts in Middle East, India , Greater China & Hong Kong , ASEAN and ANZ region with forecasted revenue of more than USD 5M per year

Responsibilities

  • Managed Test strategy / Planning/ Test execution and Defect management
  • Reviewed Test Artefacts and Tracked Test Delivery across multiple teams
  • Tracked Risks / Issues due to change in project planning and worked out mitigation plans
  • Reported daily and weekly governance / status reports
  • Worked on Financial Planning and Analysis
  • Increased revenue potentials and margin by new opportunities and maintained Cost of Delivery

Onshore / Offshore Test Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Kolkata , Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
11.2010 - 03.2016

Worked as End -End Test Manager for more than 3 + Banking & Financial Services clients across multiple geographies in India , Singapore and Malaysia managing

Responsibilities

  • Managed testing projects across various domains in Bank Back Office system , On-Boarding with Batch processing, Cash management - GIRO Collection / Payment , MEPS, TT, Account Summary/Details, Bill Payment, Trade management system, File Upload, Corporate & Retail Online Banking
  • Managed Agile IT/DevOps Implementation with Test Automation
  • Managed Test management for large-scale migration project for revamping Online Corporate banking portal for leading Bank in Singapore
  • Managed Test Planning , Test artefacts reviews , RFPs , estimation and resource / demand management
  • Managed test reporting

Offshore Test Lead

IBM India Pvt. Ltd
Kolkata (India) and Hook (UK)
08.2005 - 11.2010

Managed large scale test activities for 4+ clients in Offshore - Onshore delivery model for sectors - Telecommunications , Media & Entertainment and Banking. Had onshore exposure to work in UK for Test Delivery.

Responsibilities:

  • Managed customer stakeholders, test planning , test execution and Defect management
  • Reviewed test artefacts
  • Managed test reporting and tracking
  • Team management
  • Resource management and conducted Interviews

Software Test Engineer

Praxis Softek Solutions Ltd ( Contract For Lexmark India)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
11.2003 - 07.2005

Worked as Test Engineer for 1 customer - Lexmark India

Responsibilities

  • Tested printing services application
  • Worked in test design, execution and defect management
  • Worked on Test automation with WinRunner

Jr Software Developer

Pecon Software Limited
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
08.2003 - 11.2003

Worked as developer for 1 government client in Banking & Financial services

Responsibilities

  • Developed banking software package on Visual Basic and Oracle databases
  • Worked on requirement understanding and coding
  • Worked on application package installation and user training

Assistant System Engineer

Experts Development And Services
Kolkata, West Bengal , India
09.2002 - 05.2003

Worked as Software developer for 2 customers to develop work packages

Responsibilities

  • Involved in requirement analysis
  • Worked on coding in in Visual Basic and Oracle tools, package installation
  • Involved in post implementation support

Education

Master of Computer Science & Applications (MCA) - Computer Applications

North Bengal University
India
2002

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

R.K. Mission Residential College, Calcutta University
Narendrapur - West Bengal ,India
1999

Skills

  • Test Delivery Management for multiple critical transformation projects across geographies and handling multiple teams - in-house / client / 3rd party across geographies
  • Account level Innovation Initiatives and Operational Excellence - Forecasting , Margin and Demand / Resource Management
  • Stakeholder Management Onshore exposure of 5 years
  • Domain - Banking Applications - Retail & Corporate Banking applications & Channels - Internet banking , Mobile banking, Cash Management System, Credit Processing system , Contact Centre migration into Cloud / IVR , Core banking - SIBS, DataStage Migration, Telecommunication & Printing Services
  • Managing different STLC phases in functional , automation and performance testing
  • Test strategy preparation, estimation / RFPs
  • Agile DevOps, ALM ( Quality Centre) and JIRA-Xray, UFT / Selenium / API automation

Accomplishments

  • Certified Amazon Cloud Practitioner
  • Certified Software Test Manager(CSTM)
  • Certified in Agile technologies

Languages

English
Fluent

Timeline

Program Test Manager

Cognizant Worldwide, PTM
11.2021 - Current

Offshore Test Delivery Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd
04.2016 - 11.2021

Onshore / Offshore Test Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd
11.2010 - 03.2016

Offshore Test Lead

IBM India Pvt. Ltd
08.2005 - 11.2010

Software Test Engineer

Praxis Softek Solutions Ltd ( Contract For Lexmark India)
11.2003 - 07.2005

Jr Software Developer

Pecon Software Limited
08.2003 - 11.2003

Assistant System Engineer

Experts Development And Services
09.2002 - 05.2003

Master of Computer Science & Applications (MCA) - Computer Applications

North Bengal University

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

R.K. Mission Residential College, Calcutta University
Somrup Paulchowdhury