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VINOD KUMAR MOHAN

Agile Project / Program Manager / Snr Scrum Master / Agile SAFE 6.0
Cheam,Surrey
VINOD KUMAR MOHAN

Summary

· Agile Project Manager experienced in working as Technical Project Manager, Delivery Manager & IT – Business Change areas.

· Possess a good track of delivering projects within the timelines

· Demonstrated good resource utilisation skills by a combination of Offshore -Onsite – Nearshore models

· Experienced in working with Ex Co, C-Suite manager levels and reported project status and deliveries.

· Successfully transformed and delivered project in Agile Scrum, Kanban / Scaled Agile Delivery methodology

· Worked in Investments Banks like HSBC, Deutsche, UBS, Standard Chartered, Barclays, NatWest-RBS, BNY Mellon Corporation

· Worked on Buy-side Asset Management and Wealth Management Organisations like Charles Stanley, Raymond James, Janus & Henderson Investors

· Experienced in delivering high stake projects within Equities and FX

· Worked as Technical Product Owner in FIXML, Dodd Frank, Basel, CRR, MIFID projects

· Experienced in daily data quality and governance reporting on Regulatory projects like MiFID II, SFTR, EMIR

· Experience in Cyber Underwriting & Insurance projects covering Mortgages, Ceded Insurances, EU based Insurances

· Experienced with working multiple teams from different Vendors like Deloitte, Thoughtworks, etc.,

· Successfully delivered High Technical Migration projects like IAM-ForgeRock, OpenShift - ROSA, Sostenuto - ServiceNow Monoliths to microservices with in delivery deadlines

· Experienced in drafting Business Plan for new clients including POC, Sales/Budgeting, Resourcing – Offshore-Onshore-Nearshore modelling

· Experienced in delivering CRM projects with package like MS Dynamics, Dynamics 365, Salesforce, etc.

· Expert in organising and conducting UAT cycles for releases to obtain formal sign off from Business/UAT Team

AGILE PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

· Experiences in managing multiple teams across multiple geographical locations through Agile – Scrum/ Kanban

· Managed Dev-ops Implementation projects with BA's, Dev's & QAs across multiple geographic locations like UK, India, US, China

· Worked with multiple stakeholders/sponsors and owned collective Product Backlog for multiple products within the programmes.

· Expertise in running Agile Sprints and cover activities starting from Backlog Grooming, Story planning, Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Releases and Milestones

· Effective time management for individual deliveries through GANTT Chart, JIRA Story Map and chaired regular Release Meeting involving technical leads with business POC's

· Technical Project Management experience in Greenfield and maintenance projects with Banks & Fintech

· Obtain formal sign-off of business requirements from all key project stakeholders and ensuring traceability throughout the development cycle as requirements evolve

PROJECT RELEASE MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE

· Experienced in delivering Project documentation like Plan, Milestones/Deliverables, Resource plan and estimates, Process Flow diagrams, Daily, Weekly, Delivery Status reporting

· Experienced in getting sign offs for requirements from stakeholders ahead of development cycle

· Agile Project Manager experienced in working as Technical Project Manager, Delivery Manager & IT – Business Change areas.

· Sound Technical Knowledge in multiple technologies Java, C#, Ruby, Python having worked as a Developer/DevOps Architect

· Experienced in multiple middle ware technologies like REST, WEBSOCKETS, IMS Queue

· Excellent Vendor Management skills in maintaining multiple vendors, third party and actively coordinated from Procurement to Integration of systems.

· Documentation for Steer-Co meeting for the programme manager

· Experienced in Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting for every Milestones and Phases in Project Interpersonal Skills

· Successfully delivered Infrastructure migration projects including Virtual Servers – AWS / Virtual Servers – GCP / Virtual Servers – Docker Containers

· Possess a good record of delivering migration projects within delivery timelines and have successfully demised legacy systems

· Work actively and closely with software development teams on IT Business Change deliverables

· Proficient in Key Project Tools and Packages (MS Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio, Excel, MS Project, Mind Map)

· Experienced in working under high pressure, target oriented timescales and delivered successfully through proper time management and prioritizing activities and tasks

· Possess strong interpersonal & people skills

· Skilled at communicating at all levels including technical (IT Members) and non-technical (Business Stakeholders)

Effective relationship builder with strong stakeholder management skills.

Overview

21
years of professional experience
1
Language

Work History

QBE Insurance
London, England

PROGRAMME MANAGER / SNR SCRUM MASTER
03.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Tool – PEGA – RULEBOOK Integration
  • Managing a cross-functional team of 20+ professionals in delivering a £10M cyber underwriting project, improving risk assessment accuracy by 30%
  • Managing the end-to-end integration of Rulebook, Pega with Gen AI bespoke tool for Cyber Underwriting and Claims management
  • Managed and delivered large scale technical projects, ensuring they are completed on time within the expected deadlines and met business expectations
  • Implemented Agile Scrum framework across multiple teams, resulting increase in project delivery speed and improvement in team productivity
  • Conducted regular risk assessments and developed mitigation strategies, reducing project risks periodically
  • Managed project budgets, resources, and timelines, ensuring projects were delivered on time and within budget
  • Led Scrum teams in delivering high-quality insurance solutions, including cyber risk assessment tools
  • Facilitated agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, promoting team alignment and continuous improvement
  • Identified and resolved impediments, ensuring smooth project execution and timely delivery
  • Collaborated with product owners to prioritize and refine product backlogs, aligning with business goals and customer requirements
  • Mentored and coached team members on agile principles and practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
  • Chaired regular steer co & Working group meetings to reporting status & steer from ED, Business Sponsors and C-suite managers / stakeholders
  • Active Vendor and third-party Management for procurement of Services, Infrastructure and Personnel
  • Regular Stakeholder Meeting for Project Budgetary controls and sign off for Purchase/Work Orders

Charles Stanley & Co. Limited
London, England

Agile Scrum Master /Senior Project Manager /Service Delivery Manager
09.2022 - 12.2023

Job overview

  • Charles Stanley - Raymond James (Merger) Integration Programme
  • Project 2: Charles Stanley IT Digital Environment Management - Infrastructure - Release Management
  • Project 3: Charles Stanley - DevOps Improvement Programme (Product Owner - Service Now)
  • Worked as, Programme on three different projects
  • Technical Project Management in Cloud Migration from existing monolithic legacy system to Microservices based architecture
  • Worked as Scrum Master and carried out all Agile Ceremonies including Scrum, Poke planning, Grooming, Demo, Sprint Review and Retrospective
  • Migration of existing IAM to combined IAM for both Organisations reporting Head of Merger and Acquisitions
  • Grooming Product Backlog with PO's and Business Stakeholders from IT - Business Change perspective
  • Managing Dev-Ops Technical Deliveries including migration of Cloud platform, Project Technical Improvements in-line with business deliveries
  • Implemented Data Governance and Quality review on DATA Service layer platform
  • Identified and managed budget, timescale and scope changes, recommending actions and improvements to meet project goals
  • Developed and maintained project timescales, providing contingency planning to support timely completion
  • Evaluated project risks and feasibility, identifying issues and proactively implementing proposed solutions
  • Designed and Compiled Data Quality Issues into Portal Dashboards using orchestration tools like Tableau, Power BI, Grafana
  • Procurement of Digital Test Environments to cater multiple projects according to Transformation plan

NATWEST
London

RELEASE TRAIN ENGINEER, TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
01.2022 - 07.2022

Deutsche Bank

TECHNICAL PM /RELEASE TRAIN ENGINEER
04.2020 - 12.2021

IHS -MARKIT

AGILE COACH / TECHNICAL PM
12.2019 - 04.2020

HSBC

TECHNICAL PM / DEV-OPS CONSULTANT
04.2019 - 11.2019

Janus Henderson Investors

DEVOPS / TECHNICAL PM
05.2018 - 04.2019

SENIOR MIFID ANALYST /TECHNICAL BUSINESS ANALYST
11.2017 - 04.2018

HSBC

Credit Agricole, DEV-OPS MANAGER / TECHNICAL PM
06.2016 - 11.2017

Barclays Wealth

LEAD DEV-OPS CONSULTANT
09.2015 - 04.2016

MYBBC, BBC

HEAD OF QA
04.2015 - 09.2015

UBS AG

PROGRAMME TEST LEAD
05.2014 - 06.2015

Standard Chartered Bank

PROGRAMME TEST MANAGER
08.2013 - 04.2014

News UK

AUTOMATION TEST LEAD
05.2012 - 08.2013

BSKYB

SENIOR DEVELOPER IN TEST
11.2011 - 05.2012

Venda Inc

TEST MANAGER
05.2011 - 11.2011

Sportingbet

AUTOMATION TEST LEAD
05.2010 - 05.2011

Pershing LLC, BNY Mellon Corp

AUTOMATION TEST LEAD
06.2007 - 01.2008

NTTInnovation Institute Inc

SOFTWARE ANALYST
07.2006 - 06.2007

New Walk Technologies

SOFTWARE ANALYST
03.2003 - 06.2006

Education

Robert Gordon University

Master of Science from Management
06.2016

Anna University

Bachelor's Degree from Engineering
04.2006

Skills

  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  • Project planning and development
  • IT – Business Change Management
  • Product / Programme Management
  • Technical Project Management
  • IT Project Consultation & Delivery
  • Contract review and Recommendations
  • Project Governance with excellent Risk mitigation
  • Onboarding/Demising/Migration of Systems
  • Impact Cost Value Analysis
  • MVP Planning / Target Operating Model (TOM) Reviews
  • Service Now – HRSD / Employee Compliance / ITSM /CSDM
  • Big Data – Golden Source – Data Lake / Data Service Layer
  • Milestone assessment and achievement
  • RACI
  • AGILE / DEV-OPS
  • Agile methodologies – SCRUM, SAFE, LEAN, KANBAN, SCRUMBAN, LESS
  • Scrum methodology
  • Agile Delivery Management
  • SAFe – Release Train Engineer
  • DevOps – Shift Left / Transformations
  • DevOps – Maturity Assessments
  • DevOps – Operating Model Analysis
  • Cloud architectures and services
  • Mentoring and training
  • TECHNICAL SKILLS
  • Programming Languages
  • Project development
  • AWS, GCP, Fabric, Docker
  • Confluence / JIRA, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Planview Toolkit
  • BPMN - Flowable/Lucid Charts
  • Dynamics 365 / MS Dynamics
  • Salesforce – Lightning/Classic
  • Oracle / SQL/ My SQL / Mongo DB / Snowflake
  • GIT, Bitbucket, TeamCity
  • Application Security Controls - SAST/DAST
  • ERP Transformation & Migration

Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimeContract Work

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancementWork-life balanceCompany CultureFlexible work hoursWork from home optionTeam Building / Company RetreatsStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingHealthcare benefitsPersonal development programs

Timeline

PROGRAMME MANAGER / SNR SCRUM MASTER

QBE Insurance
03.2024 - Current

Agile Scrum Master /Senior Project Manager /Service Delivery Manager

Charles Stanley & Co. Limited
09.2022 - 12.2023

RELEASE TRAIN ENGINEER, TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER

NATWEST
01.2022 - 07.2022

TECHNICAL PM /RELEASE TRAIN ENGINEER

Deutsche Bank
04.2020 - 12.2021

AGILE COACH / TECHNICAL PM

IHS -MARKIT
12.2019 - 04.2020

TECHNICAL PM / DEV-OPS CONSULTANT

HSBC
04.2019 - 11.2019

DEVOPS / TECHNICAL PM

Janus Henderson Investors
05.2018 - 04.2019

SENIOR MIFID ANALYST /TECHNICAL BUSINESS ANALYST

11.2017 - 04.2018

Credit Agricole, DEV-OPS MANAGER / TECHNICAL PM

HSBC
06.2016 - 11.2017

LEAD DEV-OPS CONSULTANT

Barclays Wealth
09.2015 - 04.2016

HEAD OF QA

MYBBC, BBC
04.2015 - 09.2015

PROGRAMME TEST LEAD

UBS AG
05.2014 - 06.2015

PROGRAMME TEST MANAGER

Standard Chartered Bank
08.2013 - 04.2014

AUTOMATION TEST LEAD

News UK
05.2012 - 08.2013

SENIOR DEVELOPER IN TEST

BSKYB
11.2011 - 05.2012

TEST MANAGER

Venda Inc
05.2011 - 11.2011

AUTOMATION TEST LEAD

Sportingbet
05.2010 - 05.2011

AUTOMATION TEST LEAD

Pershing LLC, BNY Mellon Corp
06.2007 - 01.2008

SOFTWARE ANALYST

NTTInnovation Institute Inc
07.2006 - 06.2007

SOFTWARE ANALYST

New Walk Technologies
03.2003 - 06.2006

Robert Gordon University

Master of Science from Management

Anna University

Bachelor's Degree from Engineering
VINOD KUMAR MOHANAgile Project / Program Manager / Snr Scrum Master / Agile SAFE 6.0