YOGESH SOMAN
Reading,UK
Summary
Results-oriented Project and Programme Manager with 12+ years of experience across PMO, governance operations, project delivery, digital transformation, business operations and stakeholder management. Strong capability in coordinating end-to-end governance workflows, stakeholder follow-ups, review readiness, decision support, documentation, RAID management, reporting, resource planning and financial management. Experienced in Agile and Waterfall environments with senior stakeholder engagement, risk and compliance coordination, operational readiness and management reporting. PMP and ITIL V4 certified, with GenAI-L1 project-management training and practical application of GenAI to reporting, documentation, information synthesis, workflow improvement and project decision support.
Overview
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years of professional experience
Work history
Agile Programme Manager & PMO
Publicis Sapient
Pune, India
2024.05 - 2026.09
- Led agile programme planning and delivery into milestones, governance, dependencies, actions.
- Facilitated service desk operations using best practice and aligning with ITIL framework.
- Reviewed KPI and SLA performance and proposed improvements for underperforming areas.
- Prepared stakeholder presentations showing project progress.
- Coordinated governance workflows and stakeholder follow-ups for clarifying needs and removing blockers.
- Prepared programme status reporting, milestone tracking, and visibility of risks and actions.
- Managed risks, issues, and dependencies with mitigation and escalation to protect delivery commitments.
- Maintained structured programme documentation and supported project transitions and operational readiness.
- Improved team effectiveness through collaborative ways of working and continuous feedback cycles.
- Applied genai to programme activities for synthesis, reporting, knowledge discovery, and workflow acceleration with validation.
- Organised weekly meetings to keep stakeholders updated on project status.
- Enhanced technical skills through knowledge sharing sessions and workshops.
- Monitored budget expenditure to maintain financial discipline across the project cycle.
Project Manager – Digital Transformation
WNS Global Services
Pune, India
2023.01 - 2024.05
- Coordinated digital-transformation activities across 720+ FTE portfolio, aligning business priorities, delivery demand and stakeholder expectations.
- Performed business and operational analysis across demand, workforce capacity, utilisation, pipeline opportunities, bench control, attrition and resource rotation.
- Managed profitability levers, financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting to improve portfolio visibility and support management decisions.
- Tracked client acceptance, purchase-order issuance, verification and acceptance; created WBS codes, assigned resources and approved timesheets for invoicing alignment.
- Led governance and leadership calls covering progress, blockers, risks, issues and CP/NCP status; escalated decisions requiring management intervention.
- Automated PMO reporting to improve efficiency and reduce misreporting.
- Managed contractual obligations, risk and compliance considerations while supporting delivery teams and stakeholder expectations.
- Leveraged GenAI-enabled approaches for project reporting, meeting/document synthesis, analysis and management-ready outputs, retaining human review for accuracy and governance.
Project Manager
Wipro Technology
Pune
2019.06 - 2023.01
- Managed end-to-end project coordination for Agile delivery, supporting planning, resource management, stakeholder communication and governance.
- Maintained SOPs, project plans, budget plans and resource-utilisation documentation; created dashboards and management decks for leadership.
- Coordinated resource allocation, work orders and task orders with internal resource-management teams.
- Facilitated weekly, monthly and quarterly reviews to identify pain points, dependencies, risks and actions with Project Leads and Project Managers.
- Supported project budgeting, revenue and FTE forecasting, effort tracking and end-to-end programme coordination.
- Supported GDPR, ERM and CMMI audit activities and maintained project risk, compliance and contractual controls.
- Client: Uniper | Technology exposure: C#, Microsoft Azure, DevOps, Python, SQL.
PMO Lead
Wipro Technologies
Pune
2014.04 - 2019.06
- Led PMO activities covering workforce management, resource rotation, re-skilling, bench management and pipeline-based capacity planning.
- Performed business and operational analysis to identify margin-improvement opportunities and provide data-driven inputs to account leadership.
- Managed revenue forecasting, billing and invoicing, variance analysis, accounts receivable tracking and revenue-leakage reporting.
- Maintained project plans, effort tracking, resource allocation, project budgets, revenue forecasts and FTE forecasts.
- Supported leadership with project reporting, dashboards, governance reviews and decision-support information.
- Managed stakeholder coordination across global clients and internal teams, supporting delivery alignment and issue resolution.
- Supported audit, risk and compliance activities and maintained project governance documentation.
Education
B.C.A. - Computers
D.Y. Patil College
Akurdi, IndiaCPGDBA - IT (Distinction)
Symbiosis Centre of Distance Learning
IndiaSkills
- Governance Operations
- PMO Coordination
- Workflow / Intake Management
- Stakeholder & Case-Owner Coordination
- Governance Documentation & Audit Evidence
- SLA and KPI tracking
- Review & Decision Readiness
- Meeting Agenda / Minutes / Action Tracking
- RAID Management
- Risk & Compliance Support
- Operational Trackers & MIS
- Dashboard & Status Reporting
- Data Quality & Reporting Hygiene
- Lifecycle / Transition Coordination
- Resource & Capacity Planning
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Process Improvement
- ServiceNow
- JIRA
- Smartsheet
- SharePoint
- HP Navigator
- Agile
- Scrum
- Waterfall
- GenAI
Personal Information
Title: PROJECT / PROGRAMME MANAGER | PMO | GOVERNANCE OPERATIONS | BUSINESS ANALYST | DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Certification
PMP | ITIL V4 | GenAI-L1 – Project Management
SELECTED CLIENT / INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Uniper, BT, NBN, Credit Suisse, CHS Inc, Cargill, UnitedHealth Group (UHG), AON | Telecommunications, Banking, Retail, Oil & Gas, Insurance
Languages
English
Intermediate
Accomplishments
Wipro Award of the Year: 2017.
WNS Leadership Award: 2023.
PS Trailblazer Award: 2025.
Affiliations
- Travelling & Exploring
Timeline
Agile Programme Manager & PMO
Publicis Sapient
2024.05 - 2026.09
Project Manager – Digital Transformation
WNS Global Services
2023.01 - 2024.05
Project Manager
Wipro Technology
2019.06 - 2023.01
PMO Lead
Wipro Technologies
2014.04 - 2019.06
CPGDBA - IT (Distinction)
Symbiosis Centre of Distance Learning
B.C.A. - Computers
D.Y. Patil College