Godan Mannazhi
Technical Project / Program Manager
Peoria,Arizona
Summary
With over 24 years of experience in IT, highly accomplished Senior Technical Project Manager. Consistently demonstrated ability to lead large-scale programs, manage cross-functional teams, and deliver projects on time and within budget. Expertise lies in driving digital transformation, optimizing processes, and aligning technology initiatives with business goals. Adept at stakeholder management, risk assessment, and strategic planning.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Technical Project Manager (Contract)
American Express
10.2024 - 02.2025
- Enhanced operational efficiency by driving Agile methodologies to streamline execution
- Collaborated with Engineering and Product leadership to develop the product roadmap and manage dependencies in a matrixed organization
- Transformed short-term planning from a sprint-based approach to a structured Program Increment spanning five sprints, improving roadmap visibility
- Managed cross-functional teams to deliver complex software solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical requirements
Senior Project Manager
Adobe
Phoenix, AZ
01.2022 - 10.2024
- Part of the PMO organisation helping clients implement several of Adobe Digital Marketing cloud solutions
- Oversee cross-functional teams, ensuring adherence to project timelines, budgets, and quality standards
- Implement process improvements that increased efficiency by 20%, reducing project delivery time and cost
- Collaborate with C-level executives and stakeholders to align IT initiatives with business objectives, resulting in successful delivery of the projects
- Working on initiating, strategizing, onboarding and executing Digital Marketing cloud solutions for healthcare, M&E Telco clients
- Adapted quickly to unexpected challenges or obstacles encountered during project execution, devising creative solutions without compromising objectives.
Technical Project Manager (Contract)
American Express
04.2010 - 01.2022
- Led Agile and Waterfall project teams, facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
- Streamlined processes for a faster time to market reducing overall turnaround time from several weeks to days
- Collaborate with technology and business leaders to deliver actionable data and build key business insights
- Hired, coached, mentored and empowered teams to deliver customized products for clients
- Multi-year program for 3rd party integrations like Adobe Analytics, Oracle Maxymiser, Ensighten & Qualtrics into Digital platforms
- Facilitated strong team collaboration through effective meeting management, open communication channels, and timely resolution of conflicts or issues.
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless communication and information sharing throughout project lifecycles.
- Streamlined project processes by implementing agile methodologies, resulting in increased efficiency and faster completion times.
- Demonstrated strong leadership skills by effectively managing diverse teams and maintaining high levels of motivation, even during challenging periods of significant change or tight deadlines.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors..
- Enhanced team performance by conducting regular training sessions and providing opportunities for professional development.
- Collaborated with business users, technical teams, database administrators and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application designing, and planning sessions to validate requirements.
Senior Architect
Oracle
07.2004 - 04.2010
- Responsible for the design, development and testing of the Oracle financial suite of products
- Travelled to multiple client locations for product customization and implementation handling a core team of 40 people across client locations
- Recruit employees, assign, direct, and evaluate their work, and oversee the development and maintenance of staff competence
Senior Software Engineer
05.1999 - 07.2004
- Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation
- Work closely with the QA team during the testing phase in order to deliver the project
- Software Engineer working on several web and client-server applications using Microsoft technologies
Education
Master of Science - Computer Applications
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
08.1996 - 03.1999
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Science
BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY
08.1993 - 05.1996
Skills
Project Planning: Defining scope, timeline, budget, and resources
Risk Management: Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks
Project Execution: Task management, progress tracking, issue resolution
Project Monitoring & Control: Performance reporting, variance analysis
Communication: Clear and concise communication with stakeholders
Digital & Delivery Transformation
Team Leadership: Motivation, delegation, conflict resolution
Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups
Project Management Tools: Jira, Rally, MS Project
Technical Collaboration
Cross-functional communication
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Timeline
Technical Project Manager (Contract)
American Express
10.2024 - 02.2025
Senior Project Manager
Adobe
01.2022 - 10.2024
Technical Project Manager (Contract)
American Express
04.2010 - 01.2022
Senior Architect
Oracle
07.2004 - 04.2010
Senior Software Engineer
05.1999 - 07.2004
Master of Science - Computer Applications
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
08.1996 - 03.1999
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Science
BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY
08.1993 - 05.1996