Neelima Amancherla

• As an R&D Project Manager, I lead project execution through close collaboration with a diverse spectrum of stakeholders, including End Customers, Technical team, Business administrators, Product Managers/Owners, and Executive Leadership.
• Champion cross-functional initiatives, strategically harnessing the synergies of multiple stakeholders to unite them towards a shared vision.
• Create comprehensive project plans by establishing well-defined objectives, milestones, and timelines, and then effectively execute them, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality project deliverables, all while staying within budget for large teams (25+).
• Proven experience in orchestrating workshops (size 75+), open industry day events, and similar initiatives, aimed at cultivating networking opportunities, fostering robust information exchange, implementing valuable feedback loops, and enhancing community relations.
• Strategically allocate, closely monitor, maintain rigorous control, and provide comprehensive reporting on resources, encompassing personnel, equipment, and budgets, to ensure the successful attainment of project objectives.
• Foster collaboration among multidisciplinary teams, including scientists, technical experts, and researchers, to ensure the successful execution of R&D projects.
• Manage project budgets up to 4 M USD, controlling costs, and ensuring optimal resource utilization while seeking opportunities for cost savings.
• Preserve and oversee intellectual property arising from the project, and diligently report the utilization of pre-existing background IP within the project.
• Guarantee adherence to industry-specific regulations and standards.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement within the team, encouraging the exchange of ideas and best practices.
• Perform the role of Global Technology Field Quality Management (QM) Coach, overseeing and mentoring teams worldwide to drive excellence in quality management practices.

• As a Program Manager, I provide leadership in the global delivery and execution of multiple project work streams, targeting specific business outcomes, and overseeing large to mid-sized(30+), globally dispersed teams.
• Champion successful adoption of Agile best practices by collaborating with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Technical Architects, Vendor/Executive Leadership, Agile Coaches. This includes deploying processes, methodologies, tools, executing ceremonies, and driving a culture of continuous improvement across the Program engagement.
  • Owned end-to-end scope definition, roadmap planning, resource allocation, and the seamless execution of cross-functional projects
  • Bring hands-on expertise to drive the successful delivery of pivotal business initiatives. This encompasses comprehensive project planning, requirements definition, risk management, effective communication, and meticulous implementation planning.
• Collaborate closely with business and operations teams, working in tandem with executive leadership, to define release strategies and offer timely updates on program execution progress.
• Accountable for making pivotal project decisions, driving the attainment of program objectives, adeptly resolving challenges, and managing conflicts.
• Foster the adoption of software development and documentation best practices, ensuring that designs align with requirements and consistently deliver high-quality results, even within demanding timeframes.

• As a Project Manager, I specialized in New Product Introduction (NPI) within the Healthcare IoT platform sector. I excelled by incorporating industry best practices and Agile/Scrum Project Management methodologies.
• Proficiently adhered to our in-house Process Frameworks, PRD (Phase Review Discipline), and QMS (Quality Management System) to ensure efficient software delivery.
• Served as a Scrum Master, collaborating closely with Product Owners and cross-functional Scrum teams to ensure successful software delivery, while meticulously conducting all Scrum ceremonies for globally distributed teams. Additionally, conducted Release Planning and PI (Program Increment) Planning events.
• Proficiently managed vendor relationships, with a sharp focus on delivery speed, resource allocation, and the timely attainment of milestones.
• Creating artifacts to visualize the team's progress for Product Owners and Stakeholders, including program artifacts to showcase progress, milestone dates, the master program plan, as well as identifying and addressing risks for senior leadership.
• To maintain an enjoyable and engaging work environment, I organized a team for bi-weekly fun activities to boost team morale, especially while working remotely.
• As part of an organizational outreach initiative, I actively participated and conducted classroom sessions on Agile and Scrum topics for a group of like-minded individuals at GE Healthcare in India.

Project : Prime Collaboration Provisioning

Client : Cisco, San Jose

• As a full time Scrum Master worked on enforcing Agile Values & Principles through recommended development rules and practices of CISCO with both the Scrum and Leadership teams.
• Coach teams on Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
• Implement Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
• Collaborate with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
• Facilitate Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, discovery, removal of impediments and promoting them in a timely and aggressive way.
• Generate artifacts to increase visibility of team's progress to Product Owner & Stakeholders. Delivering Sprint Burn Down, Velocity, Release Burn Up, and Bug Metrics to the Project Manager.
• Collaborate with Agile coaches and fellow Scrum Masters to enhance Agile awareness and foster adoption. Actively engaging in problem discovery exercises (SOS).

Project : Online Banking
Client : Bank of America, Charlotte
• As an offshore Scrum Master facilitated Stand ups, Points Estimation, Sprint planning at offshore.
• Worked in Charlotte, USA as an SME & Team lead for implementing CMS solutions using Interwoven Teammate for desktop/mobile application by content creation, page creation, deployments including ADA implementation, Core metrics and Tealeaf integration.
• As a Team lead, spearheaded interactions with FTL / APP DEV /UI, User Experience, LOB and other key stakeholders for project releases.
• As a UI lead worked on UI technologies for online banking web pages using JQuery/HTML/CSS.

Project : RBS – Securities
Client : Royal Bank Of Scotland,Edinburgh,UK
• The project aimed at the development of web pages for securities (collaterals) for RBS using Java/JSF technology.
• Initial phase of the project was on the component design and application design for Requirement Analysis & documentation using Rational Software Architect.
• Web Page Development with java serves faces (JSF), insertion and retrieval of session data, writing Queries and DB administration, EAR deployment and testing with JUnit Test Cases.

Project : RM Platform
Client : DIAGEO, New York
• Developed a Release Management Platform for DIAGEO which involved an efficient approach of deployment of content and assets to Staging and Production Servers using eZ Publish, an open-source CMS tool.
• Deliverables includes Environmental set up with LAMP architecture, Integration of the eZ Publish with RSync, Manual import script, Versioning control using eZ Publish, Extensions for sending automated email notifications to users, LDAP – eZ Publish Sync, Creation and maintenance of Users, Roles and Policies, Integration of the Linux shell script with the eZ Publish.

Project: NORTEL PORTAL
Client : Nortel Networks
• This project aimed at working with Team site version 6.7 doing DCT Development, Workflows, Data Deploy, Open Deploy, Dashboard customization of Workflow, UI customization.
• Developed 60 DCT's, Integration with 4 Workflows, Data Deployment of the content filled in DCT to tables in Oracle and Open deployment of files and images, changes in existing dashboard contents of Workflows and retrieve data using web service call to populate fields in DTC