Nilanjan Nandi
Technical Program Manager | Agile Guru
Randolph Township,NJ
Summary
Talented professional considered knowledgeable leader and dedicated problem solver. Brings 20 years of valuable expertise to forward company objectives. Attentive to detail with experience in coordinating projects, programs and improvements.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
Work History
Technology Program Manager
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
Teaneck, NJ
01.2000 - Current
- Led and managed multiple programs and projects for four key healthcare clients with total revenue of more than 15 million USD.
- Successfully delivered large scale transformational projects for Fortune 500 customers like American Express, J P Morgan Chase, Express Scripts, Centene, CVS and Cigna. Managed end to end project execution with full delivery ownership involving multiples geographical teams.
- Product owner for Big Data platform responsible for developing solutions to improve member experience and Rx delivery using Hadoop and ML models. Helped with data governance and cloud migration strategy.
- Established and lead Agile Center of Excellence at various clients. Responsible for coaching organization on scrum values, establishing community of practice and training scrum masters
- Successfully delivered large-scale integration project for healthcare client to handle transaction exchange related to claims between various entities including Vendors/Partners and Pharmacies using multiple technologies.
- Delivered transformational project at Insurance Risk Broker to standardize core brokerage process with budget of close to 9 million.
- Managed and delivered multiple transformational projects using scrum with program budget close to $39 million involving multiple technologies.
- Delivered dispute and fraud management system using suite of BPM products for large card issuer.
- Extensive hands-on experience in usage of technology for application development, rollout, and support.
- Handled client relationship up to C level executives and communication across cross functional teams.
- Pitched and built new programming strategies and one-off feature shows to boost audience interests and diversify offerings.
- Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Identified system needs and designed processes to support business requirements.
- Addressed and resolved technical, financial and operational concerns by working with team members and stakeholders.
- Verified that design, operation and IT systems complied with applicable regulations and requirements.
- Monitored progress of programs, using and applying programming documents, program directives and other program material.
- Maintained tight production timetables and quality standards to give audiences exceptional offerings.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
- Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
College of Engineering And Technology
IndiaOther - Agile Project Management
University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, MDOther - Project Management
George Washington University, The
Washington, DCSkills
Program leadership
Project Management
Agile , Scrum Kanban
Agile Coaching
Software Development Life Cycle
Policy and procedure improvements
Requirement Gathering & Analysis
Design and Architecture
Program goals
Accomplishments
- Provided training to more than 200 + individuals in scrum and agile .
- Supervised team of 100 + staff members.
- Implemented process efficiencies in number of projects by leverage process automation , test driven development and pair programming .
- Have led and worked in projects involving multiple technologies like Pega , Hadoop , Oracle , Mainframe , Sybase , C
- Experienced as a Software Engineer , Architect , Delivery Lead , Scrum Master and Product Owner.
- Proficient in JIRA, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project
Certification
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
Timeline
Technology Program Manager
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
01.2000 - Current
Bachelor of Engineering -
College of Engineering And Technology
Other - Agile Project Management
University of Maryland - Baltimore
Other - Project Management
George Washington University, The