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Pavana V Ramagiri

Dallas,USA

Summary

Project/Program Manager, with 10+ years of expertise in program/project planning, execution, and evaluation across various industries. Proven track record in optimizing costs, reducing risks, and enhancing team performance through effective leadership and innovative solutions. Proficient in Agile, SDLC, and data migration, committed to achieving strategic organizational goals.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Project Manager

Walmart
Dallas, Texas
11.2020 - 08.2024
  • Accountable and results-driven while prioritizing relationships and communicating fluently with technical, Product, and business leaders in enabling the planning and delivery of technology solutions in alignment with business strategy.
  • Facilitated exploration sessions with stakeholders, vendors, project teams, and other identified participants.
  • Served as the liaison with senior-level stakeholder representatives in a rational and measured manner to communicate project progress, issues, risks, and solutions.
  • Work with development teams, business teams, and external partners as you develop and communicate shared vision across the company by building consensus on priorities leading to product execution.
  • Resolved problems with the ability to take a logical approach to the source of the error and escalated where appropriate to bring forth a resolution.
  • Managed and delivered over 100+ RPA bots and Chatbot for Human Resources, Finance, Treasury, Claims, Global Governance, Taxes, and Infosec domains with cost savings of 10M.
  • Managed high visibility Projects like Me@Walmart, AOP, Functional reporting, Workforce planning, Data migration from Azure to GCP BQ, Data Governance.
  • Worked on Cloud Compliance project, where we transitioned all the data from Azure to Walmart cloud platform (Cerebro).

Project Manager

Boeing
Irving, Texas
10.2020 - 11.2020
  • Implemented NIST800 security controls, achieving 78% compliance, and enhancing IT department security.
  • Managed multiple projects including SAP implementation, enhancements, configuration change in Supply Chain, Defense, Security, and finance area.
  • Implemented Robotic process automation in multiple process.
  • Reduced SAP supply chain sustainment tickets by 35% through effective mitigation processes, saving costs.
  • Provide product leadership to a vibrant team of engineers and designers during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases.
  • Automated supply chain processes with RPA, improving collaboration and saving 80% of the time.
  • Developed and maintained strong relationships with clients, vendors, and internal teams.
  • Implementing a company-wide network security improvement plan, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and enhancing resilience to cyber threats.

Project Manager

AT&T
Dallas, Texas
04.2016 - 08.2017
  • Led multiple projects from solution definition to production deployment, ensuring timely delivery.
  • Collaborated with Adobe Analytics, UX, and content teams to enhance project outcomes.
  • Managed Agile projects using AT&T PRISM and Rally, improving project tracking efficiency.
  • Oversaw projects with annual budgets up to $20M, ensuring financial accountability.
  • Provided regular project status updates to stakeholders, enhancing transparency and trust.
  • Overseeing a project to upgrade a company’s legacy network to a more modern, cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring minimal downtime and meeting future scalability needs.

Project Manager

Capgemini/ Energy Future Holdings
Dallas, Texas
06.2014 - 04.2016
  • Worked closely with the accountable Delivery leaders in the Business and Technology groups to ensure the assigned project delivers on business objectives and value, while managing scope/timeline/budget and technical risk using Water Fall methodology.
  • Understand the business capabilities and the requirements and managed multiple projects (N-1 and converge) under Fossil and Wholesale Tower.
  • Created project plans/project schedules, quality controls, and risk/issue management.
  • Demonstrated ownership and accountability for project results, identify issues and resolve them throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Managed new application implementation, enhancement, move applications from one platform to another, infrastructure projects.
  • Create WBS and resource plan to estimate effort required for each task and to maintain project Schedule.
  • Effectively communicated and conduct and/or led discussions with the Clients, Business Partners, Senior Leadership and Project teams.
  • Dealt with over $15M project budget and managed over 25+ team members.
  • Able to self-direct and proactively execute tasks and escalate when appropriate.
  • Track and create well-formed reports on project milestones and status reports for Project sponsors and other project stakeholders.

Sr. Business Analyst/PMO

TVA
Chattanooga, Tennessee
03.2013 - 12.2013
  • Facilitate Fit/Gap, AS-IS, reconciliation workshops with the business owners, external vendors, IT owners and system users.
  • Compile and analyze data and prepared data flow diagrams procured through observation, meetings and discussions.
  • Gathered business requirements from the business owners and the end users and prepared BRD, functional requirements and technical specifications.
  • Wrote concise effective user stories with precise and accurate acceptance criteria.
  • Worked with development and QA teams to transition business requirements into QA test cases and assist in UAT.
  • Used HPQC to maintain the product backlog, sprint backlog, change request and test cases.
  • Participated in the budget planning ($20M+) and cost benefit analysis process.
  • Performed testing on OBIA reporting tools and logged defects in HPALM (HPQC).

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) -

Visveshvaraya Technological University
India

Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) -

Kuvempu University
India

Skills

  • Python
  • MS Project
  • Jira
  • PPM
  • Remedy
  • Service Now
  • SAP
  • SDLC
  • Waterfall
  • Agile
  • Adobe Analytics
  • ORACLE BI
  • Tableau
  • Visio
  • HPALM
  • SharePoint
  • Supply Chain
  • Information Security
  • Airline
  • Energy
  • Telecommunications
  • Maximo
  • Hospitality
  • Project Planning and Scoping
  • Resource Estimating and Budget Management
  • Change Management
  • Issues and Change Control

Industry Application

  • Supply Chain
  • Information Security
  • Airline
  • Energy
  • Telecommunications
  • Maximo
  • Hospitality

Certification

  • IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
  • CSM certified (Scrum Master certification)
  • AI Product management
  • Digital Marketing and E-Commerce

Project Management

  • Project Planning and Scoping
  • Resource Estimating and Budget Management
  • Change Management
  • Issues and Change Control

Roles

  • Project Manager
  • Senior Business Analyst
  • Product Manager
  • Digital Marketing Manager

Timeline

Technical Project Manager

Walmart
11.2020 - 08.2024

Project Manager

Boeing
10.2020 - 11.2020

Project Manager

AT&T
04.2016 - 08.2017

Project Manager

Capgemini/ Energy Future Holdings
06.2014 - 04.2016

Sr. Business Analyst/PMO

TVA
03.2013 - 12.2013

Master of Business Administration (MBA) -

Visveshvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) -

Kuvempu University