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Intricately craft comprehensive program plans/strategies, implement program strategies, manage risks, and ensure that all program activities are aligned with the organization's goals. Mentor and guide project teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and promoting best practices in program management. Skilled at Agile Engineering techniques - Scrum, Kanban, TDD at both small and Enterprise level (SAFe). Delivered complex cross functional full life cycle SAP implementation. Integrated multiple legacy systems into unified SAP platform, increasing operational efficiency by 20%. Oversee & Manage delivery of multiple projects for Oracle Cloud SaaS Implementations. Conduct regular meetings with Project Managers and various track leads to ensure good health of on-going projects. Manage Steering Committee, meet customer C-level executive continuously assure them on success of on-going programs. Manage escalation and prepare recovery plan. Managed $33 Million Enterprise Standardization- Technology and Application portfolio – reviewed and approved budgets, Project prioritization, chaired SteerCo, provided direct control, oversight as required on the 13 programs/ projects encompassing migration of legacy Platforms, ERP Transformation, Applications, Infrastructure, Tools and EOL technologies. Coordinated and shared testing plan with TCoE team. Avoided duplicate testing efforts, automated the test cases thereby resulting in 20-25% reduction in testing efforts.Managed and provided oversight to $40 Million Etihad digital transformation from Etihad websites to Etihad frequent Flyer program with implementation of Comarch loyalty Product, Etihad Cargo Implementation with IBS iCargo platform, Salesforce CRM and enterprise BI, Implementation of SSH program. Set-up Agile and SAFe practices for Etihad and ensured end to end SAFe framework adoption across departments. Managed AED 35 Million Transformation initiative for QSR (Quick Service restaurants) business to deliver next generation “Point of Sale and Back of House solutions” across Gulf.Headed PMO- setup Project Management Office, defined & established PMO processes, policies & Governance Structure. Conceptualized & Implemented Strategy. Develop and communicate the PMO's vision, mission, and strategic goals and align the PMO's objectives with the overall business strategy. Collaborate and build strong relationships with executives, business units, and other departments to ensure alignment and address concerns and expectations from stakeholders. .

Listed skills include Leadership, Portfolio Management, Product Development, Project Management, and 9 others.