Raghavendra Gupta

Results-oriented PMO Lead with over 12 years of extensive experience in the banking and finance industry. Highly motivated professional with a strong desire to tackle new challenges, notable adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Demonstrated success in consistently  delivering projects on schedule and within budget to fulfill project objectives. A diligent team player with a strong work ethic, adept at effective collaboration with global teams to deliver projects, solve challenges, and achieve successful outcomes.

Achievements

Responsible for overseeing multiple technology project plans within Prime Services,as per SCB standards. Actively involved in project management activities likemonitoring and maintaining RAID logs, communicating project statuses, schedulingmeetings, disseminating Minutes of Meetings, and conducting various projectmanagement activities to ensure project timelines are met within budget.
Significantly contributed to project planning through close collaboration with Devteams and other stakeholders. Formulated a comprehensive project planencompassing task, milestones, resources, allocation, budget, and timelineestimates.
Proficient in vendor management, with expertise in overseeing tasks such as trackingStatements of Work (SOWs), invoices, purchase orders, Requests for Proposals(RFPs), and facilitating coordination with the vendor management team.
Accountable for managing timesheets and overseeing project costing in Clarity.Handling all the tasks like updated resource forecasts, cost tracking, generatingfinancial reports and addressing any discrepancies.
Fostered open communication and collaboration across project teams, stakeholders,and leadership by implementing robust communication plans, providing regularupdates on project status, and utilizing collaborative tools effectively.
Creating management dashboards and project status reports to offer completetransparency and visibility to senior stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making.
Developed impactful templates for monthly project updates and crafted marketingbrochures, as well as PowerPoint templates for diverse presentations.
Acted as the gatekeeper for consistency in project data in tools, ensuring properproject and resource setup.
Ensured compliance with IT Project Management Methodology and Key Controls forall projects.
Proactively identified, managed, and mitigated project risks, adapting to dynamicbusiness and technical environments.
Evaluated current project management tools and recommended architecture forfuture IT tools solution.
Monitored project budget and Estimated at Completion figures, validating invoicesbefore submission.

Masters in Business Administration

Certification in Scrum Master