Arup Kumar S.

16+ yrs of experience in Delivery/Program/Project Management, and agile practices. Certified PMP, PgMP, SAFe Scrum Master and Executive Business Management from IIM Calcutta, Lead, managed and accountable for end to end delivery of multiple projects in a Program, Leading, mentoring, and coaching big teams towards high-performing teams and always in search of ways to optimize the team’s output. Strategizing team’s alignment with business objectives. Has many years of experience in the customer-facing role as Project/Delivery Manager, Effective negotiation skills to work with different levels of an organization, Customer Presentation using appropriate MS office tools, Key Competencies Delivery Management, Business Case Development, Effective Communication. Program Monitoring and Governance. Cost/budget management and control, Risk/Issue Management, RAID logs, and control, Leading big cross-functional teams Program Management Plan includes tranches, scoping, work packages, scheduling, costing, risk register, etc. Status Reporting, Quality control, Audits and project/program health reviews Ability to make strong, wise decisions based on facts. Technical Skills Tools – JIRA, MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint, Power Automate, VBA Programming Responsibility • Responsible and accountable for the coordinated delivery of multiple HPE Worldwide projects, • Lead and managed development teams for the EMEA region and delivered projects worth around 5.5 million dollars. • Responsible for building credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with customers at multiple levels and made critical business decisions to meet customer expectations. • Developed program management plan, initiated projects, and assigned project leads, working to ensure the ultimate success and acceptance of the program. • Presented periodic reporting dashboard on the current projects, risks, and client issues. • Develop process improvements like Kanban WIP to achieve cost-effectiveness and time-saving. • Developed scope and budget for delivery projects, • Maintained continuous alignment of program scope with BU’s objectives. • Tracked, and managed project dependencies for smooth project delivery, • Worked with DevOps team for the automation of built and deployment of software to staging and then to the production environment. • Mentored and set quarterly goals for the team members. Scrum projects • Attended Agile Release train for Program Increment planning, • Coach, mentor, and lead personnel within a technical team environment. • Coached team members on Agile principles and providing general guidance on the methodology, • Facilitated story point estimation using Fibonacci series or planning poker, • Organized and facilitated backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos, and Scrum of Scrums.