Prashant Daund

· Led and managed a 12 PMO's team for supporting CIO SAP Portfolio encompassing 4 programs and 78+ projects worth $35 million.

· Managed portfolio of new initiatives, contributing to data analysis for project approvals, resource allocation, financial planning, and business reporting.

· Supported portfolio leadership in implementing data-based analytics initiatives, resulting in a 20% increase in operational efficiency.

· Implemented a streamlined process for arranging MBRs, resulting in clear communication on project achievements and overall portfolio progress to the Accenture Leadership.

· Managed financial operations by conducting weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reporting, resulting in improved financial decision-making.

· Managed demand and supply for DU requirements, serving as the demand owner for DU and overseeing the creation, approval, and allocation of resources, resulting in improved resource utilization.

· Streamlined DU-level PMO activities by collaborating with HR to align business processes, performance cycles, and other organization-level initiatives.

· Led and executed agile transformation journey (ITBA) for all DU programs, training and coaching over 200 employees in scrum and product management methodologies. Deployed Azure DevOps tools to implement agile practices for all product project.

• Worked as Project Manager in R&D PMO business unit on Governance Process Improvement.
• Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages.
• Created on new Birdview Reporting dashboards for management(new initiative) to track and reflect progress of all ongoing projects in the business unit.
• Trained and mentored scrum teams on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.

Client: Deutsche Bank

Role: Program Manager (Jan 20 - Jun 21)

• Worked incapacity of the Program Manager, managing the program of 60+ projects under Risk and Compliance IT domain for Deutsche bank.
• Developed and maintained program plans, schedules and budgets to ensure successful completion of projects.
• Monitored project performance metrics including cost, schedule, scope and quality to identify areas for improvement.
• Coordinated with stakeholders across multiple departments to ensure program objectives were met on time and within budget.
• Facilitated weekly status meetings to review progress of all programs and projects.
• Developed change control procedures for the program ensuring changes are effectively managed throughout the lifecycle.
• Created comprehensive program reports detailing progress, issues, accomplishments and other relevant information.
• Assisted in developing training materials for PMO staff as well as external customers and stakeholders regarding PMO processes.
• Contributed towards process improvement initiatives by suggesting new ideas or improving existing processes.

Client - Standard Charted Bank GBS

Role - PMO Manager (Jan 18 - Dec 19)

• Worked as Portfolio PMO Manager for a supporting portfolio of $158mn consisting of 36 programs and over 157 projects
• Primarily involved in auditing new PED, business cases, investments, benefits, and assisting management in taking decisions for approvals
• Setup a new team for clients including third party and client resources for the transition of Risk and Compliance portfolio from onshore to offshore
• Created and executed a phase-wise transition plan for complete portfolio transition with a pilot run and final handover of PMO responsibilities of various functions
• Helped and trained team on various PMO functions and created function-wise SOP for customers
• Acted as Subject Matter Expert for CA Clarity PPM tool and trained the team on tool functionalities
• Acted as an advisory for internal stakeholders for submitting PED in the system and walk through various approval processes
• Responsible for collecting portfolio level matrix and report data and presenting it to Executive management on periodically or ad-hoc basis
• Responsible for hosting stakeholder's business presentation meetings to provide portfolio updates to leadership.
• Responsible for auditing existing governance processes and providing suggestions to improve the same
• Responsible for creating and auditing all SOP's during the transition and keep updating for changes in a timely manner
• Managing knowledge repository for the portfolio.

• Worked as an Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master for the product development team
• Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint, release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings
• Analyzed current processes, identified areas of improvement, and implemented Agile methodology to streamline operations.
• Acted as a Project Manager when necessary, responsible for stage-gate approvals throughout the project life-cycle
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of projects on time and within budget.
• Led scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standup's, backlog grooming and refinement sessions, demos and retrospectives.
• Assisted product owners in prioritizing feature requests based on customer feedback.
• Created detailed reports summarizing sprint results for management review.
• Identified potential risks associated with each project before they become critical issues.
• Developed training materials for team members transitioning from traditional waterfall methods to Agile techniques.
• Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.

• As a Services Implementation coordinator, responsible for end to end project delivery of telecom site projects, primarily for Europe sites
• Assisted in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within the scope, and within budget by coordinating with internal resources and third parties/vendors
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Perform risk management and raise flags with stakeholders on deviation, if necessary
• Create and report various project-related reports on a schedule or ad-hoc basis
• Created and maintained comprehensive project documentation.

• As a Services Consultant, primarily responsible for high-level business reporting like Forecast reports, backlog reports, Budget reports, project revenue reports to the executive management
• Analyzing the new/renewed contacts for setting up new programs/projects in the CA Clarity PPM system
• Based on contracts review, setting up new projects in the system, creating resource plans, and initial financial plans and assigned it to respective project manager for execution and delivery
• Act as Advisor to Project managers, resource for any System related information/organization policies
• Creating and maintaining various kinds of process documents
• Worked on creating macros for BPA related to business reports
• Acted as UAT tester for CA Clarity PPM tools in-house enchantment.

• As a Project Coordinator primarily responsible for managing the S/W development projects in the CA Clarity PPM system throughout their lifecycle from initiation to delivery
• Scheduling and executing different projects meetings with stakeholders
• Assisting in subproject planning, budgeting, and vendor selection, and quality assurance efforts
• Assisting the Project manager in supervising the work of team members and tracking overall work progress
• Conducted regular meetings, facilitate communications, ensured coordination, and cooperation among team members
• Monitoring timelines and flagging potential issues to be addressed
• In progress, updating the projects in the system and sending out timely project reports to different stakeholders as scheduled
• On project completion, coordinating with Stakeholders for CSAT and maintaining all the project artifacts at the central repository.