Rajeev Ranjan
Project Manager
Kildare
Summary
Resourceful Project Manager with 16 years of IT Experience expertise in organizing business operations, financial oversight, and resource management to achieve smooth flow and project operations. Leads procurement of resources including equipment and supplies. Monitors projects by adhering to production schedule and budget, managing production team, identifying problems, and providing targeted solutions. Knowledgeable in accounting principles, bookkeeping, budget, and financial management.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Associate Director
Grant Thornton Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
08.2022 - Current
- Worked collaboratively and managed deadlines through project management.
- Streamlined communication channels across departments, resulting in improved information flow for more informed decision-making during projects.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Achieved high-quality results by closely monitoring project progress against established milestones and KPIs.
- Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
Project Manager
NTT Data - Bank of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
5 2016 - 8 2022
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders
- Developed project plans identifying key issues, approaches and performance metrics
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
- Analyzed architecture design, scoping, implementation, testing and deployment needs to define project requirements
- Managed 4-5 project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills
- Gathered project requirements through interactions, meetings and walk throughs with potential application users and to develop business requirements documents (BRD), functional requirements documents (FRD) and user mockups.
Technical Solution Architect
NTT Data - Bank of Ireland
02.2011 - 04.2016
- Requirement Documentation and Management: Expert skills in driving business project requirements from inception to completion within specified scope, timelines with deep understanding of Software Development Life Cycle
- Responsible for developing and documenting detailed solution design as Application SME
- Worked with customers or prospective customers to develop integrated solutions and lead detailed architectural dialogues to facilitate delivery of comprehensive solution
- Guided and influenced existing partners on recommended upgrades and enhancements to integrated solutions
- Worked with clients post-implementation on user testing, debugging, support and maintenance
- Conducted research to evaluate systems design and process efficiency
- Managed project planning, resource allocation, scope, schedule, status and documentation.
Mainframes Consultant
Computer Sciences Corporation
02.2010 - 02.2011
- Worked CSC's in house tool HOGAN
- Conducted data modeling, performance and integration testing
- Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches
- Analyzed work to generate logic for new systems, procedures and tests
- Maintained existing applications and designed and delivered new applications
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions
- Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.
Mainframe Developer, Banking Domain
Atos - Syntel
09.2007 - 02.2010
- Developed and executed complex system test plans to support quality
- Troubleshot business logic and performance issues in existing mainframe applications
- Evaluated and implemented enhancement design solutions to improve cost, quality and performance of software applications
- Performed lead analyst role to complete technical systems design for new and enhanced systems.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Anna University
India 05.2003 - 05.2007
Skills
Project planning and development
Business Case Management
Stakeholder Management
Change Governance
Business Readiness
Planning and CoordinationMainframes
IMS, DB2SQL
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Timeline
PRINCE2
05-2023
Associate Director
Grant Thornton Ireland
08.2022 - Current
Agile & DevOps
01-2022
Certified Scrum Master
03-2021
ITIL V3 Certified
02-2019
Technical Solution Architect
NTT Data - Bank of Ireland
02.2011 - 04.2016
Mainframes Consultant
Computer Sciences Corporation
02.2010 - 02.2011
Mainframe Developer, Banking Domain
Atos - Syntel
09.2007 - 02.2010
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Anna University
05.2003 - 05.2007
Project Manager
NTT Data - Bank of Ireland
5 2016 - 8 2022