Fani Raj Mani Chandan
Summary
Experienced Senior Project Manager gifted at meeting tight deadlines, driving business opportunities and working well in team-based environments. Engaging and personable to manage key milestones and deliver exemplary customer service.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Orange Business (Orange INNOV)
01.2022 - Current
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to acquire success.
- Crafted and maintained project plans and schedules to meet organizational objectives.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to determine timely delivery and compliance of project requirements.
- Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress, and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
- Set goals and formalized policies to maximize team performance and keep project on-task.
- Reviewed new opportunities to drive business strategy at planning sessions.
Project Manager
Orange Business (Orange INNOV)
11.2013 - 12.2021
- Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
- Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
- Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
- Coordinated design meetings and decisions with internal departments and teams.
- Liaised with countries and leadership to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
- Reduced project downtime with quality product inspections.
- Managed budget allocation and resource utilization to maximize marketing ROI.
- Developed creative presentations, trend reports, kitted assets, and product data sheets.
- Mentored local personnel on best practices and protocols to maximize productivity.
Lead System Analyst
Orange Business (Orange Labs)
07.2010 - 10.2013
- Defined testing and acceptance strategies and determined quality assurance benchmarks.
- Edited software documentation to increase accuracy and reduce occurrences of user error due to confusing content.
- Coordinated work with various teams to solve problems and improve efficiency for software testing and automation.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
- · Define and design automation framework for API tests and implementation of full-scale automation for the products.
Senior System Analyst
Orange Business (Orange Labs)
03.2008 - 06.2010
- Perform testing of Databases and servers in accordance with end-user requirements while implementing best practices to ensure the integrity and quality of the services, applications
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
- Mentor, and coach junior team members on testing best practices and up-skilling on functional aspects of the products
Officer (Datacenter Operations Lead)
BSES Yamuna Power Ltd
03.2007 - 02.2008
- Managed datacenter operations with over 40+ servers for BSES Yamuna & Rajdhani Power Ltd. including the databases and test, development, and UAT / Staging server
- Documented support procedures, processes and solutions in centralized systems, enabling user self-service.
- Monitored network hardware operations to evaluate proper configuration.
- Provided resources and skill sets to support DBA functions for applications.
- Troubleshot database issues to create and resolve trouble tickets.
- Monitored and analyzed database activity to identify and prevent incidents and recommend performance improvements.
- Installed system-wide hardware components, confirming interoperation and compatibility with Linux-based software distros.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
AAIDU
India09.2006
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Sikkim Manipal University
India01.2004
Skills
- Project Planning
- Client Relationship Management
- Requirements Gathering
- Cost Control
- Business Development
- Product Roadmaps
- Strategic Planning
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Product Development
- Project Management
- Staff Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
Accomplishments
- Lead transformation towards SAFe for the domain.
- Awarded Synergy award for the successful migrated to Cloud infra and DevOps Implementation while reducing the infrastructure cost to 50%
- Set up of DevOps and Agile KPI system for Project health monitoring.
- Supervised team of 25 staff members.
- Achieved 100% CI/CD and Over 90% Automation coverage for our products.
Certification
- Certified SAFe 6.0 Agilist, ScaledAgile - 2022
- Certified Scrum Master, scrum.org - 2018
- PMI-PMP Training - 2021
- Certified OCP-DBA, Oracle 9i - 2008-09
Languages
French
Upper intermediate (B2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Orange Business (Orange INNOV)
01.2022 - Current
Project Manager
Orange Business (Orange INNOV)
11.2013 - 12.2021
Lead System Analyst
Orange Business (Orange Labs)
07.2010 - 10.2013
Senior System Analyst
Orange Business (Orange Labs)
03.2008 - 06.2010
Officer (Datacenter Operations Lead)
BSES Yamuna Power Ltd
03.2007 - 02.2008
Master of Science - Information Technology
AAIDU
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Sikkim Manipal University
- Certified SAFe 6.0 Agilist, ScaledAgile - 2022
- Certified Scrum Master, scrum.org - 2018
- PMI-PMP Training - 2021
- Certified OCP-DBA, Oracle 9i - 2008-09
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