Aayilyan Rajagopalan

About Aayilyan Rajagopalan

With over 2 Decades in technology and program management, my mission is to lead and…

Experience

1. Director

   NatWest Group

   Feb 2010 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Have played global lead roles in a matrix environment, good exposure to lead & influence technology teams to deliver end-to-end outcomes. My responsibilities include:• Delivery o Global leadership – Establish operating model and align teams towards agreed outcomes o Have extensive experience to establish operating rhythm with teams spanning across geographies – Includes business, Technology, Change, Infrastructure and vendor teams o Programme governance, planning, control and delivery through various governance forums o Change management – Scope, Work reception to implementation o Integrated Test Environment management spanning across application teams across the bank o Management of budget and plan spanning across multiple years with continuous cost and delivery efficiencies o Data migration implementation• Stakeholders in customer value chain o Earned trust partnership with business teams by being the face of technology teams o Connect with senior stakeholders across technology to manage their support o Managed stakeholders spanning across different geographies, managing any escalations o Resolution of priorities through regular engagement• People leader and culture coach o Mobilize and build capability for large teams across locations, focus on diversity & inclusion o Managed demand, capability, hiring, pay and promotions for people o Established Success Triangle & Performance grid based people management in the BU o Deployed people dashboard based on Technology Big5 people priorities o Managing outcomes from multiple suppliers with strong partnerships• Compliance and Risk o Partner management using agreed price and total cost of delivery outcomes o Establish risk appetite, risk governace & assurance. Managed Top of the house risks o Inculcate Customer focus behaviour in the team for risk management

Skills

• Management
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process Improvement
• Project Delivery
• Vendor Management
• Outsourcing
• Business Analysis
• Program Management
• Software Project Management
• Offshoring