Abhishek Kansal

About Abhishek Kansal

Experienced 8 plus Senior Project Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. • Engage with relevant stakeholders, most of whom will be senior leaders and specialists in the Client. • Tracking of the program using the right governance strategy and deploying the right tools, using the right mix of push and pull. • Collation, analysis, and reporting of the program updates,– Executive Leadership Committee to Steering Committee to the respective thread leads and their teams • Manage the tactical aspects of managing any large program – creating and maintaining. • Deep-dive into a specific thread/ area, or a sub-set of the same, on an as-need basis, to ensure successful execution, and mitigation of risks/ bottle-necks. • Drive the data governance and outcome measurement to measure the success • Track the program financials at a detailed level, working with the relevant stakeholders from the finance and other function • Onboard new members who will be part of various threads on the Transformation Management Office’s process. • Strong research professional with a Bachelor\'s degree focused in Information Technology from Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology(MIET).

Experience

1. Senior Project Lead

   Cognizant

   May 2021 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Digital transformation • Articulate the business requirements, communicate them with India team understand technical implications of solutions proposed • Define and implement project communication plan across all stakeholders • Facilitates across a cross-functional team to turn abstract ideas into defined and actionable requirements • Analyze project proposals to determine time frame and appropriate methodology (i.e. Agile, Waterfall or hybrid) for accomplishing projects • Track project status using project management/tracking tool (i.e. AWS,DevOps, JIRA etc.) • Coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure that the project progresses on schedule • Gathering information about problems to be solved or procedures to be improved • Perform continuous risk assessment, implement mitigation plans and communicate accordingly • Establish standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation • Continuously benchmark project management performance to identify improvements and achieve higher capability maturity in project and portfolio management • Ensure compliance obligations are adequately documented and met in the project outcomes • Participate in process improvement and contribute to department objectives. • Act as a liaison to prospects, customers, and partners. • Participate in meetings and conferences with customers and partners to serve as a liaison between internal organizations such as Cloud Engineering, Technical Support, and Product Development • Single point of contact for Executive escalations on Customer Engagements

Education

• Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology(MIET)

  Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

• Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology(MIET)

  Bachelor's degree, Information Technology