Vijaykumar B

About Vijaykumar B

I am a PgMP-certified Program & Portfolio Management leader with 20+ years of experience driving large-scale enterprise delivery across Banking, Insurance, Telecom and Cloud ecosystems.Over the last decade, I have led multi-application managed services portfolios spanning US, UK and India, governing delivery across development, QA, DevOps and production support functions.Key highlights of my leadership journey:• Directed a $25M annual enterprise portfolio under multi-year managed services engagement• Delivered 35% revenue expansion ($17M to $24.5M) through account mining and capability growth• Improved portfolio margins from 22% to 38% via Lean transformation and automation strategies• Led cross-functional global teams ranging from 25 to 170 members• Co-presented executive QBRs and partnered in financial forecasting and governance reviews• Delivered GDPR transformation program onsite in the UKMy leadership approach combines financial governance, operational discipline and people-centric execution. I strongly believe in structured risk management, SLA/KPI rigor, and continuous improvement through Lean and Agile principles.I enjoy building high-performance teams, strengthening offshore capabilities, and enabling scalable delivery models that improve profitability without compromising quality.Open to Senior Program Manager and Delivery Manager opportunities where I can drive enterprise portfolio growth, operational excellence and strategic stakeholder engagement.

Experience

1. Program Manager

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Apr 2023 — Present · IN

   Key Responsibilities: » Playing senior project manager role for one of the portfolios for an insurance customer » Played program manager role for a GDPR programme for an insurance customer – placed in UK customer location » Played offshore delivery manager for a fixed price project for a banking customer » Formation of new account and driving the initiatives to ramp up a new account from scratch » Program management for a Chinese customer involving latest technologies cloud computing, edge computing, private/public cloud features developed in Linux container technology using Kubernetes, dockers and language as GO programming » Project management of a cross functional team in data communication/networking domain driving the quality assurance & tools development teams, this is one of the largest telecom engagements » End to End delivery management handling the functional test/automation/test driven tools development activities Recruitment of personnel according to customer requirements, placing them in the right role, mentoring, managing the risks and taking appropriate actions » Revenue & Cost of delivery Management of the project/program » Measuring the quality of the deliverables frequently and taking appropriate actions to improve the same » Ramp up a new team for a cloud project in emerging technologies sitting within client premises and day to day project management and stake holder management » Playing a key role in stake holder management to get new business, new people requirements in existing project » Measuring the competency/skills of people & enhancing the same to handle the program/project in a comfortable way » Handling all pre-sales queries & support for the new business requirements » Building the offshore team capability, lead teams from customer premises and plan setup ODC after project stabilizes

Education

• Bharathidasan University

  Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Computer Software Engineering

  1999 — 2002

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Master of Technology, Computer Software Engineering

• NIIT Institute

  GNIIT, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology

Skills

• Stp
• Six Sigma
• Scalability Testing
• Scope & Change Management
• Achievement Oriented
• Bold Decision Maker
• Rip
• Problem Analyst and Solver
• Ipv4 Ipv6 Dhcp Rip Bgp Mpls L2vpn L3vpn
• Escalations Management
• Cost-of-Delivery Management
• Transition Management
• Release Management
• Vlan
• Emotionally Matured
• Conceptually Skilled
• Time & Risk Management
• Specialization in Networking & Datacommunication Test Management
• Ixia Stc
• Adaptable to Different Situations
• Testing
• Automation
• Energetic
• Revenue Management
• Stability Test
• Stakeholder Management
• Presales Support
• Nat, Firewall, Dsl Technology, Ppp, Aaa
• Practice Management
• Organized
• Competency Management
• Snmp
• Project Management
• Trouble Shooting – Control & Data Plane Issues, Bug Tracking Tools
• Ospf
• Internet Protocol Suite (Tcp/Ip)
• Pim-Dm, Pim-Sm, High Availability & Redundancy
• Agile Methodologies
• Staffing & Resource Management
• Focused