John Yelugundi
Workday-Certified HR Technology Leader | Driving Digital HR Transformation & Agile Delivery | IT Operations & Team Leadership | Empowering Global Workforces @ Shell
- Role
- IT Operations Manager - Workday at Shell
- Location
- Bengaluru, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Yelugundi
With over 14 years of experience at the intersection of HR technology and business…
Experience
IT Operations Manager - Workday
Aug 2018 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Agile Delivery & Scrum Facilitation: Acts as Scrum Master for the Workday delivery team, fostering a high-performing agile culture. Facilitating all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring transparent communication and delivery cadence. Coach team members and stakeholders on agile best practices, leading to improved velocity and collaboration. Remove impediments and shielded the team from external disruptions, further enabling business value delivery.Release Management & Product Deployment: Streamlined Workday release cycles by setting up structured release calendars, automating deployment pipelines, and coordinating end-to-end testing and documentation. Aligned release and deployment plans to business cycles, leading to timely, low risk launches and minimal post-release issues (<2% incident rate). Directed all major product deployments, including Workday Recruiting migration from Kenexa Brassring, by managing readiness checks, communications, and cross-team coordination. Owned rollback/contingency procedures and led continuous improvement of release and deployment practices.IT Operations & Leadership: Leading a team of 15+ Workday SMEs and DevOps engineers to ensure system availability, performance, and ongoing enhancements. Delivered strategic direction, established KPIs, and built analytics dashboards (Power BI) for tracking release performance, system health, and delivery metrics. Fostering a collaborative, knowledge-sharing team culture through mentorship, regular training, and technical documentation.
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