Nishad Pandarathodi

About Nishad Pandarathodi

Over 18 years of experience in IT program and project management, leading diverse…

Experience

1. IT Project Manager

   Cognizant

   Aug 2011 — Present

   Highly accomplished and focused Program and Project Management with a proven record of successfully leading and delivering complex programs and projects. Ability to oversee multiple projects, coordinate cross-functional teams, and align program activities with business objectives. Offering expertise in project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and control, with a strong focus on meeting deadlines, budget constraints, and stakeholder expectations. Committed to driving continuous improvement and ensuring project success through effective communication, collaboration, and strategic problem-solving. • Experience managing end-to-end project lifecycles, including initiation, planning, scheduling, implementation, monitoring, control, and reporting. Proficient in utilizing methodologies such as Agile Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, and waterfall. • Proficient in managing project budgets, tracking expenses, and optimizing resource allocation. Skilled in identifying cost-saving opportunities and ensuring efficient utilization of resources. • Strong leadership capabilities, adept at building and motivating high-performing project teams. Skilled in fostering a collaborative work environment, promoting cross-functional communication, and resolving conflicts effectively. • Excellent in project management tools like CA Clarity PPM, HP PPM, PeopleSoft, Confluence, MS Office Project, MS SharePoint, MS Visio and ITSM tools ServiceNow and IBM Remedy. • In-depth understanding of business processes, operations, strategies, software development processes, SDLC, and technical frameworks. Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and manage projects that align with organizational goals. • Excellent in agile project management tools like Jira, ADO and IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC).

Skills

• J2ee
• Software Project Management
• Cmmi
• Web Services
• Clarity
• Agile
• Escalation Management
• Ibm Rational Team Concert
• Prince2
• Safe
• Metrics
• Resource Management
• Issues Management
• IT Management
• Hibernate
• Certified Scrum Master Csm
• Release Management
• Fmea
• Configuration Management
• Change Management
• Team Foundation Server (Tfs)
• Risk Management
• Transition Management
• Sharepoint
• Java
• Pmp
• Performance Management
• Ms Project
• 5 Why
• Prince Practitioner
• Jira
• Requirements Management
• Ishikawa
• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Process Management
• IT Audit
• Agile Project Management
• Ejb
• Communications Management