Naveen Upadhyay

About Naveen Upadhyay

Sr. Manager with 20 years of experience in managing complex IT projects, I am proud recipient of the CEO Excellence Award, a recognition that underscores my leadership and project management expertise. I hold both PMP and Scrum Master certifications. With a deep understanding of project management principles, I consistently deliver results that align with organizational goals while optimizing resources and streamlining processes. My strategic approach to managing projects, coupled with a commitment to continuous improvement, enables me to lead high-performing teams and successfully navigate the challenges of a rapidly evolving IT landscape.

Experience

1. Delivery Manager Csm - Business Intelligence and Ai Automation

   Wipro

   Oct 2017 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Scrum Master• Agile Leadership: Facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming to ensure continuous improvement and timely delivery of project milestones. • Team Coaching: Mentored cross-functional teams on Agile best practices, fostering a culture of collaboration and self-organization. • Impediment Removal: Proactively identified and resolved obstacles, coordinating with onshore and offshore teams to maintain steady agile workflows. • Agile Governance: Managed and updated agile artifacts and workflows in Confluence and Azure DevOps, ensuring alignment with project charters and organizational standards. • Stakeholder Collaboration: Worked closely with technical leads and stakeholders to balance strategic objectives with agile delivery, ensuring transparency and measurable performance improvementsDelivery Management• Ensure seamless delivery of projects in the portfolio and drive and deploy portfolio/project delivery structure by evaluating budget, costs, risks and staffing requirement.• Ensure 100% adherence to Program and Project charter in terms of schedule, quality, efforts and costs.• Ensure 100% compliance to Project SLA\'s, information security protocols and etc (all customer\'s contractual obligations)• Monitor and take appropriate actions on internal and external audit findings to ensure no major non-compliance/ deviation from the SLA• Drive account health across projects by adhering to program and project management norms on all key performance metrics • Conduct periodic cadence with the quality team to take proactive measures to resolves issues/ possible escalations• Conducts periodic cadence with Workforce Management Group (WMG) to ensure 100% fulfilment as per the program/ project requirement• Close Engagement with Onshore/Offshore Eng Leads, Tech Delivery Mangers and Technologist and be the single point of contact of contact for key customer visits at offshore• Delivery governance across the portfolio

Education

• AMITY University Gurgaon

  Post Graduate Diploma, IT

  2010 — 2010

• Delhi University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Commerce

  2000 — 2003