Prashant Shankhawaram

About Prashant Shankhawaram

I’m a delivery excellence and management professional with 27 years of experience, including over 20 years in global delivery and portfolio program management, building and scaling large, multi-stakeholder delivery organizations across geographies.Across my career, I’ve owned and governed delivery portfolios of up to $40M, led global teams of 600+ professionals, and built leadership layers with 60+ direct reports. My experience spans delivery strategy, execution governance, financial oversight, risk management, and long-term stakeholder relationships in enterprise environments.I’ve defined and scaled delivery operating models, established strong governance frameworks, and driven agile and operating-model transformations to improve predictability, transparency, and execution confidence at scale.A core strength of my leadership has been running delivery as a business within enterprise ecosystems, strategizing demand and supply, streamlining work intake and prioritization, driving competency leveling, and improving productivity while scaling maturity across teams. This has enabled sustainable growth, stronger stakeholder trust, and consistent execution outcomes.I’ve also led cloud and data engineering transformation initiatives as part of broader delivery modernization efforts, with a focus on governance, scalability, and long-term value creation aligned to enterprise standards rather than isolated technology change.In recent roles, I’ve partnered closely with global business, technology, and account stakeholders during early engagement phases, helping shape scope, delivery approach, and execution readiness, and explaining delivery methodology and governance to build confidence early in the lifecycle.I’m known for calm, decisive leadership, strong stakeholder alignment, and the ability to bring clarity and structure to complex delivery environments, particularly in contexts where scale, sustainability, and trust are critical.Open to senior delivery leadership conversations focused on building scalable, mature, and outcome-driven delivery organizations.

Experience

1. Assistant Vice President

   Genpact

   Mar 2026 — Present

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Raipur

  Leadership and Change Management Program

• Osmania University

  Bachelor of Science - BS

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Executive General Management Program

• University of Madras

  Master of Computer Applications - MCA