Santosh Yekula
Sr. IT Program Manager at Shell | Portfolio & Program Management | Application, IT Infrastructure Delivery , Services Operations | PMP, MSP, ACP, CSM, ITIL, SAFe6 certified
- Role
- Portfolio & Program Manager at Shell
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Santosh Yekula
SAP Program Manager and Senior Delivery Leader with 21 years delivering $40M+ cumulative…
Experience
Portfolio & Program Manager
Feb 2016 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Led large-scale, multi-million-dollar IT programs spanning upstream, IT infrastructure, Digital transformation and business integrations across multiple sites. Managed cross-functional multicultural teams of 80+ size including senior project managers, architects, vendor contractorsKey Responsibilities:o Understand Program goals and business context at all stages & ensure business value intended by the work is explicit, agreed and deliveredo Partner with business stakeholders to validate the Program\'s strategic business case, define success metrics and criteria, and to identify, measure, and sustain planned vs. achieved benefits.o Align expectations and ensure decision-making of stakeholders through engagement & effective communicationo Establish and maintain effective Governance structures and procedures to obtain resources, drive decisions, resolve issues & deliver Program objectives.o Plan, execute, monitor, control, and close all aspects of the Program.o Understand, assess and embed the right delivery methodologies across the Programme to maximize delivery effectiveness, considering delivery and business constraintso Proactively analyze variances against plan to assess trends threatening agreed scope, time, cost, and quality commitments. Identify risks and plan mitigationo Take calculated risks and apply judgment at a Program level to make timely decisions that will maximize value. Recommend changes to balance execution efficiency with risk mitigation, value delivery, cost, and qualityAchievements:o Directed multi million$$ program budgets Malaysia GTL Plant Turnaround, Canada Oil Sands Data Transformation, large IT Network Infrastructure builds and Digital Twin programs — achieving significant business impact such as 25% cost savings and 20% site uptime improvements.o Managed 20 concurrent projects across data management, mobile apps, AV, security, and cloud solutions using a mix of waterfall (70%) and agile/hybrid (30%)
Education
Andhra University
Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computer Software Engineering
2001 — 2004
Andhra University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science
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