Sumathi Krupaashankar

About Sumathi Krupaashankar

21 years of proven track record of driving complex, enterprise wide, cross functional programs and connect with teams and individuals from Executive to Engineering. Seasoned PMP & CSM certified, Markets PMO Lead, Senior Portfolio/Program Management leader and Strategist -– “Have a get things done DNA”• Enthusiastic, Energetic, Trusted, detailed oriented Senior Portfolio/Program Manager for Strategic initiatives with outstanding Portfolio/Program Management skills. Hand-picked by executive team to turn around underperforming initiatives; bring in savings at high-risk multimillion-dollar programs, known and respected for leading successful change in projects and building credibility with Executive/Product and Engineering teams. • Leadership experience with Business acumen and a keen eye for detail that builds stakeholder confidence and partnership that involves geographically dispersed and cross-functional teams across all levels including Senior Executives, Partners, Vendors in US, Canada, Germany, Singapore, China and India.• Culture champion who transforms organizational culture and creates high-performance, committed, collaborative, passionate and HAPPY workplaces that are obsessed about customer success.• Enthusiastic, Approachable, ability to motivate team members by coaching, mentoring, develop in-house leadership talent to deliver top performance and achieve Program goalsCore Strengths & Skills.Executive Leadership : Business Strategy/Goals, Global Team Leadership,Global Change Management, Stakeholder Commitment, Qualitative Analysis,Organizational Culture.Project Portfolio Governance : Portfolio Prioritization, Resource & schedule Planning,Strategy & Execution,PMO/PM Budgeting,Risk Management,Methodology Development,Cross Functional Teams Technical Management : PM Tool Development, Technology Upgrades,Process Standardization, Financial Reporting,Methodology Implementation,Project/Feedback Tracking.PMO Lead, Portfolio Management, Domain Manager, Agile Program Management, Program Planning, Strategic Planning, End to End Program Management, SDLC, Scrum Master, Business Analysis, Process Analysis, Project Scope, Cost & Resource Estimates, Budgeting, Audit Analysis, Change Management, Schedule Management, Risk and Contingency Management, Management of Cross functional teams, Negotiation Skills, Data Warehouse. Strong verbal and written communications skills, with an ability to express complex business concepts in technical terms. Strong analytical, problem solving, and conceptual skills

Experience

1. Japan Market Lead Portfolio Lead for Strategic Initiative Program Manager

   PayPal

   Jul 2021 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Growth Markets PMO Lead for complex Strategic Initiative, 3XL sized, multiple Compliance/Growth enablement programs for the targeted goals of 2022 in Japan Market • Functioned as single point of contact right from Sales, Merchant Management, Business Operations, GPS, GFC, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Product, Engineering, Partnership and Marketplaces, Accounting, Treasury, Customer Service operations, PMM, Partners, Vendors, Banks, Issuers, Connectivity, SRE for E2E management of whole of Japan Markets• Acted as COO for this portfolio at any point in time, right from curating the Project Charter (6 or 2 Pagers). Preparation of Business Case, Markets Roadmap Planning (12 months and 5 years (long term strategic vision), prioritization of 12 months rolling roadmap, sequencing, aligning to Quarterly planning based on the need of the Market’s Revenue demands. Revisit the Roadmap in the mid of the quarter to ensure room for compliance programs and revenue enablement along with resourcing. • Tracked the project budget with Global Finance team (YTD, Variance) and forecasted budget • Constantly identified and mitigated risk to schedule, scope, and resources while balancing competing priorities across multiple strategic initiatives to enable $27M (New and BAU offerings) for 2022. • Identified the escalation reduction opportunities/Operational gaps of the current product by interacting with different stakeholders. Created a roadmap plan to set right the operational gaps by securing additional budgeting and resourcing to incorporate these operational requirements to the 2022 roadmap.• First point of contact in the Product team, for any defects/risks that have raised in the Markets. Conducted Post-mortem survey after PX, P0 Issues. Periodical communication to the stakeholders about the issue resolution and the next steps. • Part of Global teams and capable of handling multicultural environment and time - zones spread across Australia, Japan, Singapore, UK, France, US.

Education

• Project Management Institute

  Certified Project Managment Professional

  2013 — 2013

• Anna University Chennai

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Technology Management

  2010 — 2012

• University of Madras

  Bachelor's Degree, B Com

  1997 — 2000

• Annamalai University

  MFM; Masters, Financial Management

  2006 — 2008

Skills

• Data Warehousing
• Project and Delivery Methodology
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Project Management
• User Acceptance Testing
• Visio
• Quality Center
• Business Analysis
• Business Analytics
• Project Planning
• Hp Quality Center
• Requirements Analysis
• Ms Visio
• Test Planning
• Team Management
• Software Project Management
• Software Development Methodologies
• Cost & Resource Estimates
• Business Systems Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Etl Tools
• Business Process Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Pmp
• Service Industries
• End-to-End Project Management
• Project Scope Development
• Sdlc
• Project Delivery
• Uml Tools