Sree Putturi

Experience

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  Monsanto Company

  Apr 2007 - Mar 2015

  --> Leading a cross-functional Scrum team to deliver innovative IT systems solutions to R&D pipelines,--> Managing employees & consultants; Leading employee career development and collaborating with global teams--> Maintain project metrics.Identify & manage dependencies with internal & external teams--> Ensure compliance with product lifecycle framework-->Act as gatekeeper for the team, removing impediments & overseeing daily stand-ups, sprint reviews & retrospectives Show less Coordinate team of software test analysts responsible for quality of enterprise-level Java, .Net and Oracle applications--> Reliable record of success in the test team management and review engagements, with an ability to recognize business objectives, foresee the solutions, develop approaches--> Proven track record for estimating resources and completion of projects on established time lines--> Lead integration and system testing for each iteration of development life cycle, including guidance in developing test scripts based on requirements, execution of tests against delivered software, and identification, analysis and retesting of defects--> Provide status , risk analysis and recommendations to senior leadership Show less --> Test Enterprise level Java, .Net & Oracle applications--> Designed, Developed and tested enterprise-class research and development software--> Create and executed automated testing suites for research and development software applications--> Performed Integration and System testing for each Iteration of the development cycle- Implemented and built test scripts based on requirements created by Business Analysts-->Identified and logged defects while following Monsanto's metric driven process Show less

  • Application Development Manager

    Apr 2012 - Mar 2015

  • QA Coordinator

    Apr 2010 - Mar 2012

  • Automation Tester (Consultant)

    Apr 2007 - Mar 2010
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  Climate

  Mar 2015 - Sept 2016

  Science Engineering Strategy and Operations Lead

  --> Coordinate & direct strategic planning activities related to precision agriculturalsoftware products across all Science Engineering group teams--> Keep external stakeholders apprised of status of strategic projects--> Ensure capture & reporting of team & product-level metrics--> Identify & address inefficiencies in project processes & procedures--> Coordinate cross-team financial planning & forecasting--> Lead employee recognition program-->Oversee project(s) execution, including vendor management & legal issues--> Drive cost-cutting projects Show less

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  Monsanto Company

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2019

  Pricing & Customer Strategy Communities:Serve as people leader to software developers and work closely with product managers, agile coaches, and functional IT organizations to foster a team culture that maximizes value delivery to enable key business objectives.--> Embrace servant-leadership, maximizing the development and performance of teams and individuals through continuous feedback and coaching --> Manage the supply and demand of engineering capacity to ensure that powerful teams are in place to meet the business needs--> Promote Functional IT understanding of the relationship between the functions and Products & Engineering cultivating a sense of partnership --> Promote collaboration between developers and product managers, UX designers, and business users to deliver state-of-the-art digital capability --> Partner with managed services providers to transform areas traditionally supported through waterfall methodologies into agile processes Show less

  • Product Development Manager - Customer Platform

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Global HR Technology - Total Rewards & Time Lead

    Oct 2016 - Jan 2018
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  Bayer

  Dec 2019 - Dec 2021

  Seed Production Innovation (SPI) Science & Engineering is a fast-paced R&D organization within Product Supply, responsible for developing technologies that allow us to manufacture our products faster, better, cheaper, safer, and with enhanced quality using technologies that span data analytics, engineering, imaging & molecular biology.--> Managed operational rhythm for department head, including building meeting agendas, strategy breakouts, financial ops, capturing accurate and comprehensive accounts of meeting outcomes, insights and action items.--> Overhauled and Headed budgeting and forecasting for the department and reconciled cost accounts to the financial accounts.--> Orchestrated steps to secure Capital backed by historical data trends and future needs.Instituted structured format to track budgets for future years. --> Established Agile best practices, formalized Quarterly planning & spend review, towards efficient use of funds.--> Audited & evaluated team make-up & Illustrated the trends by Program , leads and skills which conveyed the need for efficient use of team members skills , project consolidations and future hiring considerations.--> Lobbied & Instituted an efficient equipment ordering process that enabled data collection, decreased ambiguity in procurement/order process while increasing ops team productivity.--> Mobilized & Motivated the department by facilitating multiple small and large teaming events. Show less The role & context : Spearhead projects & programs, establish objectives and timelines, set budgets, supervise software developers; ensure an effective workflow. We were experiencing high turnover of product managers & high operating costs.Accomplishments :--> Maximized contributions as Interim Group Product Manager of Digital Marketing community by expediting hiring of 5 new Product Managers and 3 Product specialists to mature the usage of Mar-tech.--> Partnered with fellow leader & Influenced teams transition towards Outcome-based roadmaps & SAFE Agile practices instead of deadline-focused deliveries.--> Encouraged and Facilitated periodic technical deep dives of Architecture, identified deficiencies that block launches, hinder data quality.--> Matured integration and partnerships between Product development & Data Science team to reduce silos and increase workflow efficiencies. --> Applied variety of creative staffing solutions to solve for skills gap and to reduce operating costs Show less

  • (Director) Strategic Partnerships & Enabling Lead, Seed Production Innovation

    Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

  • (Director) Sr Product Development Manager - Digital Marketing and Customer Strategy

    Dec 2019 - Mar 2021
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  Bayer

  Dec 2022 - now

  Operations Delivery Lead