Neeraj Gaur

Experience

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  World Fashion Exchange

  Sept 2005 - May 2006

  Sr. Software Engineer
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  BirlaSoft Ltd., Noida

  May 2006 - Mar 2010

  Project Lead

  Managerial Activities:• Worked as SPOC for Offshore and Onsite team. • Responsible for work allocation among the team members, review of work estimations, construction plan prepared by offshore teams and onsite coordinator & work progress and deliverables.• Perform Regular Project Management activities such as requirement clarifications, discussions for various projects.• Conduct work product review and ensuring that all follow the defined quality standards. • Work closely with Client and Account Management team for project planning and execution which involves the resource forecasting & planning, work scheduling and delivery management. • Assist the Account Manager on Month closure, Timesheets and Invoicing. • Work with the Account leadership team on strategic areas such as response to various RFI/RFPs, account planning, growth planning. • Responsible for Budget Management activities such as forecast project budget• Responsible for Quality Management activities such as Implementing and ensuring compliance with appropriate quality standards for the project work. • Worked closely with Birlasoft testing presales team in providing testing solution to prospective customers.Technical Activities:• Involved in Test Planning, Test Case writing, preparation of Test data and executing them at different levels of testing based on F-specs and BRD.• Preparing Weekly Status Report/Build Report and Coverage Report for the application under test.• Conducting Defect review and triage meetings.• Responsible for Review of Estimation, Test Cases, Test Plan, Defect Report and daily tasks of testing resource.• Responsible for maintaining Document Management and Configuration Management.• Maintaining good communication with development and Release Engineering Team. Show less

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  Hewitt Associates

  Mar 2010 - Oct 2010

  System Project Lead

  Project Management • Develop project plans for TDC deliverables and get input as appropriate• Allocation of work activities to project team members• Manage project deliverables and develop impact analysis when work is behind schedule or in situations of resource movement• Manage team capacity and productivity. Identify risks and business impacts on the projects. Reporting project status, leading status meetings. Identification of technical training needs Delivery Manager• Owns and is accountable for project deliveries for clients/CSG aligned• Understand overall client and business situations and builds relationship with onsite counterparts • Ensure SLA compliance in the unit• Work with the onsite counterparts and TDC SPM to develop risk mitigation plans for all identified risks on the project• Involved in activities like reporting project status, leading status meetings, resolve associate issues, promoting team work, coaching team members during implementation phases of a project. Team Management • Accountable for managing people and delivery of projects. Handling Direct/Virtual teams at different locations.• Set performance goals specific to the project and assess performance in conjunction with a TDC SPM.• Conduct necessary performance management conversations with associates. Uses tools and resources available to managers at HewittInteraction with Onsite Counterparts • Responsible for Project Deliveries and Team Mananagement.• Attend client team status meetings and understand deliverables. Understand overall client and business situations; build relationship and communicate with Onsite counterparts on status of deliverables. Show less

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  Steria India Ltd

  Nov 2010 - now

  Senior Test Lead / Solution Architect (AM)

  - Currently, working as SAP HR UATTest Manager with Steria UK responsible for implementation of SAP HR for Llyods Banking Group, UK.Also, as a Sr. Solution Test Architect with Steria India, involved in following activities:- Understand Client Requirements and System Specifications for effort estimation and commercial pricing.• Assist sales and APM team to help define and close opportunities with the right solutions by mapping key value propositions to customer business needs.• Responding to detailed RFP, RFI documents and other queries from the prospective clients.• Coordinating with presales offshore team for getting the required responses for project timelines, effort estimate and sizing and ensuring the requisite approval are received for making the final bid/proposal to the prospect.• Attending the pre- qualifications calls with risks analysis.• Presenting solution in Work Approval Board meeting for underwritings. Show less

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  Sopra Steria

  Jan 2021 - now

  Senior Project Manager -Testing BFSI and Public Sector UK