Nitin Kumar

Experience

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  Thermax

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  Executive
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  Aircel

  Jan 2004 - Nov 2005

  Project Delivery Manager

  Project Delivery Manager responsible for the successful launch of Aircel in three telecom circles in India (Northeast, Assam, and Odisha). Worked closely with product teams and business units, collaborating extensively with Ericsson (vendor) for the deployment and integration of the Intelligent Network prepaid system and other Value Added Services (VAS) nodes at the Aircel NOC in Kolkata. Played a key role in planning IT infrastructure for the Aircel network. Additionally, led VAS planning efforts, working in close collaboration with Ericsson and the Aircel marketing team to implement the Aircel VAS network, including business configuration on various VAS nodes. Show less

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  Aricent Technologies UK Ltd

  Dec 2005 - Aug 2011

  Project Manager (c/o Aricent) at Vodafone

  Project Manager for a new product development program (Vodafone Sure Signal) and strategic initiatives (Movik – Intelligent Traffic & Content Delivery Solution).Managed E2E solution Integration and System Deployment of intelligent traffic and content delivery platform across multiple RNC sites within VF-UK network, Accountable for the quality of all deliverables and team capability.Engage with various vendors (ALU, HP, Accenture), professional services suppliers and Vodafone domains leads to agree work packages. Organize workshops with Vendors and Vodafone domain leads to agree features for UK n/w.Schedule and Budget tracking (£500k), Risk and Dependency Management. Manage delivery of corresponding IT release right from impact analysis, design, testing through to live implementation.Handover to Service Operations team after complete rollout and logical decommissioning of redundant infrastructure.Risk reviews with implementation & Ops teams before live implementation. Show less

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  Visa Europe

  Sept 2011 - now

  Lead Program Manager

  Led strategic initiatives and roadmap planning, coordinating across technology, cross-functional, and product leadership teams. Managed multi-year program with a budget of approximately $10M, overseeing financials and aligning with Technology Portfolio and cross-functional technology leads. Created and maintained KPI and OKR dashboards, ensuring transparency through comprehensive financial reporting and executive updates. Agile Transformation & Process ImprovementChampioned agile transformation for Open VisaNet initiative and restructured onboarding processes for the Reimagine Work program at Visa. Implemented JIRA Align, managed Quarterly Business Reviews, and developed program initiatives and structures. Trained and mentored project managers, aligning program planning with product and technology goals, including budget planning and risk management.Technology Deployment & ComplianceSpearheading key strategic program within OVN initiative to transition SMS report subscriber clients from a legacy SMS mainframe system to the OVN SMS platform, impacting approximately $150 million in billing revenue, processing 600 million transactions per day and impacting 50+ Visa clients. Working closely with Global Products team, led cross-divisional and cross-functional teams through complex software development projects as well as Infrastructure roll outs, ensuring successful delivery and post-implementation support. Show less