Saroj Gupta

Saroj Gupta

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  • About me

    Sr. Program Manager, PMP®, CSM, SAFe

  • Education

    • Institute of Information Scienec & Technology

      2000 - 2004
      Engineer’s Degree B.Tech (CS)
    • University of Pune

      2005 - 2007
      Master’s Degree Master of Computer Management (MCM)
    • Indira Institute of Management, Pune (MBA)

      2005 - 2007
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Information Technology
  • Experience

    • Hurix Systems Pvt Ltd

      Feb 2007 - Jun 2008
      Project Executive

       Planning and organizing project. Monitoring and tracking. Managing resources of my project. Documentation as well as preparation of Metric sheets which are useful to  Measure the success of the project. Coordination with the client. Configuration management of my project. Team Management Successful implementation and quality delivery of the project as per customer requirements.Additional Roles in the Organization (Hurix Systems): Worked as a Resource Manager for Hurix Technology Practice Area Allocation of resources for various projects, as per requests. Coordination with Project Managers for analyzing resource gaps. Planning for future project resource projections and identifying gaps. Show less

    • Capgemini Consulting

      May 2008 - Oct 2008
      Project Management

       Handling Month end and mid month Project Activities as per Clarity Guidelines. To support Project Management to make it most effective. To co-ordinate with various PMO activities like forecasting & resource management. Coordination with the Onsite Engagement Managers (UK)/ Inhouse Project Managers in UK. Creating, executing, controlling and managing the projects in SAP and IFS application. Experience in calculating & reporting ETC and EAC. Creating & Managing WBS and WBS elements for the projects. Successful implementation and quality delivery of the project as per customer requirements.Project Handled in UK-PMO Capgemini Marks & Spencers, Dorset Country Council, West Sussex Surrey Country Council, eCAF... Show less

    • SAIC India Pvt Ltd

      May 2009 - Jun 2011
      Analyst-Project Control

      Client: British Petroleum-UKResponsible for providing overall project control management & support on an Oil & Gas portfolio (British Petroleum) of projects including basic cost and pricing support. Duties include preparing all monthly financial reports, supporting project set-up, developing and maintaining budgets and forecasts, and preparing profitability analysis and cost estimates. Generate estimate to complete (ETC) and estimate at complete (EAC).Providing GM Margin by individual project, resource & overall portfolio. Ensure adequate funding is available by maintaining accurate records of expenditures and submitting timely requests for additional funding. Develop and maintain project and business reporting for customer deliverables and internal requirements. Track project revenue and profit, review actual expenses, analyze and explain financial variances between actual and budget/forecast. Review all project labor and direct costs to ensure that they are collected and reported correctly. Review and validate invoices. Work closely with Project Managers, Accounting and Contracts to ensure data is accurately reported. Interface with Management and Subcontractors for financial and business information as required. Track contract funding and analyze expenditures,Track project commitments to be included in the EAC and management reports and provide input to finance as support for their determination of the appropriate accruals to include in the periodic financial statements,Calculate project reserves,Provide reports that communicate the status of the project to the project team,Work with the project team to devise solutions to cost and schedule issues,Monitor Earned Value performance on a project, Perform projection analyses of cash flow and profitability for projects. Reviews and approves cost/schedule baselines, and develops and/or reviews work completion. Possesses. Show less

    • IBM India Private Limited

      Jun 2011 - Dec 2016
      Project Manager

      Playing the role of Scrum Master with following responsibilities: - Working with Product Owner on Release planning, creation of Business stories and their prioritization.- Creating the iteration plan and monitoring the health of iteration using various tools like iteration burn down/up charts, cumulative flow diagrams, and various IBM tools like Rational Team Concert, IBM Program Work Center(IPWC) - Working with the Technical team to resolve road blocks and improve the iteration velocity and product quality.- Coordinate with Quality testing and Performance testing team to lay out the test plan and improve the quality of software.- Facilitate iteration review meetings and iteration retrospective meetings- Reporting the project status to senior management team periodically.- Worked in Agile based projects from last 2.5 years. in different roles like Project Manager, Scrum Master.- Entrusted with the responsibility to manage, lead a 15 + resources team.- Involved in setting project goals and ensuring successful and smooth completion of the projects within the approved Budget.- Formulated robust business strategies and establishing scope of work and budget forecast computations.- Interacted with the Clients to facilitate smooth communication to understand and analyze the business requirements as well to identify appropriate solutions for the Clients, thereby ensure repeat / referral business. Show less

    • Collins Aerospace

      Dec 2016 - Mar 2022
      Project Manager
    • SymphonyAI

      Feb 2022 - now
      • Sr. Program Manager

        Sept 2024 - now
      • Sr. Scrum Master

        Feb 2022 - Aug 2024
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Talking to AI: Prompt Engineering for Project Managers

      Project Management Institute
      Feb 2025
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    • Project Management Professional (PMP)

      Project Management Institute
      Dec 2024
    • Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2013 (MCTS)

      ITIL Certified
      Apr 2018
    • Scrum Master Certified (SMC)

      Scrum Alliance
      Jan 2020
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Saroj Gupta
      Project Management Professional (PMP)® | PMI PMI Dec 2024
    • Awarded to Saroj Gupta
      Certified Scrum Master Scrum Alliance Jan 2020 Certified SCRUM MasterBadge ID - 11811531
    • Awarded to Saroj Gupta
      Six Hat Thinking from Edward de bono Edward de bono organization May 2019 Certified with Six Hat Thinking from Edward de bono organization in May ‘19.
    • Awarded to Saroj Gupta
      Manager’s Choice Award IBM Won Manager’s Choice Award consecutively 3 years during ‘14, ‘15 & ‘16 for successfully managing and delivering End 2 End projects within schedule and Cost.