Pooja Khairnar

Senior Delivery Manager with 15+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional programmes across global organisations. Proven track record in delivering high-impact initiatives in ambiguous environments by aligning strategy, business priorities, and execution capability. Adept at driving enterprise-level delivery, shaping change & adoption strategies, and enabling cross-organisational alignment across regions and functions.

I partner effectively with executives, product owners, technology teams, and business stakeholders to deliver outcomes that matter — with a strong focus on measurable impact, risk-adjusted planning, and sustainable operations. My experience spans end-to-end delivery lifecycle leadership, agile and hybrid delivery methodologies, and governance frameworks that scale beyond individual teams and into organisational capability.

Core Expertise

• Global Programme & Portfolio Delivery
• Change & Adoption Strategy
• Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
• Agile & Hybrid Delivery Models (Scrum, SAFe, Lean)
• Delivery Governance & Risk Management
• Data-Driven Decision Making & Metrics
• Organisational Alignment & Operational Excellence
• Scalable Process Design & Continuous Improvement

Professional Impact Highlights

• Led transformation delivery in matrixed environments spanning EMEA, APAC, and North America, achieving consensus across distributed stakeholders and operating teams.
• Designed and implemented data-driven delivery dashboards replacing ad-hoc reporting, improving visibility of progress and risk across multiple portfolios.
• Introduced scalable governance frameworks for cross-team delivery, reducing cycle time variance by 25% and improving predictability in delivery outcomes.
• Embedded change & adoption practices into delivery lifecycles, lifting adoption rates of new standards and ways of working by 40% within 6 months.
• Orchestrated cross-organisational workshops and alignment sessions with global business units to clarify roles, transition workstreams, and establish measurable success criteria.
• Supported enterprise standards rollout in environments with competing priorities and complex dependencies, enabling sustainable capability uplift.

What I Bring

• Structured leadership in complexity: ability to bring clarity, accountability, and alignment where roles, teams, and ownership are distributed.
• Outcome-centred delivery: prioritise work that drives measurable business value rather than activity.
• Executive communication: succinct communication with senior leadership, Boards, and cross-functional sponsors.
• Collaborative change enablement: enabling teams and organisations to adapt new processes, standards, and behaviours with minimal disruption.

Senior Delivery Manager with 15+ years of experience leading complex, large-scale technology and business initiatives across global organisations. Proven ability to deliver outcomes in high-pressure, ambiguous environments, driving clarity, execution discipline, and measurable results across multi-vendor and cross-functional teams.

Extensive experience in end-to-end delivery ownership, including demand intake, planning, execution, governance, and benefits realisation. Known for establishing strong delivery frameworks, operating rhythms, and data-driven reporting to improve predictability, quality, and stakeholder confidence.

Highly skilled in Agile, SAFe, and hybrid delivery models, with a strong track record of partnering with senior leaders, product teams, engineering, data, and operations to deliver strategic initiatives at pace. Brings a pragmatic, outcomes-focused approach while maintaining delivery rigor, risk management, and accountability.

Bachelors Degree in Information Technology.