Sudheer

Senior PMO Analyst / Project Manager with 16+ years of IT experience and 13+ years in PMO governance, portfolio management, project delivery, financial management, and business analysis. Proven experience managing global technology portfolios, project budgets, schedules, risks, resources, governance, and executive reporting across Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, and Hybrid environments. Strong track record of improving delivery performance, strengthening financial controls, building data-driven dashboards, and driving process and automation improvements.

Senior PMO Analyst / Project Manager - Barclays - New Jersey

(2024-09)

• Manage 8–15 projects across global Technology, Operations, and Business teams, coordinating delivery, governance, dependencies, and stakeholder priorities.
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, risks, issues, and action plans, improving on-time delivery by 15–20%.
• Manage project/program budgets of $3M–$100M with 98% forecast accuracy; oversee OpEx/CapEx budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, accruals, commitments, invoice validation, and financial close.
• Partner with Finance to track actuals versus forecast, reducing overspend risk by 20% through early issue identification and corrective action.
• Support annual planning and business-case development, contributing to $5M+ in new funding.
• Lead governance meetings and senior leadership reviews; document decisions, actions, owners, and deadlines, improving decision turnaround by 25%.
• Identify risks and delivery roadblocks early, reducing major escalations by 30% and project delays by 10–20%.
• Build KPI frameworks, dashboards, portfolio reports, and consolidated financial/change metrics to improve leadership visibility and risk-aware decision-making.
• Establish PMO governance frameworks, templates, playbooks, and best practices across global IT projects; harmonize Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, and Hybrid delivery practices.
• Coordinate Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, and Business stakeholders, improving alignment by 15%.
• Use Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude to automate documentation, reporting, and analysis, reducing manual effort by 25–40%.
• Mentor junior PMO analysts and project managers on governance, delivery frameworks, and data-driven decision-making.

Senior PMO Analyst / Project Manager - Qualcomm - New Jersey

(2023-04 - 2024-08)

• Managed projects through the full SDLC from initiation through closure, coordinating complex applications, integrated system logic, and cross-program dependencies.
• Managed project financials including budgets, forecasts, actuals, accruals, reconciliation, and procurement recommendations; communicated financial risks to leadership.
• Established and supported PMO processes, standards, documentation, governance, methodology, and resource-capacity management.
• Maintained project plans covering priorities, timelines, critical tasks, stakeholder roles, dependencies, and resource forecasts.
• Consolidated status updates from multiple Program Managers for weekly PMO reporting, monthly reviews, and SteerCo meetings.
• Managed PMO, Development, QA, Production Support, and contractor resources; coordinated sprints, backlogs, and release planning in JIRA.
• Built Power BI dashboards showing project progress, critical paths, cost, and schedule performance for data-driven decisions.
• Analyzed program metrics and trends, resolved data inconsistencies, escalated risks, and recommended practical solutions.
• Developed PMO policies, processes, documentation standards, and training to improve consistency and delivery discipline.

Project Manager - Eurofins - New Jersey

(2022-10 - 2023-03)

• Led project execution, cost and schedule management, infrastructure planning, estimates, budgets, and project baselines.
• Managed project budget of $3M+ and program budget of $75M+ while monitoring planned versus actual performance.
• Performed cost and schedule trend analysis, validated forecasts, identified risk areas, and presented mitigation plans to senior management.
• Coordinated internal and external stakeholders to remove hold points and maintain smooth project execution.
• Managed change requests, resource onboarding/offboarding, project documentation, governance standards, and management reporting.
• Drafted and improved PMO policies and processes while ensuring scope, budget, justification, and execution documentation remained accurate.

Senior PMO Analyst / Project Manager - Shell - Houston

(2018-08 - 2022-09)

• Supported service delivery and product teams by managing resources, projects, budgets, workflow requests, and portfolio activities.
• Managed end-to-end resource demand and supply, partnering with PMs, Program Managers, HR, and business leaders on people, cost, task, and time tracking.
• Managed financial operations including forecasts, budgets, expenses, invoices, and Accounts Receivable coordination through payment collection.
• Conducted bi-weekly governance meetings with VP and Director leadership using comprehensive program dashboards.
• Tracked and reported portfolio performance through real-time dashboards and generated weekly workforce and operational analytics.
• Coordinated change requests, resource onboarding/offboarding, project planning, prioritization, and team assignments.

Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager - SocialDNA Labs

(2015-08 - 2018-08)

• Managed projects through the lifecycle, translating objectives into tasks, organizing team delivery, and ensuring deliverables aligned with business goals.
• Performed gap and risk analysis, developed BRDs and FRDs, and facilitated requirements walkthroughs with finance, business, testing, and development teams.
• Maintained product backlogs and release plans, supported PI and Release Planning, and facilitated Agile/Scrum ceremonies including stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives.
• Participated in system testing, UAT, production verification, and post-production support while maintaining quality and project documentation.

Business Analyst - Supra Nimbus

(2013-12 - 2015-08)

• Identified and collaborated with business stakeholders across finance, security, and compliance to develop analysis and documentation.
• Analyzed KPIs, financial reports, business data, and system requirements; produced monthly status reporting and process-improvement recommendations.
• Performed business process modeling and maintained requirements and supporting documentation.

Data Analyst - British Telecom - Aylesbury, UK

(2011-09 - 2013-11)

• Analyzed complex application and business-process data, developed technical specifications and data-quality improvement plans, and supported SDLC activities.
• Facilitated stakeholder sessions, analyzed source and target schemas, wrote SQL queries/stored procedures, and developed insights for decision-making.
• Monitored project schedule compliance, tracked issues, assessed risks, and maintained project documentation and quality controls.

MBA - University of Wolverhampton, UK (2010-01 - 2011-08)

Bachelor of Technology (Engineering) - Engineering - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (2003-06 - 2007-05)