
Ronak S.
Sr Director Technical Program Management and Portfolio @ Western Union
About
An outcome focused Program & Portfolio Management leader with a proven track record of successfully building, leading and developing global teams responsible for the end to end planning, development and delivery of new products, solutions, and driving effective business operations and performance leveraging SAAS and cloud technologies in leading Fintech and eCommerce companies. Expertise in establishing Lean Portfolio, leading Annual Planning, shaping Roadmaps, and operating within Waterfall, Agile or hybrid delivery frameworks. Acclaimed for the capacity to bridge the gap between business strategy and execution, operationalize strategic plans, streamline business operations, and adeptly navigate through ambiguity. Recognized for spearheading the rapid execution of global strategic programs, streamlining processes, and catalyzing transformative organizational shifts that ultimately optimize product development and value delivery. Renowned for excelling as a communicator, influencer, collaborator, and adept builder of trust-based partnerships and relationships spanning various organizational levels and encompassing a broad spectrum of business and technology functions. Distinguished for outstanding people management, mentorship, and team development, coupled with a demonstrated ability to inspire teams to rally behind a shared vision and mission. Areas of Expertise: Portfolio Management | Program Management | Technical Program Management | Business Operations | Stakeholder Management & Executive Communication | Product Strategy | Product Management | Scope, Budget and Change Management | People Management | Operational Excellence | Capacity and Resource Planning | Cloud Transformation | Agile Transformation | M&A Integration | Vendor Management | Release Management | Roadmapping | Annual Planning | Prioritization & Trade-off | Drive Execution / Delivery | Cross functional Collaboration | End to End Planning | Project Life Cycle , SDLC, Product Lifecycle | Dependencies planning | Navigating through Ambiguity | Persuasion | Analyze Data | Agile | Scrum | Kanban | Waterfall | Jira | Jira Align | AWS | Azure | Google Cloud | Payment | Fintech | eCommerce | Software as a Service (SaaS) | SAFe |
United States
San Francisco Bay Area
Information Technology & Services
Metrics Reporting, Navigating Ambiguity, Executive-level Communication, Jira, Influencing Others, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Data Analysis, Product and Technology Roadmapping, Scope Management, Persuasion, Stakeholder Management, Program Planning, Conflict Resolution, Trade-off, Prioritization, Software as a Service (SaaS), Product Strategy, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Payments
Experience

Sr Director Technical Program Management and Portfolio
San Francisco, California
Built and Led High performing diverse team of Technical Program , Portfolio management and Tools team driving delivery across 100+ teams, 20+ Programs and 5 Portfolio's driving delivery on Web, Mobile and Payment platforms with over 150M Active user base. Successfully launched WU next generation Web and Mobile Apps globally (100+ Web and 100+ App launches), 300+ Payment Integrations (Funds In and Funds Out, Lending and BNPL) globally,100+ Partner Integrations resulting in 20% Yr over Yr digital revenue growth (from $200M to over $1B). Drove fast paced delivery of optimizations globally across Web, Mobile App and Payment experiences through A/B testing driving 10% Digital WU.com growth. Drove delivery of highly efficient Money Transfer platform as a Service (SaaS) solution that resulted in 20% reduction in operational costs, boosted transaction processing capacity and delivered exceptional user experience. Implemented Lean Portfolio, established Intake, prioritization and Roadmapping process across 5 Portfolio's, reducing project intake to delivery time by 30%, resulting in a $500,000 annual cost savings. Streamlined stakeholder communication processes across global stakeholders (5 Regions), reducing meeting times by 30% and ensuring all key global stakeholders were consistently informed, leading to over $1M in loss prevention in GTM plan execution. Partnered with Technology, Product and Operations to implement CI/CD practices, streamlined critical processes, strengthened unit testing and version control mechanisms, and established robust governance protocols, transitioning from a quarterly to a Weekly release schedule and enhanced product quality.

Sr Manager, Technical Program Management (Arvato)
Led a team of Program Management, and Operations professionals, overseeing the successful delivery and coordination across 50 teams and 10 programs, resulting in a 20% increase in overall project efficiency and a 15% reduction in project delivery timelines. This translated to cost savings of $2.5 million annually and improved Customer satisfaction by 25% Orchestrated the successful end-to-end global delivery of the Commerce Program encompassing Apple's New Store Openings and Apple Care for Retail, resulting in a 15% increase in revenue generation, equivalent to $20 million, and enhancement in customer satisfaction scores within the first year of implementation. Spearheaded planning cadence optimization, resulting in a 15% reduction in project timeline delays and a 20% increase in resource utilization efficiency.

Sr Manager, Technical Program Management (Arvato)
Successful lead end to end Global delivery of very large eCommerce Program ( Microsoft Certification Market place - Global Rollout) across 112 Countries, 100M + Active Users Overhauled budgeting and resource allocation processes, resulting in a 10% reduction in operational costs, equating to $750,000 in annual savings. Strategically migrated legacy systems to the cloud and integrated SaaS solutions, reducing IT infrastructure costs by 25%, saving $1.2 million annually. This transformation also enhanced system scalability by 30%, leading to a 20% increase in application uptime and availability, resulting in improved customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

Principal Program Manager (RTS)
Valencia, California
Drove Annual Planning, Roadmapping by Partnering with Strategy, Product and Technology groups. Connecting Strategy to execution to maximize value delivery. Drove Budget and resource management (10M+) Build Strong partnerships across Product , Technology and stakeholders to efficiently delver on shared goals. Drove Release Management, Go No Go decisions, Ramp strategies , Post Launch monitoring.

Principal Program Manager (RTS)
Led fast paced E2E delivery of Large Programs by Partnering with Finance, UX, Operations, Product, Tech, Legal, Compliance, Security, Risk & Fraud Drove Requirements workshops, Roadmap discussions to define Program requirements, set priorities and establish E2E Program plans with clear goals and success criteria. Managed complex cross Functional dependencies (Upstream/Downstream) , Risks and change requests in environment with complex ecosystem of products and technologies. Developed and owned communication plans, Metrics, Quality and Performance reporting across stakeholders and teams in a global setting.
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