Munavvar Ahsan

Background

About Munavvar Ahsan

17+ years of experience in Software Engg, Project Management & Technical Program Management, Incident manager, Transition Manager & Release Manager. •13+ years of Telecom domain experience in OSS & BSS, Telecom Billing •8 +years of experience with matrixed, cross-functional, multi-sites teams along with multi-level stake holders. •Create alignment between Feature Teams, Environment Management team, & other project values chain teams Product Support team R2R Request to resolve, Marketing & Sales Operation teams & Leadership. •Responsible for Stand ups, Program & Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Release planning etc •Publish reports to stakeholders with key metrics to measure productivity. •Monitor, measure & communicate project progress, potential risks and delays, & team performance to Program teams, executives & other sponsors using Agile tools like Jira and ITAM (Remedy tool) used for Incident mgmt •A passion for engineering excellence & experience with software testing, agile project development, & bug and change management systems •Kickoff, Monitor, measure & communicate project progress, potential risks and delays, & team performance to Program teams, executives and other sponsors. •Strong planning and organizations skills, able to set & manage priorities, adapt to change, track progress of activities, issues, risks and deliverables to closure •Lead executive meetings for program reviews to understand risks, obstacles, escalations and resolve them to meet release objectives and overall strategy. • Experience in program management, release management and/or engineering management working on software engineering projects including adapting methodologies & tools to suit the needs of the teama & of the project. • Good verbal & written communication skills with the ability to interact with technical & non-technical global, cross-functional group. •Drive cross-office collaboration & help resolve any site-related challenges. •Highlights interdependencies between teams & creates alignment •Work with Product Owner to ensure Vision, Roadmap is transparent, ensure team's work is aligned to these Goals & Objectives •Experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment. •Experience in domains like Telecom, OSS, BSS, Telecom Billing, ERP •Skilled in Product Lifecycle Management, Engineering Management, Product Design, Engineering, & Business Process Improvement •Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies and facilitate conflict resolution •Ensure continuous tight coordination & communication with engg teams