Rohini Premaraj

• Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
• Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
• Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.
• Developed and maintained logistics workflows, procedures and reports.
• Adapted quickly to unexpected challenges or obstacles encountered during project execution, devising creative solutions without compromising objectives.
• Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
• Led post-implementation reviews to extract learnings and embed best practices into future project planning, resulting in 15% faster planning cycles.
• Proactively identified and mitigated key project risks, contributing to a 30% reduction in delivery disruptions.
• Squad 1: Payments Squad: build features that ensure seamless, secure, and reliable deposit and withdrawal processes.
• Squad 2: The PSP team focuses on integrating with PSPs to enhance our presence and ensure that our users can access our offerings, even in the most challenging locations.
• Project :Amoney : Successfully led the end-to-end delivery of the Unified Amoney Operations Platform in a record 3-month timeline

Reference : Justin Morris- Head of PMO/Dominick Joseph – Head of Engineering( Payments)

• Aligned product roadmaps with strategic objectives through close collaboration with senior leadership teams.
• Advised top management on agile strategy development, improving organizational agility at all levels.
• Conducted Backlog management workshops enhancing prioritization and value delivery
• Performed Agile maturity assessments, implementing strategies for improvement
• Guided the implementation of OKRs for the Consumer Banking Group (CBG).
• Supported scaling Agile practices by implementing SAFe.
• Developed and implemented Agile metrics for tracking performance and project progress.
• Established Agile communities of practice, fostering collaboration and continuous learning.
• Orchestrated PI (Program Increment) planning sessions , ensuring alignment of objectives and priorities across multiple teams

Reference : Bharath Jayaraman[SVP Agile Delivery –Retail]

• Assisted Product Owners and BAs in refining and prioritizing the product backlog.
• Defined and assessed Agile maturity metrics for the CIBG Wholesale Digital Studio.
• Tracked team progress by creating dashboards in Azure ADO for ongoing monitoring.
• Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Acted as SPOC during adoption workshops, ensuring smooth implementation and addressing queries.
• Played a creative role in marketing campaigns and newsletters, enhancing communication and engagement.
• Squad 1: Landing Page Squad: Revamped the PULSE application landing page
• Squad 2: Digital Adoption Squad: Enhanced adoption strategies for PULSE application
• Squad 3: Regulatory Reporting Squad: Automated regulatory reports across international units
• Squad 4: PULSE Enhancement Squad: Implemented NPU utilization and curated news features for RMs, and developed a Unified Portal leveraging LangChain and PROMPT engineering.

Reference : Swetha Maria[VP–Transformation and Strategy]

• Led delivery for all entities for Retail channels(Online Mobile Banking): initiatives, enhancements, regulatory changes, managing software licenses, platform health, production issues, certificate renewals, IOS/Android upgrades etc
• Worked 24-hour shifts to address and resolve validation issues during the ENBD EI core go-live, stabilizing major transaction issues within two weeks from retail channels end
• Worked with teams to reduce Lead time and improve quality of releases
• Reported Agile adoption progress to increase velocity and facilitated all scrum ceremonies
• Squad 1: Robotics Process Automation Squad(Automated 13 back office processes i.e 40 operations using Agile Methodology) with a net benefit of AED 15 M across 5 years
• Squad 2: BPM squad for Emirates Islamic(Enhanced Account Opening ,Account Maintenance and TT process also channeled AECB requests through BPM saving AED 2 M per year by eliminating duplicate AECB reports)
• Squad 3:Online Mobile Squad(ENBD,EI,KSA,India and Egypt):Enhancing the online and mobile banking platform user experience for customers across all entities.[True ID Implementation: Enabled in-app account opening using NFC technology, improving customer onboarding experience. Launch of Emirates NBD App on Huawei Store]
• Contact : Bharath Jayaraman[VP Agile Delivery –Retail]

• Acted as the business relationship link between business units and IT at the executive level.
• Communicate decisions, priorities and relevant project information to appropriate levels regarding business unit requests and projects and initiatives.
• Produced business cases and cost benefit analysis for 21 projects valued at $18 M for annual budgets.
• Support the positioning of the business demand into the IT portfolio, ensuring active Executive sponsorship is in place.
• Major projects : Host to Host, Corporate Cheque Printing, Abu Dhabi Pension etc

Reference : Aisha Abdullah – [Head of ITBP team]

• Worked on Payments and Collections Module for Flexcube 11.x/12.x.
• Supported integration testing and bug fixing.
• Been part of implementation for Purpose Category Code and Virtual Account opening initiatives within Payments and Collections Module.
• Oracle Financial Services Software

Reference : Kishore Prakash – linkedin.com/in/kishore-p-23621b14