Open To Work
ANJANI VEMULA
Surrey,BC
Summary
Results-driven Agile Project Manager with 17+ years of experience in IT Project delivery, Agile methodologies, and stakeholder management. Proven expertise in leading cross-functional teams, managing multi-million-dollar budgets, and driving digital, retail transformation initiatives in Cross-border remittance systems, Finance, Insurance, eCommerce industries. Adept at implementing Agile & Scrum frameworks to optimize workflows, reduce project risks, and enhance team collaboration.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Project Manager
Client-Western Union
Canada
05.2024 - Current
- Coordinating with external Vendors (Visa, Pomelo) for payment gateway API integration and secure card personalization.
- Leading cross-functional teams of 40+ including Engineering (Web, Mobile), QA, Devops, Core systems, and Compliance, Legal teams across multiple geographies (Canada, Australia, Philippines, Mexico).
- Managed end-to-end lifecycle of international money transfer features across iOS & Android platforms.
- Managed quarterly and bi-weekly release cycles aligned with App Store and Google Play guidelines.
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation including project plan, issue and action log, risk management plan, status report to senior management as required.
- Schedule regular project status review meetings and steering committee meetings with the sponsor, management and required project stakeholders.
- Manage and oversee change management activities to successfully deploy changes into production with desired quality for both Web & App Store releases.
- Acted as primary liaison between Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Operations for mobile releases and sharing Firebase builds with respective stakeholders, along with Test flight store builds.
- Monitored, tracked, and reported KPIs using Jira, Confluence, and Power BI, enhancing project visibility.
- Partnered with senior leadership to align mobile roadmap with revenue and customer growth objectives.
- Successfully managed business and operational readiness across engineering, marketing, and operations teams.
- Strong collaborative relationships with Project sponsors, Business, Engineering stakeholders, to successfully delivery project.
Project Manager
Client-Western Union
Canada
01.2019 - 04.2024
- Managed multiple projects at a time, with more than $5M, overseeing end-to-end delivery, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Implemented Agile & Scrum frameworks, reducing sprint cycle times by 20% and improving cross-team collaboration and ensuring 98% on-time project deliveries.
- Monitored, tracked, and reported KPIs using Jira, Confluence, and Power BI, enhancing project visibility.
- Successfully managed business and operational readiness across engineering, marketing, and operations teams.
- Managed business and operational readiness, including operations, marketing, communications.
- Strong collaborative relationships with Project sponsors, Business, Engineering stakeholders, to successfully delivery project.
- Develop and deliver effective communication materials for various audience groups.
- Preparing detailed project plan to monitor and track progress of all tasks, spend, dependencies, risk, issues and deliverables in compliance with Project specifications and statements of work.
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation including project plan, issue and action log, risk management plan, status report to senior management as required.
- Schedule regular project status review meetings and steering committee meetings with the sponsor, management and required project stakeholders.
- Manage and oversee change management activities to successfully deploy changes into production with desired quality.
- Provided coaching to team members on Agile processes to improve efficiency.
Scrum Master
Client-Western Union
USA
08.2016 - 12.2018
- Led a global team of 50+ professionals and worked closely with global teams (India, USA, Costa Rica, Canada, Australia, France, Switzerland, Lithuania), to enhance Agile maturity improving remote collaboration.
- Defined and refined Scrum processes, reducing blockers and achieving faster feature rollouts.
- Provided Agile coaching to teams, boosting productivity by 25% and fostering a high-performing culture.
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies, backlog grooming, and sprint planning for multiple cross-functional teams, ensuring 100% alignment with business goals.
- Developed JIRA dashboards for tracking project health, defect rates, and velocity metrics, improving transparency.
- Coordinated with Release Engineers, ensuring smooth deployments across development, UAT, and Production.
- Set scrum process and updated them based on retrospective feedback.
Education
Master of Computer Applications - MCA
Skills
- Project Management & Leadership
- Agile & Scrum Methodologies (SAFe, Kanban, Lean)
- Stakeholder, Change & Risk Management
- Team Leadership & Remote Team Coordination
- Project Management: Jira, Trello, MS Project, Confluence
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS (Basic), CI/CD Pipelines
- Data & Analytics: Power BI, Tableau
- Technical project planning
- Stakeholder communication
- Requirements analysis
- Release planning
- Change management
- Documentation and reporting
- Project tracking
- Risk assessment
- Status reporting
Accomplishments
- Volunteered and improved cross functional teams collaboration, by structuring clear project plan, in resulting project completion on time and within budget.
- Collaborated with team of 50+ in the development of multiple projects.
- Supervised team of 25 staff members.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP)
- AI for Scrum Masters (Scrum Alliance)
- Prompt Engineering for PMs (PMI)
Interests
I enjoy sketching and drawing, which helps improve my creativity and attention to detail
Practicing Martial arts (Black belt)
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workWork Type
Full TimeContract WorkLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridSalary Range
$130000/yr - $200000/yrTimeline
Project Manager
Client-Western Union
05.2024 - Current
Project Manager
Client-Western Union
01.2019 - 04.2024
Scrum Master
Client-Western Union
08.2016 - 12.2018