Manas Padhy
CGI Canada
Oshawa,Canada
1
Certification
20
years of professional experience
Senior IT Delivery, Project, and Program Management professional with 18+ years of experience leading complex technology initiatives across the banking and financial services industry. Proven track record of managing multi-project delivery portfolios, programs, releases, budgets exceeding $2M annually, risks, dependencies, and globally distributed teams. Recognized for effective executive stakeholder management, delivery governance, Agile and Hybrid delivery, financial management, recovery leadership, and building high-performing teams that deliver predictable, high-quality outcomes.
Work History
Senior Project / Release Manager
4 Years 1 Month- Drove delivery of 5 major releases annually through integrated planning, dependency management, governance, risk management, and executive decision-making, ensuring alignment with business objectives and delivery commitments.
- Established and maintained enterprise project and release governance frameworks, integrated schedules, approval processes, and delivery controls supporting large-scale Hybrid Agile/Scrum execution.
- Led release planning and readiness activities across project timelines and stakeholder commitments, facilitating executive decision forums and go/no-go approvals while balancing business priorities, delivery speed, quality, regulatory controls, and operational risk.
- Coordinated cross-functional business, technology, product, operations, and delivery teams to resolve dependencies, streamline deployment processes, strengthen collaboration, and improve release predictability.
- Championed continuous improvement across delivery processes, tools, reporting, communication, and governance practices, enhancing operational effectiveness, stakeholder visibility, and delivery outcomes.
Project Manager
3 Years 3 Months- Led end-to-end project delivery across diverse client environments, quickly adapting to business processes, financial systems, governance models, and delivery standards to ensure predictable execution and successful outcomes.
- Prepared consolidated program status reports for senior leadership, providing actionable visibility into progress, resource utilization, risks, issues, dependencies, and performance trends to support informed decision-making.
- Analyzed weekly and monthly multi-project reporting to identify delivery gaps, emerging trends, and risks, driving timely corrective actions that minimized delivery risks and enhanced management visibility.
- Applied Scrum practices and delivery leadership to remove impediments, improve cross-functional collaboration, and strengthen team effectiveness and delivery performance.
Senior Scrum Master / Agile Coach
4 Years 1 Month- Recognized as Best Scrum Coach at Cognizant for driving Agile adoption and strengthening team delivery practices.
- Coached Agile teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Scrum practices, backlog refinement, dependency management, and collaborative decision-making, improving delivery alignment and outcomes.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies and leveraged Agile metrics, including velocity, burn-down, and cycle time, to improve transparency, identify trends, and support data-driven delivery decisions.
- Removed impediments and mentored team members, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement that strengthened team effectiveness and delivery predictability.
Senior Developer / Project Lead
5 Years- Led development teams of 12+ professionals and successfully delivered 8+ AVM projects, ensuring on-time delivery, quality, and customer satisfaction.
- Designed and built a configurable ASP.NET and SQL Server web tool that reduced testing and overall effort from 2 days to 15 minutes; recognized by leadership and HR.
- Improved .NET and SQL Server performance, reducing E-letter generation time for 100,000 associates from 48 hours to 20 minutes; recognized by the CIO.
- Partnered with business and technical SMEs to gather requirements and validate data, ensuring deliverables aligned with business expectations.
Software Developer
9 Months- Gathered and analyzed requirements, developed application screens and business layers, and managed SQL Server database objects and Crystal Reports to enhance application functionality.
- Supported design, development, testing, and implementation of .NET-based applications, contributing to project success and timely delivery.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliver innovative software solutions.
.NET Developer
1 Year 4 Months- Developed applications using C# and ASP.NET; gathered requirements and implemented UI and application-layer features to enhance user experience.
- Utilized SQL Server stored procedures, views, triggers, and cursors to streamline data retrieval and reporting processes; designed screens and conducted manual testing.
- Developed and maintained web applications using ASP.NET and C# to enhance user experience.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and improve software functionality.
- Integrated third-party APIs to streamline data exchange and improve application performance.
.NET Project Trainee
7 Months- Developed application features using .NET and SQL Server, focusing on stored procedures, views, triggers, cursors, and application-layer screen design to enhance functionality.
- Earned recognition from senior leadership for quick adaptation and significant contributions to project delivery.
- Assisted in project planning and execution, ensuring adherence to timelines and deliverables.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and streamline processes.
- Supported documentation efforts for project specifications, design, and deployment phases.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science & Engineering
Higher Secondary (12th Grade) - Science
Secondary School (10th Grade) - High School
Skills
Enterprise Project Management
Release governance
IT program management
Agile delivery methods
Risk
Issue & Dependency Management
PMO & Delivery Governance
Process optimization
Global Cross-Functional Leadership
Team leadership
Stakeholder management
Team coaching
Financial Project Management
Accomplishments
- Enterprise Delivery Leadership: Currently oversee 5+ project managers and 100+ global team members across 7–8 concurrent high-complexity initiatives.
- Release Excellence: Lead delivery of 5 major releases annually through structured governance, readiness reviews, and executive go/no-go decision-making.
- Technology Performance: Reduced processing time for 100,000 associates from 48 hours to 20 minutes through .NET and SQL Server performance improvements.
- Automation & Efficiency: Reduced testing and overall effort from 2 days to 15 minutes by designing and implementing a configurable web tool.
- Agile Leadership: Recognized as Best Scrum Coach at Cognizant for driving Agile adoption and strengthening team delivery practices.
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- Bullet Proof Manager
- Certified Scrum Master – Cognizant
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – ASP.NET Developer 3.5
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Performance Tuning – Certified Workshop
Timeline
Senior Project / Release Manager
CGI Canada
06.2022 - CurrentRead More
Project Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions Canada
03.2019 - 06.2022Read More
Senior Scrum Master / Agile Coach
Cognizant Technology Solutions India
02.2015 - 03.2019Read More
Senior Developer / Project Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions India
02.2010 - 02.2015Read More
Software Developer
Rising Solutions
04.2009 - 01.2010Read More
.NET Developer
Pioneer Homes
12.2007 - 04.2009Read More
.NET Project Trainee
Satyam Computer Services Limited
09.2006 - 04.2007Read More
SKCG College
Higher Secondary (12th Grade) from Science
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Gopal Krishna College of Engineering & Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from Computer Science & Engineering
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Railway Settlement High School
Secondary School (10th Grade) from High School
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