Project Manager | Service Designer | Digital Transformation | CX | Project Delivery | AI | PMP Certified | SDN Accredited | MA Design Management candidate, SRH Germany |

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Gauteng, South Africa

Hyderabad, Telangana, India







Master of Arts - MA, Design Management
SRH Fernhochschule - The Mobile University

Post graduate diploma, Film and Television Production
St. Xavier's College
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I help teams deliver complex projects on time, with clarity and structure from day one- with the customer experience designed in from the start, not bolted on after. 4+ years managing end-to-end projects across consulting, product, and social impact environments. My work sits at the intersection of sproject delivery and customer experience, banking, aviation, energy, and EdTech sectors. I do not just track timelines. I make sure the right things get built, in the right order, for the right reasons and the experience at the end actually holds up. What I bring: 2-3 concurrent projects managed within 3-4 week delivery cycles 80% on-time delivery across client engagements Stakeholder alignment across 4-6 cross-functional teams per project 20% rework reduction through phase-gated delivery structure Risk mitigation, change management, and Power BI reporting. PMP certified. SDN-accredited. MA in Design Management in progress. Currently open to Service Designer, Project Manager, CX Manager, and Delivery Manager roles across India and Europe.
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Service Designer at Pluralsight, Sep 2024 - Jun 2025 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Led end-to-end planning and delivery of 1-2 CX improvement initiatives, managing scope, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment across product, engineering, and business teams within 3–4-week agile delivery cycles. • Translated qualitative research insights into process maps and implementation-ready requirements, enabling engineering teams to execute with clarity and eliminating ambiguity at the point of handoff. • Coordinated 3 cross-functional stakeholders across product, engineering, and business teams, ensuring milestone alignment and preventing scope drift throughout project delivery. • Led mid-project change management by identifying critical customer friction points and realigning delivery priorities, preserving sprint capacity and maintaining delivery momentum. • Implemented proactive risk mitigation by validating research assumptions before development, strengthening project governance and ensuring delivery reliability across the team.
Associate Service Designer at EY, Jan 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Managed 2-3 concurrent consulting engagements across banking, aviation, and energy sectors, delivering 80% of projects on time and within scope across all engagements. • Delivered 5-10 structured project artifacts per engagement, including process maps, requirements documentation, future-state scenarios, and strategic recommendations informing leadership decisions. • Implemented a phase-gated delivery structure across discovery, synthesis, and delivery stages, coordinating 4-6 stakeholders per project and reducing rework by 20% through standardized handoffs. • Conducted market analysis and requirements gathering to support business model decisions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate insights into execution-ready concepts. • Managed parallel workstreams across distributed teams using structured documentation and reporting templates, enabling consistent communication and clear handoffs to senior leadership.
Service Designer (volunteer) at The Tutroom Foundation, Apr 2022 - Dec 2022 · 9 mos, Gauteng, South Africa, • Coordinated delivery of a zero-budget education initiative, defining program scope and structuring operations across 5 service streams including tuition, assessment, and student support. • Conducted requirements gathering and stakeholder mapping to clarify project scope, operational constraints, and delivery priorities across a dispersed volunteer team. • Led coordination across a distributed volunteer team spanning multiple geographies, maintaining alignment through structured documentation and progress tracking without formal PM tools. • Designed and delivered service blueprints and facilitation guides to standardize program delivery, enabling consistent execution across all service streams.
UX Designer at livSYT, Jul 2021 - Mar 2022 · 9 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, • Led iterative UX improvements across 6-10 product screens, running 2-3 agile delivery cycles and using Google Analytics insights to reduce user drop-off by 20% across redesigned screens. • Collaborated with product and business stakeholders to implement UX changes aligned with business goals, contributing to US client retention and new client acquisition in India.
Master of Arts - MA, Design Management, SRH Fernhochschule - The Mobile University
Post graduate diploma, Film and Television Production, St. Xavier's College