Areas Of Expertise:

• PMO Governance
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• PMO Reporting

Education:

• Bachelor of Business Administration – Financial Management, MIT School of Management
• Certified Scrum Master
• Certified PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner

About Pratik Kalantri

Pratik joined Seven Consulting in August 2024 and is a PMO professional with over 7 years of experience in Project Governance using Agile and Waterfall methodologies, Stakeholder Management and Reporting within the realms of L&D, Technology and Payment domains.

What Pratik brings

• Strong background in project and program management, has ability to overcome steep learning curves by virtue of his experience in managing projects in disparate industries and geographies using all major PPM tools.
• Proven ability to establish successful relationships globally with key stakeholders including senior management and lead teams during times of uncertainty to deliver successful customer and business outcomes.
• Skilled at thinking and planning strategically and executing proactively.
• Rigorous analytical ability, coaching skills, history of leading multiple process improvements.

Key Clients:

• NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS)
• GM3
• Mastercard, Inc.
• ZS Associates
• MindMap Consulting
• Deutsche Bank

Key Achievements:

As Scheduler at NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS), Pratik maintained project schedules for the ongoing fleet production, tracked appliance builds from commencement to handover, supported coordination with various teams to help meet key delivery milestones. Monitored overall schedule health and incorporated feedback from stakeholders to make ongoing updates/improvements. Baselined schedule for the upcoming financial year truck builds by referring to builder production plans and deriving insights from the historical data of previous builds. Published weekly reports, provided insights on deviation from baseline and builder performance.

As Senior PMO Consultant at GM3, Pratik managed the overall PMO governance for GM3 demerger from South32 by – tracking interdependencies between 13 workstreams through key joint milestone log and cross functional actions log, maintaining RAID log, reporting insights on Risk items such as age, severity of open risks per stream, flagged key achievements, risks, joint milestone status and other insights through weekly status reporting, supported in curating PMO handbook, Town Hall packs and maintaining the integrated master schedule, ensuring its quality remains intact.

As PMO Consultant at Mastercard, Inc., Pratik supported application modernisation projects by setting up scrum ceremonies and project governance. By supporting the PM with timely data, he facilitated tracking of tasks slippage and aiding key resourcing decisions to bring 15% delayed project back on track to meet timeline goals. He setup reporting structures and metrics, provided key insights on Sprint Burndown, Resource Utilisation Rate, key risks and improvement areas to senior stakeholders resulting in overall efficient tracking of projects.

As PMO Consultant at ZS Associates, Pratik supported multiple Clinical Database Repository projects where he liaised with 5+ workstreams, established governance frameworks, supported agile transformation by revamping Scrum Ceremonies and Status Reporting processes, resulting in increased squad ownership. He also facilitated RAID log management, maintained schedule, RACI matrix, Requirements Traceability Matrix etc. He led key stakeholder engagement to ensure the project meets GxP compliance through extensive tracking and team coaching resulting in a 30% increase in automated validation in GxP systems for which he gained account-wide appreciation.

As Project Manager/Jr. Project Manager at MindMap Consulting, Pratik handled Automation upskilling projects for BPM industry leaders across India, USA, South Africa, Philippines, UAE regions with budgets ranging from $500K to $1.25m by identifying requirements, creating business proposals, planning, budget tracking/estimations, executing and monitoring the projects. Pratik led training programs to enable Automation for client’s business processes thereby leading to process standardisation, modernisation and creating a Digital niche for Mindmap’s clients. These initiatives led to improvement in average CSAT scores from 79% to 93% for some of the client’s key processes. He also scaled-up Mindmap’s upskilling programs resulting in accelerated upskilling of 1300+ workforce globally in a short span of 8 months and developed strategies to enable Mindmap’s entry into key new B2C markets like the UAE, leading to increased revenues. He managed similar training programs across 12+ colleges and universities to achieve upskilling targets on digital technologies.

As Operations/PMO Analyst at Deutsche Bank, Pratik supported enhancements for Asset Settlement and Clearing operations. In this high pressure and time sensitive environment he supported the leads in simplifying, merging, and streamlining various squad tasks, tracking RAID, setting up right governance checklists, getting the reporting process automated by liaising with IT team, resulting in a 15% increase in process efficiency. He supported establishing parallel team as part of Business Continuity Planning Project by training and monitoring 10 personnel on custody operations.