Aalok Payal

Program Manager

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India23 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven experience in managing Agile environments.
Key player in product development life-cycle.
Expert in client management and team leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with strong capabilities in QA and Agile management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Client ManagementTeam LeadershipTest PlanningAgile Process Management

Other Skills

Adobe Experience ManagerAgile MethodologiesAutomationBusiness DevelopmentCQ5CRMDeliveryJira ManagementManual TestingPerformance TestingPre-salesQTPRegression TestingRequirements AnalysisSDLC

About

•Delivery, client management, team leadership and business development. •Leading multi-project teams. Driving & managing the client relationship at the executive levels. •Key player in product’s development life-cycle encompassing business and customer needs, incorporating feedback and market trends, enhancing the product to drive customer delight, and managing technology budget and operations. •Coordinating with multiple teams to translate business needs to technical requirements and prioritize features. Well versed in all product & project management functions. •Proven experience in managing Agile environment.

Experience

Invarsys

Program Management

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

R systems

Delivery Manager / Account Manager

Feb 2020 – Jul 2024 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Interra information technologies (interrait)

Practice Head

Apr 2018 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Practice Head - Quality & Content Management
Transform QA as a vertical, responsible for GTM, P&L, People Development.
Delivery, client management, team leadership and business development.
Leading multi-project teams.Driving & Managing the client relationship at the executive levels.
Thought Leadership, vision, purpose, direction and motivation to team.
Test management SME for project teams and client communications

DeliveryClient ManagementTeam LeadershipBusiness DevelopmentTest Management

G4s it services

Group Manager

Aug 2017 – Mar 2018 · 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Group Manager responsible for QA Management of releases done at the GDC. The Global Delivery Center (GDC) has been formed by bringing together disparate IT teams with the intent of delivering core platform solutions for G4S Globally. It is the delivery center of choice for all technology and process needs across G4S globally.The GDC is a centre of excellence for the design, build and operation of G4S information systems.
It is a growing organization, expanding footprints in technology with best resources in Industry. Using the bleeding edge technology stack – Google Cloud ,Microservices , Oracle Cloud and more.

Ceb, now gartner

QA Manager/Associate Director

Apr 2013 – Jun 2017 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Arlington VA US

Hands on QA Manager responsible for test planning and test strategy for enhancements and development of new components in Adobe Experience Manager(AEM). Involves web testing, services testing (API) and backend Salesforce testing. Sprint planning, story point estimation, burn down charts , managing agile process. Automation scope definitions, automation plan for regression testing using Selenium webdriver in key word driven framework. Coordinating and managing offshore teams across locations in India. Key player in product’s development life-cycle encompassing business and customer needs, incorporating feedback and market trends to drive roadmap, enhancing the product to drive customer delight, and managing technology budget and operations. Creating and managing various Jira dashboards. Assisting/Representing QA Director in multiple meetings. Responsible for team deliverable across multiple projects.

Test PlanningTest StrategyAgile Process ManagementAutomationJira Management