Rupesh Madhogaria
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since October 22, 2020
Rupesh is an outcome-focused program, project, and PMO with expertise in leading global carve-out/setup of NewCo, delivery of enterprise transformations (up to £150 million), delivery portfolios (30+ parallel projects), and the setup of six global PMO functions (up to a £600 million budget). Rupesh has diverse expertise across technology, deployments, and business change that has earned him accolades in companies such as Ernst & Young, Barclays, GlaxoSmithKline, and Johnson Matthey.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Project Management
- Business Transformation Program Management
- Carve-Out
- Global Team Management
- PMO
- Program Management
- Project Management
- SAP S/4HANA
Work Experience
Carve-out Program Manager
Lloyds List Intelligence
- Held a leadership role reporting to the CTO/CIO for carving out the business, enterprise IT, and product platforms from Informa Group across 10 countries during a 12-month transition service agreement (TSA) period as part of Montagu Private Equity's investment.
- Led the 'sign to close' phase, Day 1 readiness planning, migration planning, and enterprise target operating model (TOM) development, collaborating with the deal advisory team from a Big 4 firm and the seller, achieving an early TSA exit within eight months.
- Established and oversaw the program, including management of sales and marketing, finance, HR, products, infrastructure, end user technology, cloud hosting infrastructure, networking, data warehousing, and business analytics workstream.
- Implemented the sales and marketing suite, incorporating Salesforce, CPQ, Eloqua, and Quip, seamlessly integrating into Product ID+E.
Transformation Office Lead
Freelance Client
- Reported to the CEO and the chief transformation officer, set up the transformation office to integrate two acquired entities, and prepared the combined entity for future transactions.
- Led the definition of the organizational structure, the C-level leadership, and its vision, and set up the cadence, performance management, KPIs, frameworks, and operating procedures for the integrated business.
- Defined and implemented the product development roadmap and synergy realization plan for improving EBITDA by approximately 2%.
- Implemented the group people strategy and defined the target operating model for enterprise tools and process integration.
Transformation Program Manager
Freelance (Software Asset Management Product Company)
- Reported to the chief product and customer officer, led the scaleup and delivery transformation, and accelerated execution and value creation by 100%.
- Defined and implemented best-in-class target operating model across product lifecycle management (strategy, roadmap, engineering, launch, support, and continuous improvement), organization structure, architecture, people, and vendor processes.
- Operationalized the transformation outcomes into business-as-usual through the set up of the product operations function.
Carve-out PMO | Program Manager
Footballco
- Reported to the CEO and TPG board members, i.e., private equity investors, for the carve-out and separation of a digital media business from DAZN Group and setup of NewCo operations across 17 countries.
- Established the program and the PMO, leading implementation across ERP, finance shared services, HRIS, payroll and benefits, CRM, ad tech and Ad Ops, hosting, Google Workspaces, user tech, data/BI platforms, global offices, and support services.
- Defined a best-in-class enterprise target operating model and a harmonized delivery roadmap in partnership with C-level business stakeholders across finance, HR, sales, products, ad tech, IT, and support services.
- Led the complex separation, achieving 40% cost savings from the early exit of the transition services agreement (TSA).
SAP ERP Transformation PMO Lead
Johnson Matthey
- Worked on a £150 million transformation program, delivering a single enterprise system, processes, and data across finance, procurement, commercial, manufacturing, MES, and supply chain functions while reporting to the chief transformation officer.
- Led the PMO development and execution of a transformation-focused program framework and governance function and directly managed the board and C-level stakeholders.
- Utilized SAP Activate, ITSM, Agile, Kanban, and Scrum methodologies to coach teams on engagement, transparency, continuous improvement, and client service excellence.
- Spearheaded continuous improvement initiatives and managed 90 Agile projects with associated business change and training.
Program Manager/Continuous Improvement Lead/Hypercare Lead/PMO Lead
Johnson Matthey
- Joined a large-scale SAP ERP transformation program as part of new leadership to recover and turnaround the program to consolidate 10+ ERP systems to an enterprise platform, processes, and data.
- Managed implementation plans to turn-around and deliver a large-scale SAP system build and rollout, business change, and training (1,000+ users in each site) across manufacturing and finance sites in the UK and Europe.
- Headed continuous improvement, delivering 90 SAP agile projects with associated business changes and training.
- Facilitated the new support service introduction, establishment, and delivery of ITIL-aligned 24x7 post-go-live support.
- Led the setup, development, and effective execution of a global program PMO function.
Digital Trasformation PMO Lead
EY
- Led the setup and management of the PMO in the global transformation of a messaging and collaboration platform to an integrated Microsoft platform across Skype for Business, Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Yammer, and Office Online.
- Established a center of excellence (CoE) PMO and took over the flight path to remove technical debt. Managed the creation and implementation of a strategic roadmap aligned with compliance and change practices.
- Implemented Agile methodology, enabling the delivery of iterative marketable outputs. Coached and mentored cross-functional teams in product management, identifying quick-win objectives and incremental product maturity.
Global Head of Digital Solution Delivery and Program Manager
EY
- Joined EY to set up the PMO for the global transformation program. Over the next four years, I delivered challenging programs and projects and rapidly grew to lead a large global delivery function.
- Set up the center of excellence (CoE) and owned the path for retiring and migrating technical debt of around 120,000 applications.
- Led the digital delivery function with the accountability of managing the pipeline, qualification, quotes, pre-sales, and delivery.
- Grew the function to 150+ multi-sourced global teams of project managers, business analysts, architects, and developers, 30+ parallel projects, and a 20+ million budget.
- Managed a £30 million digital transformation initiative with 80+ teams to deliver one of the world's largest digital document management solutions, including application and infrastructure, on the Microsoft platform for client collaboration.
- Spearheaded the delivery project of an agency-designed UX application for a digital enterprise-level content management platform and its mobile application.
- Introduced and implemented Agile to transform the function's reputation within the business.
VP: Program Delivery Office (PMO) Lead
Barclays, Plc.
- Joined the team as head of PMO for the corporate banking business change portfolio to set up and manage the change portfolio management best practices for the product management team.
- Served as the lead PMO for a £25 million strategic billing initiative to transform the IT, operating model, and operations for the strategic billing program across 4,000 clients and £2 billion in revenue.
- Implemented a business case-driven agile product/portfolio management process for investments in new and existing products, increasing agility to respond to the market, reducing throwaway investment, and increasing business benefits.
- Set up key enterprise-level portfolio PMO best practices and framework.
Project Manager and PMO Lead
HCL Technologies
- Joined the Global SAP Practice Leadership office as a management trainee.
- Accomplished status of ‘Global Services Partner’ for HCL Axon. Created a 'net new' qualified sales pipeline of £30 million.
- Headed post-merger integration PMO of a $650 million buyout of Axon Global by HCL Technologies.
- Designed and implemented balanced scorecard KPI measurements across 100+ client engagements with £450 million revenue.
- Set up and delivered program processes in line with GxP requirements for a £600 million SAP-enabled transformations in 55 countries and 50,000 users. Managed the deployment roadmap and led task-force for recovery plans.
Project Manager and Project Analyst
Manufacturing Industry
- Set up a greenfield Cold Rolled Sheet manufacturing plant as project manager.
- Set up up a greenfield cast iron foundry plant as the project analyst.
- Managed a 200 people manufacturing unit as the operations manager.
Project History
Football Media: Carve-out Program Management
Achieved 40% cost savings from early exit of the transition services agreement (TSA) and established a best-in-class enterprise operating model and harmonized delivery roadmap across finance, HR, sales, products, AdTech, IT, and support services
Established the program and successfully led the implementation, including ERP, finance shared services, HR systems, payroll, rewards and benefits, CRM, AdTech and AdOps, hosting and IT infrastructure, Google Workspaces, end user technology, data/BI platforms, product team setup, global offices, and internal support services.
Tax Document Management Solution
https://www.ey.com/en_uk/tax/global-tax-platformSuccessfully delivered EY's Global “TDM” (Tax Document Management) solution and platform for the global tax practice for 150 countries, 55,000 users, and hosted in three global data centers.
Responsible for delivery of the IT program comprising numerous workstreams and third-party vendor purchases and integration.
Significant leadership responsibility, leading a team of ~100 contributing to the program. Board and partner level stakeholder management, significant budget responsibility ($6 million per annum for FTE).
Implemented SharePoint based “web portal” to replace legacy EY client portal application. EYKeyspace will serve as single point of entry into all client facing tax applications, including the TDM portal as well as other established in-house developed and third-party maintained and hosted applications.
SAP ERP Program Manager
Turned around and delivered a large-scale SAP system build and roll-out, migration, business change, and training (1,000+ users in each site) across manufacturing and finance sites in the UK and Europe.
I led the setup, development, and effective execution of global program functions, including directly managing board and C-level stakeholders. I also turned around and delivered a large-scale SAP system build and roll-out, migration, business change, and training (1,000+ users in each site) across manufacturing and finance sites in the UK and Europe.
Transformation Program Manager
Led 100% scaleup and delivery transformation for value creation acceleration in six months.
• Scaled up engineering delivery capability by 100% over a 6-month period and set mechanisms for data-driven predictability.
• Operationalized transformation outcomes into business-as-usual through set up of product operations function.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
ICFAI Business School - India
Certifications
Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
SAP Activate Project Manager
SAP AG
SAFe 5 Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Agile Program Manager (AgilePgM)
APMG International
Managing Successful Programs (MSP) Practitioner
Axelos
SAFe 4 Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Skills
Tools
Microsoft Project, Jira, Office 365, SAP Plant Maintenance (PM), Microsoft Excel, Asana, Salesforce, Project Management & Work Tracking Tools, NetSuite, Google Docs, Google Workspace, Bamboo, Confluence
Paradigms
Agile Project Management, Agile, Agile Leadership, Agile Delivery, Scrum, Agile Product Management, Waterfall Delivery, Implementation Project Management, PMBOK, Requirements Analysis, Kanban, Change Management, DevOps, Release Trains, Organizational Change Management (OCM), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Lean, Hosting
Platforms
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), SharePoint, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Monday.com, SAP HANA, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Industry Expertise
Software, Steelmaking, Industrial & Manufacturing, Healthcare, Financial Services
Other
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Program Management, Project Management, SAP Delivery Management, Business Management, PMO, Planning, Portfolio Management, PMO Development, Benefits Realization Management (BRM), Turnaround, Crisis Management, SAP, Global Team Management, Offshore Development, Governance, Risk Management, Resource Management, Agile Transformation, Agile Program Management, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Project Management Office (PMO), Stakeholder Management, Complex Program Management, Offshore Team Management, Deployment, People Management, Leadership, Data Migration, Business Transformation Program Management, Carve-Out, Team Leadership, Technical Project Management, Waterfall Methodology, Team Management, Digital Project Management, Project Planning, IT Project Management, Project Delivery, Engineering Program Management (EPM), Financials, Software Implementation, Project Scoping, IT Program Management, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Management Consulting, IT Management, Agile Coaching, Roadmaps, Project Reporting, Project Timelines, Project Budget Management, Project Finance, Process Improvement Project Management, Process Management, Startups, QA Leadership, Workshop Facilitation, Carve-out Planning, Client Delivery Management, Digital Transformation, Digital Transformation Program Management, Business & Digital Transformation, Project Leadership, Estimation & Planning, Organizational Leadership, Scope of Work (SOW), Documentation, Process Control, Detail-oriented, Standard Operating Procedures Development, Process Documentation, Best Practices, Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Sprint Planning, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Technical Program Management, Financial Systems, Data Analysis, Certified Project Manager, PSM-1, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Solution Management, Finance, Marketing, Post-merger Integration, Target Operating Models, Business Cases, Manufacturing, Microsoft, Business Analysis, Configuration Management, Process Improvement, Quality Management, Cost Estimation, Business Agility, Systems Thinking, Strategy, Lean Portfolio Management, Release Management, Agile Product Delivery, System Conversion, Discovery, Discovery Workshops, Migration, Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Product Management, Data, Cloud Migration, Software as a Service (SaaS), Resource Allocation, IT Service Management (ITSM), Contract Management, Vendor Management, Engineering, Product Roadmaps, SAP ERP, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), System Integration, ERP Implementation, SAP Integration, Coaching, Communication, Product Development, Project Management & Delivery, SaaS, Business Processes, Quality Assurance (QA), QA Test Plan Management, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Private Equity, Accounting, Biotechnology, Healthcare IT, PowerPoint Design, Process Automation, Financial Reporting, Presales, Test Management, Scrum Master, Complex Problem Solving, People Development, Mobile, Agile CRM, Shared Service Centers, HRIS, Payroll & Benefits, Advertising Technology (Adtech), IT Infrastructure, Google, Google Meet, Devices, System Migration, Cutover, Business Readiness, Program Assurance, Business Advisory, CRM APIs, Enterprise, Business Transformation, Technical Leadership, Process Manufacturing, Applications, Procurement, Scaling, Vendor Selection, Reorganization, Budgeting, IT Strategy, Media, Operating Models, Commercial Banking, Human Resources (HR), Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Social, Video Livestreaming, Data Management Platforms, Machine Learning, Customer Experience Management, Salesforce CPQ, Compliance
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