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usha chintakunta

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Product Operations & Delivery Program Manager at Cornerstone OnDemand

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Cornerstone OnDemandB V Raju Institute of Technology

Senior Program and Product Operations Manager with 17+ years of experience leading large-scale SaaS programs, governance frameworks, roadmap execution, and cross-functional delivery. Expert in portfolio management, RAID management, stakeholder reporting, regulatory compliance, and enterprise program execution. Experienced in program governance, service delivery, AI automation, and operational scaling for high-availability SaaS systems.

Experience

Product Operations & Delivery Program Manager

Cornerstone OnDemand

•Jan 2015 - Present•Hyderabad, India

Led global SaaS release cycles across engineering, QA, compliance, and business teams. Managed software product development teams of 50+ people. Facilitated sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups. Partnered with Product Owners on backlog prioritization and refinement. Drove large-scale Azure cloud and datacenter migration programs. Automated manual workflows using N8N and LLM-based agents, resulting in 50% reduction in manual operational hours. Managed GxP/CSV/CSA compliance and validation lifecycle.

Lead Technical Analyst

Infosys

•Jun 2008 - Jan 2015•Hyderabad, India

Supported enterprise delivery, release management, and operational readiness across major global clients including British Petroleum, Belgacom Mobile, and Pfizer. Led release planning and DR operations. Oversaw production deployments and reduced critical incidents by ~30% through proactive monitoring. Executed IIS builds under strict GxP compliance and security protocols.

Education

B V Raju Institute of Technology

B. Tech

Electronics & Communication

Jun 2004 - May 2008

Licenses & Certifications

AI Essentials

• No expiration

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft

• No expiration

ITIL

• No expiration

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Admin (70-647)

Microsoft

• No expiration

SharePoint Configuring (70-667)

Microsoft

• No expiration

Skills

Program Governance
Portfolio & Roadmap Management
Product Operations
Project Management (Agile / Hybrid / Waterfall)
RAID Management
Dependency Management
Resource & Capacity Planning
Executive Reporting
Risk & Compliance Management
Budget & Vendor Management
Change & Release Governance
OKR / KPI Frameworks
Process Optimization
Business-Technology Alignment
Release Sprint Planning
Backlog Grooming
User Story Writing
Agile Metrics
Continuous Improvement
Escalation Management
Roadmap Sequencing
Cross-Team Coordination
Jira
Confluence
ServiceNow
Azure
N8N
MS Project