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Anil Bhovad

@anilbhovad

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Senior PMO and Program Leader driving digital transformation and portfolio value.

France

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior roles leading strategic transformation and portfolio programs in innovation-driven, sustainability-focused, multicultural organisations, with scope for coaching teams and driving measurable business value.

I am a strategic PMO and program leader with 14+ years delivering digital transformation, enterprise portfolio management, and operational excellence across Telecom, Automotive, Finance, Insurance and Risk Intelligence sectors. I blend hands-on delivery (ERP and IT application rollouts) with AI/ML-driven innovation, strong P&L awareness, and coaching to build high-performance, resilient teams.

I have led multi-million euro portfolios, improved program KPIs and compliance, and delivered measurable cost and timeline outcomes through governance, process optimization and stakeholder engagement. I seek to lead strategic transformation initiatives in innovation-driven, sustainability-focused, multicultural environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Consultant

Current

Cartier International

Jun 2025 - Present (9 months)

Leading AI-driven boutique segmentation across 275+ boutiques to optimize performance and product allocation using clustering, PCA and recommender approaches.

AI ML Segmentation Recommender Systems KPI Analysis

Current

Sr. Manager, PMO

Current

Nokia

Sep 2022 - Present (3 years 6 months)

Lead strategic portfolio and digital transformation programs (~44M€ CAPEX) with end-to-end governance, cost control, vendor management and resource planning across ~15 programs, consistently delivering on budget and timelines.

Portfolio Management CAPEX OPEX Control Vendor Management Resource Planning

Consultant (EMBA)

EU Institutional Immersion Program

Mar 2025 - Apr 2025 (1 month)

Researched EU policy frameworks and acted as stand-in rapporteur in a Parliament simulation, drafting policies linking EU funds and ESG/innovation strategies.

Policy Research ESG Stakeholder Engagement Public Policy Analysis Presentation Advocacy

Business Operations / PMO Manager

Nokia

Mar 2020 - Aug 2022 (2 years 5 months)

Managed IT enterprise applications portfolio (~100M€, 125+ programs), leading budget roadmaps, KPIs and stakeholder engagement; improved on-time delivery from 56% to 89% and budget adherence to 92%.

Portfolio Management Budgeting Stakeholder Management KPIs Forecasting Reporting

IT Project / Product Manager

i-Cover Services

Mar 2018 - Mar 2020 (2 years)

Acted as solution architect, scrum master and product owner in a start-up environment, developing LLM-based AI/ML product prototypes that saved ~600k€ and reduced time-to-market per language by six months.

Product Management Scrum Solution Architecture Pre Sales Business Case Development Risk Mitigation

Service Delivery Manager

Renault Group

Sep 2016 - Feb 2018 (1 year 5 months)

Managed run & build for after-sales spare parts (7 applications, ~1M€), overseeing vendor teams and ensuring SLAs, change control and on-time status reporting within fixed budget and resources.

Service Delivery Vendor Management SLA Management Agile Scrum Incident Management Roadmapping Change Management

Digital IT Project Manager

Orange Horizons

Nov 2014 - Nov 2015 (1 year)

SPOC for digital initiatives across EMEA & Africa, delivering prototypes and solutions using existing infrastructure to drive platform transformations and regional rollouts.

Pre Sales Solution Design Digital Transformation Process Mapping Knowledge Management Feasibility Analysis

IT Project Monitoring (PMO)

GE Capital Real Estate

Apr 2014 - Oct 2014 (6 months)

Supported PMO activities for shared services (~15 programs), facilitating CAB meetings, KPI reporting and led ServiceNow CMDB cleanup for software audit compliance.

PMO Support CAB Facilitation KPIs ServiceNow CMDB & Compliance Status Reporting

IT Consultant

Tata Consultancy Services

Aug 2010 - Feb 2013 (2 years 6 months)

Led production and delivery teams for banking applications, managing SDLC, deployments and a nationwide mortgages application rollout across 300 branches within six months.

SDLC Release Management Incident Management Team Leadership UML Scrum UAT Database Migration

Project Engineer - Trainee

Nelco Ltd

Dec 2005 - Dec 2006 (1 year)

Worked in DC drives division handling AutoCAD design, procurement, inventory and vendor coordination supporting operations and reporting to CIO.

Autocad Procurement Inventory Management Reporting Logistics Technical Documentation

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

ESCP Business School

Executive MBA, Business Administration

2025 -

Activities and societies: International campus rotations (EU, USA, India) and consulting projects including AI transformation for Cartier and EU institutional immersion.

Executive MBA program covering AI, ESG, economics, entrepreneurship, M&A, private equity and venture capital.