Abhijeet Singh

Accomplished project manager with 4+ years at Microsoft, driving digital transformation through Azure and M365 to enhance user experience and business value. Proficient at developing solutions through strategic execution and stakeholder management.

Work Experience

Project Manager, Level 59 | Microsoft | Hyderabad

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● Led high-impact projects with cross-functional teams to define scope, control budgets, and align with client objectives. Delivered a $15M digital transformation project 10% under budget and 2 weeks early, enhancing efficiency and cost-effectiveness through proactive risk management.

● Addressed an urgent resource shortage in a SharePoint Online migration project to support critical client-specific customizations. Quickly coordinated with external teams to prioritize onboarding of a partner resource, successfully preventing a potential 20% schedule delay.

● Partnered with the risk management team to design an automated process for analysing cost overrun projects, reducing manual effort by 80% and addressing 90% of global cost overrun cases, enhancing strategic insights and decision-making efficiency.

● Developed a Project Hygiene Review system for peer reviews and audits, documenting best practices in financial and risk management, identifying 300+ risks within the first month, and implementing a feedback mechanism to ensure timely risk closure.

Project Manager, Level 58 | Microsoft | Hyderabad

● Effectively mitigated the impact of an unexpected resource gap during a sustainability transformation initiative for a global data management leader. Secured multiple replacements within two weeks, ensuring timely project delivery and averting a potential $1.5 million revenue loss.

● Developed a comprehensive communication strategy for a healthcare conglomerate with multiple siloed business units, leading a customized M365 implementation that successfully migrated 25,000+ employee mailboxes to cloud-based Exchange servers, enhancing scalability and accessibility.

● Took over a struggling M365 onboarding project in its final year, addressing evolving client needs that risked early project closure. Collaborated closely with technical and sales teams to propose strategic alternatives, leading the client to adopt Azure Active Directory for disaster recovery and preventing a potential revenue reversal of INR 1 crore for Microsoft India.

● Designed and led the Centre of Excellence portal, integrating Yammer and Azure DevOps via Power Automate to build a Q&A repository for training an AI-based chatbot. This system streamlined query resolution by assigning 50+ queries in the first month to a pool of SMEs, enhancing knowledge sharing.

● Executed Microsoft Teams & SharePoint adoption change management through persona-based surveys targeted to client's top/mid-tier leadership. 

● Utilized Earned Value Method and schedule compression techniques to track delivery burndown & financial variances of a High-Risk project, thereby increasing the planning accuracy to 99% & delivered the project on time & within budget. 

● Managed the creation of an INCLUSION LAB for Unilever, supporting research that led to the trial of the world’s first deodorant designed for people with disabilities.

 

Associate Project Manager, Level 57 | Microsoft | Hyderabad    

                                       
● Handled mid-level ($1M - $2M) engagements with focus on supporting the senior project managers. 

● Conducted thorough research on financials and increased vendor adoption to increase project margins by 25% in a SharePoint implementation project for a large banking client. 

● Partnered with senior leadership to identify and address common project risks, implementing proactive measures that reduced the overall issue rate in the domain by 15%.

 
Assistant Manager | Aon | Gurugram                         

                                        
● Executed end-to-end delivery processes in alignment with customer requirements and coordinated with assessors and internal teams to conduct assessments for various Sector Skill Councils, organizing assessments in less accessible remote locations of India.


Graduate Engineer Trainee, | ATV Projects India Ltd. | Mathura                 

        
● Interfacing with the customer to gather project requirements through status and steerco meetings 

● Preparation of tool specifications, design computations, drawings, models, budget and forecast creation. 

Accomplishments

Making a Difference (Geo Award)

Recognized for exceptional management of strategically important projects during FY22 at IGD.

Outstanding Teamwork Award

Recognized for managing the transition period concerns during company re-organization in FY23 Q1

Outstanding Teamwork Award

For leading integration of audit portal to internal web app, defining API parameters, testing strategy, and goals through user stories and sprint-based prioritization with product groups in FY23 Q3.

Promoted twice for exemplary performance

Promoted twice within first 4 years – Associate Project Manager to Project Manager (Level-58), and then Project Manager (Level-58) to Project manager (Level-59)

NASA’s Fourth Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition

Designed and built a lunar mining rover. Selected as one of five teams from India for NASA's 2013 Lunabotics Mining Competition at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Education

   B.Tech: Mechanical Engineering (2011-2015), University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kurukshetra University

Certificates

PMP (from Project Management Institute)

PMI-ACP (from Project Management Institute)

Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) (from Microsoft)

Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) (from Microsoft)

M365 Fundamentals (MS-900) (from Microsoft)

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) (from Microsoft)
 

Co/Extra-curricular
  • Successfully completed NMDC Hyderabad Half Marathon 2022
  • Elected as a member of the Core Committee in ‘ProdX’ (club) and ‘PGPX Sports Comm’ (Committee) PGPX at IIM Ahmedabad (2024-2025) – College Level
  • 1st Runner-up in Badminton Doubles in GDC Games 2023 at Microsoft
  • 1st Runner-up in Badminton Men’s Doubles in Dvandv ‘24 at IIMA
  • Winner in Badminton Mixed Doubles in Dvandv ‘24 at IIMA
  • Participated in Diversity and Inclusion initiatives at Microsoft, organized awareness activities including artwork auctions, quizzes, raffles, and an LGBTQI+ marketplace in October 2022

Quick Look

  • Work Experience: 5.8 Years
  • Previous Roles

    Project Manager, Microsoft, Hyderabad

    Assistant Manager, Aon, Gurugram

  • Function : Project/Program Management
  • Industry/Sector: Technology
Work Experience

Project Manager, Level 59 | Microsoft | Hyderabad

​​​
● Led high-impact projects with cross-functional teams to define scope, control budgets, and align with client objectives. Delivered a $15M digital transformation project 10% under budget and 2 weeks early, enhancing efficiency and cost-effectiveness through proactive risk management.

● Addressed an urgent resource shortage in a SharePoint Online migration project to support critical client-specific customizations. Quickly coordinated with external teams to prioritize onboarding of a partner resource, successfully preventing a potential 20% schedule delay.

● Partnered with the risk management team to design an automated process for analysing cost overrun projects, reducing manual effort by 80% and addressing 90% of global cost overrun cases, enhancing strategic insights and decision-making efficiency.

● Developed a Project Hygiene Review system for peer reviews and audits, documenting best practices in financial and risk management, identifying 300+ risks within the first month, and implementing a feedback mechanism to ensure timely risk closure.

Project Manager, Level 58 | Microsoft | Hyderabad

● Effectively mitigated the impact of an unexpected resource gap during a sustainability transformation initiative for a global data management leader. Secured multiple replacements within two weeks, ensuring timely project delivery and averting a potential $1.5 million revenue loss.

● Developed a comprehensive communication strategy for a healthcare conglomerate with multiple siloed business units, leading a customized M365 implementation that successfully migrated 25,000+ employee mailboxes to cloud-based Exchange servers, enhancing scalability and accessibility.

● Took over a struggling M365 onboarding project in its final year, addressing evolving client needs that risked early project closure. Collaborated closely with technical and sales teams to propose strategic alternatives, leading the client to adopt Azure Active Directory for disaster recovery and preventing a potential revenue reversal of INR 1 crore for Microsoft India.

● Designed and led the Centre of Excellence portal, integrating Yammer and Azure DevOps via Power Automate to build a Q&A repository for training an AI-based chatbot. This system streamlined query resolution by assigning 50+ queries in the first month to a pool of SMEs, enhancing knowledge sharing.

● Executed Microsoft Teams & SharePoint adoption change management through persona-based surveys targeted to client's top/mid-tier leadership. 

● Utilized Earned Value Method and schedule compression techniques to track delivery burndown & financial variances of a High-Risk project, thereby increasing the planning accuracy to 99% & delivered the project on time & within budget. 

● Managed the creation of an INCLUSION LAB for Unilever, supporting research that led to the trial of the world’s first deodorant designed for people with disabilities.

 

Associate Project Manager, Level 57 | Microsoft | Hyderabad    

                                       
● Handled mid-level ($1M - $2M) engagements with focus on supporting the senior project managers. 

● Conducted thorough research on financials and increased vendor adoption to increase project margins by 25% in a SharePoint implementation project for a large banking client. 

● Partnered with senior leadership to identify and address common project risks, implementing proactive measures that reduced the overall issue rate in the domain by 15%.

 
Assistant Manager | Aon | Gurugram                         

                                        
● Executed end-to-end delivery processes in alignment with customer requirements and coordinated with assessors and internal teams to conduct assessments for various Sector Skill Councils, organizing assessments in less accessible remote locations of India.


Graduate Engineer Trainee, | ATV Projects India Ltd. | Mathura                 

        
● Interfacing with the customer to gather project requirements through status and steerco meetings 

● Preparation of tool specifications, design computations, drawings, models, budget and forecast creation. 

Accomplishments

Making a Difference (Geo Award)

Recognized for exceptional management of strategically important projects during FY22 at IGD.

Outstanding Teamwork Award

Recognized for managing the transition period concerns during company re-organization in FY23 Q1

Outstanding Teamwork Award

For leading integration of audit portal to internal web app, defining API parameters, testing strategy, and goals through user stories and sprint-based prioritization with product groups in FY23 Q3.

Promoted twice for exemplary performance

Promoted twice within first 4 years – Associate Project Manager to Project Manager (Level-58), and then Project Manager (Level-58) to Project manager (Level-59)

NASA’s Fourth Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition

Designed and built a lunar mining rover. Selected as one of five teams from India for NASA's 2013 Lunabotics Mining Competition at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Education

   B.Tech: Mechanical Engineering (2011-2015), University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kurukshetra University

Certificates

PMP (from Project Management Institute)

PMI-ACP (from Project Management Institute)

Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) (from Microsoft)

Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) (from Microsoft)

M365 Fundamentals (MS-900) (from Microsoft)

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) (from Microsoft)
 

Co/Extra-curricular
  • Successfully completed NMDC Hyderabad Half Marathon 2022
  • Elected as a member of the Core Committee in ‘ProdX’ (club) and ‘PGPX Sports Comm’ (Committee) PGPX at IIM Ahmedabad (2024-2025) – College Level
  • 1st Runner-up in Badminton Doubles in GDC Games 2023 at Microsoft
  • 1st Runner-up in Badminton Men’s Doubles in Dvandv ‘24 at IIMA
  • Winner in Badminton Mixed Doubles in Dvandv ‘24 at IIMA
  • Participated in Diversity and Inclusion initiatives at Microsoft, organized awareness activities including artwork auctions, quizzes, raffles, and an LGBTQI+ marketplace in October 2022