Ben Balachandran

Ben Balachandran

Managing Consultant | Program Design
United Arab Emirates
Malayalam, Tamil, English, Hindi

About Me

Strategic and results-driven Project Management Professional (PMP®) with 10+ years of progressive experience leading business transformation, resource management, and operational excellence projects in aviation and techn…

Experience

Standards and Procedures Officer (Service Delivery)

Emirates Airline, Dubai, UAE
Jan 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 years 6 months

Lead multiple end-to-end delivery projects focused on improving resource management and operational efficiency across Emirates Group operations.
Manage the planning, execution, and delivery of roadmap initiatives, ensuring business value realization and timely implementation.
Collaborate cross-functionally with IT, business, and vendor teams to translate functional requirements into scalable solutions.
Define detailed project scopes, milestones, and KPIs, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and measurable outcomes.
Oversee backlog prioritization, sprint planning, and release management, ensuring adherence to Agile and SAFe® delivery principles.
Streamlined the Briefing Management System, enhancing data visibility and reducing operational bottlenecks by 25%.
Improved end-to-end business process performance through targeted optimization initiatives delivered ahead of Q1 2024.

Standards and Procedures Officer (Service Delivery)

Emirates Airline
Jan 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 years 5 months

Lead multiple end-to-end delivery projects focused on improving resource management and operational efficiency across Emirates Group operations., Manage the planning, execution, and delivery of roadmap initiatives, ensuring business value realization and timely implementation., Collaborate cross-functionally with IT, business, and vendor teams to translate functional requirements into scalable solutions., Define detailed project scopes, milestones, and KPIs, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and measurable outcomes., Oversee backlog prioritization, sprint planning, and release management, ensuring adherence to Agile and SAFe® delivery principles., Streamlined the Briefing Management System, enhancing data visibility and reducing operational bottlenecks by 25%.

Senior Flight Attendant

Emirates Airline, Dubai, UAE
Jan 2015 - Jan 2023 · 8 years

Led operational improvement initiatives enhancing service delivery and customer satisfaction for 500+ flights annually.
Served as a liaison between cabin operations and scheduling teams, identifying process gaps and recommending workflow improvements.
Demonstrated strong leadership and crisis management skills, maintaining safety and service excellence under high-pressure conditions.

Senior Flight Attendant

Emirates Airline
Jan 2015 - Jan 2023 · 8 years

Led operational improvement initiatives enhancing service delivery and customer satisfaction for 500+ flights annually., Served as a liaison between cabin operations and scheduling teams, identifying process gaps and recommending workflow improvements., Demonstrated strong leadership and crisis management skills, maintaining safety and service excellence under high-pressure conditions.

Associate Data Scientist

Innodatatics, NJ, USA
Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 · 1 year

Managed the delivery of machine learning and predictive analytics projects, translating business challenges into actionable data solutions.
Coordinated a cross-functional development team to deploy a sentiment analysis model, resulting in a 20% efficiency improvement.
Prepared project documentation, timelines, and reports for client delivery, ensuring compliance with quality and performance standards.

Crew Controller - Boeing 787 (Secondment)

Air India, New Delhi, India
Jan 2012 - Jan 2015 · 3 years

Directed crew scheduling and operational deployment projects for 150+ flight crew members across the 787 fleet.
Introduced scheduling process automation, improving planning accuracy and reducing turnaround time by 30%.
Supported the launch of new international routes, coordinating logistics, training, and project timelines seamlessly.

Crew Controller - Boeing 787 (Secondment)

Air India, New Delhi, India
Jan 2012 - Jan 2015 · 3 years

Directed crew scheduling and operational deployment projects for 150+ flight crew members across the 787 fleet., Introduced scheduling process automation, improving planning accuracy and reducing turnaround time by 30%., Supported the launch of new international routes, coordinating logistics, training, and project timelines seamlessly.

Skills

Data Analytics Project & Program Management Strategic Delivery Product & Innovation Process Excellence Data-Driven Insights Methodologies Tools Project Reporting Project Management Program Management Governance Frameworks Milestone Planning Cross-Functional Coordination Risk Management Issue Management Stakeholder Management Resource Allocation Feasibility Assessments Executive Reporting Cabin Product Development IFE Connectivity Customer Experience Service Design Integration Lean Six Sigma SOP Development KPI Framework Design Continuous Improvement Power BI Excel Tableau Predictive Modelling Performance Dashboards Agile Hybrid Delivery Stage-Gate Design Thinking Kanban JIRA Confluence Smartsheet Trello Asana MS Office Suite Python Dashboard Development KPI Tracking Risk Heatmaps Executive Summaries Forecasting Sentiment Analysis Visualization AI-Driven Research SAFe
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