SUMMARY

• Senior Project Manager, having more than 15 year of experience in successfully managing the vendor client relationships and delivering strategic solutions & Projects.
• Extensively experienced in client - vendor working model and resource management.
• Majorly worked in Pharma/Life Sciences domain at the well-known firm Eli-Lilly.
• Proven track record of serving very long-term responsibilities for the current employer TATA Consultancies Services. Worked in different roles since 2004.
• Experienced technical manager who handles multiple teams & resources with different skills.
• Experience in managing identity management and access governance applications and platforms using Microsoft’s identity management, active directory, myAccess enterprise directory services and LDAP authentication mechanism.
• Extensive experience in data movement technologies including IBM WebSphere MQ, MQ FTE, Mercator, Axway, Cyclone, managing ETL applications like informatica Power Center Informatica Cloud, Data integration tools like Denodo, API Gateway and AWS cloud support.
• Managed projects in multiple software development life cycles including agile, water fall etc. for various applications

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Data Movement: IBM WebSphere MQ/MQ FTE, Messaging, MQ Clustering Mercator, Axway, Cyclone, SFTP

Identity Management: Microsoft Identity Management, Enterprise Directory Services, LDAP, Active Directory, myAccess

Data Integration/Security: Denodo, API Gateway, AXWAY Amplify

Cloud: AWS Cloud

Agile Methodology: SCRUM, JIRA

Scripting Languages: Shell Scripting, Powershell

Database: Oracle, SQL

Documentation: Webtop, D2

Security tools: CyberArk, Keypass

DevOps: Chef, Altiris, Ansible, AWS System Manager, TPM

License Management: ILMT

Mailing Tools: Lotus Notes, Outlook

Monitoring tools: Qpasa, MQ Attach, Postman

Operating Environment: Windows, Linux/Unix

Version Control: VSS, TFS, GitHub

Testing/Logging Frameworks: Quality Center

Misc.: Remedy, Service now, MS Project, Prochain, Venafi, MS Team, Kanban board, One Drive, Kibana

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project management and project status reporting to TCS and Customer management representative on project migration, hardware and software upgrades as per the Project Management Procedures, Policies and Guidelines. Complete review of project requirements traceability matrix to ensure that all non-functional requirements are included in the scope of the project plan.
• Managing information integration support services teams: Involving services - Messaging queuing, File transfer (MQ and MQ FTE), Data virtualization(Denodo), AS2/AS3(Axway),FTE, sFTP, API Gateway responsible for integration of large number of IT application and functions(manufacturing, medicine development) and external data movement supporting ~1M transfer per day through>100 instances across the globes(America, APAC, EU).
• Lead and review creation of quality docs such as design specs, traceability metrics, test summery reports, SOPs, IVIs, OSIs, PLNs etc.
• Project Execution- Execution of the planned tasks by keeping all the stake holders informed about the progress. Getting their regular feedback and advising Change requests where and when needed. Analysing the scope of project at regular intervals by comparing the earned value with the expected value of the project.
• Study the existing applications functionality and process, its interdependency, hardware and software compatibility before migration or any upgrades. Recommend and implement changes to process for smoother migration. Interact with internal and external constituents, including senior leadership and ensure that the risks are identified properly and recovery plans are documented in place.
• Interact with the Customer IT and Business Team to define/validate requirements, ensure that the requirements are documented and assign corresponding development tasks to the team for fulfilment of the requirements.
• Analysing the various risks associated with the project, conduct an impact analysis of the risks on the project in terms of cost, budget and timelines and develop mitigation strategies for the same.
• Conduct weekly meetings with customer IT leads and re-define priorities of various activities as per the current needs of the project. Proactively communicate status of key project activities, risks, and issues to IT leadership.

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Planning - Plan, coordinate, track and execute to align project activities with schedule dates. Ensure tasks are planned with dependencies between each other and take corrective action if delays are encountered. lead business & IT service providers in gathering business requirements, defining solution specifications, developing and managing project timelines, identifying & managing risks & resources (time, labor, assets & financials), coordinating project execution, overseeing solution testing & deployment, completing project documentation and closing out projects with total stakeholder satisfaction.
• Study the existing applications functionality and process, its interdependency, hardware and software compatibility before migration or any upgrades. Recommend and implement changes to process for smoother migration. Interact with internal and external constituents, including senior leadership and ensure that the risks are identified properly, and recovery plans are documented in place.
• Interact with the Customer IT and Business Team to define/validate requirements, ensure that the requirements are documented and assign corresponding development tasks to the team for fulfilment of the requirements.
• Lead and review creation of quality docs such as design specs, traceability metrics, test summery reports, SOPs, IVIs, OSIs, PLNs etc.
• Analysing the various risks associated with the project, conduct an impact analysis of the risks on the project in terms of cost, budget and timelines and develop mitigation strategies for the same.
• Conduct weekly meetings with customer IT leads and re-define priorities of various activities as per the current needs of the project. Proactively communicate status of key project activities, risks, and issues to IT leadership.

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Creation and modification of reports, conversion and interfaces.
• Development of functional and technical documents, coding and reviewing
• Ensuring completeness of testing using System Testing
• Mentoring the team members