PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced professional with over 10 years in the industry seeking a Project Management role, demonstrating proven success in delivering projects within scope, budget, and schedule through the use of Waterfall and Agile methodologies

RELEVANT SKILLS

· ServiceNowTM Project Management Module & Exepron, Software based on Critical Chain Project Management

· SPOT (Single Point of Truth) Project Management Software, Resource Management Tool (Power Apps), Trello, Confluence

· Worked on procurement and project modules of BaaN & Infor (Enterprise Resource Planning systems)

· Worked on OASIS and Salesforce for project costing, budgeting & resource scheduling

· MS Project, ServiceFusion, JIRA, CAD, SharePoint, Salesforce, Visio, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook

WORK EXPERIENCE

Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Lexington, MA

Project Management Lead Apr 2025 – Present

· Lead cross-functional teams in executing projects like process optimizations and new product introductions, ensuring timely and quality delivery

· Develop and manage detailed project plans, encompassing scope, schedules, budgets, and risk strategies

· Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope and objectives, maintaining schedules and budgets

· Serve as the primary communication point, facilitating project meetings and providing status reports

· Identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations

· Coordinate resource allocation, leading and mentoring project teams for successful outcomes

· Drive continuous improvement initiatives and advocate for agile project management and best practices

· Maintain comprehensive project documentation and reporting for future reference and audits

· Communicate effectively across all organizational levels, executing strategies with minimal guidance

· Exhibit strong leadership, driving change and motivating teams toward successful project completion

Portfolio Specialist (PMO) Jul 2023 – Mar 2025

· Collaborated with portfolio leads to align activities with organizational strategy and goals

· Developed and enforced governance policies, standards, and methodologies

· Identified and managed portfolio risks with appropriate mitigation strategies

· Interacted with senior leaders to report on portfolio performance and strategic alignment

· Supported senior leaders in meeting and presentation development

· Led initiatives to innovate and improve portfolio management processes and tools

· Trained project leaders/managers on business case development, strategy alignment, and resource management

· Established and maintained Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), metrics, and tools for continuous improvement and excellence

Portfolio Specialist (Engineering) Feb 2022 – Jun 2023

· Managed the reporting and execution of Capex projects, aligning with the Plan of Record (POR) and strategic initiatives

· Employed Power BI and project management tools to assess project, portfolio, and program performance and their contribution to organizational value

· Worked closely with Project Managers to ensure data quality and completeness in Project Information Management Systems

· Developed and upheld Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), metrics, visual management, change control processes, and support tools

· Supported partners in aligning site projects and programs with strategic objectives

· Contributed to the development of business cases, focus on prioritization, and managed resources effectively

· Detected issues, assess risks, and proposed continuous improvement initiatives to align processes with industry best practices

Illuminate NE Inc, Woburn, MA Jul 2019 – Feb 2022

Project Manager (Engineering)

· Managed lighting controls projects from initial receipt of purchase order through project closeout

· Reviewed Bill of Material (BOM) for costing, budgeting and design verification

· Worked with cross-functional team members and through channels in bid, buy, quote pricing process

· Generated all project related documents like project confirmation form, release form and operation & user manual

· Coordinated with applications teams to create submittals for approval and manage through the approval process

· Released orders and provide shipping updates to the stakeholders

· Coordinated all in field activities from conference calls for project reviews, to manufacturer tech site visits and project meetings with the construction teams

· Responsible for documenting project meeting minutes, issues log, decision and other key communications

· Coordinated field service activities from startup/programming timelines till closeout of projects

· Coordinated with vendors and sub-contractors and present technical solutions to the customers

· Coordinated with the lighting team if we are working together on a project to ensure successful implementation and closeout of projects

MassDOT, Boston, MA Jul 2018 – Dec 2018

Project Manager (IT PMO)

· Contributed to the analysis of the business requirements with Senior Project Manager & Business Analyst and translated them to project team members to enable effective and quality design

· Contributed to the daily-stand-ups, sprint planning, demos, retrospectives and other SCRUM ceremonies

· Worked along with Business Analyst to create vendor evaluation criteria and reference question document that helped in requirement elicitation and needs assessment

· Developed detailed project schedule in MS Project and cloud-based project management software (ServiceNowTM) that helped in to updating the team members on the project status

· Mapped as-is process flow for IT procurement contract management and identified gap areas in existing process

· Drafted Swim lanes for different processes involved in contract management to be presented to the management

· Developed RACI chart, risk register, change log & issues log as part of project management standard practices for reference at later stage

Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Mumbai, India

Assistant Project Manager Oct 2016 – Jul 2017

· Organized kick-off meetings and identified stakeholders as part of project initiation phase and assisted the project team in gathering requirements from the key stakeholders

· Developed and maintained a detailed project schedule in MS Project and monitored its progress in Exepron

· Developed a weekly plan for closure of projects which are on the verge of completion and segregated them based on quadrant system (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 based on Theory of Constraint)

· Prepared learning and feedback document for each closed project based on discussion with all the stakeholders and ensured that the “what can be improved” or “what went wrong” section is being taken care of in future projects

· Maintained project repository with all associated documentation and deliverables for future references

Junior Project Manager Oct 2014 – Sep 2016

· Managed multiple projects and kept a track of resources, inventories and work related set up for future references

· Archived all the project artifacts on common server and uploaded on knowledge server

· Involved in finalizing the bids/ contracts related to the projects with cross-functional teams

· Conducted weekly project reviews with site engineers to get an update on projects being executed in their region and assisted them in resolving issues

· Communicated with cross-functional team members to assure timely and efficient completion of jobs and proper documentation of the entire process

Project Coordinator Aug 2012 – Sep 2014

· Managed multilocation product orders of videoconferencing units from Head Office that included coordination with warehouse personnel for dispatching and delivery of material at respective sites

· Assisted project manager in preparation of project charter, scope document, schedule in MS Project and circulation of the minutes of meeting for complex projects

· Involved in the project audits and worked with the team on areas of improvements

· Implemented ideas (Kaizen) for improving efficiency of business processes

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Northeastern University, Boston, MA Apr 2019

Master of Science in Project Management, GPA 3.8

Mumbai University, Mumbai, India May 2012

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, GPA 3.8

Project Management Professional (PMI) Dec 2023

Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance) Jan 2021

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (Takeda, MA Co-Lead) Jun 2024-2025