Experience: ~* years leading Projects;

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(Over 13 years in IT Operations, 11 years in Project Management).

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthickvg/

Mobility: Can relocate to anywhere (except west coast)

Summary:

Leading projects in Agile (Scrum) using Azure DevOps and Waterfall model using PMBOK®.

Collaboration with multiple stakeholders and cross functional teams in dynamic, fast paced environment. Understanding data analytics needs for the diverse departments and solutions in alignment with global guidance.

as Sr. DDI Manager, lead Digital, Data and IT for Novo Nordisk, India:

Implementing Digital platform for Patient Support Program

Head of IT, Chair for Digital Transformation Group,

National Sales Meet 2023,

Data Governance Framework.

US Projects (with timeline):

CCPA – OneTrust system implementation for NNI Privacy; Data integrations in AWS (Jan 2020 to Sep 2021) 1 month onsite

TakeActionUSA.com is a green initiatives, CSR project (Jan 2019 to Dec 2019)

Compliance – Transparency Reporting

(Sunshine Act), using IQVIA tool (Sep 2017 to Mar 2019) – 6+ months onsite.

US HRIT Projects: HR Workforce Analytics, Virtual Interview using Bandits (Apr 2017 to Sep 2017) – 1 month onsite.

HP ProCurve transition (Nov 2008 to Mar 2010)

SVB eConnect transition (Feb 2007 to Aug 2008) – 3+ months onsite

EU Projects

Region EU – Local integrations with IO Engage (NextGen CRM)

Document Routing Solution – using low code / no code, Microsoft power platform

Strengths:

IT Program & Portfolio Management, Budget and Finance Controlling, Change management, Facilitation of Workshops (Requirements, UAT), Vendor evaluation (RfP, RFI) and management (time sheets, feedback etc.), Scrum ceremonies, PI Planning, IT Strategy, System Design and Security evaluations, architect for business solutions such as Azure Data Factory and Informatica based MDM applications.

Professional Experience:

●Novo Nordisk [April 2010 to July 2023]

●Mindteck India Ltd [Nov 2008 to Mar 2010]

●MindTree Ltd. [May 2005 to Aug 2008]

●Linc Software [Sep 2000 to May 2005]

Education / Qualifications

●Bachelor of Commerce (April 1999), Loyola College, Chennai

●GNIIT from NIIT Ltd. (3-year course in Computer Systems)

Other Certificates:

●CSM [#001590678 / NOV2025]

●One Trust Certified Privacy Professional [#C97489 / Oct 2024]

●PMP Certification (#2280297) valid through Dec 2024 [Active Currently]

●SAFe Agilist – March 2019

●ITIL V3 Service Transition, CSI and Service Operations (2016 / 2017)

●ITIL V3 Foundation – Sep 2009

Industry Experience:

●Pharmaceutical, Banking, Hi-Tech, FMCG, Real Estate

Technology:

SharePoint, MS Office, MS Project, Visio, Azure DevOps, Miro board, Java (EJB), SQL Server, AWS

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Work History

Senior Manager, DDIT – India (IO / APAC)

From: Oct-2022

To: July 2023

Role & Title: Sr. DDI Manager

Managing the Digital, Data & IT function, heading IT for the commercial organization, providing guardrails for various teams to execute IT projects and maintain operations.

Focused on development and execution of Digital and Data strategy, in alignment with HQ ambitions. People leadership role and leading digital transformation initiatives, driving organizational culture to data driven decisions. Vendor Management (RFP evaluations, estimations review, invoice processing, etc.). Part of committee for national sales meet (a flagship event).

DDI Projects

From: Apr 2017

To: Oct 2022

Role: IT PM Title: IT Project Manager

Project Management Methodology (waterfall) using PMBOK framework, SAFe Agile methods (Scrum teams), Lean principles on critical path, business value realization on risk-based approach.

Projects:

●TakeactionUSA.com, a digital platform, for sustainability initiatives (CSR, volunteering) – Remote 1+ yrs.

Implementation of a WeSpire solution. Hybrid.

●Agile implementation of OneTrust project to enable compliance with data privacy legislations (CCPA).

●Transparency Reporting Aggregation and Collection (TRAC) for compliance tracking and reporting Transfer of Value (ToV) transactions from multiple data sources. Implementation to comply with Sun Shine Act. 6+ months onsite to facilitate requirement solicitation and UAT execution. Conventional waterfall model.

●Leading SAFe agile release track (Scrum team) for Integration of local business applications with IQVIA OCE using Mulesoft middleware platform. Data sharing / feed to ensure 360o view of the customer accounts. Significant initiative on implementation of bot to integrate data with Concur expenses using UI Path. Managing dependencies between workstreams.

●Low code / no code solution for document routing enabling Legal process. Agile delivery.

IT Applications Management – Operations

From: Apr 2010

To: Apr 2017

Role: System Mgr. Title: Adv. Business Analyst (ABA)

Managing system operations (ITIL and COBIT) and managing processes for Human Resources IT:

Competency Assessment Tool (CAT), to assess competencies and skills of the sales force.

Sales Incentive Planning (SIP), to ensure governance by principles of sales incentive design.

HR IT Analytics infrastructure provision, to ensure data is set up in an infrastructure to enable analytics.

for Corporate HQ - Global IT:

Contract Management System (CMS), to store and manage contracts centrally using OpenText eDocs

Resource & Portfolio Management – Microsoft Project Server Farms for planning, monitoring and tracking of activities in various R&D projects in Novo Nordisk A/S.

Prior experience

Mindteck India Limited (from Nov 2008 to Mar 2010)

●HP ProCurve Application Support (HPAS) – Leading offshore service desk (L1 & L2 engineers)

MindTree India Limited (from May 2005 to Aug 2008)

●App Support Lead, SVB from Jul 2007 to Aug 2008 – onsite experience 3+ months, Java / JSP

●Girl Scouts, USA - Content Management (eDocs Web) Administrator from Jan 2007 to Jun 2007

●OpenText livelink, Java (EJB) - L3 maintenance (Novartis) From Jan 2005 to Dec 2006

Linc Software Services India Pvt. Ltd. (from Sep 2000 to May 2005)

●Documentum – Leading Application Support helpdesk team of 4 members, Transition Manager (Novartis) From Dec 2003 to Jan 2005.

●Onsite coordinator, UniLever - SupplierNet Helpdesk from Jan 2002 to May 2003

●Tester for VB.Net Application (Abdullah Bin Saedan Real Estate Co.) From Sep 2000 to Dec 2001

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