Project Manager

Harsha Reddy Gangula

+1-609-***-**** ***************@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshareddy08/

Experienced project manager with proven leadership skills in managing teams and executing projects under fast-paced, time-sensitive environment. Facilitating project implementation by remodeling conventional management techniques to agile/lean.

SKILLS

Operating System : Windows, Mac.

Computer skills : MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Visio, MS teams,

MS Outlook and SharePoint.

Project Management skills : PM Methodologies, Gantt Chart, Status Reporting, Team Building & Mentoring, Leadership, Cross-Functional Support, Negotiation, Cost Control, Scheduling, Quality Management, Scrum Methodology, Lean Six Sigma, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Conflict Resolution, Time & Budget Management.

Biotech : Records Management, performance Validation, Regulatory.

IT : Agile Project Methodology, Client/customer Service, JIRA, SQL.

EXPERIENCE

T. Rowe Price, New York, USA – Project Manager February 2020 – Till date

Coordinating with project team on backlog grooming and updating plan with accurate, up-to-date information.

Created a SharePoint site for project team and demonstrated project metrics to evaluate team performance.

Coordinated with SMEs and stakeholders to evaluate SLA’s and provide update on project status.

Accountable for sprint planning, daily scrums meetings, sprint review, release and retrospective in JIRA.

Performed schedule analysis and improved the efficiency of project progress by reducing the processing time and work force.

Responsible for ensuring project is appropriately staffed and resources are properly aligned to manage project activities.

Assisted business team in analyzing and creating Business Requirements Documents and Functional Requirements Documents.

Created training documents in SharePoint on project procedures and changes.

Preparing presentations, driving agenda for all the meetings related to the program, taking meeting minutes and distributing to project team

Ensono, Illinois, USA – Junior Project Manager August 2019 – February 2020

Created and managed PA State Data Center Migration project plan using MS Project according to the client requirements.

Assisted in drafting business requirements by forecasting changes and areas of improvements.

Identified, communicated and mitigated risks using SharePoint that would impact the project budget by $100K.

Responsible for maintaining the RAID log by tracking, analyzing and communicating issues, risks and opportunities for business growth.

Created and Maintained excel dashboards for five different replication streams.

Coordinated with internal resources and third parties/vendors for flawless execution of projects.

Assisted BAU team in conducting business reviews with SME’s.

Prepared monthly client status reports to identify and resolve issues.

Supported project team in ensuring project changes are communicated and aligned to business process.

Tracking project milestones so ensure project is within budget, timeline and delivering the scope commitment given to stakeholders.

Shire Pharmaceuticals, Massachusetts, USA – Project Coordinator March 2018 – December 2018

Created a Project plan in MS Project and communication plan for the transition team activities involving 9 countries.

Supported the legal team in M&A integration and managed global inventory using SharePoint for multiple business units.

Transferred metadata and physical inventory to preferred vendors by being the main point of contact.

Supported Project managers by creating monthly offsite storage newsletters and trained 40+ RIM stewards regarding offsite storage usage.

Supported international and domestic FDA inspections by retrieving the required data for a variety of regulatory agencies.

Assisted in managing and updating global Records Retention Schedule in SharePoint to remain compliant in 60+ countries.

Supported Sr Managers in processing, maintaining and investigating over $2 million vendor invoices annually.

Coordinated with project team in planning, executing, tracking and monitoring project activities.

Being one of the SharePoint site owners, updated team SharePoint page and managed the documents related.

PROJECTS

Northeastern University, Boston, MA – ITS SharePoint Update/Modernization. April 2019 – July 2019

Created an Integrated project plan for Northeastern ITS Department, which helped the team in SharePoint modernization. Conducted meeting minutes, performed lessons learned, created a scope statement, included stakeholder register, risk, and quality management plan, change management plan, communication plan and concluded the ethic policies. Developed project plan, schedule and cost baselines, reported the work on a bi-weekly basis and submitted the changes requested by sponsors.

Northeastern University, Boston, MA – Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce Project. October 2018

Created a Risk Management Plan for a seasonal webpage design project, which was used to advertise and hire seasonal employees for the tourist season. Here, I Identified risks related to the project, performed risk analysis and created a risk response plan for the project.

EDUCATION

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2019

M.S., Project Management GPA: 3.7

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 2017

B.S. GPA: 3.6

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified LEAN SIX SIGMA YELLOW BELT PROFESSIONAL from SIX SIGMA GLOBAL INSTITUTE and PMI.

Contact this candidate