Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Professional Snapshot
Key Expertise And Competencies
Professional Certifications Training
Personal Information
Languages
Timeline
Generic
Gyan Prakash  Rai

Gyan Prakash Rai

Advanced Business Analyst
Bengaluru,Karnataka

Summary

Seasoned IT professional with over 9 years of extensive experience in validating GxP-critical IT systems, including documentation creation, review, and approval of CSV deliverables. Agile Project Management, Application Management, and IT Infrastructure Management. Adept at driving end-to-end service lifecycle management, including service development, design, transition, and delivery, using both Agile/Scrum and Waterfall methodologies.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Advanced Business Analyst

Novo Nordisk
Bengaluru
04.2021 - Current

Seasoned IT professional with over nine years of extensive experience in validating GxP-critical IT systems, including documentation creation, review, and approval of CSV deliverables. Agile Project Management, Application Management, and IT Infrastructure Management. Adept at driving end-to-end service lifecycle management, including service development, design, transition, and delivery, using both Agile/Scrum and Waterfall methodologies.

Associate

Cognizant
Pune
10.2016 - 04.2021

As a key contributor at Cognizant, I served in a hybrid role that blended deep Business Analysis with rigorous Software Validation & Testing for critical GxP systems including TIMS3, LIMS, and the Global RIMS Tracking System (My focus was on bridging the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure that system implementations and releases met both regulatory mandates and business objectives.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

KIIT University
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
01.2016

Skills

  • Requirements analysis
  • Business process modeling
  • Agile project management
  • Data analytics
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Effective communication
  • Scrum framework
  • Microsoft Excel mastery
  • Agile methodologies
  • GxP compliance
  • Computer system validation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Relationship management
  • Agile
  • Waterfall
  • Quality compliance
  • IT service management
  • System management
  • System documentation
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Azure DevOps
  • Reporting
  • FinOps
  • Cloud governance
  • Apptio
  • Cloud cost optimization
  • License management
  • Budget forecasting

Professional Snapshot

Seasoned IT professional with over 9 years of extensive experience in validating GxP-critical IT systems, including documentation creation, review, and approval of CSV deliverables. Agile Project Management, Application Management, and IT Infrastructure Management. Adept at driving end-to-end service lifecycle management, including Service Development, Design, Transition, and Delivery using both Agile/Scrum and Waterfall methodologies., GxP Compliance & Computer System Validation (CSV), Operations Management, Stakeholder & Relationship Management, Methodology-Driven Execution

Key Expertise And Competencies

Ensuring adherence to GxP (GMP, GLP, GCP), FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, and other global regulatory standards for IT systems in pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, managing audits and inspections (internal, external, regulatory) with a focus on compliance, risk mitigation, and corrective actions, end-to-end ownership of IT service lifecycle, including design, transition, delivery, operations, and continual service improvement (CSI), FinOps and cloud cost optimization: managing cloud financial operations (FinOps) via Apptio, including license renewals, budget forecasting, and cost governance for cloud accounts, expertise in computer system validation (CSV), GAMP 5, and risk-based validation for GxP-regulated systems, strong background in quality assurance (QA), ensuring IT systems meet compliance, security, and performance standards, leading projects using Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and hybrid (Agile-Waterfall) methodologies for efficient and compliant delivery, stakeholder and vendor management: building strong relationships with global clients, cross-functional teams, and regulatory bodies across different regions and cultures, proactive risk management, including identification, assessment, and mitigation strategies, structured change management processes to ensure minimal disruption while maintaining compliance, developing and maintaining validation deliverables (URS, FS, DS, RA, IQ/OQ/PQ, SOPs) to meet regulatory and audit requirements

Professional Certifications Training

  • Quality Management of Computer Systems
  • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Certification
  • Pharmaceutical Industry Fundamentals (HERAX Pharma Introduction Course)
  • Drug Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management
  • Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
  • IT Governance & Compliance (IT Code of Conduct, IT Systems Management)
  • Life Sciences Industry Fundamentals
  • 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance & Electronic Records
  • Software Validation & Compliance (General Principles of Software Validation, Computerized System Validation SOP)
  • Certified Computer System Validation (CSV) Practitioner

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: Krishana Mohan Rai
  • Date of Birth: 07/04/93
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Languages

Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Timeline

Advanced Business Analyst

Novo Nordisk
04.2021 - Current

Associate

Cognizant
10.2016 - 04.2021

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

KIIT University
Gyan Prakash RaiAdvanced Business Analyst