Passionate and results-driven professional with over 10 years of rich experience in project management across diverse industries(Audit, Banking, Consulting and Law firm). Currently serving as an Assistant Vice President at Barclays, where I lead and manage complex projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, timelines, and budgets. Proven expertise in resource optimization, stakeholder management, and risk mitigation. Adept at collaborating with senior leadership, identifying opportunities for process improvement, and delivering strategic solutions that drive efficiency and success.
Project Management: Lead global data privacy compliance programs, managing timelines, third-party service providers, and resources to meet compliance goals.
Global SharePoint Management: Oversee and update the Privacy & Regulatory Compliance Officers' SharePoint and Core Team Internal Data Management SharePoint, ensuring stakeholders have access to accurate, current information.
Risk Management: Identify and assess risks related to data privacy programs, implementing strategies to mitigate potential issues.
Data Analysis: Conduct data analysis to support decision-making and optimize compliance program effectiveness.
Training & Knowledge Sharing: Develop and deliver training programs and materials for compliance managers, stakeholders, and new joiners, fostering knowledge-sharing across teams.
Compliance & Governance Assurance: Ensure adherence to compliance and governance controls through regular quality assurance audits.
Dashboard & Reporting: Create and maintain dashboards providing key project insights, trends, and performance analysis for senior leadership.
Resource & Budget Tracking: Monitor resource capacity, utilization, and budget performance, ensuring projects stay on track and within budget.
Project Management: Collaborated with US regional leads to design a tailored project management framework, focusing on end-to-end PMO activities at both project and program levels.
Agile Ceremonies Facilitation: Led Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and Scrum best practices.
Budget vs Actual: Maintained financial dashboards to monitor project budgets, ensuring cost control and providing advisory support for budgetary analysis and optimization.
Risk Identification and Issue Resolution: Worked closely with development teams to identify and mitigate project risks, addressing potential roadblocks and impediments proactively.
IT Lifecycle Management: Held end-to-end accountability for IT lifecycle management, including pipeline planning, resource allocation, demand forecasting, project delivery, and financial planning.
Reporting and Stakeholder Communication: Prepared and presented weekly status reports by collaborating with project stakeholders, utilizing data from JIRA, Workday, and MS Project to generate insights through Power BI and Excel dashboards.