Priya Kurian
Sr. Project Manager
Hyderabad,TG
Summary
- A competent, dynamic, highly motivated result oriented project manager with a passion for building relationships and exceeding client and management expectations. 16+ years of combined experience in managing project and pre-sales activities has proven success in team building, excellent communication and building client relationship. Summary of experience:
- Experience in working as clinical Project Manager for Medidata Solution for 5 years.
- Highly motivated Senior Project Manager with 5 years of experience being responsible for planning, executing and evaluating IRT projects according to predetermined timelines and budgets.
- Experience of handling project as a Business Analyst for a period of 2 years
- Goal-oriented Sales & Business Development professional having 7 years of experience in Sales & Business Development
- Experience in handling projects related to clinical trial software.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
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Work History
Sr. Project Manager
ParadigmIT Technology Services Pvt Ltd
01.2022 - Current
- Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
- Adapted quickly to unexpected challenges or obstacles encountered during project execution, devising creative solutions without compromising objectives.
- Developed comprehensive project plans, identifying risks and mitigation strategies for timely completion.
- Evaluated vendor proposals, selecting those that provided the best value for cost, quality, and timeliness.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to determine timely delivery and compliance of project requirements.
- Led cross-functional teams for successful project delivery within scope, schedule, and budget constraints.
- Conducted post-project evaluations to identify areas of improvement and implement corrective actions for future endeavors.
- Mentored junior project managers and team members to enhance their skills and career growth.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to acquire success.
- Crafted and maintained project plans and schedules to meet organizational objectives.
- Nurtured strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, building trust and credibility that facilitated smooth collaboration on shared goals.
- Established effective communication channels with stakeholders to ensure transparency and alignment of expectations.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Established and managed change management processes to fulfill successful project transitions.
- Championed innovative approaches when faced with complex problems or opportunities requiring non-traditional thinking.
- Optimized resource allocation by closely monitoring project progress and adjusting team assignments as needed.
- Delivered high-quality results by fostering a culture of accountability among team members and setting clear performance expectations.
- Enhanced client satisfaction and loyalty by delivering projects that consistently exceeded expectations in terms of quality, timeline, and budget.
- Negotiated conflicts within project teams to ensure smooth project execution and maintain high morale.
- Successfully recovered projects at risk of failure, implementing turnaround strategies that restored client confidence and secured project objectives.
- Championed corporate values and ethics in all project activities, setting strong example for team members and reinforcing company's reputation for integrity.
- Facilitated knowledge sharing and skill development workshops for project team members, enhancing team capabilities and project outcomes.
- Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
- Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
- Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
- Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
Project Manager
ParadigmIT
01.2019 - 12.2021
- Management of one or more projects with a focus on delivery of the scope on time, within budget and with a high quality outcome
- Provide financial management activities for one or more project budgets as well as execution of Statements of Works and Change Orders
- Generate ASOW requests and PSCAs in order to manage scope changes
- Provide input to Professional Services Proposals
- Maintain appropriate project/client documentation within e-binders for one or more projects/clients
- Maintain high client satisfaction by providing proactive communication and issue management
- Assure compliance with Medidata’s standard project management methodologies and Medidata SOPs
- Provide mentorship and guidance to all assigned project member
- ParadigmIT is one of the top business consulting firms, which offers solutions & services to global pharmaceutical and life-science organizations for their clinical trials study build application design & development. Worked for their client Medidata Solutions and the Project Management Function is responsible to ensure that Medidata is able to deliver quality projects and services on time and within budget through effective management of Medidata resources.
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Managed risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize potential issues during project execution.
- Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams and resolved conflicts, maintaining a positive work environment throughout the project lifecycle.
- Prepared detailed reports on project status for stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with objectives.
- Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
- Developed strong relationships with stakeholders through regular communication updates, fostering trust and confidence in the team''s ability to deliver results.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives to optimize project outcomes while maintaining costeffectiveness.
- Achieved significant improvements in project quality by establishing rigorous quality control processes.
- Optimized project schedules, identifying critical path tasks and reallocating resources to maintain momentum.
- Ensured projects aligned with strategic objectives, working closely with senior management to refine project goals.
- Improved client relationships, consistently meeting or exceeding project expectations and maintaining open lines of communication.
- Maintained compliance with industry standards and regulations, conducting regular audits and updates to project practices.
- Oversaw implementation of new project management software, facilitating more efficient workflow and better project tracking.
- Promoted innovation within project teams, encouraging exploration of new tools and methodologies to enhance project outcomes.
- Achieved high levels of team engagement and morale by promoting collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- Enhanced project visibility, implementing dashboard and reporting tools for real-time progress monitoring.
- Improved stakeholder satisfaction with detailed project updates and proactive issue resolution.
- Enhanced team performance with targeted training programs, addressing skill gaps and promoting professional development.
- Reduced project costs, negotiating contracts with suppliers and optimizing resource allocation.
- Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
- Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
Project Manager
Drug Development Informatics
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Spearhead in managing all mIRT client projects from project inception to project closure.
- Analyze current architecture, standards and provide recommendation based on industry best practices
- Effective inter-department relationships to achieve project milestones and timeliness
- Experience in working on all project documents such as project plan, WBS, support team documents, project schedules.
- Responsible for review and approval of all major development, testing and product deployment documents
- Have experience in working on change management process for the software tool based on the SOP
- Regular risk assessment and review of project issues
- Handled, prioritized and problem solved multiple tasks connected to multiple projects during the same period.
- Performs daily, weekly and monthly reviews and analysis current process /project status
- Experience in handling client Audits (QA) of the project handled. Have participated in Vendor evaluation Audits.
- Competent liaison between management, clients and vendors
- Co-ordination with the proposal teams on RFI/RFP for mIRT tool
- Handle pre-sales activities like providing software tool (mIRT) demo’s and taking prospects sales calls
- DDi – a MakroCare company is a prominent partner to provide clinical informatics and IT solutions to the Life Sciences industry. We provide smarter technology for Clinical R&D process. Our mClinical product suite offers e-Clinical solutions - mEDC, mIWRS, mCTMS, and mCODER, for all clinical operations, and also enhances the value through our integrated biometric services- Clinical Data Management & SAS programming services.
Business Analyst
Drug Development Informatics
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Analyze clients requirements and process them through document analysis, discussions and interviews
- Translate stakeholder requirements into tangible deliverables such as URS, FRS, functional impact documents, RTM and process flows.
- Perform function testing on software tools to verify clients requirements are met.
- Co-ordinate and documents project meeting and share minutes of meeting to all stake holders.
- Flexible in meeting the changing need and priorities of the projects and teams
- Handle pre-sales activities like providing software tool (mEDC, mIRT, SmartTMF ) demo’s to prospects
- Perform competitor analysis of core products.
- DDi – a MakroCare company is a prominent partner to provide clinical informatics and IT solutions to the Life Sciences industry. We provide smarter technology for Clinical R&D process. Our mClinical product suite offers e-Clinical solutions - mEDC, mIWRS, mCTMS, and mCODER, for all clinical operations, and also enhances the value through our integrated biometric services- Clinical Data Management & SAS programming services.
Assistant Manager, Business Development
Drug Development Informatics
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Responsible for account development, cold calling, assessing client needs and identifying solutions
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to improve customer experience
- Develop strong working relationships with internal teams and clients
- Presented and consulted with senior management on business trends
- Tracked measured and reported results of business development activities
- Worked closely with senior sales team on development of comprehensive business development strategies
- DDi – a MakroCare company is a prominent partner to provide clinical informatics and IT solutions to the Life Sciences industry. We provide smarter technology for Clinical R&D process. Our mClinical product suite offers e-Clinical solutions - mEDC, mIWRS, mCTMS, and mCODER, for all clinical operations, and also enhances the value through our integrated biometric services- Clinical Data Management & SAS programming services.
Asst Manager- Business Development
Sparsh Communications Pvt Ltd
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Experience in working BFSI, Healthcare, eLearning, Digital Marketing, ISV verticals
- Conducting research on contract/temporary markets to identify potential clients and subsequently preparing Company’s Profile and other pre-sales reports
- Identify new clients, build and maintain strong business relationships with existing key clients so as to bring in regular and new businesses; also to increase our corporate presence and branding within the market place.
- Have a strong comfort level in opportunity development and cold-calling.
- Handling initial communication with a prospect to uncover needs, articulate value proposition
- Responsible for day-to-day operations and performance management of the Department and to ensure that quality service standards are maintained at all times.
- Forming strategic tie-ups, partnership with clients.
- Prompt follow-up for all prospective leads and opportunities
- Working with recruitment team in the organization to address the client's requirement
- SPARSH is a diversified IT outsourcing company. Our competencies lie in setting up dedicated offshore software development teams for outsourced custom software development, Mobile Application development, application maintenance and independent software testing etc.
Senior Executive – Business Development
ValueLabs
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Experience of leading a team of 5 members
- Lead Generation for Software Development / QA / KPO Services
- Use Contact Management System to keep a complete and accurate log of prospects, opportunities, meetings, activities and contacts
- Collect and analyze data on clients, competition and industry to provide actionable inputs to the management team
- Assess customer needs; develop effective sales proposals; negotiate deals; and ensure successful delivery of advertising campaigns
- Report Generation & Maintaining Reports (Weekly, Monthly, quarterly & yearly)
- Training of new resources
- Regular study on the market (within the region allotted) with respect to the IT / ITES Industry and analyzing the trend of the market and upgrading knowledge in terms of technologies and key words.
- Analysis: Perform industry / vertical analysis on a regular basis
- Founded in 1997, ValueLabs specializes in the delivery of dual-shore services in the areas of Offshore Software Product Development, QA / testing and KPO. With over 1800 engineers they provide services to startups, mid-sized and multi-billion dollar companies. ValueLabs is certified at ISO 9001-2000 and assessed at SEI CMMI Level 4
Education
Post Graduation Masters Programme - International Business (MPIB)
Badruka Institute of Foreign Trade
Hyderabad01.2007
Graduation B.Com - undefined
B.C.M College, M.G University
Kerala01.2005
Skills
Project planning
Client relationship management
Scope management
Project scheduling
Cross-functional communication
Requirements gathering
Problem-solving
Teamwork and collaboration
Interests
Reading and Gardening
Timeline
Sr. Project Manager
ParadigmIT Technology Services Pvt Ltd
01.2022 - Current
Project Manager
ParadigmIT
01.2019 - 12.2021
Project Manager
Drug Development Informatics
01.2017 - 01.2019
Business Analyst
Drug Development Informatics
01.2015 - 01.2017
Assistant Manager, Business Development
Drug Development Informatics
01.2013 - 01.2014
Asst Manager- Business Development
Sparsh Communications Pvt Ltd
01.2012 - 01.2013
Senior Executive – Business Development
ValueLabs
01.2007 - 01.2012
Graduation B.Com - undefined
B.C.M College, M.G University
Post Graduation Masters Programme - International Business (MPIB)
Badruka Institute of Foreign Trade
PERSONAL PROFILE
- Prefer to work in an open, friendly and professional Environment
- Highly motivated, self starter who is able to work independently and as a team member
- Ability to perform in a team based environment.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and time management skills
- Excellent inter-personal relationship
- Actively participate with other staff in the Customer Service team to ensure an effective team environment.
- Hardworking & Honest
- Quick Learner
- Independent Problem Solving Attitude and always willing to take up challenges.
- Ability to work in a high pressure environment
- Possess the capability to manage several different ongoing issues at one time
- Initiate employee improvement plans and recognition program based on customer feedback
- Participate in Quality Improvement process
LEADERSHIP
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Experience in working a large group of people (20-30)
- Ability to analyze statistical data to ensure performance levels are met
- Ability to make a significant contribution through leadership
- Establishes employee performance goals and assists in determining Development plan for each employee.
- Evaluates individual performance to goals
- Manage the overall quality delivered from the team
- Operating efficiencies of the team will be one of the key performances Measurements
- Proven leadership skills
PERSONAL
- Date of Birth: 15 Oct 1984
- Father's name: M.N Kurian
- Languages Known: English, Malayalam and Telugu
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Single
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that all the details furnished above are true and authentic. Place: Hyderabad Date: Priya Kurian