ROHITKUMAR PANDEY
Pune
Summary
Data and Program Management professional with over 7 years of experience leading enterprise-scale data strategy, data governance, privacy, and AI governance programs across global life sciences and retail organizations. Proven track record of owning multi-stream data programs, aligning cross-functional teams, and driving execution from strategy to rollout. Known for partnering with senior stakeholders to balance regulatory compliance, delivery velocity, and business impact, while enabling scalable data and analytics platforms.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Technology Solutions Consultant
ZS Associates
Pune
08.2021 - Current
- Accountable for end-to-end data governance and privacy strategy for global life sciences clients.
- Primary decision-maker for data standards, governance operating model, and rollout sequencing.
- Led and scaled cross-functional teams across data governance, data privacy, cataloging, analytics, and change management.
- Acted as a thought partner to client data and analytics leaders on regulatory readiness and AI enablement.
- Created and implemented data and AI governance playbooks, guidelines, and policies to streamline compliance and operational efficiency.
- Redesigned the Data Subject Rights (DSR) operating model, reducing turnaround time by 20%, de-risking regulatory exposure, and improving business responsiveness.
- Embedded privacy-by-design controls into MarTech platforms used by over 10,000 users, enabling compliant personalization while safeguarding commercial analytics use cases.
- Optimized consent management for customer-facing teams, achieving 50% efficiency for compliant customer engagement.
- Conducted training sessions for business users from over 100 countries on privacy awareness and consent management.
- Earned multiple client and leadership commendations for effective project delivery and team management.
Associate Consultant
Infosys Ltd.
Hyderabad
07.2020 - 08.2021
- Owned end-to-end delivery of e-commerce business services APIs, from ideation to go-live, covering Product, Order, Customer, and Inventory domains.
- Partnered with client stakeholders to define the product vision, roadmap, and release priorities.
- Delivered 5+ scalable API products, collaborating on data models, process flows, and deployment architecture.
- Managed and prioritized product backlog, ensuring predictable sprint delivery and release readiness.
- Led product demos and stakeholder reviews, incorporating feedback into roadmap refinement.
- Established sprint rituals and operational reviews to improve delivery visibility and execution discipline.
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.
Nagpur
03.2016 - 09.2018
- Contributed to the design and development of a sales and marketing workflow platform, integrating approval requests across CRM modules.
- Owned UI/UX design and end-to-end delivery of the vendor contract management module, including requirements, sprint planning, testing, and deployment.
- Implemented CI/CD automation, reducing deployment timelines by 50%, and improving release reliability.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Operations and Finance
Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee, Uttarakhand05.2020
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Mechanical Engineering
Kavikulguru Institute of Technology and Science (KITS)
Ramtek, Maharashtra05.2015
Skills
- Data strategy and data governance
- Data privacy, GDPR compliance, and regulatory enablement
- Responsible AI and governance
- Product and API enablement
- Operating model and process design
- Program and delivery leadership
- Client advisory and stakeholder management
- Roadmap and release planning
- Change management
- JIRA, Confluence
- Microsoft Office, Google Workspace
Certification
KPMG Six Sigma Green Belt
Accomplishments
Client Champion, 2025 Annual ZS Awards.
Timeline
Business Technology Solutions Consultant
ZS Associates
08.2021 - Current
Associate Consultant
Infosys Ltd.
07.2020 - 08.2021
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.
03.2016 - 09.2018
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Operations and Finance
Indian Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Mechanical Engineering
Kavikulguru Institute of Technology and Science (KITS)