Swaroop Kumar Vallabhaneni
Hyderabad
Summary
Strategic Global Project Management leader with over 18 years in the pharmaceutical and CRO sectors, specialising in integrated project delivery. Led cross-functional teams across clinical, CMC, regulatory, and operational domains, ensuring timely and budget-compliant programme execution. Expert in risk management and stakeholder alignment, effectively translating complex concepts into actionable insights for senior leadership.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director – Project Management
ClinChoice (i-Med Global)
Hyderabad
08.2025 - Current
- Lead global pharmaceutical and operational programs through structured project team governance, ensuring effective communication, issue resolution, and alignment across stakeholders.
- Develop and manage integrated project plans (timelines, budgets, and resources) supporting strategic objectives and ensuring adherence to delivery milestones.
- Drive execution of projects by tracking critical path activities, identifying risks, and implementing mitigation strategies to prevent delays.
- Coordinate and compile project scope documents, execution plans, and governance frameworks, ensuring alignment across clinical, regulatory, and operational teams.
- Ensure delivery of project outcomes on time, within budget, and to defined quality and compliance standards.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (Regulatory, Finance, Procurement, IT) to ensure alignment of functional goals and resource allocation with project objectives.
- Identify and escalate risks and issues to leadership, supporting timely decision-making and resolution within governance structures.
- Translate complex technical and financial data into clear insights and executive-level reporting.
- Lead change management initiatives including training, communication, and adoption of new tools and processes.
Senior Manager – Global Project Leadership
PAREXEL International
09.2015 - 08.2025
- Establish and maintain a well-structured GPL operational infrastructure, ensuring adequate resourcing, governance, and controls to deliver projects on time, within scope, and within approved budgets.
- Directed and mentored global project management teams, optimising governance through SharePoint, Smartsheet, Power BI, and LMS solutions while enhancing performance, audit readiness, and career development.
- Drive continuous improvement in team productivity and performance, strengthening prioritisation, execution discipline, and quality through measurable outcomes such as client feedback, QC metrics, audit inspections, and delivery KPIs.
- Strengthened client partnerships and account delivery by managing contractual elements across a portfolio of accounts, supporting RFI responses during bids, coordinating multi-workstream project execution, and identifying value-added opportunities for a differentiated client experience.
- Ensured target productivity and staff retention by identifying performance gaps and implementing structured performance development programmes.
- Coach, mentor, and develop team members, supporting long-term career aspirations, succession planning, and leadership capability building within the organisation.
- Solid experience in financial planning and control using SAP and Oracle, managing budgets efficiently and delivering cost optimisation.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, acting as a trusted adviser, improving stakeholder satisfaction and contributing to business growth and client retention.
Submission Specialist
PPD (Thermo Fisher)
Bengaluru
05.2015 - 09.2015
- Strategically prepared client Submission deliverables and Regulatory dossiers in compliance with local, regional, and ICH guidelines to ensure timely and accurate filings
- Developed electronic regulatory submission documents aligned with publishing standards, ensuring compatibility with client and health authority platforms while addressing formatting and security specifications
- Collaborated cross-functionally with internal teams and publishing managers to drive deliverable quality, resolve technical barriers, and ensure on-time project completion.
- Operated independently on regulatory publishing tasks, demonstrating ownership in planning, execution, and issue resolution across multiple submissions.
- Performed thorough quality reviews of submission components, ensuring alignment with client expectations and regulatory compliance through consistent adherence to best practices
Regulatory Clinical Publisher II
Novartis
Hyderabad
08.2011 - 04.2015
- Supported regulatory documentation and publishing activities aligned with clinical and CMC development timelines.
- Collaborated with global stakeholders to ensure document readiness aligned to development milestones and submission schedules.
- Contributed to process improvements in regulatory operations, enhancing efficiency and compliance.
- Supported audit and inspection readiness, ensuring documentation accuracy and traceability.
Data Coordinator
Vimta Labs
Hyderabad
11.2006 - 07.2011
- Preparing the eCTD reports for the electronic Submissions as per the ICH M2 Expert
Working Group specifications. - Responded to internal and external queries during database development process, facilitating effective communication and project progression.
- Preparing the eCTD reports for the electronic Submissions as per the ICH M2 ExpertWorking Group specifications.
Education
Master - HR Management
Central University
Pondicherry01-2009
B.Sc. - Computer Science
Loyola College
Vijayawada01-2003
Skills
- End-to-End PMO Governance
- PMO governance
- Project governance
- Financial oversight
- Portfolio & Scheduling
- KPI & Performance Frameworks
- Data & Reporting
- KPI frameworks
- Excel (Advanced)
- Executive reporting
- Budget planning
- Portfolio management
- ERP & Finance
- MS Copilot
- Collaboration & Docs
- SharePoint
- MS Teams
- Veeva Vault
- Box
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Executive Reporting & Insights
- Integrated Development Planning (IDP)
Languages
English (Fluent)
Hindi (Fluent)
Telugu (Native)
Custom
Planisware, Smartsheet, Power BI, Excel (Advanced), MS Copilot, SAP (ERP), Oracle (OSB), SharePoint, MS Teams, Veeva Vault, Box
Timeline
Associate Director – Project Management
ClinChoice (i-Med Global)
08.2025 - Current
Senior Manager – Global Project Leadership
PAREXEL International
09.2015 - 08.2025
Submission Specialist
PPD (Thermo Fisher)
05.2015 - 09.2015
Regulatory Clinical Publisher II
Novartis
08.2011 - 04.2015
Data Coordinator
Vimta Labs
11.2006 - 07.2011
Master - HR Management
Central University
B.Sc. - Computer Science
Loyola College