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Dance, Music, Painting, Driving
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Neelam Arya

Summary

Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing manufacturing employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approaches to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering the team to excel in performance.

Resourceful Project Manager with 16 years of expertise in organizing business operations, financial oversight and resource management to achieve smooth flow and project operations. Leads procurement of resources including equipment and supplies. Monitors projects by adhering to production schedule and budget, managing production team, identifying problems and providing targeted solutions. Knowledgeable in accounting principles, bookkeeping, budget and financial management.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

APAC Project Manager

NEURON
08.2023 - Current

· Accountable for defining the strategy at the global level to implement the ServiceNow ITSM, ITOM, CMDB module, and the rollout at the zone, and country level.

· Participated in project budget planning, project working group sessions (PWG), and handling all the status reporting activities required for Business, Management, and Senior Stakeholders.

· Managing the vendor and participating of technical board review

· Participant in the project design and solution committee; Identify project risks proactively, drive timely mitigation, and escalate to management appropriately

· Refine and Define processes for the business operations and plans for a broad audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders

· Laying out high level plan, detailed global project plan, methodology for the implementation.

Project Manager

Synapxe
06.2022 - 08.2023


· Accountable for the successful delivery of ServiceNow for the clusters across the Singapore region. Onboarded 5 hospitals to ServiceNow (ITSM) in past 1 year.

· Participant of project budget planning, project working group sessions (PWG) and handling all the status reporting activities required for Business, Management and Senior Stakeholders.

· Participant of the project design and solution committee; Identify project risks proactively, drive timely mitigation, and escalate to management appropriately

· Refine and Define solutions for the business operations and plans for a broad audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders

· Laying out plan, design, and technical standards for the project implementation and BAU

· Participation in Implementation and development of the ITSM modules; Refactored the system at the platform level, brough dynamic and scalable architecture.

· Configured the system, single handed for the modules assigned to me.

* Conduct trainings for business users and Create end user training plans

APAC Project Manager

Build Business IT Pte Ltd
10.2016 - 01.2022

Contract with Global Cosmetic Brand - Loreal (ASIA)


· Accountable for the successful delivery of Cloud based tool, Beauty-tech project for APAC region. Participant of project steering committee (PSC) & project working group sessions (PWG) and handling all the status reporting activities required for Business, Management and Senior Stakeholders.

· Represent APAC in front of Global team, EMEA and AMER region; Bridge the silos between inter zone processes and implementation.

· Established & maintained strong relationships with Senior stakeholders (South east Asia CIO/ APAC CIO/ APAC CTO / Country level CIOs) for big picture orientation, strategy alignment, and expectation management

· Managing project resources and establishing an effective communication plan with the project team, the customer, and stakeholders. Managing routine client interaction & expectations

· Worked with APAC domain leaders and 14 country IT heads to implement cloud-based tools and digitize all the operations that meet business requirements to service IT services.

· Managed discussions between product leads, business analysts, and development teams and helped facilitate design and development to ensure requirements were fully documented, coded, tested, and implemented with quality operation

· Ensure cross-functional cohesion between project and operating teams to rollout technology and operational capabilities; involved in planning, roadmap, and consulting services to the clients

· Led regional clients, vendors, partners, and teams across multiple geographies within the APAC region

· Identify project risks proactively, drive timely mitigation, and escalate to management appropriately

· Refine and simplify complex concepts and plans for a broad audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders

· Laying out process and governance standards for the Digital Transformation

· Integrated the ServiceNow tool with Power BI to run the dashboards and report

Architect

Optimum Solutions
10.2015 - 10.2016
  • Attended team meetings to resolve technical and project issues and review project schedules.
  • Verified construction documentation to meet client requirements and vision.
  • Monitored and analyzed project costs and resource allocation to mitigate overages.
  • Developed comprehensive master plans for large-scale urban development projects, prioritizing sustainability and community integration.

· Managed discussions between product leads, business analysts, development teams and help facilitate design and development to ensure requirements are fully documented, coded, tested and implemented with quality operation

· Ensure cross-functional cohesion between project and operating teams to rollout technology and operational capabilities; involve in planning, roadmap, consulting services to the clients

· Lead regional clients, vendors, partners and teams across multiple geographies within APAC region

· Identify project risks proactively, drive timely mitigation, and escalate to management appropriately

· Refine and simplify complex concepts and plans for a broad audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders

· Laying out process and governance standards for the Digital Transformation

· Integrated the ServiceNow tool with Power BI to run the dashboards and report

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
05.2012 - 02.2015
  • Decreased downtime by proactively identifying potential IT issues and implementing preventative measures.
  • Administered and maintained anti-virus and anti-malware software on end-user computing devices.
  • Communicated and explained business requirements to team members to understand and implement functional demands.
  • Streamlined IT processes by implementing automation tools and reducing manual effort.

· Managed discussions between product leads, business analysts, development teams and help facilitate design and development to ensure requirements are fully documented, coded, tested and implemented with quality operation

· Ensure cross-functional cohesion between project and operating teams to rollout technology and operational capabilities; involve in planning, roadmap, consulting services to the clients

· Lead regional clients, vendors, partners and teams across multiple geographies within APAC region

· Identify project risks proactively, drive timely mitigation, and escalate to management appropriately

· Refine and simplify complex concepts and plans for a broad audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders

· Laying out process and governance standards for the Digital Transformation

· Integrated the ServiceNow tool with Power BI to run the dashboards and report

Senior Software Engineer

SDG Systems
11.2011 - 04.2012
  • Analyzed work to generate logic for new systems, procedures and tests.
  • Stayed current on industry trends, incorporating emerging technologies into new projects when appropriate.
  • Tested and deployed scalable and highly available software products.
  • Captured specifications, testing methods and other information for [Type] project into technical manuals.
  • Worked for GE client
  • Leading a development team of for ITSM tool (Service Now) implementation and customization

· Key modules worked up are Asset Management and Reporting

· Process analysis of the AS-IS existing in the environment and gap analysis

Developer

Infosys Technologies
08.2008 - 11.2011
  • Created custom APIs for seamless integration with third-party services, expanding application functionality and compatibility.
  • Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
  • Tested troubleshooting methods and documented resolutions for inclusion in knowledge base for support team use.
  • Rapidly prototyped new data processing capabilities to confirm integration feasibility into existing systems.

· Worked for Retail client, Staples, responsible for programming and development of the cloud-based tool.

· Developed Service Request for IT users & Business users for USB client in Singapore

· Process analysis of the AS-IS existing in the environment

· Process automation via java scripts in order to reduce end user activity

· End to End process migration from Remedy to Service-Now

· Regular working solution documents for different clients and business

· Part of Service Now COE team, which include creation of POC and knowledge article specific to SNOW

· Proposing solution design for different customer, creation of knowledge articles for leveraging knowledge across the team

Education

IIM
Lucknow, India

Masters in Computer Application - Computer Science

Sikkim Manipal University
India
06.2015

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Delhi University
India
07.2005

Skills

  • New product introduction strategies
  • Cost Control
  • Idea Development and Brainstorming
  • Data review
  • ServiceNow
  • ITIL
  • Project Management
  • Change Management
  • Operations
  • Stakeholder Relations
  • Team Leadership
  • Strategic Planning

Dance, Music, Painting, Driving

Indian Classical dancer, having keen interest in music cooking and painting. Love to drive. 

Timeline

APAC Project Manager

NEURON
08.2023 - Current

Project Manager

Synapxe
06.2022 - 08.2023

APAC Project Manager

Build Business IT Pte Ltd
10.2016 - 01.2022

Architect

Optimum Solutions
10.2015 - 10.2016

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
05.2012 - 02.2015

Senior Software Engineer

SDG Systems
11.2011 - 04.2012

Developer

Infosys Technologies
08.2008 - 11.2011

IIM

Masters in Computer Application - Computer Science

Sikkim Manipal University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Delhi University
Neelam Arya