Pooja Rawat

Experience

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  Thomson Digital

  Jun 2004 - Dec 2005

  Project Coordinator

  Coordination of pre-press activities involved in creation of books and Journals projects.

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  Thomson Digital India Ltd

  Jan 2005 - Feb 2007

  Project Analyst (Product Development)

  Analysis and complete Project Management of new projects

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  Look and Learn Magazine ltd

  Mar 2007 - Jul 2010

  Production Manager

  Involved in all aspects of a start-up business, launch of online picture library, managing contents online, metadata creation, managing various digital projects, coordinating with suppliers and vendors.

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  Freelance project manager (self employed)

  Aug 2010 - Jun 2012

  Project Manager

   Provide Media and Publishing Solutions. Work with Customers to understand their requirements and provide them effective solutions. Project Management and General Business Functions.

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  Oxford University Press

  Jul 2012 - Mar 2018

  CORE SKILL AREASStrategy and Planning: Translation of strategic vision to deliverable by compiling the Digital Delivery plan for multiple products and Platforms and acting as a key member of Digital Operations team in influencing and delivering digital road-map.Programme and Project Management: Scoping, specifying, budgeting for, and managing digital projects so that they are delivered on time, to budget, and to the agreed level of quality.Stakeholders Management: Championing projects across the business to ensure buy-in and support from all stakeholders and relevant parties throughout the project life-cycle.Supplier Management: Selecting the best business partners to deliver high quality projects, and negotiating and managing the on-going business relationships with them to ensure successful project delivery. Contracts Management: Liaising with legal and compliance team in drafting contracts and service level agreements to ensure supplier contracts adhere to OUP legal and security requirements.Team Leadership: Leading a team of 3-4 business analysts and project managers and Matrix managing virtual teams comprising project managers, business analysts, Editorial, Design, Technology and Implementation, and Marketing personnel.Budgeting: Preparing financial forecasts for new and existing product developments and tracking actual and estimated costs for projects and products Show less Platform Release Management: Management of periodical Platform releases, making sure all the essentials (requirements, specifications, contracts) necessary for delivery of each work package are in place as per the master programme plan.Project Management: Hands on, full life-cycle management of Platform projects including planning, scheduling, budgeting, development, testing and delivery.Requirements Gathering: Worked as a liaison between internal stakeholders and suppliers to translate functional requirements into technical specification for development.Monitoring supplier performance: Ensured that maintenance of existing online products is tightly aligned with service level agreement.User Acceptance Testing: Lead and support User Acceptance Test cycles for Platform releases.Estimation: Monitoring, estimating and reporting on project financesReporting and communication: Managing and reporting risks, issue, change requests by means of RAID log and Highlight Reports Show less

  • Digital Delivery Manager (Platforms)

    Mar 2015 - Mar 2018

  • Online Project Manager

    Jul 2012 - Feb 2015
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  Affinion Group

  Mar 2018 - Jan 2019

  Platform Manager

  Responsible for overseeing delivery of software development projects on Affinion Engagement Platform. AEP hosted entirely on AWS supports 5 discrete deployments of telecoms and cybersecurity products. Currently managing matrix project teams to develop new products and services: Loyalty app development for Vodafone (in pre-production) – Delivering a bespoke customer engagement solution to support the new flagship Vodafone UK loyalty program. Developing a a mobile first app embedded within MyVodafone app, enabling data driven marketing and real-time personalisation. 4 cybersecurity deployments (Public & dark web scanning) – Avira (Germany), Generali bank (Brazil), Trusted shop & TIM (Brazil) Affinion Secure Platform (to safely and secure share sensitive documentation between the end customer, AI agents and third parties using encrypted transport and storage) – Nordics Show less

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  PSR Projektech Ltd

  Feb 2019 - Sept 2022

  Director

  Provide program management and account management services. Worked with the top publishing companies and with a UK Dragon on a NDA protected Telecom venture.

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  KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.

  Feb 2019 - Aug 2022

  Senior Project Manager

  Providing project management and account management services. Working with prestigious publishing clients and industry-leading developers and integration partners to develop, enhance and maintain client applications built on Pubfactory platform hosted on AWS. Acting account manager for 3 largest accounts, developing strong, consultative and productive relationships with key stakeholders. Responsible for general health and optimal consumption of the platform and services by the customer ensuring accurate budget forecasting.Managing multiple projects including application modernisation/migration, reporting and analytics, infrastructure migration. Show less

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  Primark

  Sept 2022 - now

  Delivery Manager (New Markets)

  Responsible for delivery of all technical changes to support the opening of the first store in the New Market.Responsible for initiation/business case approval through to closure ensuring projects are governed, funded, and resourced appropriately.Responsible for the definition, maintenance, and delivery of the Country plan as part of the New Markets Programme