Renuka V.

Experience

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  Greater Media NJ: WMGQ/WCTC

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2016

  Promotions Intern

  WMGQ, known on-air as Magic 98.3, is a radio station broadcasting from Somerset, New Jersey and licensed to New Brunswick. It is located at 98.3 FM. The station can be heard in Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset, Mercer, Union, and Hunterdon counties and parts of Morris and Essex counties.This position required frequent participation at the stations’ promotions and events, including interaction with listeners. I developed and maintained relationships with clients in a professional manner. I also analyzed and executed promotional and marketing tactics in the Middlesex-Somerset-Union Market.Jobs and Duties:• Analyze upcoming trends on social media and keep track of popular topics of discussion for viewers• Update website calendar on daily promotional events• Run and post on company social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest) Show less

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  Rutgers University

  Apr 2018 - May 2019

  Residential Peer Mentor

  This leadership-centered community brings together students to share in a fun and engaging exploration of leadership and personal leadership development. Members of this community will work together to identify their own leadership styles and abilities, enhance their brand and presence, learn to think critically about leadership as a subject and will benefit from exclusive opportunities to connect with successful leaders working across a diverse array of fields. From fashion to finance, media to medicine, and politics to publishing – leaders working in challenging and dynamic organizations will share their stories and address your questions about what it means to lead in today’s dynamic and complex world.With a purposeful focus on developing leadership identities and transferable skills (regardless of intended career or field of study), this community will set its members on a path to be the next generation of Rutgers Leaders both on campus, in the local community, and beyond. Concepts will be taught in special courses, reinforced through experiences e.g. trips, and executed through practical application. As a Peer Mentor, I am provided a hands-on opportunity to demonstrate the ability to build community, act as a campus resource, make connections with faculty and staff, and positively contribute to the success of their peers. Whether it is assisting a student in identifying clubs that meet their needs, giving personal advice, keeping them company while watching a movie, or outlining the do’s and dont’s of Expository Writing, I act as a vital component of our living-learning program.Jobs and Duties:• Facilitate workshops and programs to educate students in different aspects of leadership • Hone and train mentees’ leadership skills• Assist the Director of the Department of Leadership and Experiential Learning for programming planning Show less

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  PRECISIONvalue

  Jun 2018 - Nov 2019

  Quality Assurance Intern

  As a Quality Assurance for over 1 year I gained valuable experience in the pharmaceutical and managed care markets field and what it means to be at the front of quality assurance. First hand experience working with different departments in our company helped me understand all the components of a project's lifecycle and why each department is a vital component to an overall picture. Jobs and Duties:• Assist the Manager, Quality Assurance in managing quality improvement activities for assigned client project assignments, ensuring the highest standards of quality control of client materials• Support the development of internal meeting agendas, materials, and contact reports• Coordinate and participate in quality assurance activity planning meetings• Work with the Project Management department to develop and adhere to timelines for quality assurance activities in development• Take notes during all internal interactions; Draft contact reports and summarize next steps• Attend meetings with Account Services, Clinical Services, Creative, Editorial, and other staff to discuss project status and quality improvement activities for assigned projects• Assist with logistical planning and support for onsite quality assurance meetings Show less

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  Slalom

  Feb 2020 - Jan 2022

  Associate Consultant

  Served as a business analyst, scrum master and project manager for various global life sciences clients.Global Life Sciences CompanyProject Manager – EZ Reporter System● Deliver EZ reporter demonstrations and training to business stakeholders on EZ reporter functionality.● Support the EZ reporter business owner in planning and executing system uptake strategy.● Support the project management of EZ reporter linkages to other complaint relevant systems (PQMS, IRT,PVHUB, etc.).● Lead EZ reporter meetings (e.g. project status meetings, cross functional user requirements meetings,stakeholder engagement/feedback calls, etc.).● Convey value proposition of system to business and technical stakeholders, in collaboration with businessowner and change management team.Global Life Sciences CompanyScrum Master – Enterprise Digital Strategy – Agile Center of Excellence● Facilitated Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, daily standup, backlog refinement, sprint review, sprint retrospective) for the Slalom team and client teams regularly.● Managed JIRA Scrum and Kanban boards for Slalom and client parties and served as escalation point for issues needing steering committee attention.● Expanded usage of the Enterprise Digital Strategy’s venture capital model from 0 teams in Series A to 2 (25+ person) teams in under 2 months and 4 teams in the pipeline.Scrum Master/Business Analyst – US REMS Modernization Discovery● Developed burn down charts, and dashboards to track progress, and issues throughout the project lifecycle.● Facilitated Scrum ceremonies for Slalom team, POC demos and 20+ stakeholder roundtables.● Coordinated a team of 2 core team members, as well as 6 other technical team members in their POC effortsthrough JIRA and Microsoft Project. Show less

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  Bloomreach

  Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

  Senior Project Manager

  Served as a Senior Project Manager on client facing integrations totaling over 800K ARR using Agile Kanban as well as leading operational excellence activities across our NA, EMEA, and India offices.● Standardized PM artifacts utilized in integrations with BR SEO, Recommendations and Pathways and Search and Merchandising algorithms.● Automated BR technical standup sheet with account and opportunity key information to reduce manual data entry for 10 BR project and program managers using a Salesforce connector.● Supported BR executive Services team in analyzing Services and Product License deals over the past 5 quarters in order to determine 2022 sales uptake strategy.● Lead Product integration meetings with customer teams, and internal engineering teams. Show less

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  NBCUniversal

  Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

  Project Manager - Experimentation

  • Manage decision sciences personalization projects, working closely with data scientists, analytics professionals, product managers, delivery technology teams, and business stakeholders• Partner with Data Science (Personalization), Reporting & Measurement Analytics, Data Experimentation (A/B Testing), & ML Engineering project management teams to ensure successful project delivery • Provide clear and consistent communication of program and project status for cross-functional teams, leadership, and stakeholders• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies and develop plans to escalate and mitigate them• Connect the dots across teams and silos to ensure cross functional issues and decisions are flagged to leadership for resolution• Utilize enterprise project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and other applications to manage the program and deliverables, while adhering to PMO processes, documentation standards, and best practices• Support planning and roadmap activities to deliver key results based on established goals Show less

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  Nasdaq

  Feb 2023 - now

  Serve as the change manager for Nasdaq’s Client Data Management program which aims to unify and govern our data across multiple systems. Responsibilities include:• Managing the change process within the organization, including assessing impacts, communicating changes to stakeholders, and facilitating training and adoption of new processes and technologies.• Overseeing the project from initiation to completion, including planning, execution, and monitoring progress against milestones.• Coordinating UAT efforts across multiple workstreams and across multiple divisions Show less

  • Project Manager Senior Specialist

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Agile Transformation Specialist

    Feb 2023 - Apr 2024