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Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Manage and oversee high volume projects related to Journal Production, PrePress, XML, ePub, Content Conversion and Testing.
• Initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close the projects per service level agreement.
• Lead to deliver projects within the constraints of scope, schedule and budget.
• Execution and maintenance of project management processes and disciplines in the areas of project scheduling; quality management; communications management; cost/invoice management and issue management.
• Participate in discussions related to review of RFPs’, RFQs’ POC (Proof of Concept) and Pricing Model.
• Explore areas with scope for automation and work with Development, Test and Product Management teams to design and implement tools that significantly enhance the productivity.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Project execution, planning, monitoring and balancing resources to support multiple simultaneous projects.
• Resolve day-to-day project issues within the team.
• Handle pre-employment screenings and assessments in the recruitment process.
• Coordinate with LOB head and HR team in performance appraisal review for team members and devise strategies to help with improvement.
• Mentor team members and draw production plans.
• Operate as point of contact for any and all matters specific to customers.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Manage a mid-sized team of Intellectual Property project managers.
• Building credibility, establishing rapport, and maintaining communication with stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Project execution, planning, monitoring and balancing resources to support multiple simultaneous projects.
• Communicate with the stakeholders to provide accurate reporting and information regarding the ongoing projects and initiatives.
• Execution and maintenance of project management processes and disciplines in the areas of project scheduling; quality management; communications management; cost/invoice management and issue management.
• Status tracking, auditing and reporting.

Chennai Area, India

• Managing and mentoring a mid-sized team of E2E project managers.
• Assigning projects and balancing team workload.
• Monitoring End-to-End project management activities from project kick-off at developmental stage to technology and design mapping, resource and task scheduling and final execution of projects.
• Liaison with Authors, Research Publishers, Vendors, Printer contacts and Freelancers.
• Setting guidelines for project members, and supervising their work.
• Mentoring or otherwise assisting team members in good customer management practices.

Chennai Area, India

• Strategically plan, analyze & conceptualize the basic requirements while setting up the technical infrastructure of the project.
• Establishing scope and specifications and confirming terms of the project and clarifying mutual expectations with the customer.
• Accountable for handling the entire gamut of operations like Content development, Copyediting, Proofreading, Accuracy review (SME level) and Indexing.
• Project planning and resources planning.
• Preparing, managing and driving the production schedule
• Tracking team compliance to defined measurable.

Puducherry Area, India

• Manage the entire project right from acknowledgment till final preparation of invoice.
• Prepare schedule for each project and define time frame for copy editing, indexing, production, pagination and meta-data preparation.
• Coordinate with technology team for auto mailing of galleys/articles to multiple authors.
• Perform quality checks and transfer the files during each stage to various production departments.
• Delegate work to various departments at the right time after completion of each stage.
• Continuous coordination with XML, Graphics, Composition and Quality teams to make sure that the project milestones are achieved as per defined SLA.

B.Tech, Electronics And Communications

Mba, Hrm