Varsha Jayashankar Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Mh, In

Mumbai, Mh, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Project Management: Manage the Salesforce product vertical along with the Business Rules Engine (BRE) vertical.Lead cross-functional teams for project completion within timelines and on quality.Quality Management: Set processes in the pipeline to build code quality checks.Risk Management: Identify and assess risks in meeting project deadlines and address them to increase project efficiency by 10%.Scope Management: Requirement gathering and scope setting for projects for Salesforce and BRE verticals for multiple projects.Agile Methodology: Setting up agile processes to increase project efficiency by 15%.Process Improvements: Setting up regular project reviews, lessons learnt to improve efficiency of the project.

Served as the Firm’s Project Manager, managing cross-functional teams and internal and external stakeholders.Project Planning and Execution: Led planning and execution of 5+projects; defining scope, timelines and deliverables resulting in a 15% increase in overall efficiency.Agile Methodologies: Implemented Agile Methodologies resulting in 10% decrease in project timelines.Leadership: Ensured effective communication and coordination throughout the project lifecycle; assigned tasks, set definitive deadlines, provided regular feedback.Quality Assurance: Ensured project deliverables met already defined quality standards; implement quality assurance processes.Continuous Improvements: Constantly evaluated project outcomes for improvements; implemented lessons learned for future projects.Risk Mitigation: Identified project risks, assessed their potential impact, and developed mitigation strategies to minimize risk exposure and ensured project success.Pilot Programs: Tested process improvements on a smaller scale; gathered necessary feedback, made required adjustments before broader implementation which led to decrease in timelines by about 10%.Continuous Improvement: Conducted post-project reviews, lessons learned sessions to identify areas for improvement, implement process enhancements.Cross-Functional Management: Led diverse teams of technical professionals, fostering collaboration, resolving conflicts, promoting a cohesive working environment to achieve project objectives.Client Relationship: Established and nurtured lasting client relationships through attentive communication and tailored solutions.

Served as the Firm's project manager, planning, prioritizing and scheduling work assignments for members in the Sound Team .Project Planning: Planned, Organized daily activities of associates. E.g Allocating sound files of various projects and ensuring delivery based on deadlines.Stakeholder Management: Influenced internal stakeholders and external stakeholders such as product owners, defining delivery timelines and resolving conflicts.Business Communication: Connected with Senior Leaders for all communication related to team updates. E.g Organized weekly review meetings with Senior Leaders to communicate the status of each project and set goals for the succeeding week.Project Tracking: Tracked project metrics such as project progress, mitigated risks and managed resources required for the project.Team Management: Managed a team of 20+people, estimating workloads and setting weekly targets, monitoring project progress to deliver business outcomes.Process Improvement: Used Excel to track project status, files status of each file of every project.

Chennai Area, India

Taught Grades 2 to 5 students from Chettinad Harishree Vidyalayam, Chennai in music. Taught class LKG and class 6 students from Vidya Mandir, Chennai in music. Conducted regular workshops on Voice Culture and Western Classical Theory for music teachers at Rhapsody.Part of Sargam choir, directed by Dr Sudha Raja. Trained students from HLC and PSBB OMR for event presided by A R Rahman, June 2018. Trained students of Swamy’s school, Chennai for their Annual Day Celebrations, Jan - Mar 2018.

Bangalore, India

Trained in Networking and C/C++, and the basics of Java, SQL and HTML.Worked at the Cisco Account, Dec 2014 - May 2016.Analysed and debugged code for Layer 2 devices (Switches).Worked on Development in C for Layer 3 devices (Routers).Certification in Datacom 101, Nov 2015.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Treasurer for National Symposia ‘Symplix’ 2013; Main Compere for all department events.

Foundation Certificate In Music, Western Classical, Hindustani Music Theory And Performance

Activities and Societies: Student Body RepresentativeWestern Classical vocal training at KM Music Conservatory and performed as part.