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Dipendra Ghosh

Belle Mead,NJ
Dipendra Ghosh

Summary

Strategic leader in Program Management, Quality Systems, delivering Business Excellence & Operations Optimization, through Agile-driven Digital Transformation. Expert in driving Governance, Compliance, implementing AI/ML-led solutions that boost productivity, reduce risks, and enhance Customer Satisfaction. Builds high-performing teams and enables sustainable growth through continual improvement and value-focused execution.

Noteworthy Triumphs:
Agile Transformation: Spearheaded the transition from Waterfall to Agile at TCG Digital, cutting average lead-time by over 50% and achieving an average velocity of 17 story points per Sprint-team per sprint.
Delivery Excellence: Major role in establishing a 200+ FTE Delivery Factory at TCG
Digital, surpassing revenue targets by 9% while sustaining a CSAT score of 4.7/5.
Program Governance: Institutionalized program governance at TCG Digital, reducing schedule creep by close to 20% and cost creep by over 15%, significantly improving delivery predictability.
Digital Transformation: Governed delivery of AI/ML-based Digital Transformation at TCG Digital & Cognizant Technology Solutions, successfully delivering 15+ projects that boosted operating margin by 15% for a regional Oil & Gas major, Healthcare & Pharma.
Cost Optimization: Drove continual process improvement at TCG Digital & Cognizant technology Solutions , reducing Cost of Poor Quality by over 70% and cutting defect leakage to production under 5%.
Quality Management: facilitate internal audits and process compliance at TCG Digital & Cognizant technology Solutions both , reducing contingency costs by 5%, defect density by 7%, and achieving early defect detection.
Process Improvement: Executed PMI guided initiatives at Cognizant technology for united Healthcare System projects to reduce the turn around time of the resolution an incident up to 50%
Automation: Led a 10+ member automation team at Cognizant technology System , increasing internal process productivity by 20–30% and improving employee satisfaction by 30%.
Training & Mentoring: Conducted 30+ training sessions at TCG Digital Solutions,
mentored 20+ professionals.
Team Leadership: Managed 30+ team members across 2 geographies at Cognizant, ensuring on-time delivery of 20+ Oracle -Pl/SQL based Life sciences projects with negligible slippage and fostering career growth.
Service Level Delivery: Maintained superior SLA compliance at Cognizant, with

Overview

18
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Lummus Digital - TCG Digital Solution LLC

Program Manager
08.2022 - Current

Job overview

Aug’22 – Present: TCG Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd. currently as Director – Business Excellence / Program Management Office Played pivotal role in establishing and governing enterprise-level PMO framework across global portfolios driving program alignment, operational control and efficiency, and overall Delivery Excellence. Led Agile transformation by embedding Scrum practices across large, cross-functional teams to improve responsiveness and productivity. Spearheaded digital initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver business value across multiple domains. Achievements:

  • Formed and scaled a 200+ FTE Delivery Factory across 6 portfolios in 4 geographies, exceeding revenue targets by 9% and achieving a CSAT score of 4.7/5.
  • Converted legacy Waterfall delivery model to Agile, reducing average lead-time by 50%+ and achieving an average velocity of 17 story points per Sprint-team, per Sprint
  • Reduced Cost of Poor Quality by 70%+ and brought post-production defect leakage below 5% through robust root cause analysis and continuous process improvement.
  • Governed delivery of 15+ AI/ML-powered digital transformation projects for a major Oil & Gas client, enhancing Operating Margin by 15%+ across key business functions.

Cognizant Technologies Solutions

Sr Project Manager
01.2017 - 08.2022

Job overview

My end client was United Health Care Group, where I defined and refined organizational processes across Waterfall and Agile Scrum models, ensuring alignment with industry best practices. Led the service delivery group of 20 team members. Envisaged the read of automation to reduce the manual effort, reduce the team size by up to 50% in a two-year time frame. Directed automation strategies and metrics analysis to strengthen operational performance and decision-making. Spearheaded knowledge management frameworks to drive process maturity and capability development.

Achievements:

  • Elevated CSAT scores consistently above 4.5/5 and exceeded gross margin expectations by 5%+ through strategic process optimization and governance.
  • Reduced contingency cost by 5% and defect density by 7% via rigorous internal audits and closure of action items, enabling early defect detection.
  • Contributed significantly to the formation of a Testing Center of Excellence, improving QA outcomes and lowering defect leakage by 10–15% through development of a robust test process framework.
  • Provided data-driven insights for strategic planning by defining organizational metrics and analyzing consolidated reports, aiding leadership decision-making.

Cognizant Technologies Solutions

Project Manager- Sr Business Analyst
04.2015 - 01.2017

Job overview

My end client was Merck, and my major task was to completely comprehend the business requirements for the clinical trial management system and deliver them to the IT development team without any ambiguity. My responsibilities also included evaluating data using SQL queries, designing data-driven use cases to demonstrate business compliance with requirements, developing a definition of done to prevent scope creep, and driving UAT and obtaining sign-off.

Achievements:

  • Elevated CSAT scores consistently above 4.5/5 and exceeded gross margin expectations by 5%+ through strategic process optimization and governance.
  • Reduced contingency cost by 5% and defect density by 7% via conducting understanding session.
  • Involving all Stakeholders in weekly meeting reduced the chances of scope creep by 95%.
  • Successful Migration of trial users data for Merck from one learning management system to another learning management system without impacting ongoing clinical trial process. system

Cognizant Technologies Solutions

Subject Matter Expertise
10.2007 - 03.2015

Job overview

My end client was Merck, and my major task was to completely comprehend the business requirements for the clinical trial management system and deliver them to the IT development team without any ambiguity. My responsibilities also included evaluating data using SQL queries, designing data-driven use cases to demonstrate business compliance with requirements, developing a definition of done to prevent scope creep, and driving UAT and obtaining sign-off.

Achievements:

  • Elevated CSAT scores consistently above 4.5/5 and exceeded gross margin expectations by 5%+ through strategic process optimization and governance.
  • Reduced contingency cost by 5% and defect density by 7% via conducting understanding session.
  • Involving all Stakeholders in weekly meeting reduced the chances of scope creep by 95%.
  • Led the successful migration of more than 1K trials and their patent data from one CTMS system i.e. IMPACT to SPECTRUM with o impact on ongoing trails.

Education

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
INDIA

Master of Computer Applications
01.2003

Allahabad University
INDIA

Bachelor of Science from Chemistry & Mathematics
01.2000

Skills

CORE COMPETENCIES

TECHNICAL SKILLS DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE

  • Program, Product & Project management, Agile Methodology Practices, Client Relationship Management, Team building and Leadership, Opportunity Development, Risk Analysis and Mitigation plan, Value based KPI implementation, CR Control Management, Communication Strategy, API implementation strategy, AIML or Gen AI based product development
  • Database – Oracle 9i/10/11g, Oracle PL/SQL, Unix, Basic understanding of AWS, hands on in Oracle Performance tuning, Having good understanding of Clinical Data Model, Familiar with Dimension & Fact Tables(Warehouse model), Having good analytical skill of Clinical data, Tools – Toad, SQL Navigator, Irwin, GUI – Oracle Forms 6i, Oracle Reports 6i,Unix, Shell Scripting, Python for data Science, Project Management/Quality tools: MIDAS & BMS REMEDY, Team Track, JIRA and Rally
  • Clinical Operation- CTMS system, having knowledge of integration of CTMS to various downstream system like Inform, Learning management System, Patient Portal, Spider etc, ISOS and VOCAB labeling, Meddra dictionary, SDTM data, Trail processing, Patient enrollment, Significance of various inform roles wrt provisioning, understanding of Reference Information Model(RIM) and CDA ( clinical document architecture)
  • Healthcare enrollment and billing process, Med Supp Part A and Part B plan, Deep knowledge of Petrochemical manufacturing, Retail - vendor fulfillment

Certification

  • Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Applied Data Science (From MIT)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Oracle certified advance PL/SQL 11g

DOMAINKNOWLEDGE

  • Clinical Operation - CTMS system
  • Integration of CTMS to various downstream systems
  • ISOS and VOCAB labeling
  • Meddra dictionary
  • SDTM data
  • Trial processing
  • Patient enrollment
  • Healthcare enrollment and billing process
  • Med Supp Part A and Part B plan
  • Petrochemical manufacturing
  • Retail - vendor fulfillment

Timeline

Program Manager

Lummus Digital - TCG Digital Solution LLC
08.2022 - Current

Sr Project Manager

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
01.2017 - 08.2022

Project Manager- Sr Business Analyst

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
04.2015 - 01.2017

Subject Matter Expertise

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
10.2007 - 03.2015

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Master of Computer Applications

Allahabad University

Bachelor of Science from Chemistry & Mathematics