Raji Vijayakumar
Tracy,CA
Summary
I'm committed to embracing new challenges and driving organizational transformation, guiding teams toward a product-focused approach that thrives in the digital age while adhering to business agility principles. My career showcases a consistent record of success in program and project management, operations, and the delivery of innovative software solutions.
Currently, my focus lies in fostering innovation by developing cutting-edge analytics products rooted in a customer-centric philosophy. I believe that understanding and addressing customer needs are pivotal to achieving success in today's fast-paced and dynamic environment.
With a strong technical foundation and expertise in AI/ML, big data, and cloud computing, I'm equipped to drive technological excellence. I'm continually motivated to learn new skills, venture into uncharted territories, and engage with diverse stakeholders to achieve shared goals. Collaboration is the cornerstone of my approach, empowering teams to reach new heights of success.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
14
14
Certification
Work History
Technical Program Manager
Levi Strauss & Co
09.2022 - Current
- Managed multiple Value streams for the Digital Planning program that built the most useful and efficient demand planning product suite in the Apparel industry, to drive highly accurate forecasts
- The main mission of the program is to create the future of planning for LS & Co by digitizing ways of working, embedding AI/ML to drive accuracy and unlock faster and smarter decision making for global planners.
Technical Program Manager
Kaiser Permanente
11.2018 - 08.2022
- Managed the Analytics 2.0 program that had various projects developed to support the operational leaders at KP to make data-driven & informed decisions
- I was responsible for the end-to-end development & operationalization of the analytical applications in Azure Platform that helped Physicians & Hospital Admins to make a difference in KFH & Non-KHF Members.
Technical Project Manager
Kaiser Permanente
03.2016 - 10.2018
- Worked as a Technical Project Manager for the KP.org Teams responsible for building KP.org dashboards to track KP registered members' online activities and demographics for segmentation analysis
- These visualizing tools also serve as a feedback loop to the other development teams in KP to fix their defects and enhance their web applications
Technical Project Manager / Senior Scrum Master
Adobe Systems
03.2015 - 03.2016
- Responsible for driving & implement the Professional Services Automation (PSA) solution to enable the Business to reduce customer attrition, improve customer time to value and operational efficiency, reduce revenue leakage, and create a foundation for repeatable services
- The goal of this project was to automate Adobe's Professional Services Ops (PS Ops), which utilizes multiple tools to support their day-to-day operations and achieve their revenue goals.
Scrum Master
Ziontech
05.2014 - 03.2015
- Led the project to develop a prototype for an automated framework of an existing complex application
- This project aimed to reduce human intervention, simplify test executions, speed up the testing cycle, and increase test coverage, thereby embedding the quality from scratch.
INTERN BUSINESS AnaLYST
Ziontech
01.2014 - 05.2014
- Shadowed the Senior Business Analyst to learn & adapt real-world strategies in engaging with the client partners, documenting the business requirements, relaying it to the engineering team & reporting back the weekly status to the client manager.
Human Resource Intern
Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU)
05.2013 - 12.2013
- Worked as part-time HR Intern with the Human Resource Management team and helping them with their hiring, onboarding & termination process
Business Analyst /Project Manager
KARYA Technologies
04.2009 - 06.2012
- The goal of this project was to automate the regulatory & compliance Data Base to avoid any breaches and to stay up to date with the latest regulatory requirements.
Education
Digital Transformation Leading People, Data & Technology -
University of California, Berkeley
09.2022
Master of Arts -
University of Madras -Chennai, Tamil Nadu
05.2022
Master of Science Computer Science -
California Takshila University
05.2018
Master's business administration -
Notre Dame de Namur University
05.2014
Skills
- Program & Project Management
- Agile & Traditional Methodologies
- Product Management
- Cross functional Team Leadership
- Communication & People skills
- Problem-Solving Abilities
- Stakeholder Engagement
- OKR Alignment & Strategic Planning
- Data-driven Decision-Making
- Budget & Vendor Management
- Change & Risk Management
- Developing project strategy
- Agile project management
- Project Planning
- Presentation and facilitation
- Stakeholder Management
- Conflict Mediation
- Training delivery
- Program implementation
- Conceptual thinking
- Work Process Optimization
- Technical acumen
- Teamwork and Collaboration
Technical Skills
Hadoop Big Data
Azure Data Factory
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud Platform
R Studio
Java
SQL
Any logic
Tableau
Power BI
MS Office
SharePoint
Jira & Jira Align
CICD Pipeline – DevOps
Certification
- Google Cloud Certified - Cloud Digital Leader
- Generative AI Fundamentals – Data Bricks
- Lean Six Sigma Value Stream Mapping – SSDI
- SAFe Program Consultant 6 SPC
- Agile Certified Practitioner/ACP-PMI
- SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager 6 LPM
- SAFe Release Train Engineer 6
- SAFe Agilest – Leading SAFe 6
- SAFe Advanced Scrum Master SASM 6
- SAFe Scrum Master -SSM 6
- SAFe DevOps Practitioner 6
Certificatedashboard
https://www.credly.com/users/rajalakshmi-vijayakumar.fa00a990/badges?sort=-state_updated_at&page=1
Timeline
Technical Program Manager
Levi Strauss & Co
09.2022 - Current
Technical Program Manager
Kaiser Permanente
11.2018 - 08.2022
Technical Project Manager
Kaiser Permanente
03.2016 - 10.2018
Technical Project Manager / Senior Scrum Master
Adobe Systems
03.2015 - 03.2016
Scrum Master
Ziontech
05.2014 - 03.2015
INTERN BUSINESS AnaLYST
Ziontech
01.2014 - 05.2014
Human Resource Intern
Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU)
05.2013 - 12.2013
Business Analyst /Project Manager
KARYA Technologies
04.2009 - 06.2012
Digital Transformation Leading People, Data & Technology -
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Arts -
University of Madras -Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Master of Science Computer Science -
California Takshila University
Master's business administration -
Notre Dame de Namur University
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