Archana Mire

ARCHANA MIRE Mobile: - | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archana-mire E-Mail:- PROGRAM / PROJECT MANAGER, MBA, CFAⓇ L1, PRINCE2Ⓡ Practitioner Highly accomplished program and project management professional with an overall 11 years and 7+ years of experience in program/project planning, execution and evaluation across diverse industries. Equipped with a record of success in developing and implementing innovative programs that support the strategic direction of the organization. An effective leader with proven ability to supervise and lead high-performance teams to ensure a 100% success rate in achieving company goals in an extremely competitive business environment. Key Highlights: ● LinkedIn Top Voice in Program Management ● Global Universities Business Challenge (UBC) Winner - 2021 ● Spearheaded programs boosting efficiency by 30% while saving £100,000 in operational costs. ● MBA Finance with Merit in Bangor University, United Kingdom ● CFA L1, PRINCE2 certified ● TOGAF Mentor and Author Key Skills: ● Agile Project Management & Implementation ● Program Management & Service Delivery Management ● Cross-functional Collaboration & Client Relationship Management ● Communication & Interpersonal Skills ● Problem-Solving & Risk Management ● Strategic Planning & Execution ● Analytical Skills & Business Process Improvement ● Stakeholder Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Veolia ES UK London, England, United Kingdom Digital Transformation Program / Project Manager May 2022 - July 2023 Key Achievements: ● Spearheaded an increase in recycling rates at vendors like Selfridges from 15% to 55%, achieving 100% landfill diversion through waste stream analysis, implementation of new recycling streams, and staff education. ● Strategically drove sustainability initiative and capitalized strategies for legacy merchandising system support to manage costs and positions team for new ERP system implementation resulting in savings of £100,000 ● Proactively advised technology and business leaders on potential SLA breaches with local vendors in Westminster, St Albans and Watford by 22%, mitigating risks and ensured service continuity adhering to ESG regulatory laws and compliance. ● Redesigned and charted mobilization team to seamlessly transition to new recycling services within a 3-month timeframe, minimizing disruption for 140,600 residents and 280,000 visitors. Leveraged existing infrastructure and strategic partnerships to achieve optimal material value for the Council and contribute to local social value initiatives Simplify Healthcare Pune, Maharashtra, India Program / Project Manager - Customer Success (PMO) Oct 2018 - Mar 2020 Key Achievements: ● Oversaw development of cloud-based software solutions to streamline benefit management and provider network operations for ~5 million health insurance payers ● Engineered program implementation of Benefits1™ platform across 3 clients, automating state filings and benefit plan configuration for a large health plan. ● Estimated reduction in turnaround time by 33% for market-ready benefit plans, streamlining processes and eliminating manual errors while establishing a central repository for benefit plan data, ensuring consistency, version control leveraging tools like AWS, Azure, PowerBI, Tableau Digital Fives Pune, Maharashtra, India IT Project Manager Mar 2016 - May 2018 Key Achievements: ● Orchestrated the planning, execution, and delivery of technology-driven solutions for clients, ensuring efficient operations and 100% client satisfaction ● Fostered a dynamic project to build an AI-generated platform solution and managed a cross-functional team to overhaul product data management for a leading e-commerce company, resulting in 95%+ accuracy in product information across all channels (websites, marketplaces), exceeding client benchmark by increasing sales and revenue generation by reducing data discrepancies, implementing solutions to improve accuracy and consistency. ● Modified and cultivated a bot using UiPath to automate quality audit selection based on user behavior, tenure, performance, and attendance leading to decreased manual audits from 100% to 16-30%, saving 30% in direct costs while achieving consistent quality above client benchmark of 99.50% and streamlined process with a shared bot on a virtual network. Digital Fives Pune, Maharashtra, India Business Analyst Jun 2015 - Feb 2016 Key Achievements: ● Bridged gaps between clients and internal teams, analyzing business needs, designing solutions, and ensuring smooth implementation of AI-powered services and digital transformation initiatives. ● Formalized a cross-functional project to build an AI-powered platform solution capable of segmentation, automating 80% of annotation tasks for a data aggregation client, achieving 99% accuracy and exceeding delivery goals. Ubisoft Entertainment Pune, Maharashtra, India Game Programmer Jun 2014 - May 2015 Key Achievements: ● Optimized game engine performance from 23% to 36% through code profiling, memory management, and asset reduction techniques, ensuring a smooth and engaging experience for Assassin's Creed mobile players on various devices. ● Revamped real-time multiplayer features using network programming principles, C# and Python enables seamless online interaction and competition between players across different mobile platforms. ● Streamlined technical issues and optimized code by 28%, ensuring smooth functioning of game features to the creation of immersive gaming experiences. Genius Minds Consulting & Services Pune, Maharashtra, India Software Engineer Aug 2013 - May 2014 Key Achievements: ● Built and compiled Android applications while designing and interacting with REST APIs for data exchange leveraging cloud-native technologies like AWS EC2, S3, and RDS, demonstrating early adoption of cloud services. ● Evaluated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for cloud deployments, promoting rapid development and deployment cycles. ● Mapped infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Chef and Puppet for automated infrastructure provisioning and management. PERSONAL PROJECTS ACTE Technologies TOGAFⓇ 9.2 Foundation & Practitioner Facilitator / Trainer Remote Jan 2024 - Present TCS Pune, Maharashtra, India Freelance Analyst Apr 2020 - Apr 2022 Lead quantitative modeling efforts leveraging data science and AI for a financial services firm, unlocking unconventional insights, reducing financial risk and driving innovation across various functions. Facilitated investor onboarding data through AML document collection and verification while conducting cross-functional ROI analysis to assess and present investment viability for approval/rejection. EDUCATION Master’s Degree: Master in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance, Bangor University Bachelor’s Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science, Pune University Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom Pune, Maharashtra, India ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ● ● ● ● ● Project Management Professional (PMP)® - Project Management Institute (Training) CFA Level 1 - CFA Institute PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner in Project Management - Axelos Certified Manager Certification – ICPM (Pursuing) Certified Investment Management Analyst – IMCA (Pursuing) MANAGEMENT & TECHNICAL SKILLS PM Skills: Change Management, Financial Performance, SLA Monitoring, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Process Improvement, Risk Management, Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Market Research, Equities, Fixed Income, Securities, Due Diligence, Financial Risk Analysis, Cost Management, Effort Estimation, Budgeting, Performance Management, Task Management, Software Development SDLCAgile Project Management & Implementation, Program Management, Cross-functional Collaboration, Client Relationship Management, Communication & Interpersonal Skills, Problem-Solving, Risk Management, Strategic Planning & Execution, Analytical Skills & Business Process Improvement, Stakeholder Management, Training, Coaching, Mentorship Technical Skills: MS Excel, Google Project, JIRA, Confluence, XML, JSON, VBA, .Net, C#, Java, Javascript, .Net framework, Python, SQL/TSQL, Pyspark, Dynamic 365, Power BI, Salesforce, Azure Data Factory, GCP