Dhanya Nayak
Technology Leadership | Program Management | PMP | CSM | MIT - AI Strategy
- Role
- Senior Program Manager at Applied Medical
- Location
- Irvine, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dhanya Nayak
Over two decades of successful IT consulting experience in leadership roles managing and delivering global transformation programs for clients across wide array of industry verticals. This includes Consumer Electronics, Life Sciences - Pharma, Diagnostics, Fashion and Retail, Public Services – Transportation, Hi-Tech. MIT Sloan + CSAIL Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy Program A Computer Science Engineer with PMP®, CSM® certifications. Worked at Fortune 500 like Apple, Amtrak, Ralph Lauren, SAP, Roche Pharma, SAB Miller, Accenture, Beckman Coulter. Global delivery management expertise leading teams in USA, Switzerland, South Africa, India and Indonesia. Outperformed as Development Lead, Delivery Manager, Program Manager and Scrum Master using Waterfall and Agile-Scrum models. Channelizing expertise in Web Content Management, Customer Experience Management, Cloud platforms/technologies, AI strategy to solve next generation implementation challenges. Manage backlog, elaborate requirements, define Product roadmap strategy and identify gaps/improvement scope. Proficient in full cycle SDLC implementations – Analyze, Design, Build, Test, Go-Live, Hyper-care stabilizations. Collaborate with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop goals, set the prioritization, drive discussions regarding trade-offs, best practices, program progress and risk mitigation. Identify the program issues/risks and create risk mitigation plan. Perform conflict management. Maintain and update the risk register. Monitor budget/spending for on-time delivery and achievement of program milestones. Proficient in change control and release management across complex landscapes. Strong footing in leading technical systems upgrades with multi-layer and complex cross-functional dependencies. Proven results to drive all programs successfully, being technology agnostic, using various technical stacks seamlessly. Received several appreciations for past work. Kindly refer Recommendation section.
Experience
Senior Program Manager
Apr 2025 — Present · Irvine, CA, US
Education
MIT Sloan School of Management
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy Program
Chinmaya Vidyalaya
CBSE X, XII
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science Engineering
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