Hema Bajaj
Team Leadership | Process Optimization | Driving Efficiency and Excellence I Corporate Quality | Clinical & Medical Governance Professional | Gen. Artificial Intelligence | Digital transformation | D&I | Podcast
- Role
- Director Innovation and Development Operational Excellence at Abbott
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Hema Bajaj
Dr. Hema Bajaj is a healthcare management professional with over 22 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.She is presently working with Abbott in the Innovation and Development EPD division overseeing the process management, governance and training for Global Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory affairs and Product Development.A digital transformation enthusiast, french language learner, and strong believer in D&I. She has experience in leading the Country Quality Operations for South Asia at Sanofi, and has experience in working with Regulators for Product Quality Operations. She is a passionate advocate for digital acceleration, diversity, inclusion and leadership development.She has held leadership roles in Medical Governance and Promotional Ethics, Digital Transformation, Product Quality, Commercial quality, Risk Management, Project Management and Audits.Her areas of expertise include team leadership, networking, project management, designing process efficiency projects to accelerate growth and continuous improvement.She has been a speaker at several national and international pharmaceutical forums and an active member of the Society of Quality Assurance and American Society of Quality.In her individual capacity, she is the founder of a probono platform, LoseUrBlues, for espousing inspirational individual journeys through live streaming.Hema is a homeopathic physician and a clinical researcher by training with a specialization in management from NMIMS University, Mumbai.She is an artist and a poet at heart who loves connecting with people.
Experience
Director Innovation and Development Operational Excellence
Sep 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Driving Strategic Efficiency, Process Innovation & Cross-Functional TransformationGlobal leader driving operational excellence across Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, and Product Development. Focused on strengthening governance, optimizing processes, advancing training and KPI frameworks, and enabling digitization to enhance efficiency, compliance, and innovation across the enterprise.
Education
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Bachelor in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery, Homeopathic Medicine/Homeopathy
1999 — 2005
Institute of Clinical Research, Mumbai
Post Graduate in Clinical Research, Clinical Research
2008 — 2009
Jaihind Junior College
Science, Higher Secondary Education
2000 — 2002
SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
Executive MBA, General Studies
2008 — 2010
Skills
- Regulatory Affairs
- Clinical Development
- Medical Writing
- Quality Management
- Pharmaceuticals
- CRO Management
- Clinical Trial Management
- Project Management
- Clinical Trials
- Standard Operating Procedure (Sop)
- Gcp
- Clinical
- Compliance
- Documentation
- Edc
- Ctms
- Iso
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Sop
- Quality System
- Quality Systems
- Ich-Gcp
- Fda
- Clinical Research
- Validation
- Pharmacovigilance
- Management
- Quality Assurance
- Clinical Data Management
- CRO
- Data Management
- Good Clinical Practice (Gcp)
- 21 Cfr Part 11
- Regulatory Submissions
- Healthcare
- Oncology
- Auditing
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