Karnika Tripathi

About Karnika Tripathi

I am a life sciences professional with 9+ years of consulting, research and advisory experience across pharmaceuticals, life sciences, food & nutrition and agriculture, with an M.Sc. in Biotechnology from IIT Bombay. I specialise in internal business process transformation, project management and business research, and have led initiatives in thought leadership, capability building, and team coaching and mentoring.In my current role as Manager, Global Clinical Solutions (GCS) at AstraZeneca, I work at the intersection of clinical development, operations and technology, delivering services and solutions that support high quality, on time and on budget clinical trial digitalization and decentralization in complex global environments. I focus on enhancing process effectiveness, leading structured improvement initiatives, and ensuring robust life cycle management and business continuity for key projects, while collaborating with cross functional stakeholders and external partners to embed best practices and a culture of continuous improvement.Previously, in consulting roles at PwC US Advisory and FutureBridge, I supported global clients on large-scale transformation programmes in the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences sector, and in food, nutrition and agriculture. My work spanned operating model and process redesign, performance improvement, portfolio and pipeline analysis, and strategic research for market entry, growth and innovation, technology and market intelligence, alongside authoring whitepapers and POVs, supporting C suite engagements, and driving learning and development initiatives.

Experience

1. Manager - Global Clinical Solutions

   AstraZeneca

   Jul 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   In my role as Manager, Global Clinical Solutions at AstraZeneca, my work requires close collaboration with clinical operations, R&D, third party vendors, digital health strategy, alliance management to build strong relationships and achieve results in a global, cross functional environment. My roles and responsibilities include:• Coordination and delivery of GCS services, overseeing the life cycle management and business continuity of projects, services and technology that support internal and external stakeholder needs. • Lead and manage business improvement projects using Lean and other standard process improvement methodologies to analyse how processes and tools are used, identify root causes of issues and implement changes that increase efficiency and reduce continuity risks. This includes developing or contributing to business cases for continuous improvement, tracking delivery against time, cost and quality targets, and ensuring risks and issues are actively managed through appropriate escalation and governance.• Support change implementation across functions, monitor program performance and efficiency, and use insights to refine how teams operate. • Provide expertise to user communities by conducting process/system/tool trainings, facilitating knowledge sharing, establishing best practices and maintaining clear communication across GCS, wider organization and vendors.• Undertaking training and upskilling initiatives for colleagues in continuous improvement and new ways of working, help embed a change positive culture, and steward knowledge management so that learning from previous initiatives informs future activities.

Education

• Nachiketa Higher Secondary School, Jabalpur

  Higher Secondary, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

  1999 — 2006

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), Biotechnology

  2010 — 2012

• St. Aloysius'​ (Autonomous) College

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biotechnology

  2007 — 2010

Skills

• Sds-Page
• Thomson Innovation
• Electrophoresis
• Market Research
• Western Blotting
• Computational Biology
• Protein Expression
• Secondary Research
• Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• Proteomics
• Drosophila Culturing
• Bioinformatics
• Molecular Biology
• Recombinant Dna Technology
• Primary Research
• Pcr Primer Design
• Immunoshistochemistry
• Biotechnology
• Microsoft Office
• Tissue Culture
• Gel Electrophoresis
• 2d- Dige
• Genomics
• 2 Dimensional Electrophoresis
• Cloning
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
• Molecular Cloning
• Biochemistry
• Genomic Dna Isolation
• Pcr
• Protein Chemistry
• Patent Searching
• Protein-Protein Interactions