Mahendra Jha

About Mahendra Jha

Data Management professional with 16+ years of experience & talent in leading and managing high performing cross-functional teams. Proficient at successfully delivering large-scale and complex enterprise data projects leveraging Data Strategy, Technology Implementation, and Cloud computing knowledge. Strong executive presence with a proven history of collaboration with Business leaders, Data executives, Architects, IT stakeholders, Program managers and Developers to manage concurrent technology and business objectives. Adept at tailoring the message to the audience capitalizing on effective communication skills. Thought leader across four areas of data management with wide and current knowledge of best practices and trends for data strategy, master data, data quality & data governance. Competent in translating business issues into practical technical solutions to influence positive outcomes. Able to build strategic roadmaps and deliver on their detailed execution.

Experience

1. Senior Manager - Enterprise Data and Analytics

   Equinix

   Jan 2022 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Lead sessions with multiple Functional and Data Analytics teams, to identify and document their future state business requirements and use cases. Drove Business value such as ~15% faster quote closing and ~20% faster fulfillment of orders using master data for Customer; Contact; and Customer Hierarchy• Partner with business teams to understand priorities for their data domains and potential solution of data & business process changes. Enabled ~32% increase in firmographic data (from D&B) and ~21% reduction in duplicate & invalid contacts to support actionable insights, business growth and customer service • Implement Customer Hierarchy, as Product Owner, to harmonize Data Quality; Definition; Data Creation and maintenance to highlight related entities of our global customers, for improved financial, compliance and operational processes • Coordinate data governance council meetings with cross functional partners to present the requirements, the high-level master data solution and process changes necessary to implement it for end-to-end impact• Create Epics and User Stories in JIRA: Detail requirements, business benefits, and acceptance criteria. Collaborate in PI Planning and Agile ceremonies to ensure the developed solutions deliver business value and meet expectations

Education

• M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore

  BE, Computer Science and Engineering

  2002 — 2006

• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

  MBA, Finance

  2008 — 2010

• CMR National Public School, Bangalore

  Science

  2000 — 2002

Skills

• Business Development
• Customer Engagement
• Business Analysis
• Requirements Analysis
• Financial Risk
• Relationship Management
• Credit Risk
• Commercial Banking
• Credit Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Management
• Business Strategy
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Financial Analysis
• Banking
• Team Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Loans