Nidhi Poddar

About Nidhi Poddar

An enthusiastic and experienced IT Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services & Telecom industry, having strong business acumen, self-driven, adaptable, and creative team player in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Skilled in Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Quality Assurance, and Leadership. Strong program and project management professional with a Master\'s degree from Sheffield Hallam University.

Experience

1. Senior Program Manager

   Amazon

   Dec 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Leveraging Applied AI to revolutionize catalog quality and revenue recovery within the global marketplace ecosystem.• Orchestrated the 2026 Global Operational Planning (OP1) for the ASIN Localization portfolio, harmonizing roadmap requirements across multiple business units to meet aggressive global efficiency targets, including headcount (HC) optimization and OPEX reduction.• Defined and evangelized the \'North-Star\' vision for Global Translation Quality, architecting a multi-year strategy that leverages Generative AI and LLMs to transition from manual workflows to a fully automated, semantic correction ecosystem that reduced cycle times by 85%(from 3 weeks to 48 hours).• Unblocked ~$155M in annualized revenue and identified 25M+ defective product listings worldwide by architecting an automated remediation pipeline to proactively resolve listing suppressions.• Spearheaded a strategic Applied AI initiative for ~1 billion global listings, collaborating effectively with Applied Scientists and Engineering teams to train, validate, and deploy Large Language Models (LLMs) that detect & correct semantic inconsistencies, resulting in $4M annual OPEX savings and a 60% increase in translation accuracy.

Education

• Sheffield Hallam University

  Master of Science, Sport Business Management

  2019 — 2020

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Information Technology

  2009 — 2013