
Balakrishnan Jaganathan
@balakrishnanjaganath
Project Manager at Cognizant who delivered CARA RIMS go-lives with 99%+ availability and zero audit findings.
What I'm looking for
At Cognizant, I managed regulatory information management delivery for Life Sciences clients, including CARA RIMS configuration and multi-region go-lives. For Scholls Wellness Company (SWC), I coordinated hypercare for 200+ end users while maintaining 99%+ system availability and achieving zero audit findings across IQ/OQ/PQ qualification phases.
For Philips Netherlands, I led Rimsys operations, change management, and ITSM across 10+ markets during a global Go-Live program. I also coordinated teams, vendors, and partners, and was responsible for design specifications and IQ and PQ executions.
Earlier at Wipro Technologies, I supported regulatory affairs systems for Baxter Healthcare and other clients, including Documentum and FirstDoc environments for FDA submission workflows. I’m looking for a Project Manager or Delivery Manager role in Life Sciences or Regulatory IT.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Technical Business Analyst
Gilead
Feb 2026 - May 2026 (3 months)
Gathered and documented business requirements for Veeva Vault RIM, conducted gap analyses, and prepared UAT and validation documentation for GxP-regulated systems.
Led regulatory IT projects for life sciences clients, including CARA RIMS and Documentum implementations, validation cycles, and multi-region go-lives.
Led RIMsys operations, change management, and ITSM across 10+ markets for Philips's global Go-Live program, coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring timely delivery.
Technical Project Manager
Scholls Wellness Company
Aug 2022 - Mar 2024 (1 year 7 months)
Architected end-to-end CARA RIMS configuration and application operations, defined project governance frameworks, and led multi-disciplinary teams through implementation and hypercare phases.
Project Manager
EVVO Labs Ltd
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022 (9 months)
Directed Agile software delivery for a 10-member team, running Scrum ceremonies and building PMO artefacts to provide real-time delivery visibility to executives.
Delivered L2/L3 support for regulatory applications, administered Documentum and FirstDoc environments, and authored SOPs for change control and release management.
Technical Lead
Saudi Aramco
Customized Webtop modules and integrated SAP with Documentum for archival workflows, deployed Documentum clusters and Solaris zones, and managed sandbox and QA environments for BOCS deployments.
Technical Lead
Engineered DA pre-caching strategies to cut document retrieval query response times by 40% and architected technical design documents for Documentum-based solutions.
Technical Lead
Delivered L2/L3 application support for Baxter Healthcare's Regulatory Affairs suite, administered Documentum and FirstDoc environments, and collaborated with vendors for tool integration and patch management.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Vellore Institute of Technology
Master of Science, Software Engineering
2002 - 2007
Pursued a Master of Science in Software Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, from 2002 to 2007.
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