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Jasmine Vasandani
Cybersecurity Program Manager at NYT with technical experience in AI/ML
New York, NY, United States
Details
Education:
Certificate
Data Science Immersive
General Assembly
2019 : 2019
Master's Degree
Theories of Urban Practice
Parsons School of Design - The New School
2014 : 2016
Certificate
Futures Studies and Speculative Design
Parsons School of Design - The New School
2023 : 2023
Bachelor’s Degree (Cum Laude, Department Distinction)
UC Irvine
2007 : 2010
Data Science Immersive
General Assembly
2019 : 2019
Master's Degree
Theories of Urban Practice
Parsons School of Design - The New School
2014 : 2016
Certificate
Futures Studies and Speculative Design
Parsons School of Design - The New School
2023 : 2023
Bachelor’s Degree (Cum Laude, Department Distinction)
UC Irvine
2007 : 2010
Experience:
2023 : Present
The New York Times
Program Manager, Cybersecurity
2022 : 2023
The New York Times
Program Manager, Storytelling & Publishing Platform
Data-driven management :
• Created streamlined processes to regularly track capacity, work in progress, velocity and used this data to help the team make informed decisions on what to work on next.
• Created automated Jira dashboards to help teams determine what our velocity is, sprint recommendation for upcoming sprints, and tickets that need attention because of carryover.
• Developed trackers to make sprint goals and roadmap visible to all team members as we plan upcoming work.
• Developed annual/quarterly planning processes that let all team members feel engaged as we plan for the next half (created Miro templates for this).
Agile project management :
• Facilitate standups, sprint planning, retro, refinement for multiple teams.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data from sprint retros, velocity data, and overall team feedback to co-create team norms and processes.
P1 incident management :
• Facilitate timely retros with key stakeholders on P1s that occurred.
• Manage and track the completion of action items that resulted from P1 retros.
Contribute to the PMO (project management office) :
• Created content for the PMO’s internal website alongside a group of contributors.
• Created bi-annual/quartely planning templates on Miro that were used by other members of the PMO.
Dependency management :
• Facilitate dependency tracking, communication and completion across multiple teams and cross-team initiatives.
Collaboration across remote and time zone distributed teams :
• Created an organized system for teams distributed across multiple time zones to collaborate and communicate with each other.
2021 : 2022
The New York Times
Project Manager, Publishing Platform
• Managed a team of 6+ data analysts on behalf of a contract that supported the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to send email, phone, and SMS outreach to consumers of healthcare.gov.
• Collaborated with an internal engineering team to maintain a robust data pipeline, documentation for an audit, and overall upkeep of our database.
• Liaised frequently with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and two external marketing organizations to help gather requirements, set priorities, and designate tasks internally.
2020 : 2021
BlueLabs
Senior Program Manager, Data Analytics
• Managed a remote team of three data scientists. Built a strong, collaborative, and supportive team culture.
• Oversaw and supported the team with the development of the following capabilities :
-- Data Analytics : statistical analysis to extract insights from data
-- Dashboard Development : Tableau and Qlik dashboard development
-- Machine Learning : Natural Language Processing, and various regression, classification models
-- Automation : the application of R and/or Python to automate Excel tasks
-- Data Strategy : overall support for data-related tasks
• Developed python scripts as an individual contributor, and handed off to the team for continued deployment
• Communicated technical insights and impacts to non-technical stakeholders
• Led 1 : 1 and group check-ins with the team to assess roadblocks, track status of projects, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to career growth through facilitating monthly feedback sessions
• Developed and maintained project management tools to communicate project status to external stakeholders
• Through strategic analysis, identified the core capabilities of the team; built the team brand so that external stakeholders knew how to work with us
2019 : 2020
Booz Allen Hamilton
Data Science Team Lead
The New York Times
Program Manager, Cybersecurity
2022 : 2023
The New York Times
Program Manager, Storytelling & Publishing Platform
Data-driven management :
• Created streamlined processes to regularly track capacity, work in progress, velocity and used this data to help the team make informed decisions on what to work on next.
• Created automated Jira dashboards to help teams determine what our velocity is, sprint recommendation for upcoming sprints, and tickets that need attention because of carryover.
• Developed trackers to make sprint goals and roadmap visible to all team members as we plan upcoming work.
• Developed annual/quarterly planning processes that let all team members feel engaged as we plan for the next half (created Miro templates for this).
Agile project management :
• Facilitate standups, sprint planning, retro, refinement for multiple teams.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data from sprint retros, velocity data, and overall team feedback to co-create team norms and processes.
P1 incident management :
• Facilitate timely retros with key stakeholders on P1s that occurred.
• Manage and track the completion of action items that resulted from P1 retros.
Contribute to the PMO (project management office) :
• Created content for the PMO’s internal website alongside a group of contributors.
• Created bi-annual/quartely planning templates on Miro that were used by other members of the PMO.
Dependency management :
• Facilitate dependency tracking, communication and completion across multiple teams and cross-team initiatives.
Collaboration across remote and time zone distributed teams :
• Created an organized system for teams distributed across multiple time zones to collaborate and communicate with each other.
2021 : 2022
The New York Times
Project Manager, Publishing Platform
• Managed a team of 6+ data analysts on behalf of a contract that supported the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to send email, phone, and SMS outreach to consumers of healthcare.gov.
• Collaborated with an internal engineering team to maintain a robust data pipeline, documentation for an audit, and overall upkeep of our database.
• Liaised frequently with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and two external marketing organizations to help gather requirements, set priorities, and designate tasks internally.
2020 : 2021
BlueLabs
Senior Program Manager, Data Analytics
• Managed a remote team of three data scientists. Built a strong, collaborative, and supportive team culture.
• Oversaw and supported the team with the development of the following capabilities :
-- Data Analytics : statistical analysis to extract insights from data
-- Dashboard Development : Tableau and Qlik dashboard development
-- Machine Learning : Natural Language Processing, and various regression, classification models
-- Automation : the application of R and/or Python to automate Excel tasks
-- Data Strategy : overall support for data-related tasks
• Developed python scripts as an individual contributor, and handed off to the team for continued deployment
• Communicated technical insights and impacts to non-technical stakeholders
• Led 1 : 1 and group check-ins with the team to assess roadblocks, track status of projects, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to career growth through facilitating monthly feedback sessions
• Developed and maintained project management tools to communicate project status to external stakeholders
• Through strategic analysis, identified the core capabilities of the team; built the team brand so that external stakeholders knew how to work with us
2019 : 2020
Booz Allen Hamilton
Data Science Team Lead
Company:
The New York Times
Years of Experience:
14
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Agile, Agile Methodologies, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Brand Development, Business Analysis, Business Strategy, Change Management, Communication, CRM, css, Data Analysis, Data Extraction, Data Science, Data Visualization, Design Research, Design Thinking, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, HTML, InDesign, JIRA, Jupyter, Lean Startup, Machine Learning, Microsoft Excel, Natural Language Processing (NLP), NumPy, Policy Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Presentation Skills, Program Management, Project Management, Public Speaking, Python (Programming Language), Qualitative Research, Research, Scrum, SQL, Statistical Data Analysis, Statistics, Technical Writing, Web Design, Web Scraping, Writing
About
Portfolio (contains all work): https://www.jasminev.co/
Publications: https://towardsdatascience.com/@jasmine.vasandani
GitHub: https://github.com/jasminevasandani
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