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Radhika Gregory

Radhika Gregory

Sydney,NSW

Summary

Digital Program Manager leading initiatives that drive superior customer experience through digital analytics, experimentation and personalisation initiatives. Recognised for driving digital growth through measurable improvements in digital sales, superior customer experiences, membership/ loyalty offerings and self service.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Manager: Co-curricular Business Systems

Australian Catholic University
04.2019 - 04.2024
  • Hired, coached and managed Digital Project Managers
  • Budgeting and resourcing for all projects
  • Developed and presented Business Cases for new capital investment strategies
  • Governance and Maintenance of new platforms/ systems
  • Led cross-functional teams in the delivery of complex projects, ensuring adherence to business strategy, timelines, budgets, compliance and quality standards
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project scope, requirements, and objectives, facilitating effective communication and alignment throughout the project lifecycle
  • Identified dependencies, mitigated risks and issues to enable smooth delivery
  • Vendor management
  • Contract execution and pricing negotiations (with legal)
  • Work with Privacy and IT security to ensure the systems are compliant with requirements of the University
  • Put out tender for the selection of new software
  • Data migration and configuration for new software
  • Train and on-board teams on new software and assist in creating new ways of working to promote business efficiency
  • Present at any relevant forums
  • Facilitated system integrations to drive efficiency through data sharing (utilising API, RPA, CSV sharing, etc)
  • Communication and change management for new systems and processes
  • Mobile App management and launch
  • Website management and launches

Key Achievements

  • Winner 2022 ACU Vice Chancellor Staff Excellence Award in the Category of Excellence in Student Experience.
  • Implemented best in class Payment system integrated with Finance’s preferred gateway (SecurePay) and Tech 1 for real time payments into ACU accounts

Senior Project Manager - CGU Website (1yr Contract)

IAG
05.2018 - 04.2019
  • Introduced new processes and Agile ways of working for the CGU & NRMA websites
  • Successfully introduced change while strengthening relationships with key stakeholders, external vendors and senior management teams
  • Implemented new workshops, forums and governance processes to facilitate smoother delivery of projects and streamline processes
  • Bazaar Voice: Implemented a test that resulted in Bazaar Voice contract being suspended saving the business $350K PA
  • Drove the implementation of a new design for the CGU website which delivered a more personalised experience to customers through data driven insights (quantitative and qualitative) to optimise customer journeys and drive results
  • Delivered a new site map and ordering of website content that allowed customers to find what they needed faster
  • Focus group results saw customers find the information they were looking for significantly faster
  • Worked with a content team to uplift SEO and ensure all pages appeared for the identified key words on the 1st page of Google search.

Product Owner/ Digital Producer

Commonwealth Bank
03.2010 - 05.2018
  • Digital strategy and execution
  • Led cross functional teams to achieve business objectives
  • Project management
  • Sales optimisation
  • Internal business optimisation and change management
  • Delivery of new functionality (website and mobile)
  • End to end management of digital assets (ie: website & mobile updates, microsite builds, tools and calculators, video uploads, campaign pages, banner updates, blog updates, newsletters generation, content strategies, article development, etc)
  • Stakeholder management/ Relationship building: Working with internal product teams, marketing stakeholders, developers, CX designers, content writers, external agency partners and sales and optimisation teams
  • Tracking and reporting: Deciding success metrics for all projects/ campaigns, ensuring the correct tracking was implemented for reporting purposes and reporting on metrics
  • A/B testing: Developing strategy and implementing testing on pages to determine what drives acquisition and better quality leads
  • SEO/SEM: Ongoing SEO/SEM maintenance and optimisations across website pages
  • Agile working environment attending daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retros
  • Prioritising backlog and negotiating/ communicating release dates
  • Facilitation of discovery and estimation workshops
  • Facilitation of focus groups and interviews to gather qualitative data
  • Writing user stories, owning the backlog and roadmap
  • Clearing any blockers
  • Budgeting and funding negotiation.

Key Achievements

  • Highest rating in annual Performance Reviews (Superior contribution)
  • Won internal digital Kudos Award for Blueprint Project - Exceeded conversion rates targets by up to 25% across Product Pages on the CommBank website through A/B testing.
  • Website migration to a new CMS system (AEM) saw us win a 2014 ADMA award.

Account Manager

NetX - Digital Advertising Agency
04.2004 - 12.2006
  • Working with Virgin Blue, Virgin Money, Cody, Trolli lollies, & Elizabeth Arden

Account Manager

Schawk - Packaging and Printing
05.2003 - 03.2004
  • Account Manager for Nestle

Skills

  • Digital Strategy
  • Stakeholder management
  • Vendor management
  • Senior project management
  • Change management
  • Marketing/ Advertising
  • Communication strategies
  • Problem solver
  • Results and data driven
  • Superior negotiator
  • Budget management
  • Team mentor
  • Workshop facilitation
  • Roadmapping
  • A/B testing
  • Team process/ ways of working
  • CX/ UX/ Design concepts
  • Requirements gathering
  • Contractual agreements
  • Privacy/ security
  • API projects
  • Software integrations

Education

2016

Product Owner - Techniques Certified Scrum Product Owner

2015

CSS Course

1997 - 2000

University of Sydney  Bachelor Degree  Majoring in Economics & Marketing

1996

Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College HSC

Timeline

Program Manager: Co-curricular Business Systems

Australian Catholic University
04.2019 - 04.2024

Senior Project Manager - CGU Website (1yr Contract)

IAG
05.2018 - 04.2019

Product Owner/ Digital Producer

Commonwealth Bank
03.2010 - 05.2018

Account Manager

NetX - Digital Advertising Agency
04.2004 - 12.2006

Account Manager

Schawk - Packaging and Printing
05.2003 - 03.2004
Radhika Gregory