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Rupali Panda

Sharpshooter · DISC type DC
Associate Director- Transformation and Operational Excellence at Alcon
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Rupali is the Associate Director of Transformation and Operational Excellence at Alcon, with over 11 years of experience in medical devices and clinical evaluations. She holds a Masters degree in pharmacy and is a certified PMP and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Colleagues describe her as a talented quick learner.

She is passionate about leadership and inclusion, encouraging others to "build their own table." Rupali values building deeper connections and collaborations with senior leaders and takes pride in personal and professional growth milestones. She also participates in corporate volunteer activities to make a difference in her community.

She is a certified Internal Auditor for ISO 13485, adding deep quality management systems expertise to her operational excellence and project management skills.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Associate Director- Transformation and Operational Excellence
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Rupali shows up

Rigorous & Demanding
ROI Driven
Fast But Analytical

They are very proud of what they do. They are not focused on building rapport and relationships. They like to be in a position where they can control the conversation and terms.

Priorities

Topics Rupali cares about

Operational Excellence
Leads high-impact transformation and process improvement initiatives in her role at Alcon, leveraging her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
Medical Device Regulation
Possesses extensive experience with EU MDR, MEDDEV, CERs, and post-market surveillance (PMS), a core part of her 11+ year career.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Associate Director- Transformation and Operational Excellence
Alcon
5-2023 - 1-2026
Manager- Transformation and Operational Excellence
Alcon
11-2021 - 5-2023
Project Manager- Global Medical Safety
Alcon
6-2020 - 11-2021
Manager- Literature Review
Alcon
4-2019 - 5-2020
Senior Medical Writer
HCL Technologies
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Education
2016 - 2018
Master's degree
Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha
2011 - 2015
Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm)
Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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