Sr. Project Manager Resume

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Strong Project Manager on both Agile and Waterfall methodologies experience with client - focused, people management, leadership, communications and team skills.
Over 18 years of global Technology experience encompassing Project Management, Business Analysis, Development and Consulting roles across India, USA, Europe and Middle-East.
Accomplished in end-to-end project execution; skills sharpened leading a peak team size of 40 people and generating revenue up to $12 Million.
Over 15 years’ work experience in consulting with leading financial services clients.
Strong understanding of financial analytical tools, valuation, principles of corporate finance, corporate and business strategy formulation through my MBA curriculum.
Experience with Scripting SQL Queries on Relational Databases Oracle, MySQL etc. using Toad and MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Formulated overall program and executive level status communications
Continually interacted and guided development team in technical discussions as part of Agile team structure
Coordinated with the vendor team on various integration points to ensure timely project progress
Led workstream engagement planning activities

Confidential

Advisory Manager

Responsibilities:

Led workstreams, team of 15-40, for a $1B+ book of business for a national P&C carrier in United States
Led the analysis effort for Time & Cost estimation comparison between a SaaS and a Traditional project
Led Proof of Concept to integrate OCR (optical character recognition) with ‘Quick Quote’ Mobile app successfully
Led the development of Telematics (use of wireless device to transmit data in real time back to an organization) capabilities to integrate with Guidewire PolicyCenter to support UW decisions

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

Led end-to-end configuration efforts and successfully implemented Duck Creek Claims application based on SaaS model
Managed geographically dispersed teams, with team size varying at different times from 18-45 resources, leveraging coordinated onsite-offshore model
Co-ordinated with different workstreams such as Functional, Integration, Testing and Migration to support the entire implementation goal

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed strategic high-profile infrastructure integration projects for Confidential ’s Finance and Business Operations (F&BO) unit for facilitating Wyeth’s acquisition and aligning its financial reporting and operations with Confidential
Managed Confidential Datacenter closure & server migration program for Confidential ’s 20 business units across the globe
Provided management oversight for business requirement gathering and impact analysis activities
Resolved support/operational issues in liaison with internal business groups - within stipulated timeframes
Coordinated with multiple strategic vendor teams on various integration points to ensure timely project progress through issue resolution, pre-requisite fulfillment, software upgrades, efficient and accurate communication, etc.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed P&C and helped client migrate from client’s legacy system to more efficient and comprehensive insurance management system resulting into 20-40% savings in operational cost
Created a communication plan to facilitate effective coordination among internal and external stakeholders, business analysts, client teams, development and UAT teams of 30-50 staff/project in an onsite-offshore model
Defined and monitored SLAs (escalation/response/resolution time) for reported problems and developed critical issue response and escalation process which reduced reported messages by 20%

Confidential

Lead Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Managed a US $12 Million Investment banking project focused on securities back-office solution for Ireland’s biggest Fund-of-Fund administrator
Led client’s teams of 15 business analysts and 60 UAT testers to study and gather the business requirements, build test case scenarios and deployed a technical solution with the help of technical team in India
Managed end-to-end change management process and ensured quality deliveries against stringent timelines
Improved business processes and efficiency; reduced turn-around time for client responses by over 30% and system downtime by 20%

Confidential

Exec. Information Tech.

Responsibilities:

Provided comprehensive Business Analysis for implementation of Ingenium Insurance management software
Supported Operations, Finance and Agency division from IT perspective to ensure smooth functioning of Confidential
Managed thorough User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for Ingenium project