SUMMARY:

• PMI certified IT Project Manager with 10 years of project management experience on multiple concurrent IT projects using industry best practices and standard processes on Waterfall, Iterative life cycle with Agile - Scrum methodologies
• 16 years of total IT experience on wide range of development, maintenance, migration & legacy modernization projects with N-Tier/Service Oriented distributed/non-distributed architecture with Microsoft/Mainframe Technologies on Web/Windows/Mobile platforms
• Proven track record of achieving high client satisfaction through sustained quality deliveries and execution excellence with continuous improvement techniques through all phases of SDLC from project initiation to closure under tight timelines and budgetary targets
• Demonstrated effective decision making, negotiations and problem-solving techniques and excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships, to influence without authority and to motivate cross-functional multi-site project teams in a matrix environment
• Extensive experience in setting up processes, standards, methodologies & templates across multiple similar projects across the account, contributed in setting up PMO for IT divisions and guiding & mentoring Jr Project Managers/Scrum Masters

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Management Tools: Microsoft Project (MPP), Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook), Microsoft Office Timeline HP Project & Portfolio Manager (PPM), HP Quality Centre (QC), JIRA

Project Documentation: Proposals, SOW, Project Charter, Stakeholder Matrix, WBS, Project Plan, Risk Register, Status Reports, Dashboards & Governance Reports, Causal Analysis Report, Closure Reports, Case studies and Playbooks

UML: Use Case, Sequence, Activity, Component, Class & Object diagrams, ER Diagrams

Interpersonal Skills: Problem Solving, Decision-Making, Team Leadership, Conflict Management, Project Delivery under pressure, work well with Cross functional Distributed teams

Sourcing Model: Staff/Resource Augmentation, Managed Services

Billing Model: Fixed Price, T&M

Compliance: CMMi L5, SOX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr IT Project Manager / Portfolio Manager

Confidential, Liberty Corner, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Project/Program Management & Vendor Management in onshore-offshore delivery model to implement new LOBs and enhance existing LOBs
• Responsible for managing multiple medium to large concurrent projects in a transitioning environment from Waterfall to Agile methodology
• Resource allocation, prioritization in a matrix organization with multiple scrum teams for sprint prioritization.
• Develop and maintain a full fledge project plan for all deliverables and ensure project delivery on-time, scope, budget and quality.
• Timely status reporting, budget forecasting, steering committee reviews, stakeholder management, risks & issues management, Change management.
• Mentor Jr Project Managers/Scrum Masters on Vendor Management, Project Management & Agile Methodologies on their respective projects
• Participated in setting up PMO standards / Project Document Templates / Agile Methodologies

Sr IT Project Manager/Program Manager

Confidential, Princeton, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Project, Program & Vendor Management ( Confidential, MFX, IVANS, Verisk, L&T)
• Direct and Manage multiple concurrent projects from initiation to closure
• Identify & Apply Processes, Standards & Methodologies. Create Project artifacts
• Project resource allocation & prioritization to the project
• Project Scope, Time, Cost & Quality management, Change Management
• Stakeholders Expectations management, Risk/Issue management
• Project Performance monitoring & Status Reporting, Budget forecasting
• Project closure including archiving, lessons learnt and transition to operations
• Guiding and mentoring new Project Managers on MR Essential methodologies
• Participated in improvising PMO standards / templates for IT division

Sr Project Manager/Portfolio Manager

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for Project Execution, Team management, Delivery Management
• SPOC for Client expectations management, Client Interactions and escalations
• Selecting Sourcing and Pricing Model, Project execution model and artifacts
• Project Scope, Time, Cost, Capacity Planning & Management
• Detailed WBS & MPP creation and Project status reporting.
• Project Risk/Issue management, Team Performance management / Appraisals
• Adhering to high process compliance under CMMi L5 maturity standards

Project Manager

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple simultaneous projects with cross-functional multi-site team from Offshore
• Project scope and requirement analysis, project resource allocation
• Identify key deliverables & high-level milestone plan
• Create detailed project plan and monitor the project status and progress
• Risks, issues and challenges management and tracking throughout the project
• Providing timely status updates through executive reports, governance reports, management metrics and dashboards to internal & external stakeholders.
• Applying the quality control and quality assurance procedures for each release for high quality deliveries
• Adhering to high process compliance under CMMi L5 maturity standards

Project Leader

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Responsibilities:

• nsite coordinator and was responsible working with business analysts for requirements gathering, estimating, designing and delivering the system per requirement under Agile model