Senior Project Manager Resume

SUMMARY:

An accomplished senior leader, Project, and Program Manager with extensive experience of managing large - scale and complex projects, programs, and releases across diverse sectors. Able to oversee strategic planning, coordination, and execution of assigned projects and programs while defining scope, goals, and deliverables. Familiar with developing work plans and executing the plans to deliver stated outcomes and bring exceptional value to Organizations in challenging environments. Adept at collaborating with IT managers and directors to assemble and manage work teams that deliver. Possessing outstanding leadership skills to effectively meet and exceed the expectations of all stakeholders. Proficient in leading geographically distributed teams, especially in an onsite-offsite-offshore setting. Flawless in planning and executing enterprise-wide rollouts of IT solutions with several moving parts. Major skills include:
Program Management
Change Management
ITIL Service Management
JIRA/Confluence
Salesforce.com
Microsoft Project
Fortune 500 experience
Microsoft Office Tools
Test Management
Infrastructure Projects
Account Management
Process Improvement
Waterfall, Agile and Scaled Agile Methodologies
Visio
Stakeholder Management
Salesforce.com
PMO compliance
Remedy
AppDev Projects
Release Management
SDLC Processes
IT Supplier Management
Microsoft Excel
Problem Solving Skills
PMBOK
Lotus Notes
DevOps
J2EE/WebSphere
Migration Projects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Consulting for the retail/healthcare/pharmacy major Walgreens Boots Alliance, ranked #19 within the 2017 Fortune 500 Companies List
Currently leading a major Rite Aid Integration effort on site within the Retail Transformation initiative
Prior to this, led a multi-million WebSphere Migration initiative on site in a very challenging matrixed environment
Managed a portfolio of 300+ WebSphere applications in the Corporate, Retail and Digital
Performed the roles of Program Manager, Senior Project Manager and Release Manager in an Agile/Scrum setting
Accomplishments include achieving value addition by bringing in process improvements and shouldering additional responsibilities

Confidential

Senior Information Technology Consultant & Senior Project Manager

Led the successful implementation of several medium and large-scale IT App Dev/infrastructure/Conversion/Migration/ Proof of Concept projects and programs valued at up to $10M in the large matrixed environment of Insurance giant State Farm Insurance Company, ranked #33 in the 2017 Fortune 500 Companies List).
Utilized Subject Matter Expertise with Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, and scaled agile project management methodologies to facilitate project completions to meet stated objectives, on-time, and within agreed budgets.
Managed cross-functional teams and performed extensively within an ITIL-based service management environment.
Worked effectively with Senior Management teams, release management teams, Project and Program Leadership teams, PMO, internal, external vendors, etc.

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Recognized for performance through promotion from Project Leader to Project Manager specializing in projects encompassing information technology, insurance, financial services, airlines, oil and gas industries
Spearheaded medium and large-scale projects from foundation to completion while managing reputed client organizations within both government and private sectors across India and the United Kingdom.
Responsible for the resurrection of multiple projects in addition to reducing organizational costs.
Implemented formal project monitoring and management reporting processes throughout the company.
Served a significant and key role in evolving quality assurance and control methodologies and processes.
Led extensive and specialized training while serving as a mentor to several IT professionals.
Liaised with senior management, stakeholders, vendors, and external consultants.

Confidential

Systems Executive

Received multiple promotions: Computer Programmer-System Analyst -Systems Executive.
Built the Systems Department from ground up.
Collaborated with Senior Management, stakeholders, vendors, and third-party consultants.
Conducted extensive training on behalf of several end-users in relation to effective computer usage.