SUMMARY

• Demonstrated experience of +7 years in driving project execution strategy using Agile/SDLC Kanban methodology for technology transformation/Dev - Ops projects.
• Proven history of overseeing all aspects of project/risk/scope management - from strategic assessment, opportunity identification, PI Planning, business case development and managed projects in Agile transformation strategy.
• Confident communicator who builds strong working relationships, translates complex information into meaningful documentation with solid consulting and change management skills.
• Ability to understand business processes and adapt their project management approach. Recognized as a strategic problem solver who quickly identifies strengths and weaknesses to deliver immediate and long-term improvements.
• Good core project management skills and experience in the use of project management tools e.g. Clarity PPM, JIRA, Pivot tables in MS Excel, MS Project, SharePoint repositories, Microsoft CRM and Visio.
• 2 years experience in creating management and analytics dashboards using Excel and integrating with MIS tableau/Spotfire for dashboard reporting.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Project & Stakeholder Management
• Process Analysis & Optimization
• Strategic Planning & Execution
• Capital Markets
• Performance Tracking & Analysis
• Solid Risk Management
• Operating model transformation, process, and organization design
• Use Case & Workflow Diagrams
• Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Process design & Improvement
• Resource Allocation
• Six Sigma Analysis
• Leadership & Team Building
• Documentation & Reporting
• DevOps Projects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Agile Project Manager

Confidential - New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Participate in PI planning sessions as part of agile team in documenting user stories prioritized by business value and run post PI demo sessions to record results for Agile release train.
• Participate in scrum of scrum meetings to identify interdependencies across agile teams and prepare for Pre-PI planning and backlog refinement sessions with RTE
• Run daily scrum meetings to enable the product owner to focus on his/her core delivery responsibilities and play a key role in documenting user stories and present key metrics
• Work with Product owners to develop, and continuously groom the team's product backlog and compile assigned story points/velocities and business values during PI planning
• Facilitate and coach cross functional teams across multiple product domains on the importance of capturing metrics on PI planning, business value and actual value for smooth agile operations and portfolio governance and establish vote of confidence in PI planning.
• Coach Agile team in creation of Kanban Program board and capture various team names, features, interdependencies across multiple iterations
• Manage senior stakeholders in multiple product areas as well as Agile stakeholders- product owner and Dev team and assist with documenting governance process flows, artifacts, and responsibilities
• Present project status at steering committee meetings to senior executives and work closely with front/middle office operations to document risks/issues/actions/decisions.
• Create financial charts by pivot tables using MS Excel and MS PowerPoint and present to project stakeholders of key milestones and track them against resources and budget.

Agile Project Manager

Confidential - New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives and User story demos
• Implement Agile aspects of a team including facilitation of Scrum Ceremonies, Impediment Resolution, Release planning, tracking and reporting the release plan, reporting metrics
• Assist team to track project's scope, development, testing and deployment and ensure projects are progressing according to plan by resolving issues or obstacles
• Manage senior stakeholders in multiple product areas as well as Agile stakeholders- product owner and Dev team and assist with documenting governance process flows, artifacts, and responsibilities at user story level
• Participate in scrum of scrum meetings to identify interdependencies across agile teams and prepare for Pre-PI planning and backlog refinement and PI Demo sessions with agile team
• Participated in regular core team and key governance forums (e.g. Steering Committees, Operating Committees, Decision Forums) to review deliverable progress with key constituents.
• Represented the interests of the project or program in various project governance and inter-department forums and develop and maintain various documents including project plans, schedules, budgets, and performance reports
• Rigorously managed scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost, and quality parameters and reconcile financial forecasts of resources and other related project expenditures
• Prepare project charter and set up a working session with all project stakeholders and draft a high-level project plan using MS Project with identified interdependencies between business, operations, technology and quality assurance workstreams
• Capture high level risks, issues and circulate with project stakeholders and ensure effective tracking and closure during working group sessions.

Senior Consultant

Confidential - New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Followed up with business operations stakeholders to ensure that related project processes are completed as required (including, as applicable, change management, process management, transition to business/operations, system development, quality management, etc.)
• Developed project artifacts including charter, integrated plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related PM artifacts, while complying with applicable enterprise standards (e.g. Risk, Audit, Compliance
• Coordinate all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives and User story demos
• Implement Agile aspects of a team including facilitation of Scrum Ceremonies, Impediment Resolution, Release planning, tracking and reporting the release plan, reporting metrics
• Assist team to track project's scope, development, testing and deployment and ensure projects are progressing according to plan by resolving issues or obstacles
• Manage senior stakeholders in multiple product areas as well as Agile stakeholders- product owner and Dev team and assist with documenting governance process flows, artifacts, and responsibilities at user story level
• Participate in scrum of scrum meetings to identify interdependencies across agile teams and prepare for Pre-PI planning and backlog refinement and PI Demo sessions with agile team
• Represented the interests of the project or program in various project governance and inter-department forums and develop and maintain various documents including project plans, schedules, budgets, and performance reports
• Rigorously managed scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost, and quality parameters and reconcile financial forecasts of resources and other related project expenditures
• Successfully completed the tool within the client deadline and budget and led the seamless system implementation

Project Manager

Confidential - Toronto, ON

Responsibilities:

• Assisted with insightful/strategic analysis of data mined for strategic initiatives and assess opportunities to increase the efficiency of report generation and processes to improve the timeliness and availability of data analysis
• Performed documenting of scenarios of regulatory reviews for the internal compliance business lines
• Oversaw all aspects of project development including planning, estimations, budgeting, tracking, and reporting
• Developed the Project Management Office (PMO) standard procedures for project reporting and documentation