Senior Program Manager/Team Lead Resume

SUMMARY

Articulate Senior Leader with expertise in full lifecycle portfolio/program management, process analysis, integration, training development and deployment of project management and process improvement efforts.
Results oriented individual with proven ability to collaborate and influence all levels of the business.
Solid personality skills, capable of leading and motivating individuals to maximize levels of productivity, while forming cohesive team environment.
Exceptional communicator, focused on building strong relationships.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Program Manager/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

Facilitate successful project definition, planning, budgeting, scheduling, and resourcing in leading high performance project teams
Manage projects within scope, qu alit y, time, and cost constraints. All projects delivered with high project margins.
Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and project demands
Form strong project team relationships by leading, coaching, and motivating team members, and identifying and resolving blockers or conflicts
Proactively identify project issues and risks and create successful action plans for resolving issues and mitigating risks
Track and report on project milestones and provide status reports to client, project teams, and other project stakeholders

Senior Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Senior Program Manager tasked with building out the Global IT PMO focusing on governance and portfolio practices. Leading a team of seven (7) consultant professionals to develop and implement an integrated Investment Governance Process and associated Control Frameworks (PDLC, PMLC and SDLCs (Waterfall & Agile) and Delivery Disciplines.
Manage the overall $7M budget, via monthly cost management reviews and line item detail. Manage overall program risks and issues and determine appropriate mitigation plans.
Report to Executive Leadership Team via multiple governance boards on the on - going status and health of the program. Program is currently under-budget while meeting all program objectives for 2016.
Resource management of outsourced vendor efforts both on and off-shore with contract value of $4.2m Designed and deployed a "4-Blocker" Dashboard, in Qlikview, to represent Portfolio data analytics for Demand vs Capacity insight into our book of work

Senior Program Manager

Confidential, Edison, NJ

Responsibilities:

In this start-up venture, lead both client-facing and internal product development projects for a suite of strategic technologies to address the efficient use of bandwidth and wireless spectrum.
Conducted scope and discovery sessions, prepared vendor cost estimates and formulated the overall product budget.
Lead Agile scrum teams (5-7 resources) in all three product offerings as the Scrum Master.
Drive and lead all projects to successful implementation and closure
Assisted with enhancement of the PDLC with process and template development
Lead process improvement efforts and Tiger Team s in multiple areas: Project Initiation, PDLC, Product Support and Supplier Management