Senior Project Manager Resume
- Twelve years experience with Fortune 500 financial and technology clients in business management
- Outstanding client consulting and program management skills servicing hundred million dollar accounts
- Knowledgeable in enterprise and software solutions as well as infrastructure and wealth management
- Ability to present information in accessible manner to senior management as well as non-technical audience
- Increased process and cost efficiencies by streamlining business operations and financial reporting
- Led enterprise development and infrastructure transition strategy to achieve financial performance goals
- Negotiated project timeline and business target with vendors and customers to maximize margins
- Trained and mentored team members in order to integrate resources into multiple on-going projects
Education AND PROFESSIONAL DevElopment
- Confidential University - Master of Business Administration in Finance, part-time, graduation 2015
- Confidential University - Bachelor of Science, Mathematical Science and Computing
- Confidential University - Project Management Professional Certificate
- Confidential- Project Management Seminars
- Confidential- ITIL v3 Course
- Confidential Institute - Member
Professional Experience
Confidential - Senior Project Manager, 2012 - Present
Confidential Manage vendor relationships and business performance reporting for technical projects.
- Provide strong yet collaborative leadership and project management discipline to teams that comprise of client personnel, internal staff, as well as business and IT professionals
- Solve implementation issues and identify improvements by leveraging and simplifying processes and minimizing touch-points and documenting them
- Resolve issues and encouraged co-operation among teams with conflicting goals and objectives
- Responsible for managing working relationship and compliance with vendors and partners as required
- Facilitate sharing of information and ideas, assisted individuals and groups in reaching consensus
- Develop standard project management deliverables including statement of work and project plan
- Manage overall client relationship from am implementation perspective across projects managed by peers
- Create and nurture working relationship and effective communication with project stakeholders and team
- Lead multi-disciplinary project teams through all phases of the project life cycle, providing support, coaching, motivation and inspiration
- Provide a point of escalation for internal and external issues and work with internal and external stakeholders to address project issues
- Responsible for managing working relationship and compliance with vendors and delivery partners
- Follow company project management methodologies and provide feedback for continuous improvement
- Responsible for resource, scope, budget and schedule management for the assigned projects
Confidential - Project Manager, 2010 – 2012, 24 month
Confidential Managed client relationships and business/financial reporting for technical projects.
- Prepared project performance information to be presented to senior management
- Managed day-to-day operational aspects including issues, action items, risks, and change management
- Provided support to the department\'s enterprise solution and infrastructure management initiatives
- Monitored and report to management regarding key deliverables within assigned projects
- Evaluated vendor responses and recommended vendor selection
- Supported business objectives and information systems development
- Provided direction and mentor team members in development of project deliverables
- Was responsible for preparation of business requirements based on user needs
- Managed specific sections of projects to implement solutions to business problems
- Planed tasks, monitor progress against planned objectives, and securing cooperation from stakeholders
- Consulted and negotiate with clients on business solutions and manage various projects
- Monitored the deliverables to ensure milestones are met on-budget and on-time
- Assessed costs, benefits and risks to business solutions and make recommendations
- Worked well with people from different disciplines and functional areas with varying levels of experience
- Provided recommendation and direction for developing and delivering business requirements
- Collaborated with stakeholders to effect change and enhancements in a seamless manner
- Managed risk by controlling project scope, client expectations, and taking early action to resolve problems
Confidential– Project Manager, 2009 – 2010, 12 months
Confidential Managed projects and performed management reporting for various business units.
- Coordinated client meetings and group discussions regarding project scope and execution
- Assessed financial performance information using business intelligence tools to measure project achievement
- Consulted with executive team to manage business processes and implementation policies
- Produced documentation of projects to ensure replicability of results and fulfill policy requirements
- Worked with management to facilitate project deliverables and liaised with technical and business staff on the development and actualization of the requirements
- Supported peers and lend expertise to refinement of management and business processes
- Set expectations and maintained client loyalty by providing business value
- Communicated project deliverables and prepared correspondence reports
- Managed project changes using the change request process
- Developed financial and operational reports to meet reporting requirements of internal and client purposes
- Ensured that solution deliverables meet the standards set by quality assurance
- Developed and documented related policies and procedures
- Report on implementation progress, risks and issues to management and stakeholders on a regular basis
- Identified issues in current procedures and processes in a timely manner
- Handled business problems and provided solutions that will achieve quality and work process improvements
- Ensured proper documentation and archiving of project activities and findings for future projects
- Tracked and communicated project progress against the project plan, requirements, and quality measures
Confidential Managed enterprise reporting projects to measure business metrics.
- Consulted with management to create and assess operational performance indicators for Fortune 500 clients
- Led project management and development teams in customizing enterprise reporting solutions
- Created scorecards and presentations in order to highlight inherent business insights for decision-making
- Established relationship with clients by understanding needs and gathering project specifications
- Presented project progress reviews and findings to team members and stakeholders
- Developed reporting requirements to track financial and operational metrics
- Reported on financial and operational data to improve business processes
- Provided ad-hoc reports and guidance regarding operational opportunities and risks
- Contributed to best practices and methodologies for program management, governance policies, and metrics
- Forecasted growth and financial cost of various programs
- Developed and make continuous improvements to operations and processes
- Work with IT and functional groups to solve business problems with available technology
- Conducted and facilitated project initiatives related to scope, schedule, and cost estimates and budgets
- Presented strategies to peers in order to optimize accuracy and delivery of business reporting
- Evaluated and recommended technology opportunities
- Communicated with stakeholders to gather business requirements and ensured they are compliant
- Collaborated with IT and business team to outline costs and developed requirements documentation
- Facilitated meetings and negotiated with clients using excellent oral communications skills
Confidential– Project Manager, 2007, 6 months
Confidential Managed financial and market reporting projects to provide had-hoc and enterprise solutions.
- Translated project and business objectives into specifications for Fortune 500 clients
- Collaborated with team to develop standard reports and coordinated ad-hoc requests
- Regularly interfaced with designated stakeholders to foster strong working relationships and ensure smooth transition of business solution throughout project lifecycle
- Presented and communicated project details to variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Sought and implemented opportunities for continuous improvement to meet stakeholder and project needs throughout the project lifecycle
- Led developers in customizing market-based market reporting system
- Ensured project completion within agreed time frames and project specifications
- Interfaced with range of clients to explain the benefits and limits for proposed solutions
- Understood critical client issues and provided innovative approaches to resolve them
- Provided guidance, expertise and assistance to clients regarding implementation of projects
- Ensured the business needs and outcomes for project delivery are achieved as per the business case
- Negotiated project deliverables and schedule for services from other departments within the IT function and across the organization
- Led test execution and issue management relative to user testing
- Communicated project results to the project\'s executive lead and other stakeholders
Confidential Managed client relationships, enterprise projects also provided training services
- Consulted with senior management and Fortune 500 clients to establish project goals and timelines
- Summarized project milestones and progress to present in group meetings
- Provided consultation to clients regarding business services and technical training
- Devised and negotiated solutions to overcome project obstacles and blockages
- Developed documentation and process flows for automated business reporting systems
- Determined meaningful way to summarize reports and present information in coherent manner
- Executed market research projects using various business intelligence software
- Performed analysis to determine consumer trends in the banking, insurance and investment sectors
- Managed stakeholder relations to ensure that project delivery expectations are clearly defined and met
- Ensured appropriate contracts in place with customer and partners
- Maintained detailed specifications documents based on business requirements for use by the team
- Work with the project management office to define and review dates for project
- Ensured inclusion of appropriate groups at specific milestones in project
- Reviewed and assessed business efficiencies by developing KPIs and identifying opportunities
- Lead and participated in recruitment, training and coaching of staff activities
- Ensured that systems and procedures are effectively defined, introduced and implemented with appropriate training, support and controls
Confidential– Project Manager, 2000 – 2004, 42 months
Confidential Managed functional groups and relationship with industry advisors.
- Consulted with advisors and team members to develop and manage project requirements
- Reported on progress as well as financial status of projects
- Organized team members to design and test various components of the car
- Presented project recommendations at review meetings ensuring quality, schedule and costs are understood and within acceptable levels
- Led the group through regular team meetings to track status, assess and manage risks and change
- Consulted with industry experts to identify opportunities where project enhancement is required
- Articulated technical skills required for project and assist with defining team makeup
- Worked with industry partners to identify solutions to problems
- Managed resource scheduling, delegation, and prioritization in order to meet strategic goals of project
- Defined project expenses and contributed to analysis arriving at cost effective solution
- Updated the project actuals and effort to completion
- Articulated the project strategy, including risks, mitigation and test plan
- Makes recommendations to improve system performance and the re-engineering processes
- Identified opportunities and solutions for improving technological efficiency and effectiveness
- Liaised with other teams where necessary, to develop opportunities to exchange information so as to incorporate new knowledge into project plans