Description
Over 14 years' experience in managing multiple, large, complex concurrent (2 to 5) and cross-functional Software development, Data Center migration and Network (Cisco) deployment projects from inception to finish under PMO with team upto 70 analysts and budget upto $10M using Agile/Scrum, Waterfall (SDLC) and Hybrid methodology. * Efficiently managed projects having geographically distributed and culturally diverse project teams, vendor management * Played Scrum Master role Facilitated various meetings, Prepare Agile artifacts and report to Leadership. * Prepare/Facilitate project artifacts such as Project Charter, Systems Requirement, Project Plan, Schedule, Roles and Responsibility. Communication plan, Design, Test Plan, Training plan, Lessons Learned and Close out document * Manage project schedule, budget, costs through metrics, milestones using Primavera, MS Project, Clarity, Jira and TFS * Strong understanding of business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor preparing project charter and Scope changes. Prioritize and manage business requirements development and business cases. * Participate in creation of required governance team materials as per established cadence to present to governance team. * Set and manage project expectations and create project plans, schedules and timelines track milestones and deliverables. * Successfully managed Project Scope, Charter, Change Control (CI/CD) create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), obtain estimates, Project Plan, Cost, Quality, Resources, and project deliverables as per best practices on time and within budget. * Solid understanding and experience of Business Process re-engineering, change management methodologies, and Lean * Collaborate and Communicate project expectations with core team members, stakeholders and business partners. * Enable, motivate, direct and continually develops a committed, motivated and high-performing team by setting clear goals/expectations, tracking progress, ensuring feedback and addressing performance problems and issues promptly * Schedule and facilitate meetings, prepare minutes of meeting, follow-up on action items and highlight on accomplishments * Successfully Identified, documented and managed / mitigated Issues, risks, dependencies, and conflicts management throughout the project life cycle and report the project progress, escalate as required. * Develop, execute and manage project (s) within the triple constraints. Lead all aspects of the project lifecycle, working with project sponsors/key stakeholders, team members, and oversee all phases for successful project completion. * Manage development teams to deliver technology solutions that meet customer expectations for timeliness, quality deliverables including Functional, Regression, SIT and UAT testing and peer reviews. * Act as the single point of contact for the project team, business partners, management and leadership to provide periodical progress, status / updates and establish the project delivery vision for the IT team. * Collaborate with stakeholders, systems integrator and vendor partners for contract negotiation, pricing and RFP preparation * Executing and Closing Project: Develop and execute a work plan obtaining authorized resources to ensure all activities are performed. Gather lessons learned and obtain final project approval from sponsor and stakeholders. * Work closely communicating with Stakeholders and Sponsors to ensure that the scope, timeline, budget, and quality of project aligns with approvals for the project * Lead post implementation product support (Warranty), Knowledge Transfer (training) and documenting lessons learned * Partner with peer team members to help develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.
Work Experience
COMPANY | POSITION HELD | DATES WORKED |
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Us Foods / Wipro Client | Project Manager / Scrum Master | 3/2019 - 4/2020 |
Tcs Client | Project Manager / Scrum Master | 9/2018 - 3/2019 |
American Family Insurance | Project Manager / Scrum Master | 11/2015 - 8/2018 |
Commercial Farm / Ranch And Umbrella Policy (Product Rating And Integration) | Budget | 11/2015 - 9/2016 |