AQSA WAQAR

ace9qp@r.postjobfree.com

571-***-****

Experience

M3 USA

Washington, D.C

MRA verified member online professional healthcare panel provider

Senior Project Manager 2012

Present

Market Research Project Manager 2008 2012

• Efficiently and successfully managed up to twenty large and complex dynamic market research online projects

simultaneously with multiple countries, firm deadlines, sensitive information as a product and fixed budgets

• Created and maintained project schedules and goals to highlight each projects’ progress through timelines, clients

expectations, and budgeting

• Analyzed and diagnosed using Operations best practices and independent judgment to provide innovative solutions to

improve processes and results of clients’ Operations related issue on each project which concluded in a healthy strong

relationship

• Supervised project profitability by monitoring and accounting for all project costs affecting the budget

• Led and hired a small team to be part of a new company initiative while maintaining daily project responsibilities

• Proactively identified potential concerns and addressed issues with ongoing projects. Partnered with sales team

members and operations staff to address issues and/or make recommendations to improve performance on projects

• Resolved problematic projects by researching and utilizing specialized vendors to help in resolution of the project with

extreme time and budget constraints

• Managed and leveraged relationships with vendors, domestic and international, to facilitate accurate deliverables,

communications, and issue resolution that helped to deliver our projects in an effective manner for our clients

• Negotiated with vendors daily to ensure profitability of each project by monitoring and accounting for all project costs

affecting the budget

• Coordinated and led meetings with vendors to ensure all involved parties understand project specifications, client

needs, timelines, and responsibilities

• Maintained and organized a vendor list for the Operations/Sales team detailing current rates and contact information

• Created and maintained project schedules to identify and track milestones via a in house project management

communication system

• Extensive knowledge of Excel, Word, SharePoint, and PowerPoint

Tinsel Cinema LLC Falls

Church, VA

Online entertainment content provider concentrated in India (Presently, company has shut down operations)

2008

Online Marketing Assistant

• Monitored search engine results and analyzed website metrics to provide recommendations and strategies for

continued improvement via Omniture, Google Analytics

• Implemented SEO via analysis of daily SEM expenditures and close examination of cost/benefit relationship

• Researched potential keywords to achieve optimal search engine results and monitored bid prices for each keyword

Filtrona Fibertec Colonial Heights, VA

Industry leading global components manufacturing firm 2007

2008

Marketing Research Support

• Supported Sales team with a targeted list of market trends and market leaders to engage into the business

• Assisted Research & Development team with ad hoc market analysis of emerging technologies and products

• Collected and analyzed data on customer demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits to identify

potential markets and factors affecting buyer behavior and product demand

• Monitored industry statistics and followed trends in trade literature in support of quarterly market analysis

• Managed inventory of marketing collateral

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA

Bachelor of Science May 2008

Major: Business Marketing

• Dean’s List: Fall ’05; Spring ’06; Spring ’07; Spring ’08

• Student Government Association, Senator

Skills

• Received and have maintained Professional Researcher Certification (PRC) since August 2011

• Comfortable in an independent and ambiguous working environment while remaining extremely organized at all times

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