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Project Manager End User

Location:
Dallas, TX
Posted:
October 23, 2023

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OLAOLUWA “OSCAR” FALODUN

Fort Worth, TX · 317-***-****

ad0kql@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/olaoluwa-falodun-pmp-94703a287

7+ years served as a Project Manager & Management supporting business processes and operations including research, analysis, review, development, implementation, testing, maintenance and monitoring. Solid expertise acting as a liaison between various institutions and development groups, ensuring the completion of client requirements and objectives with strong understanding of sequential and Iterative

approaches like waterfall, RUP, Agile project management methodology.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Excellent in understanding client requirements, summarizing client needs, and translating into technical options and solutions that meet end user business needs.

Broad experience with SDLC requirement gathering and deployment using Agile Scrum, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Waterfall.

Extensive knowledge of the Enterprise Data Management standards, policies and procedures.

Skilled in creating UML diagrams like Use Case Diagrams, Activity, Sequence, Collaboration, Class, State, Workflow, Process flow, Data flow and Deployment Diagrams.

Proficient in creating mapping spreadsheets, Source to Target mapping documents including transformation rules.

Ability to plan and coordinate all testing phases including generating test plans, conducting User Acceptance Tests and creating & executing Test Scripts/Test Cases.

Ability to develop high quality documents and presentations for multiple audiences including business and detailed requirements specifications.

Expert in partnering with all levels of managers, developers, QAs, stakeholders, business users and technology teams.

Knowledge in SQL server, SQL language and RDBMS (Relational Database Management Systems).

Excellent in organizing/managing multiple priorities and projects with the flexibility to adapt to changes in a fast-paced environment.

EDUCATION

DECEMBER 2015

BS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, OAKLAND CITY UNIVERSITY

CERTIFICATIONS

AUGUST 2023

PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER II (PSM II), SCRUM.ORG

AUGUST 2023

PROJECT PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT (PMP), PMI.OR

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Agile Scrum

RUP

Waterfall

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, OneNote, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)

Jira

UML

MS Visio

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

SEPTEMBER 2022- CURRENT

IT PMO, Reata Pharmaceutical

HYBRID

My role revolves around meticulously planning and orchestrating company projects focused on the commercialization of our groundbreaking drug, Skyclarys. I am responsible for ensuring seamless coordination among various teams and stakeholders, utilizing the Scrum framework to enhance agility and efficiency. Outside of managing day-to-day operations my primary goal is to facilitate the successful launch of Skyclarys into the market. This entails continuous refinement of project plans, addressing challenges as they arise, and adapting to changing requirements to ultimately contribute to the overall success of Reata Pharmaceuticals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Led cross-functional teams in the successful delivery of IT projects using Agile methodology.

Led the full lifecycle delivery of brand and unbranded websites.

Led the full lifecycle Implementation of key software (SailPoint IdentityNow, Netskope, ServiceNow)

Managed Google Analytics Suites, Cookie Manager, WPengine. and SalesForce Marketing Cloud

Collaborated with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and deliverables.

Managed project timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure on-time and within-budget delivery.

Facilitated daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Identified and resolved impediments to team progress, ensuring continuous improvement.

Fostered a collaborative and innovative team environment, promoting open communication and knowledge sharing.

Oversaw the development and maintenance of project documentation, including user stories, sprint backlogs, and release plans.

Conducted regular status meetings and provided project updates to stakeholders and leadership.

Utilized JIRA to track and manage project tasks, issues, and progress.

Managed risks and proactively addressed potential challenges to project success.

Coordinated with other departments to ensure alignment of IT projects with overall business goals.

Tools & Technologies:

RAPID7, SAILPOINT, NETSKOPE (SWIG & BWAN), VEEVA VAULT, VEEVA CRM, BOX, MOVEIT, SALESFORCE MARKETING CLOUD, GOOGLE ANALYTICS, GOOGLE TAG MANGER, WPBAKERY, CRAZY EGG, CROWDSTRIKE, MICROSOFT DEFENDER, NETSUITE, CONCUR, UKG, COMPLIANCEWIRE, POWER BI, SERVICENOW

JANUARY 2022 – SEPT 2022

IT PROJECT MANAGER/BUSINESS ANALYST, THRIVEDX

REMOTE

Actively participating within PMO department in management of multiple projects at one time, ranging in complexity and size, creating successful model which generated 8% increase in productivity and efficiency upon implementation. My work primarily involves ensuring that the proper controls and processes are in place and adhered to in order to facilitate the on-going management of the projects and programs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Inception

Involved in one-to-one interview sessions with managers, technology and users to identify system and operational requirements and improvements.

Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives with each other, resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.

Authored Business Requirement Document and coordinated sign-off from stakeholders.

Elaboration

Analyzed functionality in development of business requirements, including identification of opportunities for improvement and optimization of business processes.

Conducted Gap Analysis to show the current and proposed functionalities of the system.

Developed Traceability Matrix for maintaining current and new system requirements using MS Excel.

Analyzed and documented business requirements and detailed design of the software for full understanding of the business.

Developed Functional Requirements Specification document, data catalog and maintained Requirement Matrix to capture requirement lineage.

Created specifications to be used by developers, project managers, quality assurance engineers, technical writers, and software architects in constructing the product.

Documented use cases, workflows and sequence diagrams according to UML methodology thus defining the Data Process Models.

Construction

Tracked and maintained stakeholder requested enhancements and changes using Rational Clear Quest.

Consistently monitored and ensured all regulatory and compliance goals were met.

Maintained Traceability Matrix for the current business processes and proposed changes.

Involved in data mapping specifications to create and execute detailed system test plans.

Reviewed development plans, quality assurance test plans and user documentation for Black Box testing and performed Regression Testing & created test scenarios for Beta testing to ensure correct interpretation of original specifications.

Transition

Involved with reviewing defects reported from Beta Testing efforts and identifying root cause.

Conducted training sessions to ensure optimum usability with functionalities.

Tools & Technologies:

Quality Center, MS WORD, MS EXCEL

AUGUST 2015– DECEMBER 2021

PROJECT MANAGER/BUSINESS ANALYST, CONSULTANT

FORT WORTH, TEXAS

The goal of the project was to create a Risk Management Dashboard. More specifically the objective of this solution was centered around providing business users with certain numbers and trends. With this data, bond offerings of the company based on 401k and the amount of margin required could be calculated. The project followed RUP methodology.

Responsibilities:

Worked with business users, mortgage agents and marketing teams to determine the target market and business needs and established knowledge of mortgage loan processing and loan process originating.

Worked closely with technical project manager to prepare project plans, budgeting, scope creep and feature creep and analyzed the existing system and business process flow.

Facilitated and managed JAD sessions, interviewed with SMEs from various areas and conducted surveys and brainstorming sessions while gathering requirements.

Analyzed the as-is and to-be processes to understand the key findings, the short- term considerations, the long-term considerations, and benefits.

Involved extensively in designing the database with design team and created data flow diagrams, data analysis, and process flow diagrams.

Created the project templates for BRD, FRD, User case specification, Change Request form and Defect Status Forms.

Worked on writing functional specification for reporting module that handled credit and consumer risk management services.

Designed security privileges and authentication features of the application for mortgage broker access.

Involved with the technical teams during implementation to verify right business requirements are being translated into the system.

Worked closely with QA teams to define test cases and execute test plans.

Tools & Technologies:

MS Visio 2003, MS Office Suite, MS Excel, UML, Quality Center, MS Project 2003.

MAY 2013 – AUGUST 2015

BUSINESS ANALYST/PRODUCT OWNER, FASTENAL

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA – DALLAS-FORT WORTH

The key project involved upgrading the capacity of existing sales database management system to meet the modern standard and generate regional-based and country-based reports to meet the organization’s global strategy. The project followed the Agile Scrum methodology.

Responsibilities:

Performed current situation analysis for existing system from BA perspective.

Prioritized Product backlog for agile development teams.

Worked as product owner taking responsibility for prioritizing User Stories, and features created for the various releases.

Gathered business requirements from users through surveys and JAD session.

Carried out requirement traceability matrix (RTM) and managed the data format.

Produced data mapping document which identifies the source and target data in the warehouse by using source system analysis (SSA).

Prepared Business Requirement Document and Functional Requirement Document to use with the project.

Joined sprint planning and sprint estimation (SPSE) meeting to create sprint backlogs with Rally.

Designed process diagrams to show the workflow and UML diagrams to clarify the entities and their relationships.

Conducted gap analysis and participated in daily scrum meeting ensure proper progress of project.

Formulated test cases and test plans and built data validation scripts (pre and post load) in SQL to verify results.

Involved in sprint review and sprint retrospective meetings to ensure the proper delivery of user requirements.

Conducted system integration testing (SIT) (includes functional and structural testing) with QA and user acceptance testing (UAT) with client to discover and document defects.

Worked closely with team members utilizing Quality Center (QC) and other tools to create, maintain, and store the requirements, and conduct test sets.

Worked with Management and business users to control change requests and relevant reports.

Tools & Technologies:

Agile Scrum, Rally (CA Technologies), UML, Excel, Word, MS Visio



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