Business Analyst Project Manager

MUJEEB-UR-REHMAN

Certified PRINCE*® Project Management Practitioner, SCRUM Master™, Proficient Project Manager (PPM) & SFC™

Address: Karachi, Pakistan Contact: +92-321-******* Email: ******.******@*******.***

Project Management Office - PMO

Project Controllership • Team Leadership • Operational Excellence

~ Influential, transformative and results driven Project Manager with 14+ years’ experience in delivering complex projects related to business transformation and digital banking through innovative strategy, exceptional team leadership, and meticulous project execution. ~

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY

Technically sophisticated and strategically inclined Project Manager having operational & leadership experience with a blend of hands-on technical knowledge and project management skills. Proven ability to lead and deliver complex Digital Transformation, Digital Payments & Financial System projects. Adept at evaluating business requirements, processes, determining system specifications for innovative initiatives that support business strategy. A consummate professional with proven acumen to excel within a challenging environment, initiating, administering and executing across a portfolio of projects harmonizing technical needs with business realities including Budgeting, Software Deployments, Planning/Monitoring, and Reporting & Review. The articulate communicator can fluently speak the language of both people and technology, blending interpersonal skills while interacting with customers/teams.

CORE COMPETENCIES & ATTRIBUTES

Full Life Cycle Project Management

Technical Advice & Guidance

Presales, Business/System Analysis

Business Transformation Solutions

Project Cost Estimation & Planning

Account Growth Management

Cross Functional Leadership & Performance Enhancement

Successful Client Relationship

SDLC (Iterative, Incremental & Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban))

SOPs, SLAs, & KPIs Management

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Performed duties as a strategic overlay to develop SDLC and Project Management methodology (Cost & Time Estimation, Action Impediment Log) for new and existing projects

Accomplishment & Delivered complex projects on time and in a profitable manner with clients’ satisfaction

Generated company’s revenue by bringing more projects to company from local and international market

Successfully lead projects’ development from conceptual to prototype to product release

Built credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with stakeholders at all levels

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BreakThru (An Apexchat Company), http://www.BreakThru.pk Aug 2020 – Present

Project Manager

Delivering strategic directions to leads and architects to ensure product release alignment with PO expectation

Direct all product related projects, providing leadership to multiple project teams

Involved in managing and developing detailed project plans to monitor and track project progress

Covalent (Pvt.) Limited, http://www.Covalent.pk Nov 2017 – Aug 2020

Sr. Project Manager

Directed all activities related with clients’ ADC - Alternate Delivery Channel (IRIS), eBanking/ePayments projects

Strategically positioned as the PMO for Access Group & TPS clients to spearhead all projects in profitable manner

Sunbonn (Pvt.) Limited, http://www.Sunbonn.com Dec 2015 – Dec 2017

Director (Program Manager)

Provided strategic directions to PMO to ensure IT programs and projects alignment with the organization goals

Steered efforts towards managing mission critical onsite projects at National Commercial Bank (Alahli), KSA

Headed Pakistan office operations, governed and completed projects with +80% profitability

Introduced multiple strategic plan by studying technological financial opportunities and recommending objectives

Travelled extensively to meet with clients and stay onsite to manage project and build relationship

Primatics Financial LLC, http://www.PrimaticsFinancial.com Sep 2014 – Nov 2015

Technical Lead (Manager)

Effectively managed multiple testing teams - EVOLV (a comprehensive solution for financial institution)

Executed Product/Release/Sprint backlog grooming being POC & PM and as part of CCB

Redesigned SOPs for Product Management, JD, Release Regression, SIT/UAT/RAT

TPS Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited, http://www.TPSOnline.com Jul 2008 – Sep 2014

Assistant Manager (Product Lead)

Built & Led the Product Team - IRIS (The Next Generation Enterprise Transaction Switching Middleware)

Streamlined product and process documents (e.g. SOPs, etc.) & ensured performance reports for top management

Performed Functional and Technical Analysis of Business Requirements and CRF

Designed Solution as Business Analyst & Reviewed Code changes via TFS Change Set

Effectively administered DevOps (Build creation & deployment setups) and implemented TFS 2012

Supervised Database Backup and Restoration activity (Linux Based Environment) and fixed database and PL/SQL packages related bugs/issues

Monitored international Implementation/Deployment & Client Site team during UAT/SIT

Strengthened the critical Product Management Group working on Agile as founder member

Supervised audits and successfully achieved PA-DSS / PCI-DSS and ISO certification

Compass Partners, Inc, http://www.SigmaFlow.com Aug 2006 – May 2008

Software Quality Assurance Engineer/Business Analyst

Accomplished as Business Analyst, UI/UX expert & then Quality Analyst for Portfolio Management Product

Documented several SOPs (e.g. Test Suite, Traceability Matrix, Checklist) and contributed in process improvement

ACADEMICS

Degree

Institution

Year

MS – Computer Science

Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi

2012 – 2016

BS – Computing & Software Development

The University of Huddersfield, UK.

2001 – 2005

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS/CERTIFICATIONS

PRINCE2® Practitioner Certificate

AXELOS - License No.: 6125674.20712439

PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate

AXELOS - License No.: 6125674.20710564

Scrum Master Accredited Certification™

International Scrum Institute™ - License No.: 088***********

Proficient Project Manager (PPM) Certification

Simulation Powered Learning (CPD, UK) - License No. 11117436

Project Management Training with PMP

AUC Technologies

SCRUM Fundamentals Certified (SFC™)

SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum - License No. 740057

LEARNING ENRICHMENTS

Microsoft Visio Microsoft Project 2013 Managing Client Expectations Client/Server Technologies

Project Planning Vendor Management Project Risk Management Methodology Performance Appraisal

Quality Management Systems Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) B.TEC Oracle 10g/11g

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) HP Service Manager (HPSM) Business Systems Transformation

Payment Cards/PIN Personalization & Payment Processing Systems (IRIS) PA-DSS/PCI-DSS Confluence

Team Management Leadership VISA UPI Master Card EMV Issuing EMV Acquiring PayPak JIRA Digital Payments DevOps Remote Agile Scrum Kanban Scrumban Waterfall Governance

Technical Documentation Customer Focus Ensure Accountability Business Insight Fosters Innovation

Collaborates Technical Proficiency

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