IRIS E. GRIOLI

New Jersey or Remote

Cell 201-***-****

adyko7@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Solid program, portfolio, and project management experience with SDLC, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall frameworks. Develop user stories and use cases as part of Agile. Ability to communicate company strategies and business initiatives. Extensive experience in managing technology & business projects. Established record of proficiency, creativity, leadership, organizational and problem-solving know-how TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PlanView Integration (admin), PPM, Clarity, MS Project, MS Project, ServiceNow, MS Visio, MS Publisher, MS Word, MS PP, MS Excel, FrontPage, JIRA, SharePoint, Mercury Quality Center (testing), Web Development & Business Programming Knowledge (JavaScript, CSS. Python, PHP, HTML), Cloud, Web Based Applications

(http) and Mainframe Applications (Pascal, Cobol, .Net, Java), GSuites, O365, Procurement, UX/UI, business analyst, Ariba, SAP integration, CRM integration, Retirement Service Integration, Global Technical Integrations, Digital Project Implementation, Change Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Oracle Consulting @ W.L. Gore, Remote 09/2022 - 06/2023 Project Manager & Program Management

• Global Implementation of Planview for W.L. Gore

• Develop an overall project timeline

• Identify Critical Path

• Assisted in the delivery of systems integrations, including all documentation and testing

• Assisted in the delivery of the configuration

• Assisted in the delivery of reporting specifications and testing

• Resolve open issues for reporting, integration, configuration, and business process

• Provide senior executives with a SteerCo update

• Provide the Project team with an overall program status

• Work with SMEs to resolve issues, concerns, and risks

• Ensure all requirements have been identified

• Develop a critical path for the ePPM Project

• Identify potential risks that impact the Divisional Reps

• Work with the Organizational Change Management team for communications

• Work with the Training Team to ensure the delivery of Training Materials

• Work with Change Management Team

• Work with vendor to identify and resolve issues

• Develop Status Reporting/Scorecard

• Work with Training Team to develop Training Materials

• Monitor Planview Release after implementations

• Identify backlog items for the business and IT

• Review and solution post implementation Risks and Issues Rangam LLC @ JnJ, Hybrid/New Brunswick, NJ 10/2021 - 09/2022 HR Process Governance, Project Manager

• Manage the integration of Planview for Digital Portfolio & GTM

• Planview Administrator (add user, delete user, access rights)

• Gather Portfolio requirements for Digital and GTM

• Develop an integrated roadmap and a detailed schedule

• Identify potential business risks and issues

• Resolve risks and issues

• Provide HREC status updates

• Review assets for HR Product Excellence Launch

• Consult and assist with Product Lifecycle Development

• Work with vendor(s) such as Planview

• Test and validate products

• Design and develop Product Excellence assets

• Develop an onboarding strategy for other portfolios

• Review and update processes and procedures

• Open tickets in ServiceNow

TEKsystems @ Hershey and Mar, Remote 11/2020 - 09/2021 IS PMO, Senior Project Manager (New Applications Development)

• Manage Retail & Commercial Cost Plans in Clarity

• Manage Project Funding for OPEX & CAPEX

• Manage Retail Engagement Platform project/scrum assist for Salesforce

• Manage Retail Execution PR Ninja to support the re-platform of WINs

• Manage Commercial Project Schedule Integration System(s) (integration of a scheduling system) • Manage Commercial Project Re-platform DP Daily Number Tools (reporting tool) • Manage project plan(s) in Clarity for resourcing, including forecasting

• Provide risk and issues support to the project team

• Manage monthly SteerCo & Weekly project status reporting & meetings

• Work with vendor to design & develop application(s)

• Review and validate SAP Financials

MARS Digital Technology, Senior Project Manager (Digital Projects)

• Manage Mission Control Financial Cost Plan in SNOW

• Manage Project Funding for OPEX & CAPEX

• Manage analytical projects for R&D (data analytics)

• Manage project plans in PPM & ServiceNow

• Manage multiple projects in SmartSheet

• Manage Statement of Work with vendor

• Manage Project Approvals in Ariba

• Invoice vendor via Ariba

• Provide risk and issues support to the project team

• Delivery of analytical projects working with the vendor management team(s)

• Manage SteerCo & Project status meetings

• Work with vendor to design & develop the application

• Review SAP Financials

Stratus @ IFF, Union Beach, NJ 02/2019 - 09/2020

IT Integration Program Manager (Integration of CRM and SAP)

• Manage NA Program/Projects integration, LATAM Program/Projects, EMEA Program/Projects, Greater Asia Program/Projects related to M&A

• Manage infrastructure, securities, and networking projects

• Manage business integration, digital workspace related to IT Integrations, Financial integration such as SAP, ERP, Sit fit-up, and application development

• Plan, executed, and control all integration project management activities, including scope management,

• requirements management, communication management, issue/ risk management, budget, and resource management

• Reporting project status and performance metrics

• Ensures information and operational issues concerning project status (schedules, deliverables, costs, risks, issues) passes to-and-from stakeholders, project team, and management

• Monitor project life cycle from definition to completion, including deploying sustainable support models.

• Lead integration projects, connecting teams and stakeholders from multiple works streams

• Expertise using PowerPoint to reflect project status, timeline, risks etc.

• Work with global companies across various time zones.

• Proficient in project management practices, a highly effective communicator, and experienced in dealing with managing complex projects

• Extensive knowledge of testing methodologies and best practices

• Develop proposed solution and strategy for the business

• Develop an integration plan and roadmap

• Implementation of ServiceNow

ApTask/Tech Mahindra@ Verizon, Basking Ridge, NJ 08/2018 - 01/2019 Systems of Insights Program Manager (Innovations Projects)

• Drive business and IT-driven strategies

• Manage System of Insight (SOI) Program

• Managed status reporting for the Digital Engage project and Real-Time Event Manager

• Excellent ability to communicate

• Develop an analytical tool(s) for SOI and business for Real-Time Event Managers

• Work with technology leads, IT scientists, and business leads to design and develop analytical tools

• Develop client and business relationships with senior management

• Manage and develop a timeline

• Resolve risks and issues across the architecture teams

• Provide IT support for communications transformation migration

• Develop a program schedule

• Monitor and control program

• Support go-to-market initiatives

• Monitor the program to ensure activities are occurring as planned, scope and schedule Remindermedia, King of Prussia, PA 08/2017 - 08/2018 IT Program Management/Project Manager (Digital Projects)

• Drive Digital IT and business projects from initiation to close

• Communicate project status reporting to senior management

• Develop a Program Management Office Center of Excellence (process, procedures & documentation)

• Manage Project Manager and Business Analyst

• Design and develop a project management framework across the organization

• Execute Program management tools and techniques

• Mange Interns in the Program Management Office

• Manage IT software development project

• Develop project scopes and objective

• Create project charters, requirements, testing, and communications plan

• Resolve risks and issues

• Develop a prioritization process

• Execute the prioritization process across all projects

• Lead and Plan implementations of projects

• Define project task and resources

• Develop Project plan and track progress using Agile methodologies

• Develop a change control process to manage project changes

• Measure project process using burn down chart

• Manage relationship with clients and stakeholder

• Establish and maintain relationship with third party vendor

• Develop a PMO SharePoint site

• Determine project cost and resourcing

• Allocate project to the development team

• Work with business team and creative to identify requirements

• Document project charter and business requirements

• Manage Stakeholder meetings, Steer Committee Meetings, Axelon Service Corp. @ Citi, Hybrid/Long Island City 06/2015 - 09/2016 GCT NA PMO Global Rewards Card Services Project Manager (Digital Projects)

• Drive CITI Cards Global Rewards Program initiative with project management methodology using waterfall and Agile (Digital, Compliance, Business, Operational & Technical projects)

• Provide oversight for internal and external PMO governance on the waterfall and agile projects

• Host daily scrum meetings with the business and development teams

• Communicate business objectives, project status, risk, and issues to stakeholders and business partners

• Create project cost & schedule using MS Project, Planview, and base-lined projects

• Manage Global Rewards Card Services Projects in LATAM & Central America

• Review change management process with stakeholder and cross-functional teams

• Identify and resolve business and technical issues with cross-functional teams

• Onboard vendors to the CITI Card Services Platform

• Review all project documentation, such as project charter, business requirements, and functional

• requirement with the Citi business lead, technical teams, & business partners

• Manage multiple maintenance projects simultaneously as part of the release

• Manage the implementation of large, medium, and small projects (650K to 10M)

• Review with Sr. management project requests to ensure projects are prioritized based on company strategic alignment, sizing, and prioritization

• Monitor and Control project life cycle from initiation to closing

• Schedule and develop project timeline based on the yearly releases

• Estimate cost, review budget, update budget based on project initiative and constraints

• Manage resources, resource constraints, resource budget, and resource forecasting Townsend & Associate @ BMS, Lawrenceville, NJ 12/2014 - 06/2015 IT Corporate Finance – Business Capability Manager/Senior Management (Intake Process)

• Project Initiation & Delivery (Including Request for Proposals and Contracts/Statement of Work) using PPM

• Ensure appropriate governance and oversight on projects to ensure successful IT delivery and business outcomes

• Plan and manage the financial impact of projects

• Ensure that business process and IT change is effectively planned and managed

• Development of the support plan for new applications and solutions

• Drive solutions by performing internal and external analysis of available and emerging capabilities and technologies

• Identifying opportunities to increase productivity, continuous improvement, and potential cost savings

• Partner with businesses to extract full value from existing systems

• Liaison between global business partners and US team projects

• Manage global projects from initiation to closing

• Partner with businesses to develop and manage the IT project portfolio and deliver new or enhanced business capabilities that directly support the strategic vision

• Develop business justification for potential projects with detailed cost and benefit analysis

• Facilitate planning, design, development, delivery, and support activities for IT solutions across all relevant business functions

• Manage the IT project development life cycle to ensure cost-effective use of technology investment and contribute to standards and methodologies to facilitate the rapid delivery of solutions

• Establish relationships with key leaders across the functional area to ensure IT projects are supported and successfully delivered

Advantage Technologies @ CITI, Long Island City, NY 06/2013 – 11/2014 Thank You Rewards Program – Product Development Project Manager (Digital Project)

• Support CITI Cards and ThankYou Rewards Business team with project management methodology

(Digital, Compliance, Business, Operational & Technical projects)

• Manage monthly maintenance project and review of CITI card portfolio for yearly release calendar

• Review and improve the project management process at CITI and update based on best practice

• Develop project concept with the business and adhere to the change management process

• Review and present project concept to Senior Management and business partners for sizing

• Manage large-scale projects from initiation to closure, which includes monitoring all deliverables

• Work with CITI business and business partners on the development of project requirements, technical design, UAT testing, and deployment of the project

• Migrate multiple projects from one platform to a vendor-specific platform

• Host meetings with key technology members, stakeholders as well as cross-functional teams

• Ensure project milestones are achieved on time and on-budget

• Developed a strategy for effective and proactive communications to project stakeholders

• Resolve business and technical issues, analyze and provide recommendations on best practices

• Managed Web-Based Projects for CITI ThankYou program TEK Systems Inc. @ Lincoln Financial Group, Philadelphia, PA 10/2011 – 04/2013 Program Manager/Senior Project Manager – Lincoln Retirement Plan Services IT PMO (Integration)

• Provided PMO responsibility and oversight support for key projects within Distributed Contribution IT

• Managed multiple projects simultaneously as part of the overall TRAC Conversion Program using PM and Agile/Waterfall Techniques

• Work closely with the various cross-functional team members as part of the DC PMO IT, Portfolio Management, Metrics and governance processes for the project assigned

• Responsible for developing detailed project plans as well as the tier estimate

• Migrate multiple projects from one platform to a vendor-specific platform

• Portfolio Management and initiate requirements and other key documents reviews with business, vendors, and technology areas

• Host meetings with key technology members, stakeholders as well as cross-functional teams

• Ensure project milestones are achieved on time and on-budget

• Review and provide a weekly status report to PMO and business partners

• Ensure effective and proactive communications to project stakeholders

• Manage projects using Planview and SharePoint

• Request resources to projects based on the projects (High, Medium, Low)

• Develop project plan, testing strategy, and communicate testing strategy

• Update SharePoint documents with project documentation

• Support UAT and QA teams issues, resolve business and technical issues

• Monitor budget and forecasting

TEK Systems Inc. @ Merrill Lynch, Hopewell, NJ 05/2011 – 09/2011 Project Manager Level II Global Wealth Investment PMO

• Provided PMO responsibility and oversight support for key projects within the Global Wealth Investment Management Group

• Managed IT projects for Merrill Lynch’s Managed Accounts using Agile and Waterfall Techniques

• Work closely with the various cross-functional team members to implement and support the overall PMO, Portfolio Management, Metrics, and governance processes for the project assigned

• Responsible for developing detailed project plans

• Assist in writing and reviewing requirements and other key documents

• Coordinate meetings with key technology members

• Ensure project milestones are achieved on time and on-budget

• Provide weekly and monthly executive reporting

• Ensure effective and proactive communications to project stakeholders

• Manage all projects using Clarity and Ops Plan

• Ensure budget is available across all projects

• Review resources assigned to projects based on the budget of the project

• Review business requirements and wireframes with multiple business and IT groups

• Provide a summary at a program level for new releases

• Ensure all business users are available to test and review testing scripts for accuracy

• Develop a storyboard for the Single Experience project

• Develop project plan, develop testing strategy, and communicate testing strategy

• Document process flow and task items for specific applications

• Develop and maintain program calendar

Princeton Information Systems @ CITI, Roseland, NJ 07/2010 – 04/2011 Project Manager/Senior Technical Business Analyst

• Led multi-disciplinary cross-functional project teams with appropriate representation from the required functions

• Ensure project coordination between the cross-functional teams

• Manage Business Continuity testing project for Alternative Investment Services

• Ensure all business users are available to test and review testing scripts for accuracy

• Gather and review requirements from multiple functional areas

• Develop project plan, develop testing strategy, and communicate testing strategy

• Review Architecture Diagrams for CITI and Review Disaster Recovery documentation

• Track project progress, and update project plan accordingly

• Document process flow and task items for specific applications using MS Visio

• Support Business users and Communicate Status, risks and issues via email

• Assist with CITI Hedge Funds Services migration, resolution issues, document dependencies, manage weekly meeting

Chartis/American International Underwriters (AIU), New York, NY 05/2008 – 05/2010 Project Manager – Finance Restructuring & Transformation

• Built and led multi-disciplinary cross-functional project teams with appropriate representation from the required functions, ensuring project coordination between the different groups

• Conducted project “kick-off” meetings to establish a development plan that will include project scope, activities/timings, and an assignment of team member responsibilities

• Developed pitch document and presented to the cross-functional teams for analysis

• Worked with and challenge the project teams to develop and keep timelines that meet the overall business objectives

• Compiled and maintained up-to-date pitch documents for each project, ensuring all critical activities are included

• Proactively assessed project transactions to ensure key development milestones will be achieved according to plan

• Provided/negotiated resolution to potential issues to maintain project timelines and, when necessary highlight potential barriers to project progression such as resource constraints to management

• Organized and chaired Project Team meetings, providing agendas before meetings, issuing minutes promptly following meetings with follow-up actions, responsibilities and completion timeframes identified

• Ensured appropriate and timely communication among key stakeholders for each project

• Developed business and anticipated future costs versus the initial project budgets; keep management and finance regularly updated and highlight any expected material deviations from budget

• Worked with external partners as required, communicate across the globe project health, provide senior management project report, and update senior management on multiple projects

• Worked with Finance and Accounting to determine impacted areas, ensure all legal contracts and reinsurance contracts were filed in accordance with the regulators, and work with F&A analyst to determine the impact of the system

• Developed a business case for specific budgeted projects

• Updated the Restructuring & Transformation web-site

• Wrote the global newsletter for senior management to communicate project status across the globe

• Updated Portfolio Project Management tool

• Determined project cost analysis

• Gathered requirements for Information Systems

Aristson Tek/Integrated Strategies Inc. @ JP Morgan Chase, Jersey City 09/2005 – 03/2008 Project Manager/Business Analyst Consultant (Finance Business Merger Integrations)

• Responsibilities for supporting all Lines of Business and any cross-impacted work streams

• Liaison between the line of business and technical teams

• Provided project summary and status reporting to senior management

• Accountable for managing each project through the entire Project Life Cycle, development of project scope and definition, detailed project planning, integration and monitoring, risk tracking, and resolution

• Developed requirements for all projects across all work streams

• Identified Line of Business impacts and expected result

• Analyzed and recommended business process improvements

• Validated detailed designs for solutions such as business flows and functional specifications, where appropriate for a project across all work streams

• Performed systems analysis on the architecture and its functionality

• Validated all operating model considerations and process documentation in conjunction with the process management group

• Documented business risks, constraints, and assumptions for individual projects

• Developed testing strategies, plans, and scripts for business migrations TS Finance

• Participated in testing execution schedule within multiple systems migration

• Ensured any new accounts required to support the lines of business were set up appropriately.

• Assisted the Program Manager in balancing project goals and business needs

• Identified project issues/risks and recommended solutions

• Provided business subject matter expertise in specific Line of Business and/or functional areas within Finance Treasury Services

• Developed the project timeline

• Adhered to project deliverables for each phase of the project

• Assisted with special projects/request as required

• Ensured that any new product and service codes need to support testing is set-up within test and in production

• Worked closely with the technical team to ensure all update are complete and ready for testing in the enterprise release

• Loaded testing requirements and testing scripts in Mercury Quality Center

• Followed-up on issues that occurs during test and resolution within a specific timeline • Validated data sent downstream for test. Manage meeting required to support the projects • Ensured that all end to end testing is completed prior to production

• Worked with SAP team to validate expected results for specific line of business General Ledger • Reconciled the accounting entrees on the General Ledger posting report

• Set-up new accounts for the line of business on SAP-FI. Merge General Ledgers such as GLAS on to the target platform SAPFI

• Set-up account ledger on SAPFI

• Principal knowledge of accounting entrees

• Ensured that revenue is reported properly via MIS systems and Client Reporting System (CMR) EDUCATION:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ Masters, Labor Studies and Employment Relations, School of Management and Relations 10/2014 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ Bachelor of Science, School of Management and Labor Relations (Honors) 01/2013 The Chubb Institute of Technology, Jersey City, NJ Web Development & Business Programming Diploma 01/2003 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

• Scrum Master Certified

• PMP Certificate via Avtech

• PMI-ACP (Agile) Certificate via Avtech

• PMI Member

• USMC Veteran

• Member of The National Society of Leadership & Success

• Member of Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society

• Series 7 Training

• Licensed Realtor for State of New Jersey

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