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Project Manager Senior

Location:
Albany, NY
Posted:
September 24, 2025

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Resume:

Joseph Vinisky

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******@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

Accomplished Project Manager/Producer/QA Lead with a solid track record delivering business technologies for Fortune 500 B2B and B2C clients. Expertise in all facets of product and project life cycles and hands-on experience with a broad range of PM/QA processes including SDLC Project Management.

Skills and Tools:

Jira, Zephyr, Mingle, QTP/UTF, Liferay, Salesforce, Aria Systems, Rally, Test Rail, Jenkins, TFS, iOS development, MySQL, Oracle EDW, PostgreSQL, Crystal Reports, TeamSite, Mantis, Joomla, Elementool, Agile development, Apache, JavaScript, Process & Data Flow, Integration/Systems Testing, Java, Scrum Master in Agile environments.

Web development skills: HTML5, CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap, JQuery, Node.js,

Foreign languages: Russian, Hebrew

EMPLOYMENT

MindadMedia PM/QA lead 3/2024-present (contract)

Developed and executed comprehensive test strategies for a media/content company

Functional and non-functional requirements for Salesforce modules:

Marketing Cloud Advertising Studio: Managed and optimized digital advertising campaigns by integrating CRM data for Facebook, Google Ads, and Twitter.

Specialized in audience targeting, journey integration, and campaign performance tracking.

Salesforce Datorama: Leveraged marketing intelligence to unify data from multiple sources, including advertising channels.

Enabled real-time campaign performance visualization and analysis for data-driven decision-making.

Oversaw and assisted with testing efforts, ensuring timely defect identification and resolution.

Gathered and analyzed business requirements, translating them into clear technical specifications.

Mapped and optimized business processes to improve efficiency and align with business goals.

Acted as a liaison between stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment.

Led and mentored QA/BA teams, promoting a collaborative and productive environment

Selenium Webdriver automation

Oversaw a team of 7 testers

Centene Sr. PM /Team Lead 1/2018-3/2024 (remote)

Led impactful product initiatives, leveraging expertise in web technologies and user-focused design thinking to deliver innovative solutions.

Partnered with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to ensure alignment with goals, setting clear expectations and driving pragmatic outcomes.

Supervised onsite and offshore QA teams, mentoring members and fostering collaboration to achieve high-quality results.

Developed and executed comprehensive test strategies, including positive/negative scenarios, integration tests, and compliance validations.

Ensured regulatory and security compliance through coordination with performance and security testing teams, implementing robust solutions like Single Sign-On and CyberArk/Duo.

Provided QA oversight in Agile environments, managing backlogs, leading Scrum ceremonies, and optimizing workflows using Kanban.

Conducted end-to-end testing for eligibility systems, ensuring data accuracy across diverse Lines of Business.

Resolved incidents promptly, analyzed application logs, and improved testing processes for efficiency and effectiveness.

Delivered actionable feedback to QA teams, enhancing the quality of UAT outcomes and testing deliverables.

Facilitated audits and ensured compliance through detailed documentation and reporting.

Designed and validated secure workflow solutions, improving functionality and user experience.

Focused on continuous improvement to maintain high standards in product development and QA practices.

ITS-NYS Albany NY PM/Sr. BA 9/2016-1/2018

Financial Disclosure system (FDS) and Lobbying Application Web Redesign.

New technologies are available for implementation that to enable JCOPE staff to reduce the number of helpdesk calls and problems associated with the current application.

Utilized RUP and DOH ITS Project Management methodologies, PM tools and Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC) to manage all aspects of projects including budgets, schedules, resources reporting, scope, communication, risks, and integration.

Reported to management and executive management on the progress and status of these projects.

Future Labs New York, NY Sr. PM/Business Analyst ( 5/2015 –9/2016)

Oversaw gathering, documenting of business and functional requirements scheduling software SaaS projects in an agile environment for UNICEF and UNESCO projects.

Medical Information System Gathering (MISG) for UNESCO and UNICEF global projects to support staff in the field including physician dispatch, medicine distribution, emergency supplies, and triage. Currently, the outdated systems and processes place a high burden on OPMC staff and claim reporters requiring large numbers of staff to manually enter data into the system.

The system needs to support centralized intake to employ consistent investigation criteria and permit the automated identification of duplicate entries. The system needs to allow for prompt research and retrieval of accurate information from stakeholders and allow OPMC to accurately report out the data that is collected.

Booker New York, NY Sr.QA/PM (4/2012-5/2015)

Control of successful implementation of projects / programs in SaaS portfolio

Salesforce project integration with core products.

Decision-making on important changes or cancellations of projects / program with Customer

Resource allocation within portfolio

Development of individual motivational approaches for project managers

Development and introduction of project report templates for Project Manager Office

Control and manage Service Level Agreements (SLA)

Everyday Health, New York, NY Sr. PM/BA ( 9/2010 – 3/2014)

Oversaw gathering, documenting of business and functional requirements for health-related a nd insurance Web projects, specifically Mayo Clinic, PG, etc.

Bug tracking tools: Jira, Mingle, Fogbugz.

Scrum master, daily standups.

Reporting, planning, and mentoring in use of various tools.

Generated SDF documentation from source data in Amazon Cloud Search

Change, release management, code reviews.

Documentation of test artifacts (plan, cases), execution of test cases from design documentation and functional specifications.

Responsible for managing identifying, shipping and packaging client applications.

Managed projections and release plans.

SME to support development & testing of deliverables and validation of quality assurance.

Winter-Wyman (NBC, RG/A, Razorfish ) New York, NY Project Manager (5/2005-9/2010)

Project management and testing of various multimedia and CRM websites. Created test cases, monitored testers, developers on major commercial web and mobile products for Comcast, Target, American Express, Ford Motor Co. Pfizer, Verizon, American Express.

Bug tracking tools: Jira, JetgBrain’s Utrack

Agile and waterfall methodologies and environments. Scrum sessions. Change management. Release management.

Education

Python Certification (SUNY, Schenectady)

Fundamentals of AI and Machine Learning Certification (SUNY, Schenectady)

Google PM Certification

Salesforce Admin Certification

Pace University, PM. iOS development certification.

Cooper Union. Java and Web Programming Cert.

BS in CS/Biology. University of California, Irvine.



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