Work history
Project ManagerRavensbourne University London
• Set up of Project Management Office procedures and expectations
• Responsible for the management and selection of third party suppliers
• Management of off/onshore developers using Agile/Iterative approaches in 10 days sprints
• Supervising and set up of iterative sprint testing develoment
• Creating roadmaps, timelines, web product proto -types and market specifications
• Responsible for the start to the end of the life cycle of a piece of development work with project documentation i.e. Story analysis to signoff.PID, Highlight Reports, Benefit Analysis and Lesson Learnt Reports End of Project Close out
• Stakeholder Management and engagement with Academics, Heads of Department and at Director Level
• Website /product migration with Hybris ecommerce platform management
• Ensuring the deliverables of the projects are being delivered to objective; high quality, on time, on brief and within budget – in accordance with the project plan
• Monitoring overall progress, including resolving issues, managing budget and initiating corrective action as appropriate
• Proactively communicating with stakeholders to ensure all parties are engaged with the projects, such that reviews and sign-offs are properly managed
• Managing risks to the project’s successful outcome, and reporting the progress of the projects at regular intervals to internal and external stakeholders
• Responsible for Portfolio Project analytics of digital products in wich aimed to understand and define user and customer activity showcasing and predictive to major capabilities that bridge Business Intelligence and business needs.
Technical Project Manager
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Open University
Responsible for the development of the OU’s new website functionality, Interactive Study Planner and Product Pricing tool. The project aim was to solidify and increase the user experience and reduce the 40% drop out rate of online learners during the registration phase Using the blended methodology of Agile and Waterfall myself and the business owner were responsible for the grooming of product backlog
• Responsible for capturing requirements, producing SOWs and identifying delivery milestone
• Responsible for high level technical solution in collaboration with Developers and Testers utilising Agile Methodology
• Planning and estimation of work packages and tasks
• Creation and on-going management of the plan for project delivery
• Management of onsite developers utilising Agile methodology
• Securing resources required for project delivery
• Documentation of functional and non-functional requirements
• Liaison with technical teams on project deliverables
• Responsible for the supervision and defined standards of user stories within work stream
• Communication of project progress to stakeholders, including budget reconciliation
• Identifying issues and risks to a project and proposing mitigating actions
• Prioritisation of bugs and issues raised during testing
• Handover of project to operations team for on-going support
• Support commercial team on new business opportunities with high level analysis and planning
Skills
- Marketing PR
- Visual Arts
- Businesses Development
- Account Manager
- Presenting
- Account Management
- Business Development
- Client Services
- Networking
- Pitching
- Problem Solving
- Project Management
- Relationship Management
- Powerpoint
- Word
Education
Contemporary Art Communiation
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BA HONS