Agile Program Manager, It Resume
Chicago, IllinoiS
SUMMARY
- PMP - certified project manager with over 10 years of in-depth IT and financial experience.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams through major digital and infrastructure transformations leveraging Agile.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Applications: JIRA, Pivotal Tracker, Confluence, Office 365, Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, Clarity, HP PPM, ITSM, Business Objects, Active Directory, InfoPath, Vignette, Gemini, and Crystal Reports
Databases: CICS (mainframe), DB2, Oracle (OSB) and SQL Server 2012
Basic Programming Knowledge: HTML, SQL, Java, VB.NET, and ASP.NET
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Chicago, Illinois
Agile Program Manager, IT
Responsibilities:
- Managing multiple mainframe development projects to improve enterprise access to securities data
- Coordinate weekly with business and IT leadership to ensure continuous alignment
- Coach team members and other project managers on Agile best practices
- Lead JIRA implementation for our department, developing processes and training all team members
- Manage an external vendor for data cleanup and harmonization projects
Confidential, Chicago, Illinois
Agile Sr. Project Manager, IT
Responsibilities:
- Budget development, management, and weekly reporting to the Chief Technology Officer
- Managed and reported on project dependencies across the Digital Program
- Collaborated with teams across the organization to achieve cross-departmental goals
- Reviewed SOWs and managed vendor onboarding
Confidential, Chicago, Illinois
Agile Sr. Project Manager, IT
Responsibilities:
- Managed a $12M project to develop and deploy 9 new highly interactive web-based digital textbooks for middle-school and high school Math.
- Lead a network of project managers, product managers, development managers, business analysts
- QA resources, usability researchers, design agencies, content providers, and content managers
- Identified and implemented business process improvements in the area of bug tracking and QA
Confidential, Chicago, Illinois
Sr. Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Directed rebranding efforts across all digital presences from the mobile site to Google Maps
- Planned strategic site improvement projects based on user feedback, analytics, and usability studies
- Maintained custom reports and SharePoint site for program status, issues, resources, and budgets
Confidential, Chicago, Illinois
IT Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Managed five integration-related projects including a secure web-based credit card payment system
- OBIEE-based sales reporting system that was leveraged by UA employees across the globe
- Developed disaster recovery plans and lead major software releases
- Directed globally located project teams with members across the US, India, UK and UAE
Confidential, Chicago, Illinois
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Initiated and planned for the configuration of a web-based portfolio management tool for use at the executive level to track critical organizational objectives
- Managed the development of SEO reports for clients of this digital marketing agency, which included other Publicis Groupe agencies
Confidential, Austin, Texas
IT Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Managed the development of training materials and trained over 100 IT resources on the new system
- Coordinated with management across the organization on the implementation of a fund accounting system from Eagle Investment Systems that tracks settlements by portfolio
- Lead UAT for a customized financial benefits statement sent to over 200K pension fund participants
Confidential, Austin, Texas
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Managed the design and development of a new company website and digital marketing strategy
- Worked with a vendor to implement a new web-based project accounting system
Confidential, Austin, Texas
Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Performed quality assurance testing for the conversion of 2 million records from QDRO to PeopleSoft
- Developed new Excel pivot tables that increased productivity and streamlined reporting