Senior Project Manager / Program Manager
iHorizons
Total years of experience :22 years, 8 months
- Created and executed project work plans and revised as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
- Identified resources needed and assigned individual responsibilities.
- Managed day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
- Reviewed deliverables prepared by team before passing to client.
- Effectively applied the company methodology and enforces project standards.
- Prepared for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures.
- Minimized the company exposure and risk on project.
- Ensured project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
- Managed various projects, including portals, custom applications, and integrated ones.
- Coordinated, negotiated and motivated outside vendors and outsourced resources in support of timelines and IT project deliverables.
- Managed all aspects of client relationships including communication with stakeholders to provide accurate reporting and updates regarding ongoing projects and initiatives.
- Assisted the business development department in conducting customer demos and presentations, and preparing proposals.
- Managed the portals division teams and identified required resources for different projects.
- Conducted job interviews, selected suitable candidates, trained and mentored the individuals on different technologies, assigned individual responsibilities within the team, and conducted performance appraisals for team members.
- Responsible for project progress reporting to the PMO and to the clients.
- Managed delivery teams, each ranging from 4 to 20 people.
- Managed many projects for private and public sectors, including critical projects for royal courts in Jordan and UAE.
- Managed multiple critical and high-profile projects through the full development lifecycle.
- Collaborated with the business development team in preparing proposals.
- Played a pivotal role in defining, socializing and enforcing company coding and software development standards.
- Recruited new team members by conducting interviews and recommending suitable technical candidates.
- Managed a cross-functional team of software developers, quality assurance engineers, graphics designers and database administrators on a number of projects.
- Mentored new employees and trained them.
- Conducted periodic code reviews and followed-up with team members to ensure timely delivery of assigned tasks.
- Led and coordinated technical activities and artifacts throughout project
phases and developed detailed design specifications.
- Organized work schedules based on priorities.
- Controlled resources as per work requirements.
- Ensured quality & reliability of code from the development team by conducting a smoke testing and code reviews for their deliverables per development task.
- Provided a detailed design of the project.
- Ensured consistency of design elements and interactive behaviors within individual pages/forms/Components and across entire projects.
- Conducted researches and proof of concepts.
- Led the software development team through software projects and assigned tasks based on the breakdown of tasks and follow up on tasks progress.
- Participated in design and development of various projects using ASP, MTS, JavaScript, and SQL Server 2000
Participated in design and development of various projects using ASP, COM+ (VB), MTS, JavaScript, extensive XML and SQL Server 2000 implementing a 3-Tier Solution.
Web Developer: Participated in design and development of various projects using ASP, HTML, iHTML, and SQL Server 2000.