Abdullah Khan, Sr. Project Manager | Scrum Master

Abdullah Khan

Sr. Project Manager | Scrum Master

Askari Bank Limited

Location
Pakistan
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Sciences
Experience
14 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months

Sr. Project Manager | Scrum Master at Askari Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since September 2017

Key Responsibilities
Leading and Managing 4 Cross-functional teams, 2 as a Scrum Master & 2 as a PM having 25+ resources and 2 junior Product Managers having 10+ resources.
Organising and Leading Scrum Events/Ceremonies like Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming/Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review/Demo, and Sprint Retrospective.
Lead agile workshops for both development and functional teams, as well as key stakeholders.
Lead and manage large-scale IT programs from initiation to closure, ensuring alignment with the business strategic goals and objectives.
Allocate and manage resources effectively, including project teams, vendors, and external partners, to ensure successful program delivery within budget and timeline constraints.
Serve as the primary liaison for project stakeholders, ensuring consistent updates and alignment on project status and changes.
Identify potential risks and issues related to program delivery and develop mitigation strategies to minimise their impact on project outcomes.
Implement change management strategies to ensure smooth adoption of new technologies and processes by employees and customers.
Define and enforce quality standards for project deliverables, ensuring that all solutions meet the business standards for security, compliance, and performance.
Identify opportunities for process improvement, operational efficiency, and technology innovation. Implement best practices to drive continuous enhancement of program management methodologies.
Generate regular status reports, dashboards, and documentation to track program progress and provide insights to senior management.

Product Manager & SQA Analyst at Netsol Technologoes
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2015 to August 2017

● Led and Managed 2 Cross-functional teams having 12 resources.
● Manage the product life cycle, from ideation to launch/closure including market
research, competitive analysis, and user feedback to inform product strategy.
● Develop and execute the product roadmap, ensuring that all projects are delivered on
time and within budget.
● Performed Functional, End to End, Smoke, Sanity, Regression, Retesting, UAT, Load,
Stress, and Performance testing.

Project Manager and SQA Analyst at Webkumpany
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • January 2012 to March 2015

● Led and Managed 2 Cross-functional teams having 12 resources.
● Manage the product life cycle, from initiation till the closure.
● Proposal Writing and Requirement Gathering, Creating Project Plan, Budgeting, Cost
Estimation & Resource Allocation and Performed Functional, End to End, Smoke,
Sanity, Regression, Retesting, UAT, Load, Stress, and Performance testing.

Software Developer at Western Solutions Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • January 2010 to December 2011

Designation: Software Developer Tenure: Jan 2010 - Dec 2011 Responsibilities:
●Develop, Test and deploy web-based applications using Dot Net Technologies.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Sciences
  • at PMAS Arid Agriculture University
  • March 2010

Software Engineering I and II, Databases, Programming Languages (C, C++, JAVA, C#, Dot Net, PHP, HTML, CSS), Data Communications and Networking, Artificial Intelligence, Operating Systems, System Programming, Data Structures and Assembly Language.

Specialties & Skills

Program Management
Organizational Agility
Team Leadership
Organizational Development
Communications
C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)
ACCOUNTABILITY
MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING
BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
PLANNING
AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
AUTOMATION
DOT (GRAPH DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE)
BUDGETING

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Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified Scrum Master (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2021
Valid Until:
September 2025

Hobbies

  • Tech News and Blogging
    Tech Blog writing and Technical Trainer