Khaled Al-Najjar, Program Manager

Khaled Al-Najjar

Program Manager

elm

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
18 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months

Program Manager at elm
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since April 2013

Hafiz program manager

Lead Project Manager at Elm
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2011 to March 2013

• Saudi National Unemployment Assistance Program - Hafiz
• National Based Turn Key solution implemented on top of MS CRM to serve Hafiz Program with 3 geographically distributed call centers.
https://www.hafiz.gov.sa/HRDFWeb/

Skills applied:

• Coaching a team of project managers and aligning their projects outcome to overall program capabilities.
• Managing vendors, consultants and aligning plans to overall program delivery schedule.
• Managing client expectations while maintaining cost control within scope identified and given time frame.
• Developing program financials, budgeting and forecasting.
• Building contracts.
• Managing internal development, quality control, business analysis and Operation teams to maintain program quality of service and keep delivery arm on track.
• Agile Software Development - Agile Project Management

Lead Project Manager at Elm
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2010 to December 2011

While in this role I have managed:

• Muqeem - a service to provide private sector HR departments with certain information about their sponsored expatriates in the Kingdom integrating key Government bodies such as Passport and Traffic Departments. Muqeem automates different types of visa procedures within Kingdom and makes it available at HR desk.
https://www.eserve.com.sa/muqeem/

Skills applied:

• Managing key government bodies such as passport, National Information Center - NIC.
• Managing expectations of Product Manager and aligning project outcome with product plans.
• Managing the first key integration of Al-Elm services with SADAD payment system i.e. national Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) service provider for the Kingdom (KSA)
• Managing Points System Implementation - complete new E-Services subscription model compared to ordinary Yearly Subscription one.
• Practicing Waterfall IT project management approach.

Lead Project Manager at Elm
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2009 to December 2010

While in this role I have managed:

• A team of project managers responsible for: TAMM, SAHER projects.
• TAMM Electronic Portal caters needs of people in Saudi Arabia related to Transport and Automobile sector, offering electronic access to its Traffic Department database.
https://www1.tamm.net.sa/CarPortalWeb/index.jsp

Skills applied:

• Managing expectations of key government body: Traffic Department.
• Managing Car Istimara Issuance project which is offers the first of kind service within the Kingdom.
• Developing team Key Performance Indicators - KPIs.
• Aligning team objectives to corporate strategies, Balance Score Card - BSC.

Lead Solutions Architect at Elm
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2007 to December 2008

While in this role I have lead:

• A team of developers responsible for Ishaar project.
Ishaar SMS Service is a notification service created primarily for government entities to disseminate information to individuals and organizations. Important transactions and inquiries with the General Directorate of Passports, Ministry of Labor, Traffic Department, and Hajj Affairs are coursed through this service.

Skills applied:

• Managing and introducing the first SMSC implementation within Al-Elm - Kannel - Open Source WAP and SMS Gateway
• EJB, JEE, Web Services, MVC model.

Solutions Developer at Elm
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2005 to December 2006

While in this role I have participated in :

• Implementations of Muqeem, TAMM, Ishaar, Yakeen interactive services.
• Developing the first Exit/Re-Entry issuance service through SMS.
• Developing middle tier architecture for different services.
• Building stand-alone and web based clients to consume different kinds of web services.

Skills applied:

• EJB, JEE, Web Services, MVC model

Network Engineer at BTC
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2002 to September 2002

While in this role I have participated in :

• Design and Implementation of Toys R Us Network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Configured and installed CISCO Firewalls

Skills applied:

• Nortel Layer 2, 3 Switches, Routers, PBX

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at • Bachelor of Computer Engineering in June 2004 with a major GPA of 3.835 on a scale of 4.00
  • June 2004

Specialties & Skills

Program Management
Project Management
Business Process ReEngineering
Leadership
IT Solutions
Diploma in the art and science of Neuro Linguistics Programming (NLP)
Java2, J2EE framework, XML, JSP, Struts framework,Web Services,EJB
Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Processes Re-Engineering IT infrastructure, Software
Program Management

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
Mastering people management and leadership
Date Attended:
June 2013
Management and Leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
Middle Management
Date Attended:
December 2012
Business Analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
Developing User Requirements, Learning Tree
Date Attended:
October 2010
Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Project Management, Skills for Success Learning Tree
Date Attended:
September 2010
Leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
Great Leaders, Franklin Covey
Date Attended:
August 2009
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Project Management, Franklin Covey
Date Attended:
August 2008
Leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
Performance Management Training, Hay Group
Date Attended:
March 2009
Program, Portfolio Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Program Management, ESI UK
Date Attended:
April 2012
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
The 7 Habits for Managers, Franklin Covey
Date Attended:
July 2009
TOGAF 8 , Architecting the Enterprise (Training)
Training Institute:
TOGAF 8 , Architecting the Enterprise
Date Attended:
November 2009
Business Analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
Business Process ReEngineering, Learning Tree
Date Attended:
May 2010