Mona Althagafi, Portfolio Director

Mona Althagafi

Portfolio Director

Takamol Holding

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, BIO
Experience
25 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 4 Months

Portfolio Director at Takamol Holding
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since November 2016

- Responsible for creating and managing government investments with revenue over 600m SAR.
- Achieve client objectives in the national market place.
- Invest in building an expertise of product specialization.
- Oversee and lead the launch and operation of products as per business case and approved business plans.
Example of products launched in 2017:
* Teleworks
* Qurrah
* Wusool
* Freelance
* Muawamah

Senior Program Manager at Takamol Holding
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2016 to October 2016

- Execute and operate projects
- Monitor product performance, impact & statusto ensure KPIs are met and decision on product’s future journey can be made
- Assist in setting short and long term targets for new products.

Board Member, Director of Partnerships at Project Management Institute
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2014 to September 2016

Provide proactive leadership and direction for the identification, development, and management of effective and strategic partnerships and collaborative opportunities.

Program Manager at Tata Consultancy
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2014 to January 2016

Program Manager for Transitions, Consultancy - Tata Consultancy Services, Riyadh
• Work with cross functional / domain teams, and support functions(onshore/offshore) to ensure management of large complex programs.
. Managing a team of transition managers and team members with multi transition projects between them.
• Ensure weekly status reports, weekly calls owned and run across all streams
• Client management and multi stakeholder governance to ensure transition as per plan, timeline and costing
.Able to lead geographicaly/culturally diverse teams in a fast pace project driven environment.
.Drive a culture oof project management rigor. Proactively conduct periodic/milestone based reviews to manage risks.
. Provide support in the sales process, able to represent transition from a specific work stream and overall transition perspective.

Business Development Manager at Maximus
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2012 to March 2014

Responsible for management of local Business Managers and coordination of Business Development Officers across a number of sites in achieving contract goals and objectives.

Business & Projects Manager at Complete Projects
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2008 to September 2012

• Established the project management office; setting up the necessary policies & procedures resulting in standardizations of project work.
• Set up of work flow processes for the department to automate business processes and documentation.
• Trained 3 Project Managers on the Project Management Institute's methodology to refresh knowledge of project management best practices.
• Created the set-up and training for the Social Media Online Management campaigns.
• Supervise the establishment of new start-ups.
• Developed Policies and Procedures for different companies according to Saudi Law.
• Restructured the departments of companies to become more efficient.
• Prepared work plans and task oriented action plans.
• Prepared marketing plans including marketing material; website, brochures, newsletter, ….etc.

Project Management Consultant - Part Time at Managers for Health
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2008 to January 2009

• Reorganized the Project Management Office for Siemens Medical Division.
• Trained 12 project teams in Jeddah, Riyadh, and Eastern Province on the project management methodology in regards to planning, coordinating, and implementing projects to build an effective project team.
• Written a Project Management Manual for the Project Management Department to help Project Managers deliver successful projects.

Senior Project Manager at British Consulate General
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2005 to February 2008

• Planned, organized, monitored, and directed 4 multi-million budgeted programs and services. The programs benefited different sectors of society: entrepreneurs, women and NGOs
• Created a Social Responsibility implementation framework that integrated economic, social, and environmental decision making for optimal benefits for shareholders and in turn for those who are affected by the activities resulting in an increase in project application for which 80% were accepted.
• Chaired the Local Staff Association 2006-2007 resulting in better communication between administration and staff in which 90% of staff issues were resolved.

General Manager of Female Section at Sebai Health Institute
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2001 to June 2005

• Established and initiated the female section of Sebai Health Institute (initially 65 students in the first year) to support the education of women in the health sector.
• Orchestrated management activities of a 5, 000, 000 SR budget related to the female section of Sebai Institute and participating in the strategic plans; Directed all financial, budgeting, operating, purchasing, marketing, human resource, public relations and administrative functions ensuring timely execution of financial reporting, operating forecasts, cash flow planning, new project evaluation, regulatory, equipment maintenance, advertising, cost/pricing and related activities achieving results that really made a difference and lead to success, both for staff and institute.
• Liaised with governmental and private hospitals to develop the field of work and student training and aid in recruiting students after graduation increasing the chances of employment among graduates. As a result, 70% of students have been employed.
• Organized 15 short courses and workshops, in association with other private organizations in relation to medical or non medical topics resulting in the improvement of knowledge and skills among students.
• Supervised the writing of the new curriculum for all specialties in the institute resulting in a well-coordinated, quality teaching, learning and assessment program in the health sector.

Business Process Re-engineering Specialist at Suadi German Hospital
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 1999 to August 2001

Assessed the hospital's work flow and cost-benefit analysis to raise the quality of services provided by the hospital resulting in the improvement of customer satisfaction.

Education

Bachelor's degree, BIO
  • at University of the Pacific
  • May 1994

Graduated from university of the pacific in California

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Team Building
Client Relationship Building
Product Management
Microsoft Project
computer and internet savy
Self management
social media
Team management
organization skills
project management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Spanish
Beginner

Memberships

Project Management Institute
  • obtained a PMP certificate
  • February 2008

Training and Certifications

project management (Training)
Training Institute:
rowad institute
Date Attended:
January 2008