Muhammad Usman, Manager Strategic Planning

Muhammad Usman

Manager Strategic Planning

Bahria University Karachi

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, MS (Business Administration)
Experience
16 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 7 Months

Manager Strategic Planning at Bahria University Karachi
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since December 2022

* Act as liaison (primary contact) b/w head-office & all Academic Depts. to ensure alignment

* Fostered collaboration, built trust, & maintained close-relationships

* Identified & presented solutions to overcome performance problems (redundancies, inefficiencies, cost) while effectively addressing obstacles/weak areas to enhance 90% operational efficiency & education quality (in consensus with Principals, HoDs, & Allied-Depts' Managers)

* Planning, Implementation, Monitoring (via Indigenous Software), Evaluation of KPIs targets attainment (patterns, weak areas), and Reporting (key achievements)

* Organized KPIs Progress Review (against BU Strategic Plan) meetings to know why/which dept is stuck and provided every help/support to teams stay focused on track

* Facilitated Strategic Plan Audits & Compliance management

* Developed & presented "Campus Revitalization Strategy" to upraise programs/curriculum, students learning & employability, faculty development, research elevation, & community inter-connectedness and persuaded taking suitable actions

* Devised International MS/PhD Fellowship Program (under Funded Research Grant) Feasibility to engage top researchers, substantially increase research activities/grants, and upraise international outlook

Senior Lecturer, FYP Incharge, & QA Coordinator at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2021 to December 2022

* Spearheaded Faculty Strategic Plan, Internal Quality Assurance System (IQA), NBEAC Accreditation Management, HEC & CIEC Reporting, and various OBE documentation (PEOs, PLOs, internal mappings -HEI-Faculty-Program,
"Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)" mechanism, assessment results, and improvement plans)

* Envisioned, documented & presented "Faculty Strategic Plan" (Vision, Mission, SWOT Analysis, Goals, Roadmap, KPIs)

* Revised BBA and MBA programs, in view of Faculty Strategic Plan, Disciplinary changes and HEC & Industrial requirements

* Managed Undergrad Final Year Projects-FYPs (policy, guidelines, mechanisms, rubrics, supervision),

* Taught Business Courses (Strategic Mgmt., Business Strategies, Organizational Behavior, ICT Applications, etc.)

* Developed Self-Assessment Report-SAR (Goals, Outcomes, Alignment, SWOT, Improvement Plans, Compliance etc.); Managed HEC MBA Program Review & CIEC Review exercises, & Rubric Evaluation of BS (Bioinformatics) degree program

Senior Officer (Institutional Mgmt. & QA)/Visiting Faculty at Hamdard University
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2007 to December 2020

Institutional/Academic Mgmt., & Quality Enhancement:
* Supported Dean/Director/Faculty Chairs in planning, formulation & promotion of the Faculty’s Growth Strategies (through annual plans, resources allocation, budgets, continuous monitoring & implementation), presenting findings & recommended actions to support managerial decision-making

* Spearheaded Internal QA System (IQAS); Developed 'Institutional Performance Evaluation (IPE)', 'Self-Assessment Reports (SARs)', Campus Review/Annual Report, "Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)" mechanism, and Monitoring & Control system to manage performance gaps
* Organized, coordinated, and assisted 'Mock Audits/Rubric Evaluation' exercises viz. IPE, and SARs (BS/MS/PhD programs)

* Worked with Program Chairs in Design & Operational management (10 year experience); Undergrad Curriculum Innovation & Accreditation Management & Compliance (both PEC and NCEAC) etc.

* Contributed to managing, monitoring & reporting National ICTRD HRD and Japanese NBS projects of worth 53.7M, 40.0M, and 4.12M

* Devised Plans for University, Institutional, Academic, Faculty and Students Performance Improvement

* Assisted Director/Dy. Director/Departmental Chairman on policies &procedures, especially in the academic area

* Ensured all Boards and Committees are compliant with the university charter & statutes

Academic/General Management:
* Managed Academic Programs, course catalogs (all BE & BS programs), supervised student database, established Central Repository, and developed BoS & BoF working papers, calendars, equivalency cases,

* Managed Ongoing operations (Supervised Classrooms’ Readiness) and streamlined existing processes (Helpdesk, Faculty Facilitation, Monitoring) to improve responsiveness and satisfaction

* Devised SOPs, Resources Management/Upgrade plans, Annual Budget, Feasibility proposals, and ensured effective utilization

* Devised Hamdard University Revised Compensation & Benefits Plan, Grading Structure, Policies

Education

Master's degree, MS (Business Administration)
  • at Hamdard University
  • October 2013
Master's degree, MBA
  • at Hamdard University
  • December 2008

Specialties & Skills

Balanced Scorecard
Curriculum Design
Critical Thinking
Quality Assurance
Strategic Planning
Rubric Evaluation
Quality Assurance Management
Higher Education Administration
Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving
Strategic Planning, Implementation & Oversight
Curriculum Innovation & Review
University Teaching

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Languages

English
Intermediate