Project manager/SCRUM Master at PLAYTECH
September 2018 – Today
Developing software for online bingo games for other licensees.
Role involves:
Working within Agile/SCRUM multidisciplinary software development teams (9-20 members)
Leading all Agile ceremonies (daily stand ups, planning session, grooming sessions, demos, retrospectives)
Delivery of complex business change projects. Leading new site launches and migrations
Work alongside Product Owners/BAs, Architects, Ops, Dba, developers, testers and designers.
Develop and maintain accurate delivery plans; maintaining Jira and Portfolio.
Where appropriate, liaise effectively with the PMO team.Highlight any risks in regards to resources, suggest solutions.
Co-ordinate the project team day-to-day, including (but not limited to) the customers, business analysts, development team, IT,the PMO team
Identify, plan for and manage to resolution project risks, issues and dependencies, including timely escalation in an appropriate manner and contingency planning when required
Regularly and transparently communicate project statuses, including key risks, issues, actions and dependencies to project stakeholders in line with agreed timelines and standards.
Define, schedule and execute formal review meetings, securing sign-offs and approvals where necessary
Organising and leading workshops
Leading department's sprint releases.
Managing projects from inception into post-delivery and maintenance
Digital Project manager/AS&K COMMUNICATIONS
March 2016 – August 2018
Client projects for large pharmaceutical companies like Bayer, Medtronic, Lilly
Role involves:
Worked within Agile/SCRUM multidisciplinary software development teams (4-10 members)
Liaised with clients and assisting business stakeholders in project and programme delivery.
Managed projects from inception into post-delivery and maintenance.
Gathered requirements and creating user stories.
Managed various project estimates, budgets (up to $1M) and timelines.
Negotiated and set client expectations in regard to risks.
Co-ordinated with client teams for final UAT, content delivery and sign off.
Adobe Analytics testing, documentation and reporting.
Digital project manager/mdit
September 2014 – February 2016
Managed projects for clients such as Sky and WebstarHealth
(requirements, estimates, deliverables, deadlines)
Single point of contact for all incoming clients’ requests to the
team
Traffic management (holding regular status meetings and
managing the daily schedule).
Creating the weekly plan with flexibility for any change requests
or priority shifts
Resource and Budget management
Introducing and implementing new ideas for better organizing
the team and increasing its productivity
In charge of client updates and meetings
Organising and coordinating internal meetings with
management, developers and designers
Introduced aspects of Scrum (Agile methodology)
Management of JIRA issue tracking system
Reporting on project status and metrics
Assisted with UAT
