• Dynamic Senior Leader who offers a background in Multi-Project Management, Product / Portfolio Development, Strategic Analysis / Planning, Process Optimization, Best Practices Methodologies, and Trends Tracking, and exhibits skill in team Building / Training, Budgeting / Forecasting, Negotiations, Risk Management, and Vendor Relations.
• Top Performer who can make decisions to reflect positively on operations in alignment with a company s goals with knowledge of RFP / RFI Development and Evaluation, Release Management, and Agile / Waterfall Methodologies.
• Visionary Professional with commendable accomplishments across global supply chain initiatives, and who can rise above challenges to increase revenue, streamline processes, improve efficiencies, and drive winning outcomes.
• Excellent Communicator who builds synergistic relationships with senior-level management, business teams, and clients and who leads staff by example and with integrity while concurrently developing a valuable project management book titled Unmanaging Projects for Project Managers Refocusing on What Really Matters.

Program Lead Consultant (2016 Present)

  Capitalize on the opportunity to partner with forward-thinking program management, leadership, and partners to identify, define, and implement process and portfolio management foundations for a 5-year ERP development effort.

  Personally handled complex contractor management efforts to ensure seamless business processes.

  Led documentation and training, reporting, and deliverable management for 6 projects simultaneously.

Senior Business Analyst (2013 2016)

  Strategically steered a top-performing team of developers, testers, consultants, and stakeholders, including supporting and managing content and underlying website technology, as well as prioritizing and executing efforts for each developer via utilization of JIRA and Confluence as a work management tool to achieve critical website objectives.

• Stabilized site architecture and prioritization, including inheriting a Drupal site in need of architectural and developmental effort, establishing a prioritized set of work, and pursuing an aggressive schedule of development and deployment to shore up the site foundation, as well as an enhanced search model, updated taxonomy for content managers, new method for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and enhanced customer experiences to achieve goals.

  Optimized use of resources to achieve goals by managing site enhancement.

  Collaborated with group managers to lead team in developing needs prioritization.

  Participated in enhancing and managing the dynamic WholeFoodsMarket.com website.

  Maximized portfolio roadmap while maintaining team dynamics and valued company structure.

  Re-established team and site reputation and rebuilt relationships with stakeholders in / outside of IT.

Senior Project Manager

  Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward implementing solutions-oriented IT projects across department and city organizations, including effectively collecting and documenting customer needs and / or requirements.

  Created RFPs, evaluated vendor responses and negotiated contracts, tracked projects, and staffed projects per resources.

  Proactively maintained large-scale portfolio of projects.

  Implemented Project Management Office (PMO) maturing programs.

  Managed upwards of 7 simultaneous projects of various complexity, technology, and deployment schedules.

  Created a roadmap to move the Xxxxxx Energy PMO maturity growth from Gartner Level 1 to Level 4 in 3 years.

Senior Project Manager

  Maximized bottom-line performance by actively representing lucrative marketing and consumer offline sales segments of the business, including developing project team, cost / benefits analysis, project plans, and success criteria.

  Effectively liaised among all levels of cross-functional management to continuously report status of project endeavors.

  Successfully established the first organizational Project Management Office.

  Led all development and installation for the first PMO within the key organization.

  Directed all staffing, methodology creation / rollout, and identification of metrics / reporting.

Implementation Manager

  Drove business growth by managing client relationships from RFP through to production support of a PlanView project and portfolio management software, including mentoring and developing PMs for PlanView implementation.

  Contributed talents in maintaining an active client portfolio while managing up to 5 active clients simultaneously.

  Successfully completed responsibilities while participating in 100% travel duties.

  Expertly negotiated contracts and Scope of Work, implementation, and documentation.

  Developed lesson plans and in-house training programs for management s PlanView s instruction.

Program Manager

  Led targeted decision-making in the results-generating marketing of the global launch of the SBC Yahoo! ISP product, including managing launch services, development, and implementation of operation plan to achieve goals.

  Facilitated branding, launch strategy, Dial, and DSL product requiring scoping, communication, and vendor relations.

  Effectively managed public relations and advertising efforts.

  Developed integrated enterprise Project Management Office strategy.

  Managed launch of SBC Yahoo! ISP while managing internal / external communications.

Engagement Manager

  Applied strong leadership talents toward supervising comprehensive scoping, development, and delivery of the Bowstreet solutions to large-scale enterprises, including participating in 100% travel to meet and / or exceed objectives.

  Proactively developed Scope of Work, resourcing, and requirements gathering / delivery.

Principal Consultant

  Played a vital role in delivering integral program management consulting activities within a San Antonio-based headquarters, including maintaining responsibility for three simultaneous CRM eCommerce initiatives to meet goals.

  Successfully managed eCommerce initiatives with a budgetary responsibility of $4.5 million.

Master of Science in Project Management

Bachelor of Science in Political Science

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Microsoft Project Blue Belt Certification

Microsoft Project Orange Belt Certification

ITIL Foundation Certification ￨ Agile ScrumMaster

Technical Advisor, Xxxxxx Creative Reuse ￨ Volunteer Advocate, CASA

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Dear__________________:

I am seeking a challenging [ Insert Job Title ] role, and am submitting my resume for your review.

I am excited to build a rewarding career with your company, and can offer cross-functional experience in Multi-Project Management, Product / Portfolio Development, Strategic Analysis / Planning, Process Optimization, Best Practices Methodologies, and Trends Tracking. I am also well-versed in Team Building / Training, Budgeting / Forecasting, Negotiations, Risk Management, and Vendor Relations, as well as RFP / RFI Development and Evaluation, Release Management, and Agile / Waterfall Methodologies.

To complement my background, please note that I attained a Master of Science in Project Management from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Liberty University. I hold Project Management Professional (PMP) credentials from the Project Management Institute and Microsoft Project Blue Belt Certification and Microsoft Project Orange Belt Certification, as well as ITIL Foundation Certification and Agile ScrumMaster.

Recently, as a Senior Project Manager with Xxxxxx Energy, I expertly implemented and managed solutions-oriented IT projects across department and city organizations, including effectively collecting and documenting customer needs and / or requirements. Within this role, I successfully developed RFPs, evaluated vendor responses and negotiated lucrative contracts, tracked projects, and staffed projects per key resources.

A sampling of my achievements included:

  Proactively maintaining a large-scale portfolio of projects.

  Implementing Project Management Office (PMO) maturing programs.

  Managing upwards of 7 simultaneous projects of various complexity, technology, and deployment schedules.

  Creating a roadmap to move the Xxxxxx Energy PMO maturity growth from Gartner Level 1 to Level 4 in 3 years.

[ Suggestion! Address Here Any Skills / Qualifications / Achievements Relevant to the Job Posting ]. As this is just an example of my abilities, please kindly refer to my enclosed resume for additional experience.

I look forward to hearing from you, and thank you in advance for your careful consideration.

Sincerely,

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