Project Manager

• Sep 2018 - Present

• Managing 50+ employees for multiple projects across different programs and teams• Executing large-scale IT projects (budget $0.5M to $3.0M, with the onshore and offshore teams working in multiple timezones) in Telecom, IT, retail and real estate sectors • Governing the entire application lifecycle management (ALM) process using various collaboration and project management tools like JIRA and MS VSTS to help the project and DevOps teams and ensure the alignment with the Continuous Development, Continuous Testing, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Continuous Monitoring (CI/CD) framework • End-to-end managing software development lifecycle (SDLC) which includes the tracking and managing of project risks, issues, action items and key decisions across the program• Managing cross-functional, multi-site project teams composed of employees, contractors and external vendors• Understanding customer's requirements along with deliverables and responsible for project closures i.e. Responsible for end-to-end delivery (initiation, planning, control, execution and closure)• Supporting and executed simultaneous delivery of various sales, ordering, finance, e-commerce, and web projects.• Create, manage project resource loading, budget; reconcile budget monthly, communicate risks to StakeholdersPlease check the following link for my current and past projectshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/aliajani/details/projects/Working on these projects using Agile and Waterfall methodologies for designing, implementing and integrating enterprise systems like ERP, CRM, eCommerce, Complex inventory systems, Billing systems, supply chain systems, elearning and accounting systems.Using Collaboration tools: JIRA (Confluence, opsgine, Align), MS Project and MS Visual Studio Team System (VSTS).

Project Manager

• Jul 2020 - Jun 2021

• Created project progress reports and presented them in project stakeholder meetings to provide cost and schedule performance • Managed project budgets and overall financial tracking and reporting. • Tracked project resource allocations, forecasts vs actuals as well as the processing of invoices submitted for work done by external vendors on active projects. • Assisted task team with follow-ups for testing and validation, risk assessment, and optimization of production efficiency• Evaluated Project deliverables using internal/external and phase reviews to ensure deliverable quality• Multiple stakeholder engagement – supported product owners on deployment planning, led daily status meetings with App/Project teams, engaged with deployment and infra teams to resolve issues

Partner and Director

• Jan 2014 - Jul 2018

An I.T. solutions and services company focused on Telecom, government and enterprise services. I led the productization of mobile Location-Based Services (LBS) products and worked with the sales & marketing teams to sell them as a value-added service (VAS) to Telecom operators in the region. I have managed and led teams from ideation to the implementation and integration of our Telecom products into Etisalat Pakistan, Mobilink (JAZZ), Telenor, Warid telecom and China Mobile's BSS and OSS infrastructure. Moreover, I helped grow the business w.r.t revenue, human capital, IPs and started our Global Operations.My role was to o Generated new business opportunities and ventures in the telecom and enterprise domain. These induce startups, productization and new IT projecto Planned Business feasibility and defined business value proposition. The scope of these feasibility planning includes financial, technical, commercial, operational and schedule planning aspects.

Head Of Information Technology

• Feb 2008 - Jul 2014

Software Engineering Manager

• Jan 2007 - Dec 2008

-> Developed and executed medium and long-term projects/programs for BSS in line with strategic requirements. These include design, deployment & interoperability etc. Manage a team of specialists and engineers to design and upgrade EDWH, Core Billing/CRM, VAS and other BSS/OSS related Solutions. -> I was responsible to lead complex integration, automation, rollout, migration and up-gradation of business applications projects. -> I designed and developed high-volume databases of both OLAP and OLTP categories. Led core rollouts of enterprise applications. -> Managed, analyzed, designed and developed mobile, web, and enterprise solutions through innovative use of various technology platforms. -> Demonstrated excellent technical, interpersonal and communication skills in dealing with teams, vendors and clients.-> Management of IT software application and development, including Vendors and their SLA management-> Management of third-party integrations and application customization project management

Assistant Manager

• Jul 2004 - Jan 2007

I was responsible for the -> Management, operations and development of Teradata DWH infrastructure using Teradata Tools and Utilities. -> Management, development and customization of Business reports for top management using various platforms like IBM Cognos, SAP BusinessObjects and MicroStrategy-> Development of Extraction transformation (ETL) scripts to source DWH data from BSS platforms like (CRM, Billing, provisioning and interconnect/roaming) and OSS platforms-> Used both automated ETL tools like Oracle ODI and developed manual cron jobs using various scripting languages along with Teradata tools and utilities to automate the ETL process.

Software Developer

• Dec 2001 - Jul 2004

o Telecom CRM development, support and customizationo Telecom Sales and Provision System development, support and customization