ALEENA UMAIR
Summary
An experienced Project Manager/ Scrum Master associated with Fintechs and Startups, managing and delivering Agile projects with an accelerated SDLC, winning numerous awards for her performance over the years.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
PRODUCT MANAGER
CleverThis
06.2024 - Current
- Spearhead end-to-end management of a pioneering AI product portfolio
- Direct R&D efforts in AI and NLP pipelines cross-functionally to develop detailed product roadmaps and delivery timelines
- Develope strategic resource allocation and budget forecasts to optimize project delivery and ROI
- Define product and project milestones inline with business objectives and market demands
- Manage DSDM and Scrum processes across multiple international teams, enhancing agility and collaboration
- Redesign resource evaluation, feedback mechanisms, and team workflows to boost efficiency and productivity
- Provide transparent progress reporting to Board and C-Level executives, supporting data-driven decision-making
- Monitor team velocity and process compliance, implementing automation for continuous improvement
- Leverage user feedback and analytics to inform iterative product enhancements and feature prioritization
- Oversee product performance metrics, continuously refining strategies to maximize impact, user satisfaction and business demands
ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER
Netsol Technologies Inc.
06.2023 - 05.2024
- Manage client communications and expectations wrt. project deliveries
- Ensure contractual compliance during the entire lifecycle of the project
- Costing, budgeting and scheduling of the project resources
- Project Steering Committee Meetings, Updates and Decisions
- Process and Stakeholder management reinforcing Agile Practices
- Facilitate and guide technical teams to meet delivery deadlines and scope
- Define workflows for team-client communication
- Strategise state of the art training of the teams on technical and managerial skills
SCRUM MASTER - ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER
I2c Inc
08.2021 - 04.2023
- Line Manager and Scrum Master of an integrated team of 85 resources
- SAFE methodology expert for task prioritization and removing impediments
- Planning and forecasting team's bandwidth wrt. story points and resources
- Client migrations, DB upgrades and mandates
- Process modification to increase efficiency and tracking
- Employee grading, appraisal and performance reviews
- Weekly meetings with the CEO and Directors
SENIOR/ PROJECT COORDINATOR
I2c Inc
09.2015 - 12.2015
- Co-Managing a team of 35+ resources, Implementing 100% kanban
- Daily Scrums, Monthly Release planning, forecasting and retrospectives
- Resource management: Appraisals, Tasks and impediment removal
- Risk, Process, and Project Management
- Security, Audit, Information & Cloud Compliance
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
Fauji Fertilizers Bin Qasim Ltd
- Digitizing HR inventory, candidate portfolios and interview management
Education
BS - COMPUTER ENGINEERING
NUST, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Professional Scrum Master (Level 1) - PSM I
Scrum.org
05.2001 -
Professional Scrum Master (SAFE) - PSM II
Scrum.org
Skills
- Agile Project Management
- Scrum Master
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk Management
- Client Management
- Schedule Management
- Cost Management
- Azure DevOps
- GitLab
- JIRA
- MS Project
- Tempo
- Trello
- Zephyr
- XPlanner
- OTRS
- MS Office
- Forgejo
Timeline
PRODUCT MANAGER
CleverThis
06.2024 - Current
ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER
Netsol Technologies Inc.
06.2023 - 05.2024
SCRUM MASTER - ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER
I2c Inc
08.2021 - 04.2023
SENIOR/ PROJECT COORDINATOR
I2c Inc
09.2015 - 12.2015
Professional Scrum Master (Level 1) - PSM I
Scrum.org
05.2001 -
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
Fauji Fertilizers Bin Qasim Ltd
BS - COMPUTER ENGINEERING
NUST, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Professional Scrum Master (SAFE) - PSM II
Scrum.org