Years of professional experience
JASON ROBERTS
Lexington,SC
Summary
Experienced Project and Program Manager adept at completing complex projects with confidence and skill. History of performing well under pressure and accomplishing successive assignments with high accuracy. Experienced in fast-paced environments and adapts well to changing situations. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines.
Overview
30
30
2
2
Certificates
Work History
IT Portfolio Manager
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
02.2020 - Current
- Responsible for managing staff of 8-10 Project Managers and health of their projects from initiation to closure
- Portfolio includes projects entailing Web, Mobile App, Telephony / Call Center, Disaster Recovery, Health Insurance Claims, United Way projects, Value Based Pricing, and other projects required by Government Mandates delivering successful outcomes
- Leader of multi-million-dollar projects that have spanned multiple years
- Utilize multiple methodologies from Waterfall to Agile / Scrum to Hybrid
- Communicate with all levels of management including Executive and CIO
- Collaborative leader with IT pears providing direction of yearly PMO goals and initiatives that improve department procedures
- Manage portfolios and projects that have high visibility and high customer impact
Senior Project Leader
BlueCross BlueShield Of SC
10.2008 - 02.2020
- Planned, executed, and controlled assigned projects, ensuring work performed complied with requirements
- Responsible for ensuring multiple application layers are on schedule and within budget while ensuring scope is achieved
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems
- Set up and managed team meetings
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks
- Responsible for leading IT projects from initiation through Software Development Life Cycle to closure
- Leader of multi-million-dollar projects including but not limited to re-writing websites for BCBSSC Members and Providers
- Managed over 85 projects totaling more than 510,000 hours of effort
- Accountable for communicating project status to all levels of Executive Management, including the CIO, reporting development status, timelines, costs and items at risk
Project Manager
Advanced Automated Consulting
12.2007 - 06.2008
- Served as a consultant to SCB&T within the Project Management realm
- Provided Project Management direction facilitating design and implementation of a Rate Locking application for the Mortgage Division
- Compiled Project Scope Statements for multiple project requests including time and cost estimates
- Completed Product Analysis on various process improvement projects that resulted in recommendations for system and process changes to the Project Management Office
- Provided ad-hoc services to update and improve automated Microsoft Excel workbooks.
VP, Project Manager
Washington Mutual Bank, FA
03.2007 - 10.2007
- Responsible for overall Project Management of IT system initiatives within Conduit Flow Operations channel of business
- Acted as primary liaison between all key project stakeholders and managed their competing needs and expectations
- Managed vendor relationships regarding outsourced projects which included Scope, Time and Cost estimate definition in order to facilitate project prioritization
- Responsible for all scheduled and ad-hoc management reporting for the division
- Participated in additional business and operational related projects as needed acting as lead PM
Director, Project Manager
MortgageIT, Deutsche Bank
05.2005 - 03.2007
- Responsible for overall Project Management of IT system initiatives within the Correspondent Lending Division
- Managed vendor relationships regarding Scope, Time and Cost for outsourced systems
- Managed Project Team responsible for various functions within SDLC from Planning to Project Close
- Scope Definition / Requirements, UAT, Final Product Acceptance, Implementation)
- Responsible for all non-accounting management reporting for the division
- Participated in integration / merger projects between Deutsche Bank and MortgageIT
VP, Project Manager
Mortgage Investors Group
05.2003 - 05.2005
- Responsible for application development and maintenance of internal proprietary systems
- Managed organization's data warehouse and staff responsible for management reporting
- Managed external IT relationships to ensure implementation of system enhancements were performed to specification
- Performed due diligence and product analysis of prospective new systems under MIG consideration during the initiate phase
- Served as project manager on other non-technology initiatives as needed, such as implementing facilities access card security and facilities changes.
VP, Project Manager
Washington Mutual Bank, FA
10.2001 - 04.2003
- Served as project manager for the successful implementation of divisional application to track performance and risk related to business clients of WaMu
- Managed team responsible for risk reporting for entire division
- Provided various analysis of system functionality in order to make recommendations for process improvement to Senior Management resulting in implementation
- Responsible for system conversion activities in conjunction with Fleet Mortgage / Washington Mutual merger
- Acted as project manager under strict time constraints.
Project Manager
Fleet Mortgage Group
07.1993 - 10.2001
- Held various positions during tenure including Lending Analyst, Business Analyst and Project Manager
- Responsible for team management of 3-6 employees
- Responsible for all department reporting of performance metrics
- Conducted UAT and sign-off of releases to B2B website
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Economics
Newberry College
Newberry, South Carolina05.1993
Skills
- Project and Program Management
- Manage Team of Project Managers
- Relationship Building
- Waterfall Methodology
- Agile / Scrum Methodology
- Cost and Schedule Management
- Risk and Issues Management
- Executive Status Reporting
- Manage Competing Priorities
Certification
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) achieved 2008
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) achieved 2017
Timeline
IT Portfolio Manager
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
02.2020 - Current
Senior Project Leader
BlueCross BlueShield Of SC
10.2008 - 02.2020
Project Manager
Advanced Automated Consulting
12.2007 - 06.2008
VP, Project Manager
Washington Mutual Bank, FA
03.2007 - 10.2007
Director, Project Manager
MortgageIT, Deutsche Bank
05.2005 - 03.2007
VP, Project Manager
Mortgage Investors Group
05.2003 - 05.2005
VP, Project Manager
Washington Mutual Bank, FA
10.2001 - 04.2003
Project Manager
Fleet Mortgage Group
07.1993 - 10.2001
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Economics
Newberry College
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) achieved 2008
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) achieved 2017
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