Modupe Akomolafe
Forney,TX
Summary
Dedicated and focused Project Manager with over 5years of experience across Information Technology and Healthcare excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals.
Flexible, detail-oriented and adaptive team player with expertise using waterfall and agile methodologies and techniques to deliver projects timely.
Proficient in Atlassian tools(JIRA, Confluence, Trello), Sharepoint, Smartsheet, Visio, Figma, Rally, Clarity.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Thermo Fisher
Dallas, TX
01.2021 - Current
- Deliver GxP $5M Global labeling system from ideation to platform implementation through all phases of SDLC
- Conducted regular status meetings with internal teams and external partners to track progress against established milestones.
- Partner with procurements and sourcing team to conduct RFP,select vendor, sign SOW and engage vendor through a global vendor management process
- Maintain a healthy backlog on JIRA by facilitating check in status meetings and resolved impediments with focus on continuous improvement.
- Drive resolution of issues and help remove blockers that may be impeding the team project work
- Drafted reports summarizing progress made on projects for review by executive leadership team.
- Maintained records of all documents related to each project including specifications, change orders, invoices.
- Facilitated resolution of conflicts between team members when necessary.
- Developed and maintained project plans, timelines, and budgets.
- Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.
- Communicated effectively with stakeholders to ensure project goals are met on time and within budget.
- Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance and cost efficiency.
- Developed solutions to project risks and issues, meeting quality and timeline goals and objectives.
- Facilitated continuous improvement of project delivery process by providing strong leadership.
- Facilitated human focused design workshop with business stakeholders, wireframe reviews , release planning , sprint planning, daily stand ups and sprint retrospectives.
- Modified project plans when needed to better align with organizational objectives.
Technical Project Manager
Pfizer
Chesterfield, MT
08.2018 - 12.2020
- Successfully delivered projects through appropriate collaboration across cross functional teams to gather requirement,identify/manage stakeholder and communicate across all the different stakeholder groups
- Developed project plans, identified resources and established timelines for completion.
- Delivered digital web projects for different groups within Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals using Agile framework from ideation through delivery.
- Served as the key focal points for group digital IT demands and initiatives, delivering technology projects in digital marketing.
- Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Conducted risk assessments to identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Managed delivery through proper coordination of onshore and off shore vendors.
- Coordinated communication between internal teams, vendors, clients, and other stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
- Facilitated resolution of conflicts among team members or stakeholders.
- Applied extensive expertise in Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and Agile project management techniques to manage multiple project teams on JIRA
- Identified, addressed and either resolved or escalated project issues.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures throughout the life cycle of each project.
- Identified risks associated with each project and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
- Facilitated communication among project team members and stakeholders.
- Conducted regular status meetings to review progress and resolve issues.
- Translated epics into stories to enable development teams to understand scope and prepared user stories to support iterative delivery of product.
- Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
- Lead weekly status meetings with stakeholders to review progress and address issues.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Federal University of Agriculture
04-2018
Skills
- Project Closure
- Influencing skills
- Project Recovery
- Inventory Control
- Work flow planning
- Risk Management
- Vendor management
- Problem solving
- Budget planning & Forecasting
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Scope Management
- Project development and lifecycle
- Forecasting
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Conflict Management
- Meeting facilitation
Timeline
Project Manager
Thermo Fisher
01.2021 - Current
Technical Project Manager
Pfizer
08.2018 - 12.2020
Bachelor of Science -
Federal University of Agriculture