Monika Arora
Irvine,CA
Summary
Seasoned and accomplished Project Manager with over 15 years of experience and a passion for exceeding client and management expectations. Leadership vision and deep experience in implementing strategies, methodologies, and processes. Proven success in managing multiple complex projects which included ERP implementations and data migrations. Proficient in agile methodologies and skilled in effective communication with both technical and Functional stakeholders. Committed to delivering high-quality software products that meet customer requirements. Accomplished significant cost reduction and increased revenue generation through quantifiable improvements in processes.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Procareer Academy
11.2022 - Current
- Lead the implementation of Workday, a cloud application.
- Identified project scope, goals and developed a detailed Project plan
- Provide weekly status to executive management across IT and business stakeholders
- Manage budget against program/projects, tracking actual spend and providing forecast at a regular cadence
- Manage customer’s expectations for scope, schedule, and cost
- Work with business partners and cross-functional teams to manage and communicate issues
- Responsible for driving continuous improvement and team performance using metrics and KPIs.
IT Project Manager
ODK Media, Inc.
04.2022 - 10.2022
- Managed the implementation of a large-scale platform designed to handle multiple functions across both mobile and TV media streaming applications
- Led and established vision for the project team and ensured to drive quality initiatives within the organization
- Developed Project plan, timelines and maintained project specific artifacts including the BRD, Use Cases, RTM on SharePoint
- Responsible for resource planning and collaborated with resource managers to staff the appropriate number of resources on the project
- Project planning, issue tracking and resolution, project meetings, risk management, preparing status reports and driving issues to resolution.
Project Manager
Saisoft, Inc.
09.2019 - 01.2022
- Spearheaded an enterprise intranet initiative that streamlined diverse applications using .Net and SQL Server technologies
- Led daily scrums, sprint reviews, sprint planning and retrospective review meetings to ensure full team engagement
- Maintained oversight on efficient delivery of business requirements, development of user stories, Requirement Traceability Matrix, UAT planning and training schedule
- Worked with the Product Owners to support short and long-term releases, maintenance of product backlog to ensure readiness for execution
- Acted as liaison between Business SMEs, Development and QA teams as appropriate
- Managed stakeholder and cross functional communication to keep them well-informed on team progress and activities.
Project Manager consultant
EnableIT (Client – Infor)
06.2018 - 08.2019
- Responsible for managing and leading the implementation of CloudSuite Financials application
- This project implemented a SaaS cloud application hosted by Amazon web services to replace the current on-premises finance application
- Responsible for strategic planning, developing project schedule and managing costs
- Goal and KPIs-To consolidate applications & improve workflow; savings ($1.2M savings) Managed a team of 15+ team members and collaborated with cross-functional teams
- Developed a detailed project plan and ensured comprehensive project documentation
- Coordinated and managed project deliverables, risks, & dependencies
- Drove decision making within the business & IT to meet overarching project expectation
- Provided visibility to stakeholders & project team through consistent and clear communication
- Drove reported issues/risks to closure.
Assistant Vice President, TDM
Bank of America
09.2008 - 06.2017
- Managed people, process, projects, and technology throughout my tenure at Bank of America
- Led the GHR Technology planning and execution activities for a major transition from Fidelity’s HR services to a new set of PeopleSoft (ERP) application suite
- Led and managed Workday implementation
- The scope of the Workday functionality implemented across major phases included Global Core HCM, U.S
- Payroll, Staffing, Timekeeping, and multiple Benefits plans
- Managed a big team with a mix of 40 + associates and contractors for a Global HR and Marketing 3-year Workday implementation
- Full life-cycle leadership across both phases, including implementation planning, global blueprint, multiple prototypes and testing phases, production deployments and cutover, and post-implementation stabilization activities
- Reviewed SOWs/RFPs and worked with vendors.
UAT Lead
Countrywide Financials
08.2007 - 09.2008
- Managed the user acceptance testing activities successfully
- Chaired the kickoff meetings, coordinated test activities with cross functional teams and assigned and managed tasks for resources
- Involved in the review of the business requirements with business analysts and technical specialists to get a detailed understanding of the requirements
- Developed detailed UAT test plan and UAT scripts for this upgrade and these scripts were also used as a baseline document for future Aperio upgrades
- Acted as a liaison between QA and IT and provided innovative solutions.
Quality Assurance Analyst
Ameriquest Mortgage Company
05.2005 - 07.2007
- Played a key role in transition and data conversion process during acquisition of Ameriquest Mortgage by Citigroup.
- Involved in the review of the business requirements with business analysts and technical specialists to get a detailed understanding of the requirements.
- Prepared test scripts to perform backend testing for positive and negative scenarios.
- Performed front-end testing for various GUIs used by the Mortgage Specialists, Loan Coordinators, and other users.
- Performed Regression testing after the bugs got fixed and, on each build, or version of the application.
Education
M.S. - Computer Science
Punjab University, India
B.S. - Computer Science
Punjab University, India
Advanced Software Technology Courses -
University of California, Irvine
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team Leadership & Development
- People management
- Strategies & Processes
- Requirements and business analysis
- Budget management
- Risk management
- Agile methodologies & Scrum framework
- DevOps and CI/CD tools and frameworks
- Vendor management
Technical Skills
Platforms/Environments:Windows Server, Unix, Linux, Cloud environment (AWS)
Tools:MS Office Suite, Visio, MS Project, Visual Studio, SQL server management studio, GitHub, Azure DevOps, SQL Developer, SSRS, Jira, Jenkins, SharePoint.
Languages:SQL, Transact-SQL, PL/SQL, Java, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
Database:Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access
Timeline
Project Manager
Procareer Academy
11.2022 - Current
IT Project Manager
ODK Media, Inc.
04.2022 - 10.2022
Project Manager
Saisoft, Inc.
09.2019 - 01.2022
Project Manager consultant
EnableIT (Client – Infor)
06.2018 - 08.2019
Assistant Vice President, TDM
Bank of America
09.2008 - 06.2017
UAT Lead
Countrywide Financials
08.2007 - 09.2008
Quality Assurance Analyst
Ameriquest Mortgage Company
05.2005 - 07.2007
M.S. - Computer Science
Punjab University, India
B.S. - Computer Science
Punjab University, India
Advanced Software Technology Courses -
University of California, Irvine
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