Rashida Parrish
Project Manager
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Experienced and accomplished Project Manager looking to leverage my skills and experiences to step into a leadership role as a Director of a PMO. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Technical Project Manager – VP, PMO
Live Oak Bank
10.2022 - Current
- Lead implementation of projects, working with the project teams to define the overall goals, scope, requirements, design, work breakdown structure and milestones for current and future projects
- Author required project documentation, including scope, requirements, schedule, risks, and implementation documents
- Create integrated project plans through collaboration with project team, identify and build-in dependencies; manage schedule and cost from inception to completion
- Create effective resource and communication plans
- Define and track areas of risk, develop mitigation plans, and build consensus on key project decisions
- Responsible for the escalation of project risks/issues and for communication of project status to all levels of management on both customer and information system side
- Lead stakeholder meetings to ensure focus, maintain an attitude of commitment, and share responsibilities/needs from each member involved
- Manage external vendor relationships throughout the entirety of the engagement acting as a liaison, catalyst, and promoter to ensure quality work is delivered according to contract terms while holding them accountable to their commitments
- Proactively and reactively resolve day-to-day project issues
- Communicate status updates to internal and external stakeholders
- Follows key project management methodology and best practices
- Manage cross functional teams of up to 25+ team members
- Implement new project management concepts, tools, and methodologies
- Mentor team members on project management tools, techniques, and methodologies.
Senior Technical Project Manager
Cox Communications
01.2020 - 10.2022
- Develops detailed project schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports; tracks key project milestones and adjusts project plans and/or resources to meet needs of customers
- Initiates, plans, executes, and controls project efforts that utilize technological solutions
- Establishes and implements project management processes and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high-quality standards, and meet customer expectations
- Develops and executes management plans for time, cost, scope, quality, communications, risk, human resources, procurement and integration
- Translates project requirements into project objectives and tasks
- Reports on project progress throughout the project lifecycle
- Identifies and gains allocation of project team resources; obtains business and information technology sponsor approvals; and coordinates the resources necessary to successfully complete the project
- Communicates major milestones and identifies potential project risks; conducts regular status meetings to review project activities; manages prioritization procedures
- Sets and manages client expectations, managing and escalating issues and changes
- Develops methods to measure customer satisfaction; obtains feedback at critical milestones and at project completion to ensure that project efforts meeting customer expectations for time, cost, and results
- Anticipates and identifies tasks required to support change processing including performing change impact analysis, assigning tasks to project team members, verbally communicating complex issues, verifying that tasks are completed, and communicating implementation status.
Project Manager I – Technical
Cox Communications
10.2018 - 01.2020
- Develops detailed project schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports; tracks key project milestones and adjusts project plans and/or resources to meet needs of customers
- Initiates, plans, executes, and controls project efforts that utilize technological solutions
- Establishes and implements project management processes and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high-quality standards, and meet customer expectations
- Develops and executes management plans for time, cost, scope, quality, communications, risk, human resources, procurement and integration
- Translates project requirements into project objectives and tasks
- Reports on project progress throughout the project lifecycle
- Identifies and gains allocation of project team resources; obtains business and information technology sponsor approvals; and coordinates the resources necessary to successfully complete the project
- Communicates major milestones and identifies potential project risks; conducts regular status meetings to review project activities; manages prioritization procedures
- Sets and manages client expectations, managing and escalating issues and changes
- Develops methods to measure customer satisfaction; obtains feedback at critical milestones and at project completion to ensure that project efforts meeting customer expectations for time, cost, and results
- Anticipates and identifies tasks required to support change processing including performing change impact analysis, assigning tasks to project team members, verbally communicating complex issues, verifying that tasks are completed, and communicating implementation status.
Business Analyst, II
Cox Communications
04.2017 - 10.2018
- Consults with internal customers and external vendors to capture agreed-upon business objectives and processes
- Performs research and fact-finding to determine business requirements for development of end-user programs, operational procedures and support
- Communicates these processes and their implications to technical and non-technical contributors to ensure that applications accurately meet business users' goals
- Create system requirements, collaborating with the design teams to determine that application, database, & other system impacts based on the requirements
- Works closely with other members of the technical teams to ensure all requirements are addressed in the solution design.
Education
B.S Psychology -
Fort Valley State University
01.2022
Skills
- Business Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- Schedule Management
- Product Management
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Scope Management
- Requirements Analysis
- Team Building
- Time Management
- Change Management
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Technical Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Project Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Critical Thinking
Certification
- PMP - Project Management Professional
Timeline
Senior Technical Project Manager – VP, PMO
Live Oak Bank
10.2022 - Current
Senior Technical Project Manager
Cox Communications
01.2020 - 10.2022
Project Manager I – Technical
Cox Communications
10.2018 - 01.2020
Business Analyst, II
Cox Communications
04.2017 - 10.2018
B.S Psychology -
Fort Valley State University