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Taher Ali Arshad

Doha

Summary

Seasoned Project Manager/Programme Manager with experience in executing complex projects within diverse industries. Proven ability to drive teams towards achieving project goals while adhering to timelines and budgets. Demonstrated strengths include strategic planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication. Past work has resulted in successful project completion, improved efficiency, and significant cost savings.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Manager

Qatar Development Bank
Doha
08.2024 - Current
  • Industrialized and demarcated the program's strategic objectives aligned with organizational goals
  • Betrothed with key stakeholders, including executives, project managers, and team members
  • Facilitated communication and collaboration among stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for the Programme
  • Notorious potential risks and issues that could impact the program's success
  • Developed and implemented risk mitigation strategies
  • Industrialized and effectively across projects to ensure optimal performance
  • Billed resources achieved the project budget, ensuring effective use of funds
  • Scrutinized resource utilization and adjust allocations as needed
  • Monitored financial performance and make adjustments to meet budgetary goals
  • Established metrics and KPIs to measure project success and progress
  • Provided regular updates and reports to stakeholders on Programme status and performance
  • Accomplish change initiatives within the Programme to minimize disruption and resistance
  • Ensured that changes are communicated effectively to all stakeholders
  • Executed quality control processes to ensure deliverables meet required standards
  • Steered regular reviews and audits of project deliverables
  • Lead and mentored project managers and team members
  • Fostered a collaborative and high-performance team culture
  • Ensured that projects within the Programme are aligned and integrated effectively
  • Manage interdependencies among projects to avoid conflicts and overlaps
  • Industrialized and implemented a stakeholder engagement plan
  • Ensured effective communication strategies to keep stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the Programme lifecycle
  • Highlights:

Project Manager

Al Rajhi Bank(Digital Transformation)
Riyadh
12.2023 - 04.2024
  • Built and maintained strong and effective relationship with all other related departments and units to achieve the successful project completion
  • Built effective communications and managed vendor engagements to ensure contractual obligations are met at both ends
  • Coordinated between various departments within IT to ensure the progress of the ongoing projects
  • Managed project budgets and resources, ensuring optimal utilization and cost control throughout the project lifecycle
  • Effectively communicated relevant project information to seniors and peers
  • Reported project progress and glitches to management on a timely basis
  • Prepared the project initiation reports, project status reports, project closure reports and all other requisite reports on a timely basis and communicate appropriately
  • Conducted team and client meetings and ensured direction and objectivity
  • Handled difficult project personnel situations directly, using appropriate discretion, and in liaison with the Hr
  • Provided timely and accurate information to the external and internal auditors and the Compliance function as and when required
  • Understood system internals, architecture and limitations in deciding on methods of problem solving
  • Identified and mitigated project risks, issues, and conflicts, implementing appropriate resolutions and contingency plans
  • Highlights:

Project Manager

DBS (Digital Transformation)
09.2020 - 08.2023
  • Collaborating with business stakeholders to define the scope and document business objectives
  • Involved in capturing, analyzing and documenting business requirements through User stories
  • Designing best in class solutions through continuous R&D and sessions with business users+process owners for the business requirements identified
  • Facilitated liaison between Business and Technical team including the Data Architects
  • Experienced in As-Is and To-Be process analysis, Gap analysis
  • Project Management Governance activities and timelines and PMO team
  • Handling External vendors project deliverables, Business and analysis members
  • Implementation of Project /SDLC methodologies
  • Responsibilities:
  • Environment: Jira, MS Visio, Figma, Confluence, AWS, TSQL, Donet, MS Office, MPP

Project Manager

Al Rajhi Takaful (Insurance)
Riyadh
08.2023 - 05.2023
  • Developed and defined the program's strategic objectives aligned with organizational goals
  • Identified and prioritize projects within the Programme to maximize value and return on investment
  • Oversaw the planning, execution, and monitoring of interconnected projects
  • Ensured that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
  • Engaged with key stakeholders, including executives, project managers, and team members
  • Facilitated communication and collaboration among stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for the Programme
  • Identified potential risks and issues that could impact the program's success
  • Developed and implemented risk mitigation strategies
  • Monitored resources effectively across projects to ensure optimal performance
  • Developed resource utilization and adjust allocations as needed
  • Monitored financial performance and make adjustments to meet budgetary goals
  • Established metrics and KPIs to measure Programme success and progress
  • Provided regular updates and reports to stakeholders on Programme status and performance
  • Managed change initiatives within the Programme to minimize disruption and resistance
  • Ensured that changes are communicated effectively to all stakeholders
  • Implemented quality control processes to ensure deliverables meet required standards
  • Conducted regular reviews and audits of project deliverables
  • Lead and mentored project managers and team members
  • Fostered a collaborative and high-performance team culture
  • Ensured that projects within the Programme are aligned and integrated effectively
  • Managed interdependencies among projects to avoid conflicts and overlaps
  • Developed and implemented a stakeholder engagement plan
  • Ensured effective communication strategies to keep stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the Programme lifecycle
  • Highlights:
  • Environment: Donet, Azure, MPP, JIRA, MS Office, Confluence, MS Visio, SQL, TSQL, Adobe

Asst. Programme Manager

Health Plan Services (Insurance), Wipro Limited
03.2018 - 09.2020
  • Responsible to create the documentation like PID, Project charter, SOW and get it signed by the project sponsors and Project demand board
  • Managed multiple project schedules, project financial reports, team evaluation, coaching and mentoring hiring, training and performance
  • Developed detailed program execution plan and manage all execution aspects, including program interdependencies, progress metrics, testing, deployment and enablement
  • Driven crucial conversations with senior leaders in business and IT to define strategic business case and measurable benefits
  • Identified and supported key program objectives, risks and created MS plans to
  • Highlights:
  • Environment: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point), UNIX, SQL, MS Visio, MS-Project
  • Mainframes, DWBI, CRM and ServiceNow

Project Controller

Hyperion Planning & Implementation, Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2016 - 09.2017
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) has embarked on an initiative to improve business processes and analytics related to the overall budgeting and forecasting exercises conducted diligently within the organization across revenue, costs, FTE, resource & margin Forecasting, Base lining Revenue, cost and FTE, Resource Forecasting, Workforce Planning, Financial and Fulfillment
  • CTS has purchased Hyperion software to support the business needs around AOP & Budgeting, processes & systems to facilitate internal analytics and reporting needs across the organization
  • Created the project charter, SOW and got it signed by the Project demand board and the project sponsors
  • Created the budget and expense tracker to track all the expenses with respect to the project
  • Responsible for the end to end implementation of the project
  • Identified the variances and assured that resources are clocking the correct time against the project Id
  • Prepared the CIO monthly pack and chaired the meeting with CFO to discuss the items
  • Responsible in creating the RAG status of the projects and tracking the same
  • Had closely worked with E&Y users to install "Revenue Recognition Tool" on our cognizant servers for the E&Y users to deal with their contracts
  • On Monthly basis, creating the Budget expense reports and driving the call with VP to discuss on the same
  • Driven all PMO activities in coordination with a team of senior analytics and non-technical professionals dedicated to the implementation and enablement of company-wide data and analytics platforms
  • Had closely worked with internal IT teams for various issues and helped the team to manage their work without any hindrances
  • Had prepared the presentation decks about the project status completion for the governance board meetings and chaired in the monthly discussions with project sponsors
  • Highlights:
  • Environment: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, UNIX, SQL, MS Visio, MS-Project
  • CRM, Hyperion Financial Suite

Asst.Programme Manager

Express Scripts (Insurance), Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2012 - 08.2016
  • Responsible for the scope analysis, estimation, planning, tracking and deliverables of all project milestones
  • Responsible for monitoring and task allocation of the team members
  • Responsible for co-ordinating with the Workforce management team and allocating the right resources with specified skills into the team
  • Driven crucial conversations with senior leaders in business and IT to define strategic business case and measurable benefits
  • Driven all PMO activities in coordination with a team of senior technical and non-technical professionals dedicated to the implementation and enablement of company-wide data and analytics platforms
  • Interacted with the client and onsite counterparts through teleconferences and mails
  • Involved inworking with Medicare, Medicaid, EDI transaction codes such as270/271(inquire response health care benefits), 276/277(Claim status), 835(Payment remittance advice)
  • Highlights:
  • Environment: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point), UNIX, SQL, MS Visio, MS-Project
  • Mainframes, DWBI, Abintio

Manager

JP Morgan & Chase (Digital Transformation), Tata Consultancy Services
11.2011 - 04.2012
  • Had closely worked with internal IT teams for various issues and helped the team to manage their work without any hindrances
  • Had prepared the presentation decks about the project status completion for the governance board meetings and chaired in the monthly discussions with project sponsors
  • Facilitated the weekly status meetings with the proper agenda with all the teams and making MOM 's and what is completed, what is next action item open based on the criticality of the discussions
  • Creating the MS project plan on bi weekly basis and driving the call with the Business users including VP level to update the status of the program
  • Highlights:
  • Environment: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point), UNIX, SQL, MS Visio, MS-Project
  • Mainframes, Tivoli, Control-M, Informatica and Abintio

Business Analyst

WellsFargo, Infosys Limited
08.2008 - 11.2011
  • Interacted with stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations
  • Facilitated meetings to gather detailed requirements from users, customers, and other stakeholders
  • Created comprehensive documentation of business requirements, functional specifications, and user stories
  • Assessed current business processes to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement
  • Highlights:
  • Environment: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point), UNIX, SQL, MS Visio, MS-Project
  • Mainframes, Abintio, Autosys

Education

B. Tech - Instrumentation Engineering

Safa College
Kurnool
01.2006

Board Of Intermediate Education -

Osmania Jr College
Kurnool
01.2002

C.B.S.E. -

St. Joseph's English School
Kurnool

Skills

  • Program and Project Management
  • Business Analysis
  • Resource Deployment and Utilization
  • Budget Management
  • Risk Management
  • Agile methodology and Scrum framework
  • Business Analysis Tools: Gap Analysis, Cause and Effect Analysis, BRD, FRD, Wireframes
  • Content Management System, SharePoint 2013 admin, JIRA, Confluence, TFS Testing Tool
  • ETL Tools & Programming: Ab Initio, Informatica, and Java languages
  • Project Management and Reporting, MS Office Suite 97-2007 (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook), Tools: Microsoft Project Plan, Bird's Eye, and Gantt Chart; BI Service Now
  • Databases: Cassandra, MS SQL Server 2005, 2008, KASNKA, JSQl, SQL
  • Operating System: UNIX, Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, Mainframes (JCL, COBOL, CICS)

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master
  • PMP

Languages

English
First Language

Timeline

Project Manager

Qatar Development Bank
08.2024 - Current

Project Manager

Al Rajhi Bank(Digital Transformation)
12.2023 - 04.2024

Project Manager

Al Rajhi Takaful (Insurance)
08.2023 - 05.2023

Project Manager

DBS (Digital Transformation)
09.2020 - 08.2023

Asst. Programme Manager

Health Plan Services (Insurance), Wipro Limited
03.2018 - 09.2020

Project Controller

Hyperion Planning & Implementation, Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2016 - 09.2017

Asst.Programme Manager

Express Scripts (Insurance), Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2012 - 08.2016

Manager

JP Morgan & Chase (Digital Transformation), Tata Consultancy Services
11.2011 - 04.2012

Business Analyst

WellsFargo, Infosys Limited
08.2008 - 11.2011
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • PMP

B. Tech - Instrumentation Engineering

Safa College

Board Of Intermediate Education -

Osmania Jr College

C.B.S.E. -

St. Joseph's English School

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