Talha Mohammed
Summary
Results-driven and strategic Manager/Director of Portfolio Management with a proven track record in optimizing organizational performance through effective portfolio oversight. Adept at aligning projects with strategic goals, managing risks, and maximizing resource utilization. Strong leadership and communication skills, with a focus on fostering collaboration and ensuring compliance with governance standards.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Portfolio Manager/Director
Nike
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Developed and implemented strategies for effective portfolio management in alignment with the overall organizational goals.
- Worked closely with leadership to understand business objectives and translate them into portfolio management strategies.
- Communicated portfolio performance, key metrics, and strategic updates to executive leadership and relevant stakeholders.
- Implemented best practices and lessons learned from previous projects to enhance future portfolio performance.
- Implemented risk mitigation strategies to minimize potential negative impacts during Annual Planning.
- Established and enforce governance processes and policies to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational standards.
- Fostered effective communication and collaboration between different departments and teams involved in the portfolio.
- Proficient in configuring and optimizing the Aha! platform to align with organizational objectives.
- Adept at providing user training, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining the overall health of the PPM tool (Aha! Labs system).
- Evaluated and approved project proposals, ensuring they align with the organization's overall strategy.
- Collaborated with project/product managers and department heads to allocate resources effectively across the portfolio.
Sr. Project Manager/ Scrum Master
PennyMac Financial Services
08.2021 - 01.2022
- Organized the development work queue, schedule releases and manage risks associated with projects.
- Helped set customer expectations and provided feedback on the deliverable dates and milestones for each quarter.
- Conducted requirement documents sessions provided by vendor to ensure data integrity and plan for deliverables for each module.
- Provided status reports on projects status.
Performed quality assurance functions during projects which include validating work effort and data, developing test plans and strategies,conducting detailed research and analysis.
Sr. Project Manager/ Scrum Master
USAA
09.2019 - 08.2021
- Coached and trained 5 team (46 team members) in their Agile journey with 3 teams being Agile Scrum and 2 team being Agile Kanban with using SAFe framework to deliver increments in a quarterly timeframe.
- Planned and executed the Config Management Program for the Patching and Config Management team, created work items, forecasted delivery date and allocated resource to that project.
- Increase productivity of Patching & Config Management team from 6% - 97% through inspecting and adapting to different Agile techniques.
- Created Metrics Dashboard for 5 team which included "PI Sprint Dates", Rich Filters for PI Features, Current Sprint Health, Burn-down Gadget, Feature,Progress, Two Dimensional Statistics for Injects, Committed vs
Completed, PI Warnings and Velocity to help management track the progress of the team.
Scrum Master/ Integration Architect
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin
03.2019 - 07.2019
- Lead the Dev Team with the Agile SCRUM methodology and the Ops Team with Agile Kanban methodology with 3 weeks iteration.
- Maintained and Update Atlassian JIRA software i.e., Project schemas, Project Fields, Project Screens and Site administration.
- Worked with the SHAA (Seton Health Alliance Analytics) department for formulate a plan to track, plan and fix bugs. Set the criteria for severity of the bugs and the priority, so that the user opening a ticket and the PO/PM responding to have enough information for make the call.
Project Management
Nike
04.2018 - 02.2019
- Served as a Project Manager/ Scrum Master/ Product Owner for the Information Delivery team and Warehouse Control System team.
- Provided weekly, monthly and quarterly reports of OpEx budget.
- Forecasted and presented a comprehensive timeline for the ACE program to help analyze multiple possible outcomes and proper management of client expectation for the Warehouse Control System(WCS) team.
- Created central repositories for all WCS L3 value stream work, added all existing Change Requirements (CR) and Change Control Documents (CCD) into VersionOne, estimated it, planned for it, resulting in quicker forecast with all variables in one location.
Standardized cycle count reports for 4 distribution centers (NALC, Shelby, CP and FHR), aligning standards and practice.
Senior Scrum Master
ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
11.2016 - 04.2018
- Functioned as a Scrum Master for the St.Jude.org re-design and the St. Jude Dream Home team (for mobile and desktop platforms) to transform from Waterfall/Kanban to SCRUM.
- Achieved a 100% delivery rate with the Digital Agile Transformation.
- Worked with the Product Owner of Agile Transformation to write user stories and plan for upcoming Sprints.
- Created a Product Vision Statement and Documents to assist Product Owner in formulating a Vision for their Value Stream.
Scrum Master/Senior Business Analyst
MicroInfo Systems
06.2013 - 09.2016
- Evangelized the benets of Scrum to ensure its smooth adoption.
- Lead several technical teams (about 25 staff / 4 SCRUM teams) in producing Inventory, Identity Management, Access Management,Dealership, and Financial capabilities for the Development Program.
- Led first non-pilot Scrum of Scrums which transitioned company from waterfall to Agile.
- Ensured timely burn-down reporting and adherence to SLAs by conducting weekly internal review meetings. Also, led the internal planning meetings for user story estimates with team leads prior to client scrum backlog planning meetings.
Education
MBA - Organizational Leadership
The University of Findlay
Findlay, OH04.2016
Skills
- Data Analytics
- Strategy Development
- Prioritizing and Planning
- Risk Assessment
- Process Implementation
- Risk Analysis
Timeline
Sr. Portfolio Manager/Director
Nike
01.2022 - 01.2024
Sr. Project Manager/ Scrum Master
PennyMac Financial Services
08.2021 - 01.2022
Sr. Project Manager/ Scrum Master
USAA
09.2019 - 08.2021
Scrum Master/ Integration Architect
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin
03.2019 - 07.2019
Project Management
Nike
04.2018 - 02.2019
Senior Scrum Master
ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
11.2016 - 04.2018
Scrum Master/Senior Business Analyst
MicroInfo Systems
06.2013 - 09.2016
MBA - Organizational Leadership
The University of Findlay
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