• Governance of an executive level of the projects or programs that make up a Portfolio
• Managing various projects or programs that may be largely unrelated to each other
• Ensuring selected projects provide value to the organization
• Working with senior executives to gather support for individual projects/programs
• Managing variety of clients belonging Middle-East, Africa and Pakistan regions.
• Management of Budgeting / Financial yearly targets to improve cash-flows & profitability of the company
• Contributing in leading Project Management operations & in process of establishing the PMO (Project Manager office) according to PMI standards, being customized for internal operations
• Setting overall direction & establishing standards, project life cycle, tools, templates, monitoring methods and reports. Designed robust procedures, including templates for processes
• As portfolio manager, Supervising number of project managers and senior project managers in Project Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling and further to closure activities.
• Some of the other major responsibilities include: Help in contracting, scope and business analysis, budget preparation, risk management, cost management and reporting, stakeholder engagement and management, team building and management, performance measurements and appraisals etc.
• Have been doing projects involving e-banking applications ex: middleware & switches, centralized or decentralized core banking hosts, mobile banking hosts/switches
• Experience of doing projects including national & international payment schemes & networks like: 1Link, Visa, Mastercard, China Union Pay (CUP / UPI) – Acquiring & Issuing for Magstripe & EMV / chip cards. (for Debit and Prepaid Cards)
• Experience of projects on alternate delivery channels (ADCs) for banks ex: ATMs, CDMs, PoS, Kiosk, IVR, CRM, Internet banking, mobile / branchless banking, online payment gateway.

• Extensive Pre-Sales experience, including delivery & creation of presentations and HCMS application demonstrations. (including demonstration to 50+ organizations in different cities of Pakistan and outside country as well)
• Managed the team of 20+ software development professionals (i.e. developers, senior developers, Analyst, Architect & project leader)
• Developed / hired, managed and prepared software development team for HCMS web based version.
• Provided project management and technical leadership for every aspect of HCMS application.
• Perform closely with Software Engineers to influence product development assisting or improving products.
• Supervised resources allocation to assure attainment of suitable business and personnel development goals.
• Managed and executed the software development projects from beginning to finish, also led HCMS from initial Design & Development till the completion.
• Collaborate effectively with all team members as well as hold regular project progress review meetings for better monitoring and controlling purpose.
• Have conceptualized, design, document and communicate software specification guidelines to both technical & non-technical stakeholders.
• Technical Architect of Flagship product i.e. HCMS (Human Capital Management System).
• Identifies and analyzes risks, constraints, limitations and assumptions
• Gap Analysis b/w existing software & client’s requirement.
• Preparation of EDR / SRS (External Design Report / Software Requirement Specification) and submission to client for approval.
• Handover with briefing of EDR / SRS to developer with target schedule for Development & QA purpose.
• Defines and control project change management plans
• Maintains control over the project by measuring performance and determining if there are variances from the plan
• Conversion of HCMS (HR & Payroll) desktop (VB 6.0) application into Web based (ASP.NET) HCMS (HR & Payroll) applications.

• Responsible for Project management life cycle activities
• Involved in requirement gathering phase with multiple clients for different products
• Has lead SMS – ERP (Ship Management System – offshore and onshore both) from initial Design & Development till the completion.
• Technical Architect of Flagship product i.e. HCMS (Human Capital Management System).
• Coordinates interactions between internal and external stakeholders
• Identifies and analyzes risks, constraints, limitations and assumptions
• Leads and directs the project planning & scheduling efforts
• Identifies dependencies between activities
• Gap Analysis b/w existing software & client’s requirement.
• Preparation, Monitoring and Controlling of Development schedule.
• Provided technical & domain information to team members during development.
• I was also managing the Hiring process of my department.
• Implementation of ISO standards for Software Development life cycle - SDLC.
• Participated in ISO 9001-2000 Pre-Assessment & various Final Audits to defend quality standards of the Company.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Participated in Bidding for software project tenders in different software proposals for private, government & semi-government organizations.
• Management of Entrance tests & interviews (Hiring Process) for the fresh applicants.
• As a DMR (Deputy Management Representative), I managed following standards of (QMS) Quality Management System for ISO 9001-2000.
1) Quality Policy.
2) Quality Manual.
3) Competency Criteria & Job Descriptions.
4) System Procedures. ( SOP )
5) Operational Procedures. ( SOP )