Mariya Grozdanova, PMP, PMI-ACP, ICP-ACC

Principal Delivery Manager at Financial Times

Bulgaria

About

I am a PMP and PMI - ACP with over 5 years of experience in implementing projects in the field of software development and customer satisfaction. I have knowledge of agile and Design Thinking methodologies.

Experience

  • Principal Delivery Manager at Financial Times Sofia
    Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Financial Times (2 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior Delivery Manager
      Mar 2021 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr

    • Delivery Lead /Agile Project Manager
      May 2019 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Customer Project Manager at DXC Technology
    May 2018 - May 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Scrum Master/ Agile Trainer & Coach - Customer Project Manager/Programme PMO

  • Project Manager at Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria
    Oct 2017 - May 2018 · 8 mos

  • Project Manager/Product Owner Digital Services at CIBANK JSC
    Dec 2012 - Oct 2017 · 4 yrs 11 mos

    Agile Project Manager/Product Owner • Hands-on experience in managing projects throughout the lifecycle to their successful completion with the SCRUM methodology • Close collaboration with senior management to align the project with the strategic company goals • Identify and manage key stakeholders and project team members • Conduct the project kick-off and manage the high-level project sprint planning • Participate in the detailed sprint planning for every development team • Participate in the sprint review to validate results • Participate and hold sprint retrospective meetings • Work in close cooperation with the development teams to align and fulfil business requirements • Hold daily stand-up meetings with all development teams • Identify, manage and reprioritize business requirements • Identify and manage risks, issues and assumptions • Identify and manage bottlenecks during the daily stand-up meetings • Manage end-to-end process of system migration to ensure that the target IT infrastructure will meet the company and customer requirements with minimum impact and successful service transition • Writing user stories and business documents and managing the product backlog • Creating wireframes and mock-ups to conduct usability tests and collect customer feedback Waterfall Project Manager • Collaborate with key business stakeholders to identify and keep the project scope, schedule and acceptance criteria • Validate the initial proposal in terms of costs, content and quality • Define closure and acceptance criteria • Create business case and calculate ROI • Manage project scope, schedule and budget • Validate results and business benefits • Manage stakeholder expectations and communication • Manage DAIR log during the project lifecycle • Identify and manage bottlenecks and road-blockers during the project lifecycle to ensure successful project completion • Manage business stakeholder expectations providing regular project status reports and updates