Cracow Metropolitan Area
17+ years of proven experience as a Project Manager of projects / programs realized for the international banking groups and global technology company. Successful implementation (from the scratch to the final phase) of numerous projects / programs (changes in systems, products and business processes) on time and in budget. Excellent communication skills developed in a multicultural and international environment, capable of interacting with all levels of an organization.
Coordination of projects portfolio for several Business Lines, liaison between business functions and IT business, responsibility for the budgeting process for new initiatives, key responsibilities: - Effective relationship management between the Bank’s organizational units and project structures. - Identifying and balancing resources and projects prioritization in order to prepare the portfolio delivery plan for the Bank. - Providing methodology for project management, organizing and delivering the project management training dedicated to PMs.
Project Management from start to finish, coordination of project initiatives provided by business and transforming them into projects, key responsibilities: - Program Manager of the international Basel 2 program (implementation of the highest standards of banking risk management). - Project Manager of implementation of the mandatory project "Markets in Financial Instruments Directive” in Bank. - Project Manager of project which aim was providing chip technology to all MasterCard cards offered by Bank. - Project Manager in scope of implementation of the guarantee premium of European Investment Fund, increasing access to credits for companies in the SME sector. - Project Manager in charge of launch of the Energy-Saving credit with the investment premium for companies financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - the product facilitated the access to financing for small and medium-sized enterprises. Success of two mentioned above projects connected with credit products allowed the Bank to be awarded by The Forbes magazine as “The Best Bank for Companies” in 2012. - Project Manager responsible for implementation of e-correspondence service, whose purpose was to enable individual customers to resign from paper statements. - Project Manager of new authentication scheme for electronic banking which allowed significant simplification of login to the system and facilitated faster realization of internal transactions.
Managing the development and implementation process of business-focused projects. Implementation of system automates and integrates core business processes adjusted to customers’ needs.
Coordinating large and complex programs with crossed multiple products and teams located in different time zones. Developing and managing program schedules agreed across the organization and in alignment with product roadmap. Managing projects according to Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and other SDLC software development methodologies. Providing regular status reports for leadership, PMO and product representatives based on the available tools and other sources of information. Forecasting, assigning and monitoring of budget realization. Identification and monitoring of project risks, detection and solving of project issues.