Blessyn Kanmi-Tijani
Ologolo Lekki,United Kingdom
Summary
Experienced Project Manager with 6+ years of expertise in program management, team leadership, strategic planning, budget management, quality management, risk management, stakeholder management, and H&E. Skilled in scrum, waterfall, and agile methodologies, with a focus on aligning business objectives with process improvements, competitive advantage, and ROI. Proficient in implementing best practices for portfolio and project management, including change management, dependency management, communications, metrics, and dashboards. Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities, adept at collaborating with executives, stakeholders, and program owners. Successfully managed teams of 7-30 people and delivered digital solution projects up to £5M in budget.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
AGILE PROJECT MANAGER
CEDAR DESIGN
LONDON
06.2021 - Current
- Cedar Design is a user-focused and bespoke software design solution that helps its clients create web apps and software products for online presence for the right consumer and influence
- Worked with managers to identify cross-team dependencies and manage inter-team tasks
- Established onsite communication and delivery process and guidelines
- Managed and developed multiple applications within time and budget
- Gathered customer feedback to improve the product outcome
- Coordinating between third-party vendors, clients, and project teams to gather requirements, discuss open defects and track them to closure
- Create weekly Project status reports and present them to all key executives/stakeholders
- Implemented JIRA Folio to effectively track and manage budget/finances
- Facilitated meetings with product owners, business and cross-functional teams
- Assist the Product Owner in backlog grooming (prioritization and estimation) and establishing acceptance criteria
- Accomplishments
- In the first 6 months of joining the company, achieved a 60% reduction in project delivery time by identifying and resolving roadblocks and proposing workflow improvements to the scrum team
- Successfully implemented Agile methodologies, improving project outcomes, team collaboration, and customer satisfaction
- Delivered complex projects on time and within budget, showcasing strong project planning, resource allocation, and risk management skills
- Continuously improved processes, driving efficiency and enhancing project delivery, team efficiency, and customer value.
PROJECT MANAGER
GLORYLAND GROUP LTD
02.2017 - 06.2021
- Led projects, ensuring team members exceeded role and contractual obligations
- Analyzed project team data to justify works and costs, maintaining accurate records
- Conducted feasible assessments using suitable techniques to justify works, costs, and impacts on stakeholders
- Developed collaborative relationships with contractors and partners, coordinating activities for project alignment
- Facilitated stakeholder consultation throughout the project lifecycle, gathering feedback and assessment
- Collaborated effectively with contractors, consultants, staff, funders, and residents for project delivery
- Conducted inspections, and managed consultant services for feasibility studies
- Managed tender processes for consultant appointments, ensuring compliance with requirements
- Achievements
- Influenced team performance across multiple sprints, resulting in 80% client satisfaction
- Persuaded the team to allocate extra time during sprint sessions to address requests that arose between sprints.
PROJECT MANAGER
ISME ENTERPRISE LIMITED
06.2015 - 01.2017
- Cloud-based human resources (HR) software helps organizations stay connected, empowers employees to work efficiently, and manages it's own data taking the strain out of HR admin
- Initiated, planned, and managed project delivery using various methodologies
- Engaged in a client-facing role, gathering customer requirements, and effectively communicating with stakeholders using technical and business expertise
- Established project methodology, and framework, and collaborated with local and international designers and developers to align with business objectives
- Ensured the design of comprehensive WBS for each stadium event, assigned team responsibilities and tracked progress to meet project milestones within budget and high standards
- Assessed staff performance, ensured compliance, and communicated with personnel for service improvement and progress towards goals
- Achievements
- Led diverse local and international teams, aligning them with business objectives and ensuring timely and budget-compliant project completion
- Developed tailored methodologies and tools, utilizing Agile or Waterfall approaches based on project specifics and client objectives
- Created detailed project roadmaps, plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures
- Implemented Basecamp and Job Logic software to enhance team organization, tracking, and reporting
- Improved collaboration and information flow among technicians, designers, operators, and management
- Introduced a comprehensive management strategy, enhancing processes, procedures, and infrastructure to empower technicians, designers, and developers in delivering exceptional stadium service.
Education
MSc - Financial Services Management
University of Salford
BSc - Accounting, Project Management
Ogun State University
Agile Coach accredited Certification (In view) Professional Scrum Master 1 2023 Safe Agile (in view) 1 Product Owner Accredited Certification (In view - undefined
Professional (PMP) - undefined
2023
Certified Google project manager - undefined
2022
Program manager accredited certification - undefined
2022
Certified professional as Kanban expert (in view) Scrum product owner accredited certification - undefined
2022
Scrum master accredited certification - undefined
2022
Certified professional as Kanban expert - undefined
2022
Skills
- Leadership: Guide the project team in conducting feasibility assessments and justifying proposed works, costs, and impacts on the council and leaseholders Ensure team members exceed their responsibilities as defined in SLAs or contracts
- Budget Management: Analyze project team data critically to obtain valid justifications for proposed works and associated costs, while maintaining accurate records
- Project Administration & Planning: Develop and maintain an updated business case throughout the execution of the new build project
- Time / Schedule Management: Utilize Microsoft Teams and Basecamp to schedule and organize project team meetings for multiple projects
- Risk Management: Using risk register to monitor and mitigate change and risk on projects
- Communication & Presentation Skills: Effectively communicate changes at all levels of administration and execution within multiple construction projects
- Tender Management: Establish, monitor, and manage the entire tender process through a capital E-sourcing portal
- SOFT SKILLS
- Analytical problem-solving Advanced problem-solving Budgeting Project Management- cost control, capacity planning, performance Measurement and quality control Project planning and development good oral and written communication skills Able to work methodically and accurately Establishing trust by applying discipline with fairness and consistency Experience in data and information gathering and analysis
- IT SKILLS
- JIRA Confluence Azure DeVops Rally Asana MS Visio, Project, and Office 365 Slack Confluence, Jira, ALM, Slack, Trello, GitHub, bit bucket, boot camp, Skype, Zoom and google meet, MS Project, Jira, Trello, Excel, PowerPoint, Clarity 1PPN, SharePoint, Azure, MS Office, Visio, Word and Outlook
Certification
Project manager, Digital Project Manager, Project Management Professional| Agile | MSc - Master of Science in Financial Services Management, Business Analysis | Program Management
Timeline
AGILE PROJECT MANAGER
CEDAR DESIGN
06.2021 - Current
PROJECT MANAGER
GLORYLAND GROUP LTD
02.2017 - 06.2021
PROJECT MANAGER
ISME ENTERPRISE LIMITED
06.2015 - 01.2017
MSc - Financial Services Management
University of Salford
BSc - Accounting, Project Management
Ogun State University
Agile Coach accredited Certification (In view) Professional Scrum Master 1 2023 Safe Agile (in view) 1 Product Owner Accredited Certification (In view - undefined
Professional (PMP) - undefined
Certified Google project manager - undefined
Program manager accredited certification - undefined
Certified professional as Kanban expert (in view) Scrum product owner accredited certification - undefined
Scrum master accredited certification - undefined
Certified professional as Kanban expert - undefined
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