Alexandru Stan

Agile Project Manager
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Age 33
Location Bucharest, Romania
Status Available

Profile

I am currently a certified Prince2 Agile® Project Manager (certification ID GR659011938AS) and a Certified ScrumMaster® (certificant ID 001082555).

 

I have a total of 7+ years of Project Management experience, 5+ years of Agile Project Management in software development, successfully delivered over 15 software applications (mobile apps, SaaS, IoT) built using a various array of technologies (PHP, Redux, Java, React JS, D3 JS, SalesForce, HTML, .NET, PWA, iOS, Android) with an average of 10 team members managed daily, from different timezones and cultures.

 

I have 5+ years’ experience using Jira, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, GDocs,but also Monday.com, Trello, Asana, Teamwork, Gitlab, Slack, Confluence,SharePoint for project planning and delivering results. 

What am I searching for in a company?

Remote opportunities in the IT realm.

Work history

Ezugi

Agile Project Manager - Initiate, plan, execute, monitor & control and deliver all projects related to R&D area - Coordinate the team throughout all project management phases - Schedule meetings, create the agenda and distribute it to all meeting participants - Lead regular stand-ups and meetings - Foster a culture based on accountability - Manage communication with all stakeholders based on the communication plan defined in the initiation phase - Ensure stakeholders’ satisfaction - Recommend further improvements to current processes, methods and tools - Create a detailed project management plan and other project documents - Define the project charter and/or the project’s scope - Set milestones and deadlines - Build up the project budget and keep it always updated - Monitors budget and signals out when deviations occur - Assign, prioritize and supervise project tasks - Implement and properly manage changes based on the change control process - Detect, report and fix issues whenever the case - Create and deliver internal project reports - Identify, prevent and manage project associated risks - Track project performance using appropriate tools and techniques - Submit deliverables and ensure they adhere to quality standards - Ensures that projects are delivered on time, on budget and meeting all quality requirements - Achievement of agreed KPI’s as set by the company / department / team leadership March 2021 - now (3 years 1 month)

OSF Digital

Agile Project Manager • Successfully managed multiple concurrent projects from initiation through to operational support within time-frame and budget expectations; exceeded expectations constantly by having an average of 4.2/5 customer satisfaction score • Creating and managing needed documentation such as charter, task breakdown structure, inter-dependencies, estimates, resource allocation and responsibilities, schedule/timeline • Actively and constantly performing risk evaluation and mitigation plans • Increasing team collaboration and velocity by active and constant mentorship and leadership in all Scrum rituals (sprint planning, standups, backlog grooming etc) and facilitating team development efforts • Focusing on client satisfaction through constant engagement, acting as single point of contact; gathering and synthesizing new requirements into results, while making sure to avoid scope creep • Delivering in time and in cost by constant progress tracking, gathering metrics and translating them into reports; improving processes as needed • Ensuring quality of deliverables by implementing and coordinating test plans, establishing acceptance criteria • Monitoring on-site and remote team members' performance and submitting evaluations October 2015 - February 2021 (5 years 4 months)

Ipsos Interactive Services

Project Manager • Creating project documents inside company systems • Team meetings for project debrief, setup project timeline, deliverables • Keeping project cost on track through constant monitoring, identifying bottle-necks and facilitating mitigation of risks • Integrating external sample providers; negotiated final cost which always resulted in an overall 10% discount • Keeping a constant and positive connection with the customer • Setting up the sample in the internal system and deploying the batches as set in the initial planning • Synthesizing the final results, creating various reports and visuals to showcase the results of the market research • Closing the project in the financial system April 2013 - June 2015 (2 years 2 months)

Education

Electrical Engineering and Industrial Management

Polytechnics University Bucharest 2008 - 2012

Skills

Scrum Jira Project Management Team Management Client Management IT

Certifications

Scrum Alliance
Certified ScrumMaster
2020
AXELOS Global Best Practice
PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation Certificate in Agile Project Management
2020

Languages

English
Fluent
Romanian
Native or bilingual

Courses

Agile Software Development
2019 Agile Software Development (https://www.edx.org/course/agile-software-development) created by ETH Zurich University and hosted by Bertrand Meyer

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Hobbies

  • Crossfit
  • Movies
  • Travel
  • Professional & Personal Improvement