Mohammad Raza Email & Phone Number

United Arab Emirates

Develop and implement PMO strategies aligned with the organization's objectives,Establish frameworks, methodologies, and best practices for project/program managementManage a portfolio of projects, ensuring they are executed effectively, meeting deadlines, and delivering expected outcomes. Prioritize projects based on strategic importance and resource availabilityIdentify and mitigate project risks. Develop risk management strategies and contingency plans to address potential issues.Continuously evaluate and improve project management processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.Collaborate with various stakeholders, including senior leadership, project managers, and cross-functional teams, to ensure alignment and successful project delivery.Establish project scope by studying strategic business drivers; discovering and validating business and technical requirements and parameters; obtaining input from subject-matter experts; examining and recommending changes to current business practices.Gather requirements, clarify client needs, and articulate requirements through user stories to ensure product solutions meet client needsDevelop and deliver project documentation including requirements traceability matrix, business process design, configuration design.Identify gaps in the standard product functionality. Recommend effective solutions. Design solutions in conjunction with functional and technical teams.Design any customizations or extensions where there is a gap in the standard product functionality. Interface between technical teams and business/ end-users.Identify and assess client change requests, evaluate impact, and prioritize implementationDevelop and maintain project documentation, including project plans, budgets, status reports, and change requestsRegularly engage with internal and external stakeholders to communicate project updates, risks, and issues

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Program Management: Manage and oversee the execution of multiple sensitive projects within the ERP and Digital transformation Domain, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.Worked closely with Global Delivery Manager, Product and Technology teams to help deliver regional projectsDelivery of multiple projects of varying sizes from initiation to closure, ensuring timely and successful completion, in line with Compliance driven client requirementsEstablish project governance frameworks and reporting structures.Develop and maintain a detailed project plan outlining phases, milestones, and deliverables.Identify and mitigate project risks. Develop risk management strategies and contingency plans to address potential issues.Regularly report project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and senior management.Implement quality assurance processes to maintain high standards of project delivery and outcomes.Achieve cost standards by monitoring expenses, implementing cost-saving actions.Design solutions in conjunction with functional and technical teamsParticipate and Facilitate Requirement Gathering Sessions, CRP/Playback Session, System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing ,User Training, Data Migration Startegy, Production Cut Over PlanningImplement solution by monitoring project progress; tracking action items; conducting design and implementation reviews; examining, researching, and resolving issues; escalating issues to appropriate authority; responding to team members' concerns; coordinating cross-functional requirements.

Doha, Qatar

Responsible for the execution of multiple Oracle Fusion Cloud and digital transformation projects within the agreed timeline ,budget and quality.Manage risk identification within ongoing programs and projects, and follow-up on corrective actions implementation to solve issues where possible; ensure on-track delivery and minimize risks; and ensure appropriate escalation when required.Analyze project change requests and ensure change requests are aligned to policies and proceduresStakeholder Management: Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including project sponsors, and team members.Support decision-making and operational excellence by providing data and reports within PMO periodically as requested and highlighting areas of improvement.Performance Monitoring: Monitor program and project performance metrics, track progress against key milestones, and provide regular updates to the Head of Projects and PMO.Quality Assurance: Ensure that projects adhere to quality standards and best practices and implement continuous improvement initiatives as neededTeam Leadership: Provide leadership and guidance to project teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvementCommunicate project status and progress to relevant stakeholders regularly and raise any adjustments or impacts to the timeline.Support PMO with Knowledge Management and lessons learnt to enhance procedures and policies by implementing a process of continuous learning.Collect, document, and verify business requirements and functional specifications.Map business requirements to functional requirements.Develop and deliver project documentation including requirements traceability matrix, business process design, configuration design.Identify gaps in the standard product functionality.Recommend effective solutions. Design any customizations or extensions where there is a gap in the standard product functionality.

Dubai

Reported to the Global Delivery Manager and leading project teams of 25 resources for end to end execution of multiple program/projects for clients in the region. Leading the team in program/projects to ensure that the deliverables comply with desired quality and the same are delivered within prescribed Time-line and Cost. Enabling the clients in their journey for digital transformation, by implementing cloud, mobility and analytical solutions. Engaged in support of Pre-sales & Business Development.

Doha,Qatar

Reported to the Delivery Manager and led a sizeable team of 50 resources for a long term Oracle ERP System implementation project for a Healthcare client in Qatar.Defined the execution strategy and set-up the implementation process for project delivery, in line with CMMi guidelines along with OUM and AIMS methodologies.Responsible for execution of all phases of Project Life Cycle(Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Control, Closure).Ÿ Responsible for project performance, schedule/milestone tracking, Object prioritization & sequencing, analysis of object/track level dependencies.Contributed actively in gathering business requirements, Fit-Gap analysis, Solution design, Conference Room pilot presentation, Conducting UAT sessions, defining data migration strategy, Production Cut-Over Planning, Solution deployment.Performed Team building initiatives by monitoring performance against targets, providing feedback, resolved issues and coordinating changes to enhance project performance.ŸProvided functional/technical solution, ensuring timely completion of all allocated activities/components, prepared & submitted project progress reports to senior management..ŸResponsible for Stakeholder Management and Account mining.Hands-on participation in Pre-sales support in terms of solution design, etc., for new opportunities with existing customer and new prospects

Hyderabad Area, India

Initiated this engagement as Project Lead and progressed as Project Manager and led a team of 45 resources in multiple projects for national/international clients.ŸSuccessfully executed multiple Oracle ERP projects; Implementation (4),Upgrade(1) Support & Enhancement(2).Responsible for successful execution of all phases of project life cycle (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Control).Performed business requirement gathering, Fit-Gap analysis, Customization/Enhancement finalization, Solution demonstration during CRP sessions, define end user training & UAT strategy and production deployment planning.Ensuring on-time delivery of all components/projects as well as compliance to quality and budget.Team Management, Communication Management, Project Risk and Issue Management, Scope and Change Management, Submitting periodic progress reports to senior managements.Performed Team building initiatives by monitoring performance against targets, providing feedback, resolved issues and coordinating changes to enhance project performance

New Delihi,India

Initiated the IT career with this ERP/IT Service Provider as Software Engineer, progressed as Sr. Software Engineer and finally as Module Lead, reporting to project lead .Involved in design, development, deployment and support of ERP and custom built solution for national & international clients. Participated in system study, requirement gathering, mapping business process into the ERP, GAP/Impact analysis and documentation of project deliverables like RD050,BR010,MD050,MD070 as per AIM methodology.Developed technical components,Conducted Conference Room Pilot and UAT sessions

Post Graduate Diploma In Information Management(Mba-It), Information Technology Project Management, First

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Chemistry

Higher Secondory, Science, First