Merja Saarinen Email & Phone Number

Finland

At Fellowmind, I work as a Senior Project Manager driving key customer projects in different business fields.

Helsinki Area, Finland

At CGI, I managed it -projects in private and public sector especially in pension and finance business, also got to learn about management consulting. In parallel worked as operational Product Manager implementing product strategy in planning and in daily activities, also orchestrating SaFe model in multinational environment.

I managed software integration projects for customers headquartered mainly in Finland and Sweden, following industry´s best practices and adapting the suitable methods in projects. I created project plans including communication plans and risk management plans, communicate actively with project and steering group and other stakeholders. My target was to keep the project in track not only by managing the budget and schedule but also by fulfilling customer expectations and protecting my team´s… Show more I managed software integration projects for customers headquartered mainly in Finland and Sweden, following industry´s best practices and adapting the suitable methods in projects. I created project plans including communication plans and risk management plans, communicate actively with project and steering group and other stakeholders. My target was to keep the project in track not only by managing the budget and schedule but also by fulfilling customer expectations and protecting my team´s happiness while working in the, sometimes, challenging projects. Days are never the same, and that makes my work interesting! My team, they are the best. Show less

Helsinki Area, Finland

Managing and coordinating customer projects related to finance automation systems.

Finland

Managing, operating, implementing and controlling product related projects, processes and workflows within product management globally. Planning and developing tools for supporting above (documentation management system, requirement management system, side-project: company-wide intranet). Participating ISO 2001:2008 program.

Product Manager in Tecnomen Sdn Malaysia. Focus on sales support: dimensioning and pricing value-added systems for operators, including compliance statements and export control activities.

Area Product Manager for Next Generation Messaging (NGM) products in Middle East, Asia Pasific and Europe. Sales support, compliance statements, system dimensioning and pricing. Export control responsibility on company level.

Pioneer position in the company. Developing tools and gathering information for product management and sales purposes. Tools mainly excel based (VBA) pricing and business case simulators. In addition, responsible of export control management.

Exportation to Europe and third countries, including export control management, cooperation with various authorities (customs, embassies, ministries), insurance claims (insurance companies) and supply chain management (transportation, forwarding, letter of credit controlling and follow-up).