Improver

Natalia Bakhova

Senior Project Manager

London, England

Delivery focused PRINCE2 qualified and Agile Project Manager with 15 years experience managing technical and business change projects. Leading co-located and geo-distributed cross-functional teams across marketing, transportation and financial services sectors. Proven track record of successful project delivery of £multi-million project portfolios, digital transformation projects and complex IT system development; management of concurrent projects of various scale. With experience of building productive working relationships in highly political and challenging environments. Pragmatic and positive in approach with a proven ability to implement new processes, effectively organise project resources and deliver results in both structured and agile project environments.

*PRINCE2 Practitioner/Agile project management
*15+ years delivery experience across private and public sectors implementing software development, digital; Web based, Document Management Systems, near Real Time application development, CMS and technical infrastructure projects
*End to end delivery through full project lifecycle
*End-to-end SDLC
*Structured delivery approach, utilising waterfall, agile (SCRUM/Kanban) and hybrid methodologies and processes
*Financial management up to £3m
*Leadership of multidisciplinary teams of 20+ people
*Matrix Team Management
*Senior Stakeholder management
*Senior customer and relationship management
*Supplier (3rd party) partner management. RFI/RFP/ITT
*Experience in the delivery of software projects in highly structured and audited project environments
*Business Case Development and Funding Paper creation
*Business and Technical Change Management
*Performance Management, Mentoring and Staff Development
*Governance and Control: Schedule Development and Tracking, Cost Planning & Control, Change, Risk, Issue and Test Management
*Onshore/offshore team management
*Website / Mobile App Localisation / Global Rollout

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Experience:

• Business Analyst (Contract) (London Underground Ltd)
• Digital Project Manager - Global Rollout (Contract) (Publicis Sapient / DigitasLBi)
• Product Manager (London Underground Ltd)
• Project Manager (Transport for London)
• Project Manager/Business Analyst (Contract) (WorldPay)
• Senior Project Manager - E2E (Contract) (Publicis Sapient / DigitasLBi)

Skills:

• IT Management
• Digital Agency
• Project Management
• JIRA
• Test Management
• Certified Project Manager
• Visio
• Change Management
• Confluence
• Project Portfolio Management
• Project Governance
• Technical Project Delivery
• Integration
• Scope Management
• PRINCE2
• Data Warehousing
• Cloud Computing
• Waterfall
• Onsite-Offshore Delivery Model
• Team Management
• Benefits Realisation
• Release Management
• Quality Assurance
• Programme Delivery
• Public Sector
• Agile Methodologies
• Business Requirements
• IT Strategy
• ITIL
• SDLC
• Business Transformation
• Business Case
• Project Delivery
• Agile Project Management
• Risk Management
• MS Project
• Scrum
• PMO
• Project Planning
• Business Analysis
• Digital Transformation
• Requirements Analysis
• End to End Delivery
• Software Project Management
• Project Estimation
• Stakeholder Management
• Program Management
• Outsourcing
• Business Process Improvement
• Cross-functional Team Leadership