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Senior Program Manager | AI & Big Data
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Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Freelance, open to permanent contract
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About me
Intro
AI Digital Transformation Expert with 10+ years leading complex Big Data and enterprise system migrations. Recently orchestrated SAP-to-Oracle Fusion migration at MODON and implemented cutting-edge AI solutions at Presight. PMP-certified program manager specializing in government projects, RPA automation, and delivering scalable digital transformation initiatives.
Work experience
Sr.Program Manager
Smart Cita
May 2021 - Present
5 years 6 months
United Arab Emirates · On-site
A Program Manager specializing in AI and Big Data projects is a strategic leader responsible for overseeing and executing complex initiatives at the intersection of artificial intelligence and large-scale data analytics. This role involves: 1. Project Planning: Developing comprehensive project plans, defining objectives, scope, timelines, and resource requirements. 2. Stakeholder Management: Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, engineers, and business analysts, to ensure alignment and successful project execution. 3. Risk Assessment: Identifying potential risks and mitigation strategies to ensure the project's success and minimize disruptions. 4. Data Strategy: Developing and implementing data strategies, including data collection, storage, processing, and analysis, to support AI-driven insights and decision-making. 5. AI Integration: Overseeing the integration of AI models and algorithms into the project, ensuring they align with project goals and deliver business value. 6. Quality Assurance: Implementing rigorous quality assurance processes to maintain data accuracy and model performance. 7. Budget Management: Managing project budgets, tracking expenses, and optimizing resource allocation for maximum efficiency. 8. Reporting and Communication: Providing regular updates and reports to senior management and stakeholders on project progress, challenges, and outcomes. 9. Scalability: Designing projects with scalability in mind, allowing for future growth and expansion of AI and Big Data capabilities. 10. Industry Knowledge: Staying up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in AI and Big Data to drive innovation and maintain competitiveness. plays a pivotal role in orchestrating the successful implementation of data-driven initiatives, ensuring they align with organizational goals and deliver valuable insights and outcomes.
Project Manager Program Management Office
Modon
Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
2 months
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates · On-site
Directed the comprehensive migration of MODON Group's enterprise systems from SAP products to Oracle Fusion, ensuring seamless transition and minimal disruption to business operations. • Spearheaded the development of the Request for Proposal (RFP), meticulously outlining the scope of work for the migration project. This included detailed requirements gathering, technical specifications, and project timelines. • Effectively managed key stakeholders, including senior executives, department heads, and external vendors. Facilitated regular communication and alignment meetings to ensure all parties were informed and engaged throughout the project lifecycle. • Developed and implemented a robust data migration strategy to ensure the integrity and accuracy of data transferred from SAP to Oracle Fusion. Coordinated data cleansing, mapping, and validation processes. • Led change management initiatives to support employees during the transition. Conducted training sessions and provided ongoing support to ensure smooth adoption of the new system. • Identified potential risks and implemented mitigation strategies to address challenges proactively. Ensured compliance with all regulatory requirements and industry standards. • Monitored project performance using key metrics and KPIs, ensuring the project remained on track and within budget. Delivered regular progress reports to senior management. • Identify Synergies and Align Processes: Collaborate with Business Areas (BAs) to identify synergies and ensure alignment of project management processes within the Siemens Energy organization.
AI Project Manager Program Management Office
Presight
Jun 2023 - Mar 2024
10 months
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates · On-site
• Successfully Orchestrated the Implementation of a Cutting-edge AI and Big Data Solution • Assembled a highly skilled and diverse team of data scientists, engineers, and domain experts, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. • Established a well-defined project scope, ensuring project goals aligned with the organization's strategic objectives. Also implemented a robust change control process to handle scope changes effectively. • In addition, as a Project Manager for international projects, I also stepped up to the additional role of a Solution Manager to the International Business Development Lead. As a Solution Manager responsibility, I had to streamline with five mega partners to expedite and prepare the integrated proposal. • After the solution's deployment, I oversaw a post-implementation review to measure the project's impact on the organization and identify areas for further optimization. • Orchestration of program delivery of a major Development Value Stream. • Working closely with the product managers, business owner(s), solution architects, and key stakeholders • Lead all four types of Agile ceremonies, optimizing their internal workings and ensuring alignment on showcases with key stakeholders.
Confidential
Jul 2005 - Mar 2023
17 years 9 months
On-site
Senior Project Manger
Mar 2016 - Mar 2023
7 years 1 month
On-site
• Assists in business strategy, execution, and reporting activities and work on cross-functional business initiatives including resources, processes, tools and cultural tasks • Maintains master project schedule: including pertinent system release dates, milestones, critical path items, and/or program interdependencies. • Provides consistent and comprehensive status reports, a significant issue tracking, and communicating with the project team on a regular basis. • Facilitates prioritization among competing agendas and negotiates trade-offs between internal cross-functional groups, partners, and client resources. • Engages closely with Solution Architecture, External Developers, Cloud Infrastructure team, Customers’ IT and Project teams and TAHALUF departments when required to ensure end to end success of a project • Manages the relevant elements of the PMO to streamline and standardize the initiation, planning, execution, implementation and closing of all related projects • Influences usage of best practices and acts as auditor and quality reviewers • Supplies leadership problem resolution in situations involving project delays, scope change, unsatisfied customers • Reviews customer interactions to ensure that all Project Management and Partner/vendor elements have been estimated correctly and Customers can meet promises being made • Ensures optimal use of staff resources to maximize productive time • prepare all project documents starting from kick-Off meetings, project plan , Risk management Plan, communication plan, change requests, and closing project documents • Communicate project documents properly with the client to gain approval • Ensure on-time delivery of projects, within the scope and within budget, by minimizing and mitigating project risks • Champion relationship building with the business stakeholders, and internal resources and external vendors • Deliver projects in both Agile (preferably) Scrum or Waterfall methodologies
Senior Oracle SCM consultant
May 2014 - Mar 2016
1 year 11 months
On-site
Implementing the following Oracle Supply Chain modules: - - Oracle Inventory (Order to receipt) • Organisation Definition • Organization access • mis. Transaction • Responsibility definition • move order transaction. • physical count • Item Creation Definition • Training and operations support - Oracle Purchasing (P2P cycle) • Implement Oracle Procurement services, • Procurement Contracts, • IProcurement, • Sourcing -Consulting Project Based on Oracle Unified Methodology • Handling integration process between Oracle ERP and Oracle Siebel CRM -Handling integration process between Oracle ERP And third-party application • Define and manage project deliverables( such As Is Document, Future process, setup document , training manuals ) • Manage and handle CRPs (Conference Room Pilot )
Oracle SCM Consultant
Feb 2013 - May 2014
1 year 4 months
On-site
• Work closely with key Projects and Procurement business users to understand requirements and resolve issues around existing processes. • understand the business requirement and functional specifications by schedule meetings with the client. • Produce artifacts such as fit gap documents, configuration documents, test scripts, training documents • Understand the needs and pains of the customer and then link them to a set of products/solutions provided by Oracle • Create and maintain relationships with key stakeholders at oracle EBS prospects • Ensure solutions designed are aligned to enterprise architecture standards and principles, leverage common solutions and services, and meet financial targets (Cost and benefits), and Client expectations • Apply Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills Strong written and verbal communication to meet customer expectations and find the best solution or workaround to meet customer expectations • Coordinate and participate in system testing for enhancements and patches. • Implementing Oracle SCM Inventory, Purchasing, and order management. • Provide Production instance live support and professional user training. • Develop Oracle UPK to support users on how to use the current system by • showing step-by-step videos describing the required business process
Oracle Supply Chain Team Leader
Feb 2012 - Mar 2013
1 year 2 months
On-site
• Support in implementing Oracle procure to pay process transformation and organization change management of Saudi Oger company. • Planning, dependency listing and prioritization for all demands and projects across the Saudi Oger • Work closely with Business Users for prioritizing, assessing and value The realization to business. • Continuously monitor the progress of the Demand’s • Ensure that P2P processes are done on time and provide appropriate Solutions or options for the management and the end users. • Build trusted and effective relationships working with the higher Management to ensure that we are following project phases, gate criteria and deliver on time, on-budget, on benefit and on-quality (and intervening to resolve issues or risks as required) • Track and report project statuses on a timely basis to IT leadership, stakeholders and sponsors. • Work closely with Project Quality Analyst and PMO Analysts to ensure delivery of KPI metrics and delivery of governance as outlined by the Saudi Oger PMO. • Participate as member of Procurement Process (RFI/ RFP); assist in facilitating review of the new vendor’s functional and technical proposals. • Ensuring a smooth transition for all current demands and projects with minimal business disruption. • Ensures updated policy and process documentation, stored and distributed appropriately. • Set up effective reporting processes to ensure a clear understanding of the status of projects and any decision-making requirements. • Mange Feedback from internal stakeholders, observed behaviours and performance review discussions. • Ensure to deliver of all project requirements by training and delivering the agreed • project documents after finishing the project
Oracle Supply Chain Consultant
Aug 2012 - Jan 2013
6 months
On-site
Understand the business requirement and functional specification documents produce artifacts such as fit gap documents, configuration documents, test scripts, training documents Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills in the Supply chain management processes: - 1. Handling Oracle Inventory (Master Items, Organisations definitions, set rules and responsibilities). 2. Handling Oracle purchasing module (P2P Cycle) (iProcurement, sourcing, PO definition) 3. Handling Oracle Sourcing Modules (working With Oracle EMD (Earnest 4. Money Deposit), in addition to setup and transaction for Two-Stages RFQ).
Oracle Supply Chain Consultant
Jan 2012 - Aug 2012
8 months
On-site
- Implement Oracle Supply Chain business process to Savyytek Customers following Oracle OUM methodology in Project implementation - prepare Project Documents, As Is documents, future process, gap analysis, and training materials. - Doing Conference Room Pilot (CRP) with stakeholders to gain acceptance - Oracle Modules: - 1. Oracle Procurement, 2. Sourcing, 3. Inventory 4. iSupplier
Oracle SCM Consultant
Apr 2009 - Jan 2012
2 years 10 months
On-site
• Handling inventory Processes, • Describe the structure of an Inventory Organization, Describe the multiorganization structure in Oracle Applications. • Define units of measure, Define, setup, and maintain items. • Use item templates, Use item categories, and catalogues. • Implement item profile options, Describe the implementation considerations for items, Define transaction managers, types, and reasons, • Perform Transactions, Manage Receipts, and Perform Move Orders. • Handling Procure to pay cycle, • Manage RFQs and quotations, approved supplier lists, and sourcing Rules, and Requisitions. • Create standard, blanket, contract, and planned purchase documents. • Handling Oracle CRM-Service Module, • Make the required Setup for the installation part for tracking Items. • Make the Main setup for the Field service part, and make the required • CRP and Training.
Senior Microsoft Dynamics CRM Consultant
Jul 2005 - May 2009
3 years 11 months
On-site
• Managing end-to-end Implementation for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. • Prepare Training Material • Install and configure MS-CRM 4 on the servers • Do the required customization
Education
جامعة الاسراء Isra University
Bachelor's degree
2001 - 2005
4 years 1 month