• MS Office
• MS Project, MS Visio; MS PowerPoint
• MS SharePoint
• IBM COGNOS Suite – Planning and Business Intelligence (versions 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 10, 10.2)
• SAP Products – BPC version 10; SAP HANA, SAP BPM
• Planview 11.3, Project Server
• ServiceNow
• IT Audit and Compliance Standards

Luglio 2015 – Oggi_IT Portfolio Manager, APAC and EU_Allergan Plc._Sofia, Bulgaria

Responsibilities:

• Global IT PMO team member, responsible for APAC and EU regions, Office of CIO
• Define, rollout and manage global IT standards, processes and tools for project management – IT Demand process, Project Governance and associated monitoring/reporting, IT Budgeting and Forecasting processes, based on best practices
• Be a trusted partner for the IT Commercial, IT Infrastructure, IT Security, and IT Enterprise organizations in researching, validating and proposing for adoption new IT ideas and demands
• Ensure alignment between the business strategies and priorities and the corporate IT strategies
• Work closely with product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to resolve issues, risks and changes that arise during initiation, design and implementation, and in post-production for various IT projects
• Conduct regular status meetings with the IT leadership team and IT cross-functional team
• Ensure SOX and GxP compliance of the IT portfolio
• Facilitate training within the IT project management community in order to raise the maturity of the IT organization

Key Achievements:

• Planview implementation (global roll-out)
• IT Portfolio and Project Management Standards (global roll-out)
• Global IT Project Portfolio SharePoint site

Agosto 2013 – Luglio 2015_Project Manager, Corporate Finance IT_Allergan Plc._Sofia, Bulgaria

Responsibilities:

• Part of Global Project Management team for SAP BPC and SAP HANA Projects, Corporate Finance IT Department
• Provide project management initiatives ensuring that business objectives, schedules, and budgets are attained
• Direct and manage distributed project teams (including internal and external to the company project members)
• Conduct regular status meetings with the team members and external project managers and communicate highlights to the project board
• Organize User Acceptance Testing and training sessions and manage end user support process in the UAT phase
• Facilitate Knowledge Transfer sessions between the development and the operations teams and ensure smooth post-project support of the solution
• Setup and implement audit processes and controls together with internal IT audit department in order to ensure SOX and GxP compliance of the projects
• Maintain Finance IT Portfolio – current status of all projects, projects’ inter-dependencies, support, cost, licensing, assignees

Key Achievements:

• SAP BPC Sapphire Global implementation
• End user support processes in ServiceNow
• Finance IT Portfolio Management
• Successful pre-implementation SOX audits

Agosto 2010 – Agosto 2013_Manager BI Operations, Quality Assurance and Support_Actavis Inc._Sofia, Bulgaria

Responsibilities:

• Direct and manage a Global BI Operations team, part of Global Information Management Department
• Lead and define standards and processes for Global BI operations and infrastructure
• Design and maintain Portfolio Management policy for the Information Management Department
• Collaborate with IT management and Business teams in identifying, evaluating, selecting, and implementing specific information technologies that support the business plans and IT strategies
• Lead Vendor Management activities (including service requirements, contribution to contract negotiation and monitoring of service quality)
• Participate in internal and external audits
• Manage a team of 4

Key Achievements:

• IBM Cognos migration from 8.4 to 10.2 version
• User Management Policy for Information Management BI solutions
• Quality Assurance/ Quality Control Policy for Information Management BI solutions
• End Users Support Process for Information Management BI solutions in ServiceNow

Gennaio 2008 – Agosto 2010_Business Intelligence Specialist, Role – Lead of PM Team_Actavis Inc._Sofia, Bulgaria_Responsibilities:

• Set up Project Management Standards for Global Information Management Department (combination between PRINCE2, PMBOK, and Agile Methodologies)
• Design, develop and maintain Project Portfolio Management Information System in Microsoft SharePoint for IT Information Management Department
• Participation in and leading various IT projects that support company’s business in global planning, data consolidation and management reporting activities
• Prepare and maintain project documentation – project plans; status reports; change logs; lessons learned reports; end project reports

Key Achievements:

• Project Management Methodology for Global Information Management Department
• Portfolio Management SharePoint site for Global Information Management Department
• IBM Cognos Planning, Forecasting, Budgeting Solutions
• Master Data Management Web based Portal; Global HR Portal; Cost of Goods Data warehouse, Transfer Price Data warehouse

Maggio 2007 – Dicembre 2007_Project Manager_Icygen Ltd._Sofia, Bulgaria

Principali attività e responsabilità

• Participate in project initiation meetings and gather business requirements for various Web projects
• Prepare and maintain project documentation for each of the stages of the software product lifecycle: project plans; status reports; change logs; risk logs; issue logs; lessons learnt logs and lessons learnt meetings
• Communicate project status to project board
• Conduct post-project meetings and reviews and manage post-project support

Maggio 2006 – Maggio 2007_Project Coordinator_SoftConsultGroup Ltd._Sofia, Bulgaria

Responsibilities:

• Maintain contacts with clients, participating in negotiations and company product presentations
• Participate in project initiation meetings of Business Process Management System
• Analyse Software product requirements
• Prepare and maintain project documentation for each of the stages of the software product lifecycle

Key Achievements:

• Business Process Management Platform implementation

Ottobre 2005 – Maggio 2006_Quality Assurance Engineer_SoftConsultGroup Ltd._Sofia, Bulgaria

Principali attività e responsabilità

• Participate in requirements analysis and specification design
• Develop test plans, design and perform logical test cases
• Manage bug lifecycle and ensure bugs are fixed and documented
• Prepare and maintain QA/QC documentation