Raphael Molesim
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil
Toptal member since July 7, 2022
Raphael has helped companies to deliver software that delights customers. With more than 17 years in the software industry, he has helped teams to plan, organize, and deliver software using Agile methods. Raphael has recently managed an IT portfolio and led a digital transformation.
Expertise
- Agile
- Agile Project Management
- Change Management
- IT Program Management
- Project Management
- Scrum
- Scrum Master
- Sprint Planning
Work Experience
Head of Agility, Portfolio, and Strategic Planning
Escale
- Created visibility, aligned understanding, and managed dependencies in the last planning cycle of 2021.
- Led the strategic planning for 2022, including communicating, integrating, and aligning priorities and decisions.
- Delivered three performance projects to manage software development requests.
Results Delivery Officer | Head Of IT Portfolio
Banco BV
- Headed the results delivery office, which followed the strategic planning and evolution of Agile maturity.
- Collaborated with the executive bank committee on a review plan for a portfolio with more than 100 initiatives.
- Developed standard metrics to help the team improve its performance.
Digital Associate
McKinsey & Company
- Delivered more than three journey digitalization transformations for clients in Brazil, Argentina, and Panamá. Implemented Scrum and Kanban for the majority of my clients.
- Collaborated with C-level leadership to define a strategy and roadmap for transformation.
- Implemented Agile outside IT to improve sales numbers in a telco company's ruined line of service.
Agile Coach | Project Manager
Lambda3
- Joined the team as a Ruby Developer and became a Scrum master, where I could deliver over 20 software projects for the banking, healthcare, brokerage, notary, and advertising industries.
- Leveraged Agile methods in Brazil, joined and expanded the business ten times since, and became a reference at conferences in Brazil.
- Hired a third of the company developers and trained over 60 developers in continuous integration, test-driven, and behavior-driven development.
Project History
Credit Card Payment to the Digital Journey Redesign
Launched the product within four months for all employees and, later on, for all clients.
The team I headed had 15 people, including developers, architects, designers, QAs, and product managers. The risk I managed was a payment gateway partner, as we wanted the transaction to be at an affordable price, and technical integration because the client’s app was developed using an obsolete Angular version not compatible with the current Angular version.
Recovery of a Telco Service Line
Headed the team to deliver successful campaigns to help recover a service line and its sales that decreased during the last years.
I managed two teams. One of them designed the campaigns, including setting the target audience, creating the communication rules, scheduling the launch, etc. The other team worked on implementing the campaigns, including configuring a bulk SMS, implementing a decision-making tree, setting up a control group, and more. We increased the revenue from 30% to 80% in four months.
Governance and Strategic Alignment in a Bank
Launched a results delivery office in a bank to facilitate the discussion about the bank's most strategic plans.
I structured a portfolio review session at the bank. The portfolio had about 100 initiatives. I created a calendar, communicated with stakeholders, informed the team about strategic planning, and reported the governance evolution to an executive committee.
Technical Vendor Evaluation for a Bank
Improved underperfoming vendors delivery in terms of quality and speed.
The project aimed to develop a payroll enrolment mobile app to make enrollment easier for a new company. The project was behind schedule, and the vendor team was progressing very slowly. To speed up, I brought a new team from another vendor. I agreed with the new vendor that the estimation was going to be done by the vendor in place. After a few sprints, I realized the story points/developer rate from the first vendor was 50% slower than the second vendor when I extracted code metrics from the two teams’ codebase, and I also realized the metrics show significantly better scores for development practices from the second vendor. With this data, we could discuss with the second vendor how to improve their scores, as they brought in more senior developers, and we agreed to set a new standard for quality and speed.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems
University of São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil
Certifications
Prosci Certified Change Practitioner
Prosci
Agile HR Workshop
Orgganica
Kanban Coaching Masterclass
Aspercom
Scaled Professional Scrum
Scrum.org
Oratory Master Class
Academia de Expressão
Fearless Change
Agile Brazil
Learning 3.0 Facilitator
Learning 3.0
Management 3.0
Management 3.0
Activities Kit for Retrospectives
Agile Brazil
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Jira, SQL, Atlassian Suite, Slack, ETL
Paradigms
Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Change Management, Agile Project Management, Agile Leadership, Agile Delivery, Organizational Change Management (OCM), B2B, Agile Product Management, Iterative Delivery, DevOps, Azure DevOps, Requirements Analysis, Test-driven Development (TDD), Behavior-driven Development (BDD)
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Industry Expertise
Financial Services
Other
Project Management, Digital Transformation, IT Project Management, Planning, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Sprint Planning, IT Program Management, Program Management, Technical Program Management, Technical Project Management, Agile Product Delivery, Release Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Cross-functional Collaboration, Scrum Master, Reporting, Tracking, Sprint Retrospectives, Communication, Sprints, Agile Coaching, Stakeholder Management, Project Timelines, Project Planning, IT Projects, Digital Project Management, Web Project Management, Gantt Chart, Web Applications, Backlog Management, Agile DevOps, Team Management, Process Improvement, Estimation & Planning, Cost Estimation, Communication Management, Project Coordination, Status Updates, Meetings, Digital Solutions, Organizational Development, Digital Transformation Program Management, Agile Program Management, Discovery Workshops, Product Roadmaps, Agile Transformation, Agile Practices, Scrum Coaching, Startup Consulting, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Large-scale Projects, Proof of Concept (POC), Scope Management, Project Management Professional (PMP), Feature Roadmaps, Deliverability, Agile Sprints, A3 Problem Solving, Web Development, Mobile Apps, Dashboards, Workflow, Business Analysis, AWS Cloud Computing Services, APIs, User Requirements, Roadmaps, Operating Models, Project Tracking, Lean Product Development, Configuration Management, Project Scheduling, Requirements & Specifications, Fintech, Product Requirements Documentation (PRD), Product Management, Project Scoping, Organizational Behavior (OB), Prosci ADKAR, Business Transformation, Optimization, Consulting, SaaS, Product Launch, Go-to-market (GTM) Strategies, Go-to-market Plans, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Strategic Planning, Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), Rolling Forecasts, Budgeting, Balance Scorecards, Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Design, Software Development, Engineering Software, Negotiation, Creative Problem Solving, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Corporate Governance, Cloud, Cloud Infrastructure, Technical Analysis, Code Metrics, Tech Sales, Training, CI/CD Pipelines, Jira Align, Jira Administration, Complex Problem Solving, People Management, Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS), Facilitation, Public Speaking, Forecasting, Data Migration, Azure Cloud Services, Platforms, Business Cases, Startups
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