Rubab Naziri
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Toptal member since February 13, 2022
Rubab has performed as an agile project manager, scrum master, and agile coach with experience building collaborative self-organizing teams, supporting teams to perform at their full potential, and creating great things with passion and a zest for life. She started as a software developer and later transitioned to the role of a scrum master. She is also an agile coach, which is the long-term career path she looks forward to. Agility is a mindset, and she believes in being agile.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Coaching
- Agile Project Management
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- Product Management
- Scrum@Scale
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Mentoring
- Technical Project Management
Work Experience
Project Manager
Estudios Tecnicos Inc
- Collaborated with the product team to understand the system and suggest improvements.
- Created a detailed project management plan outlining the use cases, resources required, and schedule.
- Suggested future course of action for the product for better management of data.
Technical Project Manager
Haydenfilms Institute, INC.
- Joined the project as a project manager and helped the client define the technical requirements. Set up a fit-gap analysis document.
- Helped clarify the scope of the project with the AWS ProServe consultant.
- Took up the responsibility for technical documentation, proof of concept, QA of the prototype, and the complete front end.
Agile Project Manager
Creative Chaos
- Guided Agile principles and facilitation skills to ensure that the team worked with an Agile mindset and utilized the frameworks effectively.
- Overhauled multiple project streams as a project manager. Assisted in writing the company playbook, which serves as the gold standard for various processes carried out within the departments.
- Created self-organizing teams and managed stakeholder expectations across the board. Collaborated with product owners and ensured the product backlog was well-defined and prioritized.
Agile Project Manager
EMPGLABS
- Joined the team as a technical project manager but later became the business project manager. Coached the team on agile and agility.
- Worked with the product team as a technical product owner and coached them on how to write practical and understandable user stories. Helped manage the product backlog and feature prioritization.
- Helped create a data-oriented system of appraisals and performance management for teams across the company. This was based on setting concrete goals for a quarter and measuring those against data obtained from the tools used within the organization.
Technical Project Manager
Confiz
- Started with a team of three engineers and scaled it up to 30 engineers. Managed the recruitment, team building, and training activities for the team. Worked on a Scrum at Scale model, dividing the engineers into six groups.
- Coached the team on Agile and Scrum. Delivered sessions company-wide and contributed to the collateral used throughout the organization for Scrum training.
- Created an application to predict employee churn, which the organization's HR department later used to predict which employees are more likely to churn in the next six months to work on retaining those team members.
- Managed an organization-wide hackathon where teams pitched their ideas and were given two weeks to develop the MVP.
- Scripted and directed the Women in Tech video for the organization to showcase and highlight the excellent women's contributions.
Scrum Master and Principal Software Engineer
NorthBay Solutions
- Designed, implemented, and supported cloud-based solutions for various clients. Being a data visualizations expert, I created dashboards that provided insights to the clients and helped them make better data-oriented decisions.
- Communicated with the clients to understand their business objectives and translate those into technical objectives to be taken up by the tech team.
- Created the training material for big data and cloud training on AWS. Mentored team members across the organization.
Big Data and Advanced Analytics Developer
IBM
- Worked with clients from all over the world in HR analytics, loyalty analytics, retail analytics, and Helpdesk data analytics.
- Learned Watson Explorer and SPSS. Trained and built a team that delivered exploratory data analysis projects using these tools.
- Worked on predictive analytics use cases like hard disk failure prediction and customer churn prediction.
Software Engineer
Techlogix
- Involved in project lifecycle phases, including analysis, design, development, test, production, documentation, and support.
- Provided consultancy for implementation of PeopleSoft Campus. Solutions modules for admission, finance, and HR.
- Developed the residence management system on top of the Oracle solution and implemented it for three universities in Malaysia, one in the Philippines, and one in Pakistan.
Project History
Cloud Migration from an On-premise Infrastructure for a Retail Giant
Managed and completed the cloud infrastructure migration for a retail giant.
• Managed a team of 30 developers and four testers involved in the complete end-to-end migration from on-premise infrastructure to the cloud for the client. • Also involved in recruitment and training the team.
• Started off with a team of three developers and grew it to 30 in a span of six months.
• Set up the processes and tools required to manage the teams and the project.
eCommerce Marketplace for Pakistan
Launched and managed an eCommerce marketplace platform.
• Managed a team of 20 developers, designers, and quality assurance engineers to deliver an eCommerce marketplace platform.
• Spearheaded delivery, process, team management, and stakeholder management.
• Served as an agile coach and helped the product team refine the backlog and write compelling user stories.
Data Lake for Media Company
Built and managed data lake and visualizations dashboards for a renowned media company
• Managed a team of five developers to build a data lake for a media company. Their data came from multiple disparate sources.
• Served as a data visualizations expert and built the reporting dashboards for multiple teams including the sales, marketing, and alumni departments.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
LUMS University - Lahore, Pakistam
Certifications
Certified Scrum Professional – Scrum Master | CSP-SM
Scrum Alliance
Advanced Certified Scrum Master | A-CSM
Scrum Alliance
Project Management Professional | PMP
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Slack, Zoom, Jira, Google Docs, Confluence, IBM SPSS, Looker, Git, Atlassian Suite, GitHub, Basecamp, Project Management & Work Tracking Tools, Figma, Atlassian
Paradigms
Requirements Analysis, Agile Project Management, Scrum, Kanban, Agile, Implementation Project Management, Agile Leadership, Agile Product Management
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Oracle, WordPress, Monday.com
Other
Stakeholder Management, ClickUp, Google Meet, Scrum Master, Sprint Retrospectives, Retrospective Techniques, User Stories, Sprints, Sprint Planning, Sprint Ceremonies, Agile Sprints, Backlog Grooming, Backlog Management, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Estimations, Project Estimation, Business Analysis, Issue Tracking, Sprint Master, Process Improvement, IT Project Management, Estimation & Planning, APIs, Software Project Management, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Task Scheduling, Engineering Management, Feature Roadmaps, Project Timelines, Requirements, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Scoping, Facilitation, Team Mentoring, Scrum Coaching, Scrum@Scale, Planning, Team Management, Recruitment, Client Success, Project Planning, Project Management, Software Engineering, IBM Watson Explorer, Big Data, Analytics, Customer Loyalty, Exploratory Data Analysis, PeopleSoft, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Agile Coaching, Technical Project Management, Delivery Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Cross-functional Collaboration, Software Development, Technical Business Analysis, Project Delivery, Product Delivery, Agile Product Delivery, SaaS, Startups, Product Roadmaps, Product Vision, Software as a Service (SaaS), Software Implementation, Workflow, Task Automation, Databases, Jira Administrator, Data Migration, Low Code, Customer Journeys, Client Delivery Management, Mobile App Development, Project Coordination, DocuSign, Presentations, Client Presentations, Solution Architecture, Sales Presentations, Java, Project Scheduling, Data Engineering, Web Project Management, Access Control, Content Management Systems (CMS), Integration, Event Management, Event Planning, Workflow Automation & System Integration, Recruiting, Product Development, Events, Education, Training & Training Content Development, Microsoft, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Quality Assurance (QA), Risk Management, Roadmaps, Product Management, Machine Learning, Python, Video Livestreaming, Video on Demand (VOD), Subscriptions, Executive Support, Video Streaming, Search Engines, Social Networks, Writing & Editing, Web Portals, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Products, Retool, Training Content
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