Pre Naicker
Summary
Detailed orientated individual experienced in administrative procedures. Oversees day-to-day duties with strong planning and organisation skills to delivers projects in timely manner.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Agile Project Manager
News UK
London, London
2021.03 - Current
- Led a team of 8 engineers as well as UX researches and designers to deliver cutting-edge curation tooling for The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun online publications.
- Managed large and small BAU projects from inception to delivery.
- Worked closely with Product team to aligned IT strategy with business needs, prioritising value for money and benefit to the end-user.
- Set clear project plan goals and objectives, defining roles and producing schedules and timelines for tasks.
- Reported progress to leadership teams as well as stakeholder
- Analysed in advance any blockers, conflicts or dependencies which may hamper delivery, thereby minimising disruptions.
- Strategically planning and communicating scheduled down-time and management of upgrades and patching.
- Implemented a mix of Agile and Waterfall methodologies to cater for ever-changing landscape of each project
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to brainstorm technical solutions to business problems.
- Developing workflows and processes for each project ensuring resource availability as well as dependant parties availabilities
- Prepared reporting using JIRA tools for the team at the various SCRUM ceremonies as well as reporting or management.
- Proficient in JIRA, MIRO, JIRA PRODUCT DISCOVERY
- Planned and managed Project Increment Planning each quarter.
- Led onboarding of new starters.
Agile Project Manager
Ministry of Justice
London, London
2016.12 - 2021.02
- Managed large-scale for HMCTS from inception to delivery - these projects included implementation of IDAM functionality, Payment processes and online immigration appeals.
- Led a team of 12 developers and supporting staff to ensure smooth delivery.
- Managed and ran all scrum ceremonies.
- Maintained smooth-running business operations by delegating priorities to staff abilities.
- Aligned IT strategy with business needs, prioritising value for money, security and contractual requirements.
- Created visual representations of data for reports, presentations and meetings.
- Analysed in advance any blockers, conflicts or dependencies which may hamper delivery, thereby minimising disruptions.
- Strategically planning and communicating scheduled down-time and management of upgrades and patching.
Agile Project Manager
Financial Times
London, London
2016.02 - 2016.11
- Managed the large-scale project of adapting SALESFORCE for the subscriptions team to maximise their outreach.
- Managed and ran all scrum ceremonies.
- Maintained smooth-running business operations by delegating priorities to staff abilities.
- Aligned IT strategy with business needs, prioritising value for money, security and contractual requirements.
- Created visual representations of data for reports, presentations and meetings.
- Analysed in advance any blockers, conflicts or dependencies which may hamper delivery, thereby minimising disruptions.
- Reported to team leadership on progress
Business Analyst
McDonald's Europe
London, London
2015.02 - 2015.12
- Analysed business processes, systems and data to identify opportunities for enhancement and efficiency.
- Applied strong analytical skills to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
- Documented process flows and implemented requirements for functional improvements.
- Worked closely with stakeholders to define key performance indicators (KPIs) and establish metrics for processes and projects.
- Responsible for the deployment of the eCommerce mobile ordering app and web solution for ordering, across Europe in an Agile environment
- Elicited and validated business requirements from each Market in Europe to localize the app and website according to the countries terms of business, marketing and outreach endeavors
- Managed the UX review and subsequent amends of the designs provided for both mobile and web
- Managed the product and sprint backlog and worked in collaboration with stakeholders to prioritize backlog items
- Worked with McDonald’s USA to validate requirements and then create wireframes, themes, epics, user stories and process flow models to commence build
- Created and managed test scripts from a user experience perspective, based on market feedback
- Ensured environment readiness of all the back-end systems that fed into the app and website before user testing could commence
- Created and maintained the product roadmap, together with change request documentation and ensured correct defect triage during the test phase using JIRA
- Provided status updates to stakeholders and team members on a regular basis
- Participated (and in some cases lead) the SCRUM ceremonies (sprint planning, daily scrum meetings, reviews and retrospectives)
Business Analyst
Lloyds Banking Group
London
2014.01 - 2014.10
Business Analyst
AS Watson Group
Milan, Italy
2012.09 - 2013.10
Business Analyst
Barclays
London
2011.03 - 2012.09
Project Manager
Aurora Fashions (Coast, Oasis, Warehouse)
London
2010.07 - 2011.02
Web Content Manager
Post Office
London
2009.04 - 2010.06
Web Content Manager
Fidelity International
London
2008.01 - 2009.03
Web Content Manager
Yahoo! Europe
London
2007.03 - 2007.12
Web Content Manager
Amazon
Slough
2006.07 - 2007.03
Copy writer
JML Ltd
London
2004.03 - 2005.12
Education
Certified Agile Leader -
Scrum Alliance
London, UK 2015.01 - 2015.12
BA Practice Practitioner -
IT Online Learning
London, Online 2014.02 - 2016.08
Bachelor of Technology -
University of KwaZulu Natal
Durban, South Africa 2001.01 - 2003.10
Skills
- Leadership skills
- Client account management
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Digital marketing
- Customer relationship building
- Outstanding customer service
- Production reporting
- Strategic research
- Software testing
- Cloud technologies
- Agile and Kanban
Timeline
Agile Project Manager
News UK
2021.03 - Current
Agile Project Manager
Ministry of Justice
2016.12 - 2021.02
Agile Project Manager
Financial Times
2016.02 - 2016.11
Business Analyst
McDonald's Europe
2015.02 - 2015.12
Certified Agile Leader -
Scrum Alliance
2015.01 - 2015.12
BA Practice Practitioner -
IT Online Learning
2014.02 - 2016.08
Business Analyst
Lloyds Banking Group
2014.01 - 2014.10
Business Analyst
AS Watson Group
2012.09 - 2013.10
Business Analyst
Barclays
2011.03 - 2012.09
Project Manager
Aurora Fashions (Coast, Oasis, Warehouse)
2010.07 - 2011.02
Web Content Manager
Post Office
2009.04 - 2010.06
Web Content Manager
Fidelity International
2008.01 - 2009.03
Web Content Manager
Yahoo! Europe
2007.03 - 2007.12
Web Content Manager
Amazon
2006.07 - 2007.03
Copy writer
JML Ltd
2004.03 - 2005.12
Bachelor of Technology -
University of KwaZulu Natal
2001.01 - 2003.10