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Manager - Project,Program & Portfolio · AI Era Delivery Leadership

SHAIK
SAFDAR

Agile delivery. Clear governance. Global technology.
13+ years in IT, including 6+ years leading complex projects, programs and technology delivery across global teams and client environments.

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Project management ✦Program & portfolio Leadership ✦Agile delivery ✦Global technology teams ✦Risk & dependencies ✦Project management ✦Program & portfolio leadership ✦Agile delivery ✦Global technology teams ✦
01 / Flagship Projects

Delivery
with impact

Selected programs and projects across event technology, IoT, property management and healthcare.

01 — EVENT TECHNOLOGY / USA

ISSE Mobile App

Professional Beauty Association · USA · 15,000+ attendees · 100% on-time · zero P1 incidents
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Challenge

A mission critical mobile platform for 15,000+ attendees, exhibitors and speakers.

RoleLed delivery, dependencies and release readiness against a fixed launch date.
Outcome100% on-time delivery with zero P1 incidents.
Technology

Laravel · Android/iOS · MySQL · JIRA

02 — IOT / UAE

Filling Level Alert

Imdaad · UAE · 60–70% fewer operational incidents
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Challenge

Unreliable manual monitoring of sewage infrastructure across Dubai created operational risk.

RoleManaged technology delivery for real-time monitoring and alerts.
OutcomeContributed to 60–70% fewer operational incidents.
Technology

.NET MVC · SQL Server · Urbiotica APIs · Power BI

03 — PROPERTY / QATAR

Binaaya

United Development Company · Qatar · Community operations, digitized
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Challenge

Fragmented tools across facilities, assets, finance, service charges and compliance created complexity.

RoleDirected phased delivery with practical governance in a high-regulatory-sensitivity environment.
OutcomeCentralized property and community management operations with organisation-wide JIRA adoption.
Technology

PHP · MySQL · JIRA

04 — HEALTHCARE / INDIA

Patient Flow Management System

Gandhi Hospital · India · Delivered under extreme time pressure
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Challenge

Manual bed tracking could not keep pace during the COVID-19 second wave.

RoleCoordinated delivery with clinical stakeholders and the technology team.
OutcomeEnabled real-time bed allocation under extreme time pressure.
Technology

Laravel · Android/iOS · REST APIs

Route Program Client Domain Stack
02 / About

Make it
move.

Structure, clarity and ownership when delivery is complex and timelines are firm.

I lead cross-functional teams, align senior stakeholders and take ownership from initiation through delivery. My focus is making complex technology delivery clear, AI Enabled, predictable and moving.

My experience spans enterprise technology, healthcare, government, IoT, property and community management, ecommerce and live event technology, with client exposure across India, UAE, USA, UK, Qatar, Kenya and Ireland. I work across Agile and hybrid delivery environments, with practical experience in governance, release coordination, risk and dependency management, executive reporting and portfolio visibility.
13+Years in IT
20%Higher resource utilization
15%Faster release cycles
03 / Expertise

How I
deliver.

Certified, practical and comfortable across delivery models, governance and technology environments.

Delivery & governance

  • End-to-end project, program & portfolio delivery
  • Agile / Scrum / Kanban / Waterfall / Hybrid
  • Release governance & RAID management
  • Capacity planning & change management
  • Executive & stakeholder reporting

Tools & platforms

  • JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet
  • Adobe Workfront, Screendragon, HIVE
  • Power BI, executive dashboards, KPI reporting
  • AWS / Azure & CI/CD exposure
  • AI : Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Kimi.AI

Certifications

  • Certified Scrum Master | EXIN
  • Agile Project Management Professional | Atlassian
  • Agile PM with Jira Cloud | PMI
  • Project Management Foundations | PMI
  • PMP and SAFe | In Progress | Target Q4 2026
04 / Track record

13+ years
in IT.

6+ years in project, program and delivery leadership across global technology environments.

FEB 2023 — NOV 2025

Project Manager

Omnicom Media Group

Led project, program and portfolio management across a multi-client technology portfolio spanning 10+ accounts. Owned delivery governance covering SLA adherence, resource planning, financial tracking and delivery performance. Presented portfolio reporting to Directors and CFO, improved resource utilization by 20% and reduced average project release cycle time by 15%.

SEP 2021 — SEP 2022

Senior Program Analyst

WebAppClouds LLC

Directed delivery of ISSE for 15,000+ attendees with zero P1 incidents, and UZBKWAY, a multi-platform travel app. Managed teams and dependencies to keep Android, iOS and backend releases aligned.

MAR 2021 — AUG 2021

Project Manager

VMAX E-Solutions

Delivered the Patient Flow Management System for Gandhi Hospital during the COVID-19 second wave, the Citizen Services Monitoring System for the Government of Telangana and Garage Pro in Kenya. Coordinated delivery across multiple government stakeholders and competing priorities.

OCT 2013 — FEB 2021

Team Lead

SMT Mobility Solutions

Progressed from technical to delivery leadership across Binaaya in Qatar, the Imdaad IoT platform in UAE, Smart Approvals for DP World, SStores and mPark. Helped establish consistent delivery practices and organisation-wide JIRA adoption.

MAY 2011 — SEP 2013

Freelance Software Developer / IT Consultant

Independent Contracts

Led delivery of Actora Health, a digital healthcare platform for Actora Corporate Solutions, USA, coordinating development and integration teams for telemedicine, lab-services and medicine-delivery workflows. Contributed to Educate.ie in Ireland, delivering secure role-based access control, discount logic and reporting.

SEP 2009 — MAY 2011

Software Engineer

NonVerba Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Contributed to BCM Cloud, a Business Continuity Management SaaS platform for a confidential UK client, supporting stable, audit-ready release delivery. Developed enterprise applications following SDLC best practices and improved application quality through structured defect analysis and root-cause resolution.

05 / Start a conversation

Let’s
talk

If you’re looking for a Project Manager who can bring structure and predictability to complex programs, I’d like to hear from you.

sksafdar@gmail.com ↗
+91 94928 75321
linkedin.com/in/sksafdar
Hyderabad · India