JIRA
Kinza Zaidi
Software Project Manager
Karachi
Summary
Successful Software Project Manager with self-starter nature and experience in planning and development. True go-getter successful collaborating with focused teams and handling multiple projects. Career background working with multiple tech companies overseeing software(mobile/web) build projects.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Project Manager
Code Avenue
Karachi
01.2022 - Current
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
- Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
Technical Project Manager
Mutex Systems Pvt. Ltd
Karachi
11.2020 - 06.2021
- Skilled in project management methodologies and adept at delivering projects on time and within budget
- Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
- Managed multiple software development projects with a focus on user-centered design and accessibility
- Worked closely with UX designers, developers, and stakeholders to ensure projects were delivered on time
- Coordinating Requirements with the development team & prioritizing bug/enhancements during sprints using jira
- Conducted regular project retrospectives to identify areas for improvement & drive continuous process improvement
- Researching market needs, designing solutions & translating them into product features
- Manage portfolio of projects with a focus on software development, including web and mobile applications
- Discuss potential projects and leads with pre sales & business development teams to highlight challenges associated with the project
- Planning out the blueprint for software projects which includes the scope, writing user personas, allocating resources, setting deadlines and laying out communication strategies
- Wireframing and prototyping userflows using tools such as miro and draw.io
- Plan and execute projects using Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban
- Identifying risks associated to the projects and planning strategies for it’s mitigation
- Determining and overseeing consistent testing, evaluation, & troubleshooting of all projects in all stages of completion
- Tracking milestones, deliverables and change requests
- Provide regular status updates to stakeholders and facilitate project review and retrospectives
Full Stack Engineer
Cygnis Media
Karachi
10.2019 - 03.2021
- Developed and maintained a portfolio of web applications using Php, Node.js, and Express
- Implemented front-end features using HTML,
- CSS,JavaScript and Vue
- Built and maintained REST APIs to support web and mobile applications
- Collaborated with designers and stakeholders to ensure applications were user-centered & accessible
- Worked on micro service architecture
Junior Web Developer
Kaygess
Karachi
01.2018 - 09.2019
- Worked on an ecommerce product developed front-end and backend functionality of the web app
- Intermediate level work with frameworks(codeIgniter)
- Form handling and validations with client and on server side
- Worked with different javascript and PHP plugins and libraries.
Education
Master of Science - Software Project Management
FAST - NUECS
Karachi 09.2020 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Department of Computer Science - UBIT - KU
Karachi 01.2015 - 12.2018
Higher Secondary Education - Pre - Engineering
HSC - BIEK
Karachi 08.2013 - 12.2017
Senior Secondary School - SSC - Scinece
Al - Murtaza
Karachi 01.2011 - 12.2012
Skills
Nodejs & Php Laravel, Codeignitor
Software
Miro
Trello
Postman
Git
Confluence
Sourcetree
VS Code
MS Teams
Slack
Freedcamp
Drawio
Microsoft Project
Canva
Figma
Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
Project Manager
Code Avenue
01.2022 - Current
Technical Project Manager
Mutex Systems Pvt. Ltd
11.2020 - 06.2021
Master of Science - Software Project Management
FAST - NUECS
09.2020 - Current
Full Stack Engineer
Cygnis Media
10.2019 - 03.2021
Junior Web Developer
Kaygess
01.2018 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Department of Computer Science - UBIT - KU
01.2015 - 12.2018
Higher Secondary Education - Pre - Engineering
HSC - BIEK
08.2013 - 12.2017
Senior Secondary School - SSC - Scinece
Al - Murtaza
01.2011 - 12.2012