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
Expressjs, Vuejs, Bootstrap
Project Management
User Experience
Strategic Planning & Critical Thinking
Agile & Scrum Methodology
User Stories & Personas
Feedback & Requirements Elicitations
Cross Functional Team Management
Competitive Analysis Research
Manual Test Case Writing
Business Analysis
Communication within and across teams
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