Saad Siddiqui
PMP-Certified Program & Project Manager
Karachi
Summary
Dynamic Program Manager with extensive experience in the financial sector, including Islamic banking, specializing in strategic planning and stakeholder management. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in delivering complex projects on time and within budget. Skilled in risk analysis, fostering collaboration, and driving digital transformation across business and technology domains.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Vice President - Program Manager
Meezan Bank Ltd
01.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: http://bit.ly/2tVWlGt
- Plan & lead and direct the project from initiation till the closure with the responsibility of delivering the project with-in the agreed scope, time, cost and quality
- Develop project plan and prepare estimates after collaborating with project team, internal and external stakeholders
- Monitor project progress and anticipates delays, risks and issues that may deviate project timelines
- Implement Risk and Issue management processes to resolve and mitigate issues and risk respectively
- Ensuring risk management plan is in place and updated to address uncertain events during the course of the project
- Responsible for managing and ensuring stakeholders satisfaction throughout the project
- Conducting project review meetings and creating detailed reports for executives and other project stakeholders
- Ensure every change is managed through change control procedure and approved by the change control board
- Evaluating Project Performance after closure to identify short comings and plan ways to fix similar problems in future
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- Major Achievements: Implementation of T24 AA (Arrangement Architecture) Module
- End to End Digitization of Approval and Post Approval Process for Consumer Products
- Wisaaq - Digital Supply Chain Financing Platform
- Launching of Meezan Souq - Digital Lending Mobile App
Senior Project Manager
Meezan Bank Limited
01.2021 - 12.2022
Project Manager
Meezan Bank Limited
08.2018 - 12.2020
Deputy Manager - Project Management
K - Electric
01.2018 - 08.2018
- Effectively implementing project management process and methodology, maintaining standard set for practices, processes and templates for managing various projects
- Tracking project portfolio performance as per time management
- Ensuring accuracy and completion of project management documentation, executing project management tools on MS SharePoint 2010 while coordinating with business and business partner team for finalization of annual IT roadmap
- Providing management support and assisting delivery managers in development of project plans, ensuring monitoring of time, cost and resource utilization of projects while reporting project progress to IT leadership and other stakeholders
- Major Achievements: Successfully ensured delivery of IT roadmap in 2017
- Implemented Enterprise Project Management Solutions (MS Project Server)
- Established IT PMO while working directly with Head of Project Management
Assistant Manager - Project Management
K - Electric Limited
10.2015 - 12.2017
Senior Executive - Project Management
Tradekey Pvt. Ltd
01.2013 - 10.2015
- Efficiently carried out project feasibility analysis, charter development and scope finalization, ensured execution of strategy by projects initiated by top management
- Managed analysis and communicated plans to technical teams
- Responsible for the development of SOW and project management plans, managed moderation of project kickoff, project status report and closing meeting while advising solution to customer issue
Education
MPM - Project Management
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
01.2014 - 01.2016
B.S - Information Technology
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
01.2008 - 01.2012
Skills
IT Project Management
Conflict Resolution
Project Status Reporting & Escalation
Project Communication Management
Project Scope & Cost Estimation
Stakeholder Management
License Number
FL5466421
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 08/30/89
Locations
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Timeline
Vice President - Program Manager
Meezan Bank Ltd
01.2023 - Current
Senior Project Manager
Meezan Bank Limited
01.2021 - 12.2022
Project Manager
Meezan Bank Limited
08.2018 - 12.2020
Deputy Manager - Project Management
K - Electric
01.2018 - 08.2018
Assistant Manager - Project Management
K - Electric Limited
10.2015 - 12.2017
MPM - Project Management
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
01.2014 - 01.2016
Senior Executive - Project Management
Tradekey Pvt. Ltd
01.2013 - 10.2015
B.S - Information Technology
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
01.2008 - 01.2012