INTRO
Empowering teams, steering projects, achieving milestones: your vision, my mission.
14+
YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE
ABOUT
Me in a nutshell
I am a certified Senior Project Manager, overseeing a broad base of operations, including the direct management of large-scale IT projects / programs related to digital solutions and process automation for the European Institutions, the financial sector and other operators globally located.
My project management expertise gained in different industries makes me ready to steer the success of IT initiatives for any kind of organisation.
What I find most attractive for my day-to-day work is the possibility to create new solutions to tackle strategic goals.
Work experience
September 2022 – present
Senior Project Manager
DG TAXUD – European Commission, Brussels (taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu)
Management of an IT portfolio of projects within the Customs domain.
Responsibilities include the successful delivery of the project portfolio on time and within budget, ensuring that business outcomes are achieved and risks are effectively resolved or mitigated.
Development and continuous improvement of the Portfolio execution processes and standards, seeking contributions from other Project Managers, Application and Infrastructure development teams, to ensure that the standards meet best practice.
Oversight of incoming new work requests, assisting senior management with continuous portfolio management (status, projections, resource planning, new request monitoring), ongoing budget reviews (actual vs budget analysis, projections, periodic reporting), cost projections in the future across the portfolio.
Work with onshore and offshore IT delivery, support and vendor teams to successfully deliver the portfolio of work.
Prepare consolidated material from program reports for review; complete and distribute monthly operational review reports.
Manage the portfolio of projects through the full project management and software development lifecycle, complying with DG TAXUD internal policies and processes for IT project delivery.
Ensure consistency and best-practice methodologies for project delivery are followed across all platform teams and projects within the portfolio.
July 2017 – September 2020
Senior Project Manager
Global Delivery - CRIF Credit Solutions, Bologna (www.crif.com)
Direct management of complex IT projects/programs related to financial services for banks and other operators within the EMEA region.
Responsibilities included administering full life cycle contract and subcontract management, including pre-award, post-award and closeout activities.
Direct actual against forecast reports to stakeholders detailing budgets, timeline and scope. Single point of contact while successfully delivering regional projects in a fast-paced, high functioning environment.
Preparing project goals, determining priorities, and preparing project plans.
Managing project teams of 5 to 30+ cross-functional, multi-disciplinary project team professional across regions.
Managing multiple project schedules, project financial reports, team evaluation coaching, and performance managing.
Communicating directly with C-level administering updates, execution and results for every project within the business domain.
Pooling technical resources across multiple projects, resulting in operational excellence.
Streamlined team processes to improve KPI’s and accuracy to meet service request deadlines.
Addressed cross-functional issue/risk identification, documentation and mitigation planning.
Facilitated senior management meetings to inform of status and to evaluate progress based on plan vs. actual work completed.
September 2009 – July 2017
Project Manager/Process Expert
BNL - BNP Paribas Group, Rome (www.bnpparibas.it)
Managed diverse IT and business projects to be cost effective, remain in scope and meet defined business objectives.
Projects included the design an implementation of IT and organisational projects related to payments systems. Responsible for project initiation, planning, execution, and close; managed resources, timelines and change control, as well as reporting business deliverables to Senior Management and Clients.
Developed plans for disaster recovery, change management, resource allocation, testing and projects, including budget creation, infrastructure and device readiness, power savings, migration strategies, hardware procurement, vendor management, installation.
Developed and managed strong working relationships 3 organizational process specialists and 5 developers.
Drive project deliverables, and bridge communication between commercial business and technical delivery team.
Delivered software prototypes to internal customers early in requirements process to validate the business need and strategic direction of the project.
Facilitated and maintained communications between multiple work groups, including internal customers, vendors, and technical and functional staff ensuring increased awareness of project status of all stakeholders.
Knowledge Capitals
EDUCATION
2013 - 2014
Banking & Financial Diploma
ABI Formazione
2005 - 2009
MSc Financial Analysis, Consulting & Management
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena
2006 - 2007
BIMS Certificate (Budapest International Management Semester)
rasmus Exchange Programme [6 months] • 2006 - 2007
2001 - 2005
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena
CERTIFICATIONS
HC
2021
PM² - PM² Agile - Project Management Methodology
Awarded by the European Commission
HC
2020
PMP – Project Management Professional Certification
Awarded by PMI Institute
HC
2017
PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) - Project Management
Awarded by APMG International
HC
2014
EFCB (European Foundation Certificate in Banking)
Awarded by ABI - Italian Banking Association
BRANDS
Services
Specialisations that matter
Leadership
Motivational, enthusiastic leader of diverse teams from ground-level to upper management.
Identify individual strengths to assign responsibilities and build team cohesion. A sharp strategic and
tactical thinker with the ability to engage and inspire teams to maximum performance.
Service Delivery
Provides strategic leadership to the business whilst successfully enhancing operational strategies, innovating new processes, and assisting overall service functionality to maximise productivity, efficiency, and growth while achieving operational goals.
Adept at overseeing a wide variety of responsibilities to resolve issues and optimise client satisfaction whilst mentoring and training employees.
Maintains superior customer relationships and provides outstanding service and support to meet, and surpass, expectations and requirements.
Project Coordination
Assesses project objectives and coordinating logistical and administrative support functions to building solid relationships in order, to manage multiple priorities.
Ability to strategically plan for and achieve project goals—along with delivering excellent interpersonal, organisational, and problem-solving capabilities.
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