Jafar Shaikh

About Jafar Shaikh

Experienced Associate Project Manager l PMP with over 15+ years of success in managing…

Experience

1. Associate Project Manager

   Lionbridge

   Dec 2021 — Present · IN

   Customer Management or Client Management• Communicate internally and externally with stakeholders to ensure effective cross-functional team collaboration.• Establish and maintain relationships with client and third parties/vendors.• Defining the quality requirements and metrics for all types of content that require localization. • Preparing scope estimation and budget expectations of the clients for proposal’s approval.Production Management• Overseeing end-to-end localization workflow across the team using translation management tools and systems.• Project planning and monitoring to meet deadline, quality, and budget requirements.• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects.• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.• Proactively assessing project risks through prioritization, bug management, and any other means necessary.• Perform risk management to minimize project risks.• Own vendor relationships to ensure that any expressed concerns, issue within scope are quickly addressed.• Develop a detailed project plan and comprehensive project documentation to track progress.• Provide client deliverables after review and quality assurance check.Financial Management• Oversee project financials including revenue recognition, revenue forecasting.• Execute invoicing, billings, and month-end activities.SKILLS: Project Management l Client Relationship l Defining Scope l Project Planning & Scheduling l Budgeting l Risk Assessment l Leadership l Time Management l Resource Allocation l Cost Negotiation l Communication l Cross-functional Skills l Problem Solving.TOOLS: AzureDevOp l Translation Management System (TMS) l Computer Assisted Tool (CAT) l Trados Studio l XTM Cloud l Amazon Workspace (AWS) l Gemini l Cloud Translation Environment (CTE) l Machine Translation (MT) l MS Office l Teams l Google Sheet l HTML (Basic) l SQL (Basic) l Excel l Scrum/ l Agile Methodology

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Business/Commerce, General