My most significant professional accomplishment is the role and outcome of a vendor management project for Royal Bank of Scotland. I was assigned as the business consultant for a SAAS vendor management system implementation for a bank. About a quarter into the project, the project manager was promoted to a director role in the organization. The company never replaced her role on the project. This was a highly critical change and potentially cause project failure. There were potential risks of exceeding budget, not meeting the deadlines, client value loss, and loss of revenue for IQNavigator, over 10 million in spend. Since leadership did not plan to backfill the project manager position, I took the initiative to fulfill role responsibilities while managing my current role as the business analyst. In this role, I inherited the responsibilities of the previous project manager and identified additional responsibilities to complete the project goals. I managed the project plan, project resources, the client’s tasks, and team intercommunications. I identified potential risks and developed a risk mitigation plan to avoid those risks. I directed and …show more content…
First, this is the first opportunity as the lead project manager and the start of my management career. In the past, I had project management roles for parts of the project and reported to the lead project manager, but never an opportunity to lead the entire project. I expanded my leadership, communication, time management, delegation, and project management skills. Next, I was recognized by the leadership for my delivery and exceeding the client’s expectations. Lastly, I increased my confidence as a leader to take risks to challenge myself. It was a risk to partake in dual roles. In the end, taking this risk showed me that I can handle challenges and continuously challenge myself in my career to improve my skill sets and