Katara Waterbender
Senior Project Manager
[email protected] +55 11 98765-4321 linkedin.com/in/katara-waterbender
DOB: 15/03/1990
Nationality: Brasileiro(a)
Status: Solteiro(a)
Professional Summary
PMP-certified project manager with 9+ years delivering complex technology and business transformation projects. Successfully managed $50M+ in combined project portfolios across financial services, healthcare, and government sectors. Expert in Agile, hybrid, and waterfall methodologies with a track record of on-time, on-budget delivery.
Experience
Senior Project Manager
May 2021 – PresentAccenture, São Paulo, Brazil
- Manage portfolio of 5 concurrent projects ($12M combined budget, 60+ team members)
- Delivered ERP migration for government client — $8M budget, 18-month timeline, on time
- Implemented Agile transformation across 3 client organisations (200+ stakeholders)
- Achieved 95% client satisfaction score across all managed engagements
- Established PMO standards and templates adopted across ANZ practice
Project Manager
Feb 2018 – Apr 2021Suncorp Group, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Led digital transformation program for insurance claims platform ($6M budget)
- Reduced claims processing time from 14 days to 3 days through process redesign
- Managed cross-functional team of 25 across IT, operations, and business units
- Delivered 12 projects over 3 years with 100% on-budget track record
Associate Project Manager
Jul 2015 – Jan 2018IBM, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Coordinated delivery of cloud migration project for banking client (500+ VMs)
- Managed project schedules, risk registers, and status reporting for 4 workstreams
- Facilitated weekly steering committees with client CIO and programme sponsors
- Mentored 2 junior PMs through IBM's project management development programme
Skills
- Project Management
- Programme Management
- PMO
- Agile/Scrum
- SAFe
- Waterfall
- Hybrid Methodology
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk Management
- Budget Management
- Jira
- Confluence
- MS Project
- Smartsheet
- Change Management
- Vendor Management
- Resource Planning
- PRINCE2
- PMP
Education
Mestrado em Gestão de Projetos
2017 – 2018Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Bacharelado em Tecnologia da Informação
2011 – 2014Unicamp
Certifications
- PMP — Project Management Professional (2019)
- PRINCE2 Practitioner (2018)
- Certified SAFe Agilist (SA) (2022)
- ITIL v4 Foundation (2020)