Olivia V. Smith

Background

About Olivia V. Smith

I am a dynamic Senior Project Leader with over 15 years of experience managing and delivering multi-year, increasingly complex projects. I combine the ability to align plans to organizational strategy and develop detailed scope to deliver projects on time, on budget, and effectively utilize available resources. The principles and practices that direct my results as a Project Leader include: • Engaging all key stakeholders in matrixed, cross-functional and virtual organizations. • Collaborating with and managing the delivery of key milestones from external constituents including third-party vendors and internal partners such as procurement, legal, risk management and auditors. • Engaging and aligning senior executives, and have experience influencing a team of more than 200 members to getting desired results. • Maintaining a high level of communication with my teams is how I practice early risk identification, risk mitigation and problem solving. I have demonstrated success delivering strong operating results. Specialties: Project Management Framework (PMP Certified), Agile/Scrum Methodologies (CSM Certified), Project Communications, Vendor Management, Risk Management, Senior Stakeholder Engagement, Resource Allocation, Flexible approach in problem-solving/root cause analysis. Industry Experience: Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Human Resources (HRIS), Investment Banking, Institutional Brokerage, Legal and Insurance.