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SHAYMAA  AHMED

SHAYMAA AHMED

Abu Dhabi,UAE

Summary

Experienced Product Owner skilled in team and stakeholder coordination and leadership. Builds rapport and constructive relationships to achieve project objectives. Engages cross-functional teams to ensure collaboration and achieve product performance improvements within deadlines. Skilful at deconstructing and planning stories in order to promote improvements to product design and implementation. Excellent relationship-building, organizational and project management skills with a focus on overcoming technical challenges and implementing successful resolutions. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Acting as Product Owner (Etihad Guest App)

Etihad Airways
Abu Dhabi, UAE
04.2021 - Current

1- Continuously refines the product vision based on feedback and market trends, and adapt to changing circumstances and opportunities.

2-Makes strategic decisions regarding the product roadmap, prioritization of features, and resource allocation, based on input from stakeholders and the development team.

3-Uses data-driven insights to influences decision making, encourages the development team to use metrics, validation of hypotheses through rapid prototyping and feedback to assess the impact of experiments.

4-Negotiates and collaborates with stakeholders and the development team to find win-win solutions that align with the product vision and strategy.

5-Collaborates closely with cross-functional teams promoting a culture of transparency and trust to ensure that the product meets customer needs and is delivered on time and within budget.

6-Actively seeks input and feedback from stakeholders to ensure that the product meets their needs and expectations.

7-Provides support and guidance to the development team, removing any obstacles or roadblocks that may prevent them from delivering high-quality work.

8-Promotes a team-oriented mindset, fostering a sense of ownership and accountability among team members, and celebrating shared successes.

Project Officer

Etihad Airways
Abu Dhabi, UAE
04.2014 - 03.2021

1- System application configuration delivery lead for Etihad Guest Loyalty Programme.

2- Definition of scope and expected benefits and requirement for the target solution, organizational and/or technology changes

3- Managing the System Support Team to transform from CRANE loyalty operating platform to Comarch Loyalty operating platform.

4- Coordination and delivery of all system requirements

5- Leading on defect resolution, coordinating with vendors, providing analysis and problem solving

IT Applications Executive

Aimia
Dubai, UAE
01.2012 - 04.2014

- Consultant on behalf of Aimia to manage their clients Loyalty Programme application configuration requirements. Clients included Qatar telecom (Ooredoo Loyalty programme) and Air Miles Loyalty programme.

Service Delivery Executive

Carlson Marketing Group
Abu Dhabi, UAE
07.2006 - 09.2009

- Consult on behalf of Carlson Marketing Group to manage their clients, Loyalty Programme application configuration requirements. Clients included Kuwait airways (Oasis Loyalty programme) and Saudi Telecom Company (STC Loyalty programme).

Education

Bachelor's degree - English Department

Alsun Faculty, Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt.
09.2001 - 05.2005

Skills

Acquired courses:

1- SQL (Intermediate)

2- Microsoft Office (Advanced)

3- ITIL Foundation

4- Agile Safe 5

5- Service Design


Applications & Tools:

1- Epiphany (Advanced)

2- Comarch (Advanced)

3- CRANE (Advanced)

4- Sabre and Amadeus Global Distribution Systems (Advanced)

5- Jira (Advanced)

Languages

English
Fluent
Arabic
Native
Spanish
Intermediate

Timeline

Acting as Product Owner (Etihad Guest App)

Etihad Airways
04.2021 - Current

Project Officer

Etihad Airways
04.2014 - 03.2021

IT Applications Executive

Aimia
01.2012 - 04.2014

Service Delivery Executive

Carlson Marketing Group
07.2006 - 09.2009

Bachelor's degree - English Department

Alsun Faculty, Ain Shams University
09.2001 - 05.2005
SHAYMAA AHMED