Taiye Olurinola

Taiye Olurinola Project Manager Manchester, United Kingdom PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY A strategic project manager with over 6 years of experience developed across a range of industries such as Aerospace, Manufacturing, IT, Finance and Construction. I have also led multiple cross- functional teams to deliver complex projects on time and within budget. Proficient in project planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication. CORE COMPETENCIES​ ​ ​ ​ •​ Agile, PRINCE2 & Waterfall Delivery •​ Stakeholder Management •​ Risk & Issue Management (RAID) •​ Project Planning & Scheduling •​ Financial Project Forecasting •​ Resource Allocation and Management •​ Budget Control & Cost Performance TOOLS •​ Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, Visio •​ Primevera •​ Jira, Asana, Click up •​ 3D Experience •​ Monday.com •​ PowerBI PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Project Manager Senior BWT Aerospace | Manchester, UK | March 2024 – November 2025 Key Achievement: ●​Delivered £640M DeHavilland Waterbomber and Archer eVTOL programmes through NPI lifecycle, a project portfolio budget ranging £640M-£690M, securing £180K in annual recurring revenue Responsibilities ●​ Responsible for establishing and maintaining project governance structures to ensure alignment with business and project objectives. ●​ Developed and managed project schedules, budgets, and risk registers for multiple programs ●​ Coordinated 2 cross-functional workstreams and team members across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain, achieving on-time milestone delivery ●​ Liaised with customer representatives and internal stakeholders to define project scope and plans during RFQ stage, supporting successful project launch. ●​ Compiled & maintained project management plans, timelines, resource allocation, cost performance tracking, and present progress updates and forecasts to senior leadership ●​ Prepared and maintained financial project forecasts, including revenue, cost, and margin projections to support project decision-making. ●​ Oversaw invoicing processes, validating billable milestones and monitoring payment status Agile Project Manager, IIoT Smartia Technology | Bristol, UK | August 2022 – September 2023 Key Achievements: ●​Led an agile squad to achieve Cyber Essentials certification as part of ISMS programme, implementing security controls, process documentation, and vulnerability management that reduced production bugs and platform downtime ●​Supported the Innovate UK-funded TURBO R&D programme, managing 2 workstreams from requirements gathering through deployment to launch IIoT predictive analytics platform for wind turbine blade quality monitoring Responsibilities ●​ Responsible for leading the delivery of multiple work streams through all project stages ●​ Led IIoT platform deployment projects from requirement definition through deployment ●​ Provided project updates on a weekly basis to the delivery team and various key stakeholders ●​ Proactively managed the RAID log, ensuring timely identification, assessment, and mitigation of project risks. ●​ Facilitated agile ceremonies (Sprint planning, backlog refinements, sprint review and retrospective session) ●​ Collaborated and worked closely with the product management team to refine and define roadmap activities Project Manager FWMC Ltd (Zenith Bank) | June 2021 – May 2022 Key Achievement: ●​Led digital transformation project migrating legacy CRM system to Salesforce cloud platform and coordinating data migration of customer records, on-premises databases, and third-party application integrations. Delivered project outcomes, improved system performance, and increased customer retention. Responsibilities ●​ Responsible for leading the Applications and Data team through all the stages of the project ●​ Provided project updates on a weekly basis to various key stakeholders ●​ Proactively managed the RAID log, ensuring timely identification, assessment, and mitigation of project risks. ●​ Facilitated agile ceremonies (Sprint planning, backlog refinements, sprint review and retrospective session) ●​ Compiled detailed project management documents, including program plans, risk management plans, gantt chart showing timelines, resource allocation, cost performance tracking, and present progress updates on a weekly basis Project Manager Influcx Synergix | March 2019 – May 2021 ●​Delivered client implementation projects ranging using agile methodologies, establishing standardized delivery processes that reduced deployment timelines and supported company growth. ●​Improved service delivery quality through refined sprint planning and client success collaboration, achieving high customer satisfaction scores Project Design Engineer Horizon Shelters | August 2012 – November 2017 ●​Established project cost management processes, procedures, and documentation for construction projects, managing schedules, material estimation, and budget compliance across 10+ residential and commercial builds EDUCATION Master of Science (MSc), Project Management, University of Salford, UK | 2018 – 2020 Bachelor of Science (BSc), Building Technology | ABU | 2007 – 2012 PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS •​ Project Management Professional (PMP) February 2022 •​ PRINCE2 Agile Foundation & Practitioner | May 2023