Sona Makaryan

CEO

Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia12 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Over 10 years of IT project management experience.
Expertise in Agile frameworks and project delivery.
Certified Scrum Master and Google Academy professional.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned IT project manager with expertise in Agile methodologies across multiple industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementAgile MethodologiesBusiness AnalysisScrumTeam Leadership

Other Skills

AnalysisArtificial Intelligence (AI)AsanaBacklog ManagementBusiness Requirements GatheringBusiness Systems AnalysisCSSClient Expectations ManagementCoachingCollaborationCommunicationContinuous Process ImprovementCost EstimationCross-team CollaborationData Analysis

About

Sona is a result-oriented professional with over 10 years of experience in IT project management. During her career, she has successfully overseen a wide range of IT projects across domains such as fintech, banking, HR, education, and hospitality. Sona's expertise lies in project initiation, planning, execution, release management, and project closure. Working with diverse, cross-functional teams, Sona has leveraged various Agile frameworks, Waterfall, Lean approaches to ensure the successful delivery of projects. Sona is a certified professional by the Scrum Institute and Google Academy.

Experience

The movement

Head of Operations

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Yerevan, Armenia · On-site

Self employed

Freelancer

Jul 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Remote

Orders.co

IT Project Manager

Feb 2021 – Feb 2023 · 2 yrs · Yerevan, Armenia

Gathered business requirements and prioritized business needs with stakeholders /business owners
Created technical documentation, managed the backlog and the release plan
Actively participated in and facilitated software implementation phases of the project (team of 20 people), reported about the progress to stakeholders
Conducted demo sessions about the released features for tech support and sales teams (multi-cultural team of 10 people)

Business Requirements GatheringTechnical DocumentationBacklog ManagementRelease PlanningStakeholder ReportingDemo Sessions+2

Ameriabank cjsc

IT Project Manager/Business Analyst

Dec 2018 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos · Armenia, Yerevan

Actively participated in projects initiation, cost estimation, resources allocation
Collected/prioritized business requirements, converted them into user stories
Worked with development teams and stakeholders to organize the project implementation and delivery
Worked with IT department head to establish IT department processes

Project InitiationCost EstimationResource AllocationUser StoriesProject ImplementationProject Management+1

Benivo (formerly flatclub)

Scrum Master

Apr 2017 – Nov 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos · Yerevan

Coordinated and facilitated Scrum ceremonies
Conducted coaching sessions sharing Scrum principles, practices and values
Organized retrospectives and helped team to remove impediments

Scrum Ceremonies CoordinationCoachingRetrospectives OrganizationScrumTeam Leadership

Altacode cjsc

IT Project Manager/ Business Analyst

Jan 2013 – Apr 2017 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Yerevan, Armenia

Worked with teams and clients across projects to establish and manage project scope, timelines and delivery plan
Worked with development team to distribute tasks and clarify requirements

Project Scope ManagementTimeline ManagementTask DistributionRequirement ClarificationProject ManagementBusiness Analysis