Adrianne James

Project Manager with 15 years of experience leading projects and managing teams in fast-paced environments. Proven ability to guide cross-functional teams through complex initiatives while delivering results on time and improving processes, including data exchange accuracy. Experienced in Agile/Scrum, and Kanban frameworks, with a strong focus on collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

Delivers effective communication, fosters strong relationships, and demonstrates consistent leadership to ensure team alignment, sustained focus, and progress toward achieving organizational objectives.

Sr. Project Manager - Ivy Solutions LLC - Remote

(2026-01)

• Managing design creation to ready projects for build
• Formulate project timelines to include dependencies
• Track and report project budget status
• Provide leadership status reports
• Build and track RAIDD logs
• Manage engineering teams and run status calls
• Lead leadership status meetings

Sr. Project Manager - Turnberry Solutions, Evernorth/Cigna - Remote

(2022-01 - 2026-01)

• Managed project initiatives across multiple workstreams with several dependent teams
• Reported delivery status to the business and developed required delivery documentations
• Formulated, evaluated, and reviewed project plans, and budgets
• Ensured dependencies were identified, scheduled, tracked and reported on
• Proactively identified risks to project delivery and managed to resolution
• Worked with impacted teams to coordinate development and testing
• Worked with product management and software engineering teams to identify and decomp requirements
• Led the integration of 3rd-party vendor applications with Epic EHR via FHIR APIs, enabling real-time clinical data exchange
• Served as a single point of contact for FHIR API integration and Shared Capabilities projects using Agile/Scrum methodology

Project Manager, Part-Time - Mindlance – Remote Contractor - AARP - Remote

(2023-10 - 2024-06)

• Tracked and monitored policy integration requests
• Reviewed innovation and technical partner offerings to identify how the product/service could benefit the AARP community
• Created policy integration tracking documents and spreadsheets
• Conducted confidential research using online applications
• Communicated weekly project status to leadership

Sr. Project Manager - APEX Systems, SDV International - Remote

(2021-08 - 2022-03)

• Managed multiple IT projects simultaneously in a matrixed environment without compromising service quality
• Conducted daily team standups to discuss project roadblocks, issues and risks
• Prepared and executed weekly Leadership reports
• Identified project issues, risks, and dependencies
• Managed and reported on project financials monthly, including actuals, forecast, tracking burn-rates
• Worked with vendors to ensure milestones were met and weekly work status was received
• Delivered weekly timesheet reports to project stakeholders

Sr. Project Manager - APEX Systems, FINRA - Remote

(2020-07 - 2021-08)

• Managed upgrade of intranet site
• Prepared and executed project status reports to key stakeholders and leadership
• Coordinated and facilitated cross system/team meetings and working sessions including weekly progress meetings, technical solution design sessions, requirements review for projects
• Managed and reported on project financials monthly, including actuals, forecast, tracking burn-rates
• Conducted stakeholder interviews and defined product features
• Facilitated user research surveys
• Managed User Acceptance Testing

Sr. Project Manager - TEKSystems, American Chemical Society - Washington, DC

(2018-01 - 2020-07)

• Performed analysis of website information from web analytics data using Google Analytics and provided insight into factors regarding online results
• Provided both verbal and written communications regarding project status, risks, and issues
• Implemented and provided guidance related to PMO processes and policies
• Defined project management process documents related to requirements management, change control, and user acceptance testing
• Managed and reengineered the vendor selection process to shorten the turnaround time for selection from 6 weeks to 4 weeks
• Led leadership status meetings to provide high level project status

Sr. Project Manager - Pistis, LLC, Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC

(2017-05 - 2018-10)

• Managed PHE.Gov Web Redesign team at Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
• Developed and maintain WBS and project schedules using MS Project
• Developed and maintained risk and issue lists
• Presented weekly project status report to client and leadership
• Led weekly project status and leadership meetings

Project Manager - Evoke Research and Consulting, Dept. of Veteran Affairs - Washington, DC

(2016-09 - 2017-05)

• Created project artifacts to include policy, process and standard operating procedures
• Built stakeholder relationships and provided direct support to Government project and procurement managers
• Researched and analyzed healthcare business issues, legislation, regulation, and other content using a variety of media
• Developed weekly and monthly project status reports
• Responsible for SLA review and tracking

Project Manager - United HealthGroup - Philadelphia, PA

(2014-09 - 2016-09)

• Developed and updated project documents to include budgets, forecasts, project plans, issues, and lessons learned documents
• Facilitated and led Project status meetings to leadership
• Conducted requirements gathering sessions with functional teams and developed process and procedure documents
• Documented and implemented process and procedures for report creation and application management
• Provided budget estimates using Projects and Portfolio Management (PPM) Optics Clarity based on cost-benefit analysis and statement of work documentation for state contracts

BA - Political Science - University of the District of Columbia

MS - Project Management - George Washington University