Ilma M.

Ilma M.

Product Owner / Project Manager

Sarajevo, United States of America
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About Me

Ilma is a Product Owner/Project Manager who liaises with assigned business units to deliver software applications/enhancements that meet stakeholder needs. She has experience leading cross-functional teams, knowledge of application software projects and their implementation environment, making contributions, and meeting deadlines. She drives product delivery, vision, and strategy by eliciting business requirements, assisting with user stories, features, and epics, and prioritizing product backlogs.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Product Owner / Project Manager
2023 - Present (1 year)
Remote
  • Create a list of backlog items and prioritize them based on the overall strategy and business objectives.

  • Prioritize product feature needs and align them with stakeholder feedback.

  • Oversee product development and communicate with the dev teams to plan, review, and refine requirements.

Valens d.o.o
Valens d.o.o
Product Owner
2021 - Present (3 years)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Liaise between dev teams and customers - gathering requirements and translating them into technical items for the team.

  • Created product documentation, backlog items, and user stories to streamline the delivery of solutions.

  • Contribute to product vision and roadmaps and support dev teams to deliver value for clients.

Valens d.o.o
Valens d.o.o
Project Manager
2020 - Present (4 years)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Led the execution of multiple large-scale projects for clients - handling integration tasks with external teams and services.

  • Encourage dev teams to adhere to established agile methodologies and keep all stakeholders in sync with project objectives.

  • Handle resource allocation, provide updates to stakeholders, track performance, and maintain release management activities.

GreenLight.ai
GreenLight.ai
QA Test Engineer
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Remote
  • Designed, wrote, executed, and maintained manual tests on the Greenlight platform.

  • Worked on implementing and maintaining UI test automation scripts on the project.

  • Participated in test solution management using Trello.

Device42 Inc
Device42 Inc
QA Automation Engineer
2018 - 2018
Remote
  • Designed, wrote, and maintained automated tests on projects for Device42.

  • Tracked and facilitated defect resolution throughout the testing process using Trello.

  • Created and executed automated test cases and presented results to management in a well-documented manner.

System Verification
System Verification
Manual / Automation QA Engineer
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Wrote, executed, and maintained manual tests, UI test automation scripts, and security tests on projects.

  • Researched, evaluated, and executed a lightweight test automation framework for Android built with C#.

  • Maintained test processes to ensure traceability between test cases and scripts to meet guidelines, standards, and methodologies.

Portfolio

Product Owner - Valens
Product Owner - Valens

Provide product ownership expertise for Valens by serving as a link between customers and the dev team. Gather requirements and translate them into specifications, create product documentation, backlog items, and user stories to deliver solutions that meet client needs/objectives.

Project Manager - Valens
Project Manager - Valens

Led dev teams to execute large-scale projects for Valens. Established and oversaw agile methodologies on project tasks, implemented work plans, and monitored project timelines to ensure that solutions met required deadlines. Handled resource allocation, provided updates to stakeholders, tracked project performance, and enforced risk management solutions.

Education

IREB, Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) Foundation Level
IREB, Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) Foundation Level
iSQl
2017 - 2017
ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level
ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level
The Chartered Institute for IT
2017 - 2017
Master in Automatic Control and Electronics
Master in Automatic Control and Electronics
University of Sarajevo
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Bachelor of Automatic Control and Electronics
Bachelor of Automatic Control and Electronics
University of Sarajevo
2010 - 2014 (4 years)