PMP-CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGER & OPERATIONS MANAGER

MARIKHA SAIRA

I make sense of chaos so that you don’t have to.

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WHAT I DO

I'm the person who makes sure creatives, strategists, account teams, and stakeholders are all speaking the same language and moving toward the same goal.

PROJECT DELIVERY

End-to-end delivery across Agile, traditional, and hybrid methodologies. Scope definition, stakeholder alignment, risk mapping, and resource planning — done before a single deliverable is touched.

CREATIVE MANAGEMENT

Campaign management, creative team leadership, and client relationship management in fast-moving agency and media environments. Award-winning work happens when the people making it aren't distracted by everything else.

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Financial tracking, reporting infrastructure, and operational processes — designed from scratch and built to be used by the people who come after. Systems that change how an organization operates, not just how a project runs.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Cross-functional team management, budget oversight, and process design across complex, concurrent projects. Adapting the process to fit the work — not the other way around.

HOW I DO IT

DISCOVER

Business objectives before briefs. What success looks like before deadlines.

DEFINE

Scope, roles, constraints — locked before anything moves.

DESIGN

The plan everyone can actually follow - clear owners, realistic timelines.

DRIVE

Execution without hand-holding. Momentum without chaos.

DEBRIEF

Closing the loop - outcomes reviewed, lessons documented, next steps clear.

TRACK RECORD

Seven years of project and operations management across a lot of different sectors — from aviation and healthcare to media and public policy. The contexts look different. The approach doesn't.

15-20 CONCURRENT PROJECTS MANAGED AT A TIME

20%+ PROFIT MARGINS MAINTAINED FOR 80% OF PROJECTS

$500K+ BUDGET CEILING ACROSS PORTFOLIO

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