City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods Project Manager
Jun. 2017 - Dec. 2019Seattle, Washington, United StatesAt City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods, I was responsible for coordinating program resource allocation (~$1.93M per year) and liaising with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders for effective execution of projects. My organization showed faith in me to direct overall project lifecycle and manage respective budgets.
It is worth mentioning that, I provided proactive support and supported local leaders in bringing Neighborhood Matching Fund projects to successful completion. Furthermore, I delivered support in developing project objectives and scopes involving all relevant stakeholders while ensuring technical feasibility.
Following are my achievements within this job role: • Ensured all projects were inclusive and had a race and social justice lens to increase the participation of minorities amongst neighborhood-funded projects. • Coordinated development of training programs for internal stakeholders and business leaders to raise awareness of the socio- economic impact that minorities had on the Seattle population, resulting in guaranteed the city's match dollars were inclusive of minorities within Seattle neighborhoods.