Mercado LibreProject Leader
Apr. 2021Medellín, Antioquia, ColombiaAs a Project Leader * Project Leader for one of the development teams of the largest online retail company in Latin America with over 150M of customers and 14B+ in revenue for 2023. * Raised the bar by implementing an organized development process, executing improvement plans for developers and worked to ensure our team delivered extraordinary results. Completed 15+ projects in time with a success rate of 95% and in budget. * Defined the team's vision, strategy, and action plans with engineering managers, user design teams and software engineers to reach goals. Created Gantt charts and Jira metrics (Burndown chart, control chart and cumulative flow diagram) to keep on track milestones and responsibilities. * Over time coached over 14 engineers to achieve their career path, providing feedback and the adequate tools to improve soft and hard skills, successfully promoting at least 1 engineer every year. Created a collaborative environment that encourages open dialogue and team efficacy. * Effectively managed cross functional company initiatives (Quarterly performance reviews, yearly goals setting and team building activities), having a 100% on the required 95% of compliance on the internal processes. * Successfully recruited over 10 FE/BE developers, and filled the opened positions when attrition occurred.