Muhammad Qasim Hammad

Muhammad Qasim Hammad, PMP

PMP · Software Project Manager · AI-assisted delivery

Jack of all trades, master of one:
software delivery.

10+

Years of experience

15

Channels integrated

Muhammad Qasim Hammad

Products delivered for

Vendors governed

AirView services delivered for

About

I manage software projects end to end: a billing system upgrade across 15 channels, a distribution platform 15 days early. AI speeds up the routine, and I help my teams do the same.

I lead IT software delivery for BSS and Distribution at Telenor Pakistan, now part of Etisalat e& Group. The work is the software side of telecom: billing, middleware and distribution platforms, run through Agile sprints and releases, with seven vendors governed at once. Before that I delivered Agile software projects for telecom and fintech clients in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, including a World Cup Travel SIM integration in three weeks that brought a 4% subscription revenue uplift.

AI is part of the daily routine. Weekly executive reporting went from half a day to under ninety minutes, and the time went back into delivery. I show my teams how to use it on their own work, and a person checks everything before it reaches a stakeholder.

If I don't know the answer, I say so and come back with one.

Muhammad Qasim Hammad
  • Go Getter Award

    Telenor Pakistan · CBS Upgrade, 15-channel integration readiness

    2026
    Go Getter Award
  • Go Getter Award

    Telenor Pakistan · Digital Distributor, 15 days ahead of schedule

    2024
    Go Getter Award
  • Code to Lead: RISE

    IBA Karachi, sponsored by Telenor People Division

    2026
    Code to Lead: RISE
  • PM's National ICT Scholarship

    Government of Pakistan, fully funded

    2012
    PM's National ICT Scholarship
How I work

Faster at every stage, from first idea to release.

I use AI at each step and show my teams how to do the same. People still make the calls.

01Frame the idea

Founder thinking
With AI
Market and competitor research in hours, plus an AI red team that argues against the idea.
My call
Kill it or commit to it, and write down why.
Business analysis
With AI
First drafts of the BRD and PRD from workshop notes and stakeholder interviews.
My call
Scope, acceptance criteria and what stays out.
UX
With AI
Clickable wireframes for every flow, ready for the first review.
My call
I walk each flow as the user before anything is built.
Solution architecture
With AI
Architecture options, hosting comparisons, a threat model and a compliance checklist.
My call
The trade-offs, each recorded with its reason in a decision log.
Engineering, AI-assisted
With AI
Code written against the spec, then checked with type checks, linting, a production build and a run in the browser.
My call
I run it myself and send it back when it misses the spec.
Proof
A custom website taken from brief to 500+ pages in three days. This site was built the same way.
Delivery and team enablement
With AI
Status packs, RAID updates and release checklists drafted for the whole team.
My call
Nothing reaches a stakeholder or goes live until a person has checked it.
Proof
Weekly executive reporting at Telenor went from half a day to under 90 minutes.
Experience · 10+ years in technology

10+ years of experience. AI in the loop since 2025.

Companies worked with

Telenor Pakistan · now Etisalat e& Group

Islamabad, Pakistan · Dec 2023 – Present

Assistant Manager, BSS & Distribution Solutions

I run BSS and Distribution delivery for enterprise technology programmes. I took the CBS Upgrade middleware workstream through a 15-channel go-live in January 2026 and delivered Digital Distributor 15 days ahead of schedule. Both earned Go Getter Awards.

I govern IT Development CAPEX and seven concurrent vendors for VP and C-level stakeholders. The weekly reporting behind that used to take half a day. I rebuilt it as AI-assisted workflows that draft the status, RAID and retrospective packs, and I review every pack before it goes out. The cycle now takes under 90 minutes.

I also help the team use AI in their own work, so documentation and follow-ups move faster and more of our time goes to decisions.

Veroke

Islamabad, Pakistan · delivering for Qatar and Saudi Arabia · May 2021 – Nov 2023

Project Manager

I ran Agile delivery and PMO for Gulf telecom, fintech and healthcare products, from requirements to go-live. The Ooredoo Qatar Travel SIM integration went live in three weeks for the 2022 tournament and lifted subscription revenue by 4%.

With a 15-person team I owned the plan, RAID, dependencies, budget and resourcing. UrbanPoint shipped with under 5% scope deviation, I proposed a reusable integration SDK for partner platforms, and I delivered healthcare work that brought multiple medical centres and hospitals onto one platform.

NowThe status updates and handoffs I ran by hand here are the kind I now automate with n8n and AI.

SWIUS · later AirCod Technologies

Lahore, Pakistan · Sep 2016 – Apr 2021

IT Project Coordinator, RF Engineering ProjectsFeb 2017 – Apr 2021

I was the link between RF engineers and the software team. Field requirements came in; AirView enhancements, test plans and release steps went out. The work served telecom deployments for TELUS, Bell, Nokia and T-Mobile, and I kept each tailored workflow buildable on one shared platform.

NowThis is where I learned to write the brief before the build. It is the same skill that gets good work out of AI today.

RF CoordinatorSep 2016 – Jan 2017

I coordinated RF drive tests, field activity, reporting and end-user training, and cut reporting errors by 30%.

Work Highlights
Working with me

How I work with people.

  1. 01
    If I can do it, it gets done today.

    A ten-minute fix doesn't need a ticket or a meeting about it.

  2. 02
    If I don't know, I say so.

    Then I come back with an answer and a date. An honest 'let me check' costs less than a confident guess.

  3. 03
    Bad news goes first.

    Risks reach stakeholders while there is still time to act. On the CBS Upgrade, early escalation protected the go-live date.

  4. 04
    Everyone at the table, early.

    Finance, Procurement, Commercial and IT Security agree scope up front, so sign-off is not a surprise at the end.

  5. 05
    I bring the team with me.

    I show the people I work with how to use AI on their own work, so the whole team moves faster.

  6. 06
    What I ask back.

    Tell me early when something is off. I would rather hear it on Monday than find it on Friday.

  • 7 vendors governed at once
  • 15-person team at Veroke
  • Two Telenor Go Getter awards
  • Code to Lead (RISE), IBA Karachi, 2026
Tech Stack

The tools I run delivery on.

  • Jira

    Delivery tracking

    Used in delivery
  • Azure DevOps

    Pipelines and boards

    Used in delivery
  • MS Project

    Schedule and dependencies

    Used in delivery
  • Coupa

    CAPEX and procurement

    Used in delivery
  • Asana

    Task and portfolio tracking

    Used in delivery
  • Miro

    Workshops and mapping

    Used in delivery
  • n8n

    Workflow automation

    Used in delivery
  • Supabase

    Postgres and auth

    Used in delivery
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute
Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute

Issued Sep 2025 · expires Sep 2028 · ID 4186019

Code to Lead: RISE, IBA Karachi, Centre for Executive Education
Code to Lead: RISE

IBA Karachi, Centre for Executive Education

April 2026 · sponsored by Telenor People Division

AI Creativity Experience Training, Telenor Learning Camp
AI Creativity Experience Training

Telenor Learning Camp

November 2025

Agile Project Management

Corporate Rebels

Completed

Project Management Foundations

Coursera / PMI

Completed

Stakeholder Management Training

Technology Learning Camp

2025

Beyond the project plan

Programmes, company days and the rooms the work happens in.

Still frames from learning programmes, team days and offices. Captions only where the photo itself can back them up.

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Contact

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