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Chicago, Il, Us

New York, Ny, Us

We are the independent fintech venture launched with the backing of Ribbit Capital (early investor in Affirm, Robinhood, Brex, Coinbase) & Walmart. We recently emerged from stealth mode with two strategic acquisitions, One Finance and Even. We aim to build a financial services super app that allows consumers to manage their financial lives in one place.Read More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-backed-fintech-startup-is-acquiring-two-firms-and-a-new-name-11643199601

San Jose, Ca, Us

Delivered technical development projects alongside Engineering and Product groups for the PayPal/Honey Shopping Org.▪ Led ideation, design, development and launch efforts for a QR code feature on the PayPal Honey Desktop browser extension which allows users to quickly scan and download the Honey Mobile Safari Browser extension on their iOS device.▪ Gained alignment from cross-functional teams including legal, operations, product, engineering, design, customer support, QA, and analytics to bring feature to market resulting in a 20% increase in mobile browser extension installs in Q4 2022.▪ Served as Scrum Master for 4 separate teams on a bi-weekly sprint schedule to ensure throughput against milestones and navigate dependencies, risks, issues, constraint changes (budget, scope, time), and other obstacles.▪ Managed projects end-to-end through a variety of applications including Smartsheet (Project Management), Jira (User Stories), Figma (High-Fidelity Designs), Clarizen (Legal and Compliance Review), Confluence (Product Requirements & Project Artifacts), and Tableau/PowerBI/Periscope (Analytics and Measurement Dashboards).▪ Facilitated quarterly planning with Product and Engineering leaders, developed realistic roadmaps, and ensured timely delivery of key projects.

New York, Ny, Us

▪ Developed practice competency in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM); took offering to market and established a consistent project pipeline via vendor partnership.▪ Managed CLM implementation initiatives, leveraging various SDLC project management methodologies (waterfall, agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.) for clients in a variety of industries (Publishing, Insurance, SaaS, B2B Retail, Cryptocurrency, Gaming).▪ Executed projects end-to-end and owned all key project artifacts (Statement of Work, Project Plan, Capacity Plan/Budget, Testing Plan, Communication Plan, Training Plan, Integration and Data Migration Plan, etc.).▪ Directed a team of 5 onshore and offshore business analysts for defining and documenting client requirements for sign-off, configuring application and data model, integrating with inbound/outbound systems via API (Salesforce CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, DocuSign, Oracle, SAP, etc.), functional/QA testing, data migration and end-user training.▪ Provided clear and transparent status on project progress, risks, and release schedule to client stakeholders and project team.

New York, Ny, Us

▪ Led project execution and solution delivery for Digital Asset Management (DAM) and Rights Management engagements with several major motion picture and television studios.▪ Guided a client IT team to develop a business case for a new music rights and royalties management solution; Interviewed cross-functional stakeholders to translate business processes into functional requirements and define new processes and data architecture to support future operating model; coordinated a formal RFP process for solution evaluation and selection.▪ Managed the scope, design, and delivery of multiple business intelligence and reporting solutions (DOMO, Tableau) for a technology operations team of 50+ users to track departmental targets more efficiently using Objective and Key Results methodology (OKR).▪ Worked cross-functionally with various business, product and engineering teams to analyze existing operations and optimize processes using automation.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

▪ Promoted to lead business strategy and technology projects for the Media & Entertainment vertical.▪ Managed the planning, operations, and delivery of multiple complex technology initiatives alongside client IT and PMO teams; Authored Project Plans, Budgets, Resource/Capacity Plans, Scope Documents, Schedules/Milestone Timelines, RACI Matrices, and Communication Plans using a variety of tools (Smartsheet, MS Project, Excel, Confluence, etc.).▪ Collaborated closely with Business, IT, Legal, Audit, Compliance, Finance, 3rd party QA, and vendor development teams to define and sign-off on requirements/acceptance criteria, prioritize features, design/develop/test builds, and deliver releases on a bi-monthly release schedule.▪ Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies (Daily Stand-up/Scrum, Sprint planning, Backlog Refinement/Grooming, Demo, Retrospective) with Product, Engineering, Data Analytics, and QA teams.▪ Improved communication with SLT by implementing routine reporting cadences and establishing protocols for identifying and managing risks/incidents; Communicated out project updates, progress towards milestones/completions, risks, decisions, release launches, and retrospectives to all stakeholders and team members.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

▪ Developed relationships with internal and external client partners including key non-technical groups (business, legal, finance) to understand their needs and build consensus towards their envisioned future state.▪ Formalized project charters by working with project sponsors to define core business objectives, long term vision/strategy, and future state operating models to effectively scope, plan, and deliver technology initiatives.▪ Led a process re-engineering initiative to adopt LEAN principles into the client’s existing agile SDLC methodology; restructured communication flow (SLACK) among cross-functional teams to operate asynchronously and boost efficiency by reducing unnecessary meetings.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

▪ Facilitated requirements definition sessions with cross-functional client stakeholders (business, operations, technology, legal, etc.) to define functional, nonfunctional and architectural requirements for key business systems.▪ Optimized client Scrum processes in JIRA for capturing user stories, documenting acceptance criteria, and standardizing story-pointing ahead of client backlog refinement/grooming sessions with Product and Engineering teams.▪ Partnered with client analytics/data science teams to gather requirements for and design production analytics dashboards (Tableau) to monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for a newly launched client video streaming service.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us