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New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States

Led and mentored Project Leaders, Business Analysts, and other offshore technical team members. Managed financial forecasting and reporting for MetLife Retirement & Income portfolio of $35M+ annual funding.• Created monthly ad-hoc financial reports for senior business leaders, assessing trends and reprioritizing funds.• Managed SOWs for vendor development activities and offshore contracts, overseeing creation, negotiation, and review.• Led resolution of audit findings, which involved working with multiple teams to move 5TB of data from unsecure file shares to new organized file sharing mechanism.

Managed Retirement and Income Solution development projects that enhanced strategic systems to facilitate large conversions from legacy systems. Led other project leads as well as 25+ offshore team members on various project initiatives.• Directed 2 large scale transformational projects to convert over $25B of assets from MetLife’s Retirement Income Solutions legacy systems to new strategic application, which yielded 25% increased efficiency in RIS business area.• Introduced new products and improved job efficiencies by managing large-scale projects with yearly funding in excess of $15M per year. • Re-engineered entire financial process, enhancing resource planning, management, and reporting systems.• Reported monthly financial status to senior management, providing updates on $30M of portfolio initiatives.

Somerset, New Jersey, United States

Led staff of 10 full-time resources and 25-30 offshore vendor resources. Managed large-scale projects of more than $3M per year of combined funding. Managed offshore development vendors on multiple large-scale projects.• Spearheaded large-scale development efforts, building 2 Java / J2EE systems that were key to MetLife’s ability to take in new business more effectively in individual insurance space.• Provided guidance and direction for development of Client Acquisition system, providing core underwriting system for Individual Life and Disability insurance business.• Collaborated with business clients, guiding requirements through entire software development lifecycle.• Formed, negotiated, and executed project SOWs with offshore vendors, driving completeness of deliverable and clearly defined quality gates.• Coordinated quarterly User Acceptance testing sessions with business team members.• Managed all defect and defect resolutions for critical Java / J2EE systems, ensuring quality code deliverables in all phases of SDLC.• Developed internal processes to manage financial and resource management of FTE resources and offshore team members, leading to more efficient time-tracking and financial spends.• Built and maintained strong relationships with customers and key business contacts at VP level.• Drove entire Change Management process, guiding from inception through estimation, project impact, and execution.• Performed project estimation activities for inbound projects by collaborating with lead developers and architecture representatives to define work and ensure validity of task timelines.