Christina Patrick Email & Phone Number

Redditch, England, United Kingdom

- Line Manage and coach four scrum masters across seven scrum teams and four value streams- Co-ordinate and facilitate the PI Planning quarterly event- Create team metrics and reports- Run agile training, events and workshops- Work closely with Value Stream Delivery Leads and Lead Product Owners

Remote

Scrum Master for two teams in the 'Core Proposition' value stream for the Halfords website

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Scrum master for a globally distributed scrum team working on HR IT initiatives to improve the employee experience.

Cambridge

Summary of the role:Scrum Master for a globally distributed software development team managing the Cambridge.org siteKey responsibilities:- Guides and trains the team on all things agile (agile practices, processes, certified training opportunities and news) - Removes impediments and firefights (to ensure roadblocks are moved quickly and efficiently)- Keeps technical debt to a minimum (by supporting the creation and maintenance of standard engineering practices)- Facilitates requirements gathering workshops and all scrum ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, requirements grooming, demos and retrospectives)- Supports the creation of a new automated testing framework (by coordinating tasks and assessing approaches)- Manages the team board in Jira (by applying technical changes and generating the relevant sprint reports)- Enables the team to create the best possible user stories (through agile guidance and Jira training)- Facilitates and maintains supporting documentation for the team (definition of done/ definition of sprint ready/ scoring agreements/ team charter/values/objectives)- Plans resources and time (to ensure the team operates efficiently, with minimum distractions)- Supports the team (provides guidance on concerns within the team and makes changes to ensure the team is as happy and effective as it can be)- Supports the delivery of high value and high quality functionality to the site (by managing and maintaining a team framework and processes that encourage this approach)- Drives change to ensure the team are working with optimum processes, schedules and standards- Supports the product owners (by ensuring they have all the tools, advice and support they need to create great user stories and are able to prioritise them effectively)- Previously employed as a Product Owner and so understands the PO role and the business needs fully

Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Summary of the role:As Digital Product Manager at Cambridge University Press, I defined, marketed and maintained a varied portfolio of eBook websites that were primarily aimed at providing high quality scholarly digital content to academic institutions.Key responsibilities:- Led creation and execution of multiple product roadmaps, in line with the Cambridge epublishingstrategy- Initiated, scoped and defined product websites and redesigns, as well as continuallymanaging existing product lifecycles- Maintained a thorough awareness and understanding of entire product portfolio, as well ascommunicating the details clearly for all technical abilities within the team- Managed relationships with third party suppliers such as designers and picture researchers- Managed business transformation elements with senior stakeholders and led changes inbusiness process and workflows, where required by the project- Created, maintained and circulated project documentation- Managed ongoing maintenance of online products, including weekly point releases, as wellas the biannual major release cycle, ensuring feature prioritisation and budget approval- Demonstrated awareness of key industry trends and applied these to academic online product development- Input into strategic business and marketing plans for product portfolio- Monitored and reported on market, customer and competitor activity- Ensured all relevant stakeholders were fully consulted during the productdevelopment and release process and had the tools they need to effectively respond tocustomer enquiries and to optimise selling opportunities- Input into marketing and branding to ensure compliance with project objectives as wellas overall Press digital strategy and policy- Trained global product teams and created product training documents- Ensured streamlined integration of online products into existing systems and processese.g. author royalty payment system, SAP and bibliographical databases

Harlow

Summary of the role:Project managed the production of higher education text books from manuscript to product launch in the subjects of Science, Psychology, Law, Journalism and Finance.Key responsibilities:-Responsible for managing as many as 15 projects at a time, including Pearson Education’s key titles that are published to market-trend deadlines-Managed and briefed freelancers including copyeditors, proofreaders, legal tablers, indexers, illustrators and authors-Liaised with commissioning editors, development editors and acquisitions editors and regularly updated them on the progress of their titles -Searched manuscripts for permissions, contacted copyright sources and finalised permissions paperwork to ensure all third party content was cleared with the relevant copyright holders-Marked text features to enable designers to create detailed design specifications and oversaw new designs for first editions-Copyedited blurbs, created prelims and signed-off book jackets-Liaised with the web team to ensure that the web supplements for each title were accurately marketed and were available at time of publication-Conducted picture research for illustrated titles and agreed terms with picture suppliers-Managed project budgets and negotiated costs with suppliers to ensure projects were completed within budget

Reading, United Kingdom

Summary of the role:Project managed the creation of content for award-winning National Strategies website as part of a contract with the Department for Education (DfE).Key responsibilities:-Project managed the production of a variety of digital product types in an Agile project management environment-Edited and maintained the National Strategies website using Drupal CMS while adhering to strict editorial, branding and web accessibility guidelines-Wrote teaser text and tags for both internal and external search engine optimisation-Created and edited copy in HTML for multiple content types, including dynamic, interactive content-Prepared files for web upload, including edocs, video, audio and elearning modules while adhering to file naming conventions-Monitored user-generated content such as forums, groups and wikis-Took part in user acceptance testing to improve site navigation -Created editorial training materials and processed guidance for editorial inductions-Sourced, managed and briefed designers, copyeditors, proofreaders, illustrators and video editors reviewed all work submitted to ensure DfE standards were met at all times-Liaised with the Marketing team to create and edit monthly e-newsletters-Managed the production of an in-house magazine, chaired monthly update meetings and edited the publication within InDesign-Liaised with the Copyright team to ensure all products were delivered free of any third party intellectual property issues-Attended product specification and development meetings to brief project members -Created and managed complex schedules using Microsoft Project, ensuring that all relevant stakeholders were informed on the progress of their products-Negotiated fees with suppliers and monitored costs to ensure budgets were met

English And Psychology Bsc, Psychology, 2.1

Italian Language, B2

Attended a full-time Italian language course and achieved B2 on the international framework for languages.

Italian Language, B2

Attended a full-time Italian language course and achieved B2 on the international framework for languages.

12 Gcses, A-C