Oversee and drive program delivery of infrastructure integration for credit card acquisition.

Using Agile methodology and frameworks, collaborate with SFDC Agile Squad, business partners and IT squads to build solutions in salesforce.com that support business requirements and processes for continuous improvement. Oversee the design, development, testing, and administration of SFDC. Manage project plans for capabilities; monitor and review progress and timelines; adjust schedules and plans as needed. Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and leadership in a timely manner. Ensure all projects are completed on-time, within budget, and meet all business and system requirements. Manage capacity planning and resource allocation. Oversee squad backlog and prioritization. Participate in story grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-up, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. Manage production and sprint releases. Proactively identify and resolve issues/risks to ensure successful releases. Responsible for Sprint Release and strategic initiative weekly communication. On-call for major production incidents. Responsible for Runbook, monitoring Salesforce licenses and data storage. Accountable for internal audits, end user account reviews and self-identified issues. Responsible for IT governance routines. Manage portfolio finances, purchasing and vendor management. Adopt a standardized development lifecycle methodology for all projects. Identify opportunities to leverage the Salesforce platform and various integration tools. Champion Salesforce as a solution where applicable with IT as well as business teams. Resource management and planning. Mentor Salesforce intern and Ally employees.

CA PPM (Clarity) Project and Portfolio Management and VersionOne applications owner. Developed and drove technical strategy and roadmap for IT Portfolio Management application technology objectives and business requirements. Established strong business partnerships and collaborated with Global PMO, Engineering and Operations, Architecture, and Business Unit Program teams to ensure that the IT Portfolio Management technologies addressed requirements at the user, data consumer, and infrastructure/architecture levels. Managed Kanban backlog, backlog grooming, and daily standup. Provided guidance and oversight to the creation and ongoing maintenance of requirements, design, and operational support documentation for IT Portfolio Management technologies. Capacity planning and allocation of technical resources to accomplish tasks related to the successful delivery, enablement, and support of IT Portfolio Management technologies. Managed any required application development, infrastructure lifecycle, vendor relationships, and technical resource coaching. Advised technical and project teams of Ally standard requirements, security standards, technology delivery methodologies and processes as they relate to IT Portfolio Management technologies. Participated in technology evaluations and proof of concepts to assist in defining technology strategy and enabling business goals for IT Portfolio Management. Release Management planning and coordination with internal/external teams. Participated in defect triage and work with application/project team/vendors to resolve prioritized defect fixes. Identified and managed application issues/risks and provide proper visibility to product owner and stakeholders.

Oversight of End User Mobility experience. Metrics and Reporting of Mobility space which included provisioning/de-provisioning of voice and data devices, Bring your own device (BYOD) program, WebEx and Fax2Mail. Managed financials within area as well as provided financial support to Senior IT Director, Technology Infrastructure Operations. Management of Runbooks and Playbooks.

Provided monthly budget and forecasting support for Infrastructure Engineering and Operations; Managed, validated and analyzed data trends for supplier invoices, purchases, equipment maintenance, and support services; Liaison with IT Finance partners regarding chargeback model for Infrastructure expenses; Managed and coordinated monthly close activities with IT Finance; Managed the Purchase order process through creation, maintenance, and trending for support contracts, Infrastructure purchases and miscellaneous support services; Tracked server maintenance data.

Financial lead for $50M Technology budget and managed risk. Created Lunch and learn program for IT Finance and lead biweekly meetings. Reviewed business plans and financial forecasts. Prepared monthly and quarterly reports for two CIO’s including working with business partners to understand and provide key information on results. Consolidated, reported on, and analyzed forecasts, plan and actual results. Performed month-end close duties. Created and maintained software and hardware fixed assets within SAP ERP. Participated in weekly CIO project deep dives and approve financial tollgates. Approved resource requests and third party purchase orders. Fostered relationship between IT Finance and contractor management house. Created presentations for Business Unit and Finance Leadership.

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