Elizabeth Jones Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

As the senior-level PM on the platform team, I am focusing heavily on redesigning the workflow/application engine to make the Vineti platform more flexible and scalable.

Austin, Texas, Us

- Owned the articulation and design of features in multiple product areas of the Student Cloud student information system (SaaS), e.g. program definition, student program assignment, personal information management, notifications and communications, workflow, form builder, tasks and checklists, account holds, external data loads, etc.- Led focus group comprised of existing customers to gather requirements and use cases, validate designs, and gather feedback on designs and feature plans. - As “end-to-end PM,” facilitated communication between all product areas to ensure holistic approach and design, oversaw cross-platform features and functionality (some I own myself; others I keep heavy tabs on), and liaised with brand-new design team to streamline the SIS’ design.- Worked closely with technical architects to lay out large-scale and executable vision for cohesive foundation and platform for entire product.- Worked with the on-premise financial aid team to orient them to the Cloud, introduce them to a new functional design process, develop a roadmap for cloud-based financial aid product, and map out high-level requirements and structure (personas, use cases, interaction model and screen flows).- Participated in division-wide move from Waterfall to Agile development and release process; on behalf of PM team, led effort to articulate PM-specific processes, including creating requirement definition templates, documenting release process, creating standards for using Jira and Confluence, communicating sprint readiness tasks and processes.- Collaborated with UX design, engineering, information development, QA and upper management at all stages of the development process (plan, develop, review).- Created prioritized roadmap, communicating with all teams to assess and gather dependencies, set product milestones, and meet MVP goals.- Wrote epics and user stories and worked closely with engineering teams to execute on them, using Jira to plan and track development.

Austin, Texas, Us

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Project/Product Management- Managed all aspects of Online Courses product/project, from determining structure and functionality of product, to setting style guidelines and templates, to managing product roadmap, monthly releases, and QA.- Led Online Courses from product development phase, through its initial release (August 2013), and through continued development and releases—we now have over 170 courses on site.- Collaborated with product, engineering, and content teams to establish a development and release process.- Worked directly with clients (e.g. school districts and online course providers) alongside sales team to create custom content and product functionality and incorporate user feedback.- Refined user interface and user experience in conjunction with senior product and design teams.- Determined and maintained product roadmap; worked directly with engineering and management to schedule and implement new product features from the roadmap.- Created specifications, wireframes, and mockups for new product features in collaboration with sales, engineering, and senior product management.- QAed product features for each monthly release cycle, tracking progress and issues in online task-management system (JIRA).Managing Editor- Oversaw content roadmap/course catalog as a whole and drove content production for humanities, social sciences, and life skills domains.- Directed team of 6 full-time editors, 15 data-entry people, 10 content QA people, and collaborated with product managers, engineers, and sales team.- Managed ~45-65 content writers (depending on time period) and freelance editors working on various subjects.- Edited, produced, and released new courses on a monthly release cycle.- Obtained UC A-G certification for 8 courses for product and content quality

Stanford, Ca, Us

Taught 5 undergraduate. classes either as sole instructor or as a teaching assistant. Created syllabi, delivered lectures, graded student work, wrote assessments.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Classics

Bachelor'S Degree, Greek And Latin

Bachelor'S Degree, Comparative Studies (Comparative Lit Concentration)