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Farmington, Mi, Us

Farmington, Mi, Us

Lead product manager for multiple internal systems, mixing proprietary and COTS tools to deliver maximum business value. Gather business needs and prioritization input to build and manage roadmaps. Balance and manage expectations of numerous stakeholder groups, through open and honest communication, user empathy, and trust. Mentor team members in Agile development methodology and product owner responsibilities.

Prioritized business and user needs for multiple proprietary systems, which enabled $30 million in annual revenue. As the primary business representative for several software development teams, shifted between Product Owner and Scrum Master responsibilities, as necessary, to ensure systems supported corporate goals and initiatives. Drove continuous improvement and adoption of Agile methodologies, managed road maps, wrote and refined user stories, prioritized requirements, made user interface decisions, and spearheaded user involvement in testing and production deployments.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Created and executed project plans for instituting elements of the Affordable Care Act. Worked across numerous operations departments to ensure timely implementation, while balancing requirements of Legal and Regulatory compliance.

Consulted with senior leadership and corporate counsel to ensure new product designs complied with contracts, policies, and business direction. Developed and executed best practices for evaluating rights restrictions to support those plans, affecting all corporate print and digital distribution channels.

Standardized, streamlined, and directed day-to-day planning, scheduling, fulfillment, and QA for rights work across multiple business units. Partnered with legal department to ensure practices were in compliance with latest copyright precedents.

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Successfully transitioned rights work between divisions, while participating in development of a common workflow across numerous business units, negotiating cost savings for key contracts, and eliminating costly accounting practices.

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Managed on-time delivery of all team content, breaking down historic divide on team to ensure well-distributed opportunities for professional development were achieved while meeting business expectations.

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Defined requirements for editorial systems projects, working across multiple teams to understand both common and unique needs. Played key role in adoption of a professional, industry-standard process for developing requirements.

Developed multiple titles against schedule and budget. Steadily increased responsibility and developed strong database and project management skills.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), American Culture Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Literature