Jenny Leonard Email & Phone Number

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

As a Portfolio Delivery Lead, I led a diverse team of 6 project managers and oversaw the planningand implementation of programs in BMS’s commercialization portfolio to achieve successful projectresults in line with IT and business strategies. I coordinated meetings to ensure the project teamaddressed security reviewers’ questions and made required remediations. Additionally, I guided andcoached project managers in applying best practices in project management to ensure successfulproject implementation and used various project management tools and practices to manageprojects and programs.✦ Key Highlights ✦* Supported 7 business partners in creating business cases for digital capability investmentsand managing investment portfolios.* Introduced monthly portfolio financial reviews in collaboration with business partners,cultivating long-term relationships.* Established a regular reporting cadence to communicate status updates, risks, deliverables,and budget updates, customized for each of the 7 business partners.* Developed and executed strategies to improve project status reporting and portfolio financialreviews, resulting in the team having a better understanding of the investment portfolio andmore efficient reporting.* Revamped weekly portfolio reporting processes, enhancing data accuracy and reducingproduction time by 75%.* Led the adoption of a ServiceNow strategic process by developing a reference sheet whichwas adopted by the PMO team.* Mentored and coached a junior project manager toward a project manager role.

Pennington, New Jersey

In this role, I successfully managed a project portfolio throughout the entire SDLC, from analysis toimplementation. I prepared weekly reports to present to senior management, outlining statusupdates, risks, outcomes, and financial information and employed various project tools and practicesto effectively lead projects. I also addressed internal and external audit issues and facilitated projectcosts and timelines for new business ventures involving multiple technology groups.✦ Key Highlights ✦* Fostered strong relationships with business partners, development teams, vendors, andsenior management, resulting in frequent requests to lead critical projects.* Managed a portfolio of 25-35 minor enhancement projects across various releases* Led a process improvement focus group to garner support for the implementation of minorenhancement processes.* Developed and executed an effective minor enhancement process, integrating it into thefirm’s SDLC to meet PMO requirements.* Expanded responsibilities from overseeing minor enhancements to managing a personalproject portfolio, consisting of both small and large projects.* Facilitated collaborative requirement sessions among business stakeholders and technologyteams for a complex multimillion dollar project impacting critical customer-facing web applications andassociated mobile applications.

Pennington, Nj