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Product Owner/Product Manager:**Collaborated with Business Owners to define and prioritize features for Procurement & Inventory Management Product for national distribution company.**Enhanced systematic tracking for distribution and confirmed delivery of multiple $1M single dose high risk drugs. **Created business import tool to systematically build hundreds of product profiles at one time; thereby, saving the business hundreds of operational hours and allowed products to be available for sales immediately. Led to exponential 1st quarter sales growth that was initially forecasted over 3 quarters. **Using strategic roadmaps, enterprise strategies, & product health opportunities, identified system features needed to plan Program Increments for Scrum Delivery team. **Change Agent for my team in the Enterprise Agile Transformation; mentoring team members and leading by example through early adoption of Agile ceremonies and SAFe planning principles, and obtaining my SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager & Practitioner certifications. **Created highly productive and collaborative delivery team.**Led delivery team transition to Agile ceremonies including scrums, refinements, backlog analysis and prioritization. Groomed backlog based on my team’s definition of ready and ensuring strong stories using the three C’s (card, conversation, confirmation) and INVEST principle.Enterprise Analysis Leader:**Led effort with organizational business leaders to identify business needs to prepare the Request for Proposal for the new Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) system selection.**Provided daily direction for business analysts on organizational transformation system replacement program.**Established plan and direction for identifying and working with Business Partners to document current state Business Process Maps using BPMN standards. Conducted working sessions and documented business processes for Contracting and Pricing.

Production Support Leader:**Developed team strategy and vision bringing clarity and direction to Enterprise Production Support team of more than 35 business and technical resources.**Reorganized resources to established new work processes and release schedule that reduced delivery of bug fixes from approximately 8 weeks down to 4 weeks consistently.**Collaborated with business leadership to prioritize delivery of system features balancing business risks and competing priorities of an ongoing program system implementation effort.Program Business Analyst Leader:**Established vision, direction, and performance standards for business analysis team comprised of eight BA Leads and 36 Business Analysts for implementing of GuideWire PolicyCenter system for multi-state/multi-phase $100M program.**Created a dynamic staffing model based on shifting program needs. Interviewed and selected business analysts to align with program demand.**Directed, mentored, and developed BA Leads to establish consistent work processes and documentation within their teams to foster a highly collaborative team oriented high performing culture for all team members while staying within an Agile/Iterative delivery structure.**Established cross team relationships throughout the organization to effectively communicate and execute on competing business priorities.**Partnered with Sales Director to engage captive and independent Sales Agents to communicate early & often regarding system implementation and elicit feedback to ensure successful use and buy-in with each delivery.

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**Worked within strategic $22M program to lead BA teams in eliciting requirements to implement a new policy administration system due to governmental health care reform mandates. **Managed the project portfolio & release plans for the Individual Health Insurance Sales, Underwriting, & Administration system. **Negotiated scope with product owner, stakeholders, and subject matter experts.**Facilitated large workshop business requirements sessions using various elicitation methods for new system features.**Plan and lead UAT activities with business partners. **Analyze business processes and translate into system requirements. **Craft business and functional requirements.