Katie Cech Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Built consumer-centered product by blending qualitative and quantitative consumer insights
• Developed long term product vision by facilitating 35+ consumer interviews to uncover key shopping moments, enablers and blockers of purchase decisions, and Jobs to Be Done; developed operational product roadmap to.
• Grew revenue by 5% through 10 AB tests which drove operational improvements for provider customers and reduced consumer friction to purchase; blended quantitative data with qualitative insights to both design and.
• Collaborated cross functionally with designers, engineers and analysts to drive consumer-centric product development

Greater Boston Area

• Designed data analytics strategy, translated goals into tactical projects, and coached teams through execution
• Developed headcount forecasting product to predict hiring trends with +/- 5% accuracy versus previous ad hoc estimation approach, allowing Finance and Real Estate to accurately project future compensation and office.
• Served as lead analyst for fundamental strategic hiring shift; identified multiple levers to be used to meet new business objectives; successfully redeployed 150+ recruiters in 30 days and achieved 98% of new hiring.
• Partnered with recruiting leadership to identify white space opportunities and drive recruiting management success

Greater Boston Area

• Built data infrastructure and data analytics tools to support data-driven management of Talent Acquisition team
• Collaborated with engineers and data scientists to build internal reporting tool to show key recruiting metrics in real time; saved recruiting team 400 hours per week, added 15 new KPIs, and increased recruiter.
• Guided behavior change of 250+ recruiters through pain point mapping, KPI development, and promoting data hygiene best practices; increased recruiter adoption of Applicant Tracking System by 50%
• Recognized for leadership by serving as interim team lead during management gap; resulted in promotion within first year

Greater Boston Area

• Selected for a highly competitive accelerated professional management training program.Rotation 1: OPERATIONS CONSULTANT (August 2015 to May 2016)Researched and designed process improvements to increase efficiency
• Consolidated reporting across teams into singular, streamlined reporting platform; 70% reduction in time spent by team
• Investigated key legal process for Sun Life and acquired company; led integration of requirements during mergerRotation 2: DISTRIBUTION CONSULTANT (May 2016 to April 2017)Managed end-to-end data analytics of sales team.
• Developed sales activation tool, increasing new business prospects 4x and active management of ~$800M contracts
• Designed and built team planning dashboard to monitor hiring across 24 sales territories; led to 140% increase in hiresRotation 3: BUSINESS EXCELLENCE CONSULTANT (April 2017 to Sept 2017)Led cross-functional.
• Directed confidential consolidation and transition of 35 eliminated roles, impacting 18 sales offices within 4 weeks

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Gpa 3.8

Activities and Societies: Marketing Club (President), ClimateCAP Fellow, Faculty Award for Academic Excellence

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology, Gpa 3.5

Activities and Societies: Gamma Phi Beta (President); Broad Street Association (Chair); Transfer Orientation Leader

Education record

Activities and Societies: Sirens A Cappella (Recording Director)