Senior Project Manager / New Product Specialist
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
• Orchestrated and executed a growth strategy start-up opportunity, collaborating with IPEX's VP of Innovation and Aliaxis' Head of Venturing. Negotiated partnerships with cutting-edge technology leaders to tap into a lucrative digital pipes market, driving revenue growth and market expansion.• Coached team members on agile principles, resulting in a high-performing and self-organizing teamculture, and increasing team velocity by 20% and enhancing overall project quality.• Successfully facilitated sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives, by collaborating with productowners and stakeholders to prioritize backlogs and manage expectations, leading to a 15%improvement in customer satisfaction.• Led a dynamic cross-functional product design, marketing, operations, sales, and finance team. Successfully managed an innovative/sustainable project, leveraging strategic insights and business acumen to drive profitability and market penetration.• Collaborated closely with patent lawyers, design consultants, and industry experts to substantiate the business case and ensure successful product launches. Worked in conjunction with certifying agencies to protect intellectual property (IP) and navigate regulatory requirements, positioning the company as a trusted innovator.• Proactively engaged customers and industry professionals by presenting products, ideas, and prototypes. Gathered valuable Voice of Customer insights and relayed them to cross-functional teams, driving customer-centric decision-making and fostering product excellence.• Hosted weekly challenges, department-wide monthly events, and office-wide quarterly social eventsas Director of Social Rejuvenation committee to encourage positive team building experience andbuild great workplace relationships.