Melinda Young Email & Phone Number

United States

Chicago, IL

• Manage group of program managers each responsible for leading the execution of separate, interrelated, products
• Partner with leadership across product marketing, design, engineering, customer support, marketing, and other cross functional teams to deliver all projects on time and with the highest quality
• Collaborate with design and engineering colleagues to design and implement the portfolio management’s governance
• Manage the overall product portfolio release timelines, including identifying cross product interdependencies and eliminating redundancies
• Facilitate issue resolution and decision making for Product Leadership
• Report project progress to various stakeholder groups at their required level of detail

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Led, coordinated & communicated multiple programs including prioritization, roadmap planning and issue resolution for 11,000 employee Meta division.
• Created governance model for organizational pivots of 1000+ employees including cross functional partners.
• Owned reporting and led team cadence to ensure all cross-functional stakeholders were informed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Documented detailed requirements for several systems/workflows within the recruiting funnel including Leadership Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Developed long-term product plan for overall Meta applicant experience and drove recommendations.
• Performed impact analysis and documented use cases that spanned recruiting ecosystem ‘current’ and ‘future’ state including global disparities.

Business consultant to small and mid-sized organizations focused on developing and implementing growth strategies.

• Reported to Senior Managing Director of Marketing Programs, I oversaw strategic programs for the Office of the President. Directed LEAD’s team of 12 global chairs.
• Stood up and led business planning and go-to-market strategies for Nuveen’s gender initiative - LEAD (leadership, education, advocacy and development) focused on changing the gender landscape in asset management and.
• Led Nuveen’s corporate and employee philanthropic efforts including the strategy development and global corporate philanthropic disbursements of over $2M; established first firm-wide Donor Advised Fund and managed.

Greater Chicago Area

• Supported the President of Nuveen’s client organization consisting of Product Development, Solutions, Marketing and Distribution in planning, coordinating and executing business agenda and initiatives.
• Owned executive reporting deliverables such as monthly/quarterly business reviews and corporate/fund board presentations resulting in new business approvals of over $200M.
• Created Nuveen’s philanthropic program and managed global team of 12 and $1.2M budget.

Chicago

• Reported to President, Human Resource Operations supporting 4,000 employees in 32 countries.
• Led design, implementation and change management strategy for Morningstar’s enterprise people initiative, including competency development, title rationalization, leveling, salary benchmarking and job catalog.

• Reported to Chief Technology Officer directing daily operations, $50M IT people strategy and human resources for 1,200 employees in 15+ countries.
• Developed Morningstar M&A integration strategy. Directly managed 3 acquisition integrations totaling over $100MM, including due diligence and overall project integration across all functional business areas.

• Reported to Software Division President and SVP, Engineering supporting 1,000 employees and $250M product portfolio.
• Collaborated with President of Software Division and SVP, Engineering to research, implement, and execute strategic initiatives around quality, engineering excellence, and process improvements that saved the.
• Developed and launched metrics around product performance and availability in collaboration with operations and engineering to lead data-driven decision-making.

• Reported to President, Software Division and managed $50MM P&L and a team of 100 employees for Advisor Workstation, Morningstar’s flagship advisor research platform.
• Launched re-design of Advisor Workstation platform on time and within budget; successfully deployed to 150+ financial institutions and 148,000 financial advisors.

Mba, Finance, Strategy & Organizational Behavior

Activities and Societies: Chicago Booth Women's Network

Ba, English, International Studies