Melinda H. Email & Phone Number

I lead manager capability, coaching, and consulting programs for our people managers in the Corporate Functions organizations (HR, Corporate & Legal Affairs, Finance, Business Development, Strategy & Ventures, and Marketing & Consumer Business).

I led talent development programs across our Corp Functions organizations, focusing on management excellence, job architecture, and career development.

I was a Program Manager on the Finance People Programs team, owning and driving programs related to early talent, management excellence, diversity, inclusion, culture & belonging (D&I), and career development for all Finance employees. While my work spanned across all of these programs, I focused most of my time on manager, D&I, and early talent learning.

I partnered closely with the engineering leaders I supported and ran all the operational aspects of their businesses. From a tactical perspective, I tracked, monitored, and published key budget and headcount data metrics on a recurring cadence and leveraged this data to make difficult tradeoffs for high business impact. I collaborated with cross-organization stakeholders to identify business requirements, transforming them into actionable deliverables. I love problem solving, so I would often analyze, troubleshoot, and proactively challenge existing processes to improve workflows. Another way I problem solve is by improving the operational efficiency of teams. I notice what causes friction, find pain points, brainstorm options, roll out a solution, iterate, and then solicit feedback for next time. I bring people together with an adaptable and collaborative communication style, which I leveraged in this role to synthesize conflicting viewpoints to reach consensus and buy-off. I took ambiguous and conceptual goals, driving them to clarity and transforming them into tactical next steps.

Worked with business and engineering leadership, honing my skills in operational excellence. Some of my favorite projects during this time are listed below:• Coordinated external facing, complex events and meeting logistics at industry tradeshows and conferences. • Managed vendor relationships, negotiated contracts, and managed ProdDev budgets > $1M• Owned the executive scorecard and tracked key performance indicators (KPIs).• Created PowerPoint presentations for team all hands and external-facing business meetings.• Managed FTE and vendor staff: set goals, course-corrected when needed, and grew morale.