Meredith Larson Email & Phone Number

Chesapeake, Va, Us

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Partners with key stakeholders in American Funds Service Company to establish and maintain ongoing communication about digital strategies and plans supporting AFS, ensures business strategies adequately reflect digital opportunities, and deepens business subject matter expertise to provide enhanced business context to teams that support the strategies and initiatives being developed and delivered as part of the plan.Leads development of business-related digital strategies for AFS- Analyzes and socializes the competitive digital landscape and key trends- Partners across teams to develop, communicate and implement digital-related strategies that drive toward the AFS’s long-term goals and objectives- Partners with cross-functional team to develop solutions appropriate to AFS through exploration, design, development and delivery of creative solutions.- Partners with other senior leaders in development of new products and servicesFacilitates effective communication around the activities and roadmap related to AFS Digital- Works across the organization to raise and resolve prioritization or resourcing questions- Briefs cross-functional teams to ensure they have adequate context about the line of business or digital business strategies they are supporting and “the why” behind the work they are being asked to do- Partners across the digital function to ensure strategies are integrated across other lines of businesses and audiencesProvides vision and thought leadership for digital thinking transformation and change- Identifies and socializes factors that are disrupting market and business. Assembles data to articulate why digital strategies are critical to business success- Regularly communicates broader vision, strategies, benefits and updates to business partners tailored to their particular area - Identifies voice of customer other research and works across organization to identify challenges and opportunities

Norfolk, Virginia Area

* Leads development of strategic vision that incorporates users current and future needs and relevant contextual information* Ensures web product vision is consistent with business goals and American Funds web organization* Support site manager in the communication of the strategy and work with appropriate associates to ensure alignment of strategy with other organizations* Provide high level designs for future capabilities of assigned software product(s) based on user feedback, associate feedback and strategic plan* Maintains and consistently demonstrates a strong knowledge of competitive web products that serve the same or similar user population* Partner with Marketing research team to identify and deliver research plan that supports goals of web product(s)* Works with business analysts to develop "Use Cases" that define the desired output and/or the results expected from the web product* Support project managers and business analysts in the business cases development process and prepares recommendations on implementing product improvements to improve product value and reduce/eliminate redundancies, reduce costs or improve business processes

Recruiter for American Funds service center in Norfolk / Chesapeake, VA.

Human Resources Generalist supporting the National Segment division of CIGNA HealthCare.

Honors B.S., 3 Yr Graduate, Operations & Strategic Mgmt, Management Of Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Carroll School of Management Honors Program Student Admissions Program, Tour guide coordinator, Outreach.

Honors Regents, High School Diploma