Patricia Taylor Email & Phone Number

Burlington, Ma, Us

Global IT Business Partner maintaining relationship with Science & Lab Solutions (SLS) Business Unit Leadership Team to steer IT demand, prioritization, and financial and performance management in alignment with business strategy. Closely collaborating with Business Leadership and IT Leadership to ensure alignment of IT investments with business objectives and technology roadmaps.Monitor and steer execution of the project portfolio for SLS, Shared Marketing & Commercial, and Quality & Regulatory; ensure alignment of IT portfolio with BU strategy​; monitor and mitigate and mitigate risks associated with IT investments and impact on business outcomes.​Optimize budget allocation within the various business unit and function IT portfolios. Measure and report the IT portfolio performance.​ Continuously assess and improve the IT demand intake, prioritization and portfolio alignment and execution process; Support the business and IT teams during their IT governance to ensure optimization of business value and alignment to strategic objectives; Drive strategic planning cycles and quarterly forecasting rounds. Ensure adherence to the agreed targets, report on portfolio progress; flag escalate and monitor resolution of issues.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Responsible for Business Technology portfolio and project execution for Global Market Access & Pricing. Responsible for portfolio and financial management for North America and Innovative Franchise project portfolio.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Agile evangelist and enterprise agile coach. Responsible for mentoring people and teams and driving programs to increase Agile practices and realize the results of Agility in the Global Technical Operations of Merck KGaA's Business Technology organization.http://www.agileboston.org/blog/give-thanks-for-scrum-2016

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Project management for global IS initiatives in the marketing and medical devices space. Developing a Merck framework for improved project execution including requirements to test lifecycle management, agile, and team collaboration.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

-Overseeing the business technology PMO including portfolio management, scoping, planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling programs and projects-Overseeing and evangelizing the Agile transformation journey-Implementation and continuous improvement of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) -Tracking and reporting on the current state of the portfolio against the corporate strategic objectives

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Lead the Project Management and Business Analysis Team

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Lead the team responsible for Project Management, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance and Usability Testing for the flagship Forrester Research web site and related backend systems.

• Provided ongoing senior technical architecture, project management and requirements analysis expertise to business systems development projects as required. • Responsible for definition, management, and implementation of multiple pilot projects to fast track uptake of key emerging technologies into business systems.

Edison, Nj, Us

• Hired in acquisition of Zefer. Same role as at Zefer.

Technical Lead for world-class business solutions projects for Global 1000 clients: - Responsible for delivery excellence: Java solutions architecture, development and launch; requirements definition; scope management; product and platform selection-Projects included B2B Marketplace, Enterprise-wide Architecture recomendation, and two content management web portals-Architected solutions for J2EE platform-Managed large teams (8-14) of technologists; responsible for defining and staffing project roles, career development, and qualityPractice Development -- proselytized best practices; developed extensive set of deliverables for use across projects; created and maintained section of company intranet for best practices Lead area of content management solutions; active in vendor partnership management; performed Technical Architecture ReviewsPursued new clients, working closely with sales team; demonstrated client satisfaction by gaining repeat work

Managed design, build, rollout, maintenance and evolution of next-generation web site and underlying content management system: --Architected solutions for the Microsoft platform--Turned around project and delivered www.gigaweb.com--Supervised 12+ developers and coordinated mulit-departmental efforts to ensure project delivery--Turned business requirements for site that is crux of company business into actions; developed design specs; reviewed developer designs and code; scrutinized application implementation for usability and soundness of design--Contained project scope—negotiated with executives and internal and external clients to make time vs. feature vs. quality tradeoff decisions--Applied the latest web technologies to business problems; ensured application supportability; scalability and availability--Participated in vendor evaluation and selection for e-commerce solutions; lead integration of e-commerce components and third-party web content sources

Dublin 2, Ie

Architect, design and build custom net-centric software architecture and applications:--Translate clients’ functional requirements into technical solutions --Design and develop web pages, business components and architecture using DHTML, ASP, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, VB, IIS, Microsoft Transaction Server--Construct design and development processes and identify deliverables by applying trusted methodology and innovative web practices to deliver results-oriented systems--Perform as Team Lead: supervise analysts, perform project work planning, track progress to goals, conduct design reviews, deliver performance evaluations, manage subcontractor relationship, participate in recruiting

Mba, Mba, Mis

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations

Regents Diploma, Math, Science, English, Social Studies

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Relations And Affairs

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Relations