Matthew J. Raycroft, Psm Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

Transformed the Policy Administration product area into high-functioning teams through improved planning, dependency management and stronger Agile processes, resulting in an increased output to over 90% of planned delivery commitments.- Improved predictability metrics of two teams by revamping the planning and execution processes for better efficiency, output and proactivity, resulting in an increase in story completion percentage (from under 20% to over 80%) and velocity (10+%).- Collaborated with PPM team and client managers to transform our planning processes from an inefficient quarterly planning process to an annual milestone and theme-based ‘Success Plan’ increasing our commitment delivery to 98%.- Instituted a weekly Scrum of Scrums for all PA teams to improve communication and dependency management across the product area.- Developed and executed a new release quality plan using new defect metrics, SLAs and new reporting structure to make the process transparent for our clients.

New York, New York, United States

Responsible for the delivery of prioritized AdTech initiatives by coordinating a diversity of teams through all stages of the SDLC, aligning teams for collaborative development of technical products for Connected TV (CTV) and digital Ad Measurement initiatives.- Collaborated with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Integrations and Account Management teams to develop full project plans across projects within programs to provide the development teams a roadmap for delivery.- Coached development teams on best Agile practices for efficiency, prioritization, capacity planning, dependency management and delivery.- Reported on all initiative, program and project statuses to different managerial levels across the org, including senior leadership, with customized communication plans.

Greater New York City Area

Nielsen DAR: A high-priority, yearlong program comprised of 5 projects produced by 7 development teams focusing on bringing Nielsen DAR reporting functionality to MediaMath’s Omnichannel DSP product array. • Served as program/delivery manager from launch to client release, coordinating with 5 project managers to deliver the final product on time and within our resource budget.• Organized and lead “Triumvirate” team consisting of product, engineering, and project management leads to identify and address program-wide issues, risks, blockers and dependencies across the program to keep work moving forward.• Created and delivered transparent program communication plan, with separate comms individually targeted for all levels of stakeholders including C-level and SVP executives, sales/marketing leaders, as well as engineering, product and people leads.• Applied lessons learned to create program management blueprint for future MediaMath programs to come.Managed a 3 team, 18-member software engineering tribe focusing on campaign management products for MediaMath’s TerminalOne (T1) programmatic omnichannel DSP product array.• Increased efficiency by breaking silos and focusing on team collaboration, communication and commitment ownership, through capturing and analyzing performance metrics.• Improved quarterly delivery predictability from quarter by quarter (17% to 91%) over the course of the first year, by capturing and analyzing performance metrics to properly understand velocity, capacity, leading to stronger more confident team commitments

New York, Ny

Led all Project Management initiatives for NBC News’s Broadcast and Digital Engineering teams supporting all NBC News brands, which include; MSNBC, TODAY, Nightly News with Lester Holt, Dateline, Peacock Productions and Domestic and International Bureaus. ♦ Transformed group to PMO structure to streamline project communication, facilitate project plan creation, identify risks and dependencies, while coaching teams to self-organization and best practices bringing efficiency and organization the group.♦ Accomplished an 89% project completion rate and +53% in efficiency from 2015 by meticulous organizing a portfolio of 100+ projects into seven programs.♦ Resolved issues by facilitating the weekly, self-created “Scrum of Scrums” meeting with team leads, identifying action items and dependencies.♦ Developed a series of tools to lead junior project managers and team leads through the new project management processes.

Brooklyn, Ny

Delivered an annual project $1.6M portfolio; guaranteed success by analyzing previous year’s metrics, calculating team capacity and careful negotiation of business priorities. ♦ Managed a 14-member software engineering team that completed 100% of project commitments on time and within or under budget for three consecutive years, by utilizing best project management practices to streamline and guide projects from inception to completion.♦ Oversaw the redesigning of the Portal to ensure web, iOS and Android compatibility by managing the design, development and on-time release within budget restraints; the Portal had not been modernized in 11 years prior to the completion of this project. ♦ Utilized excellent interpersonal skills needed to recruit, manage and mentor junior PM’s and interns by coaching them through real-life, hands on PM management scenarios that required the use of prior knowledge and research

Hoboken, Nj

Managed a 16-month, $4M project, to develop 62 media-rich eBooks for John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Built a team of highly skilled project managers by launching an aggressive recruiting cycle that resulted five individuals being hired and trained. Each of the five led individual project teams, built schedules, tracked deliverables, accessed and managed risks and escalated issues to senior management when necessary. Authored and distributed program-wide status reports for executive management, internal and external stakeholders and led all functions of program-wide meetings, including drafting agendas, notating action items, and maintaining thorough documenting decisions.

Various

Specialized in solving project related problems. Specifically - Project Management, Technical Consulting, Content Creation, Web/Multimedia Development, Film/Video Management, and Graphic Design.

New York, Ny

- Recruited and managed a team of project managers, freelance writers, and editors for the development of assessments for grades 3-12.- Coordinated with technology group to integrate content within online environment; determined requirements, set priorities and master schedule with regards to client needs and internal resources.- Developed new processes to maximize resources, increase efficiency and limit errors in final products.

- Acted as product champion for educational technology products throughout all stages of development, scheduling, budgeting, contracting and auditioning vendors, and QA of educational media projects. Projects included audio and video programs, integrated rich media websites, and resource applications to assist both teachers and students.- Successfully lead multifunctional project teams including Editorial, Marketing, Design, and Technology professionals, opening up communication, and keeping all team members focused on the common goals. - Created and maintained department QA process, maximizing efficiency by setting priorities on company needs. - Created and designed Literature Library Resource project, developing an easy to use marketing product directly leading to a multimillion-dollar adoption of Pearson’s literature program in Florida.