Manager
Richmond, Virginia, Us
Consulted for the world's largest credit union that serves over 9 million military members and their families. Managed a range of projects in the Digital division focused on member communication strategies, process improvement efforts, and support for online and mobile enhancements.• Reduced credit union’s operating costs by $20 million over 2 years by spearheading an enterprise-wide initiative to convert letters to email notifications. Gathered and analyzed requirements needed for each line of business, coordinated with stakeholders and development team to implement letter conversion functionality, and reported status to senior leadership weekly.• Reduced call volume to contact center by 90,000 calls / year by improving visibility of internal transfers to credit cards for members. As product owner, translated stakeholder needs into business priorities, crafted user stories that focused on end user experience, and managed product backlog to deliver value in future sprints.• Identified insights into member’s saving behavior by executing the credit union’s first Behavioral Economics pilot project. Led cross-functional team of 12 to implement pilot project - defined, documented, and managed project scope, analyzed risks/issues to identify potential schedule impacts and created mitigation plans, escalated issues as needed, managed stakeholder expectations, and removed obstacles for teammates. Used pilot insights to roll out project to entire credit union with members expected to save $25 million / year.• Reduced call volume to contact center by 50% during and after unplanned mobile application outages by re-engineering communication processes and automatically informing members of outage resolution. Defined project vision, ensured stories met user needs to maximize value, and maintained backlog to streamline execution of project priorities.