Sean O'Dowd Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

• Spearheaded the integration of a new project & resource management system across the business to resolve legacy project planning issues• Directed a team in implementing time tracking processes & culture change for 120 staff members across three continents resulting in 85% of working hours being tracked• Resourced & scoped timelines for client projects with budgets of up to £1,000,000

London, United Kingdom

• Product Owner for a development team building a property services platform MVP for a client• Headed Agile ceremonies, created user stories, defined requirements, executed user testing, and created formulated roadmaps with clients and Senior Product Managers• Developed delivery processes and engaged prospective clients

• Produced an award-winning content platform hosting 109 million visitors annually• Coordinated two Agile teams simultaneously over sixteen months as a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO). Responsible for all team management and Agile ceremonies & planned new/reiterated features pre and post MVP using user feedback and analytics• Presented new iterations to internal and external stakeholders at local and international conferences, gathering feedback and incorporating new ideas into future roadmaps• Collaborated with Scrum Masters, Product Manager, UX, and R&D in order to align product roadmaps across the company

• Mentored junior staff as a ‘super-user’ for content management systems and processes• Responsible for growth and career development of three new starters

• Established a new CMS and processes across Content, Production, and Publishing departments• Processed accepted content for handover to production, ensuring that the content was proofread and that the appropriate copyright and permissions were in place• Managed a pipeline of content for a portfolio of titles via various electronic editorial systems (including ScholarOne Manuscripts, Atypon, Alfresco, Aries Editorial Manager and Trackit)• Took on project work across the company for processes/workflows as a business partner

Dundee

Master’S Degree, Film Studies, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Awarded the Alan Sharp Prize for Film Studies.

Master Of Arts (Ma), English Literature, 1St