Manage four projects under Reservation and Product Transformation programs in a hybrid agile/iterative development environment. • Work closely with program managers, scrum masters and tech leads to manage scope while assuring business requirements are completely fulfilled and projects meet deadlines. • Clear blockers and escalate issues from development, QA and business teams.• Report to management weekly via AHA dashboards showing schedule, scope and budget status. • Manage budgets from $1-3+ million per project by reconciling actuals and projecting historicals.

Resourced departments and projects through FTE or contractors. Conducted onboarding and ensured tools necessary for job were provided. Tracked $26 million department resource budget against annual allocation. ● Calculated actual and forecasted spend against budget for technology group by gathering and correlating data from general ledger, Tableau Fieldglass, MS Access and MS Project Server. ● Led a due diligence exercise to select new sourcing partner, resulting in $6 million annual savings.● Managed migration to OneJira for ten scrum teams by preparing data before and facilitating post-migration cleanup and training.

Worked with product group in a SAFe agile environment to queue up desired capabilities for each program increment and managed completion of technology work for a program of services and products. ● Assisted scrum teams with sprint ceremonies, resourcing issues and managing gaps in delivery and clear impediments. ● Delivered weekly technology status across assigned product lines to senior management and intervened when project team objectives did not align with scrum team delivery.

Collaborated with consultant and business teams to create and implement an organizational change strategy for a high-profile global SAP implementation.

Led a team of high-performing Project Managers and Business Analysts in successful project execution through coaching, development and removing roadblocks. Managed special projects with many upstream and downstream impacts including acquisition due diligence, partnership creation and design of new strategy.

Integrated the infrastructure of acquired companies onto Pearson standard platforms. Worked with the Director of Mergers & Acquisitions to obtain discovery information from acquired companies and then with Pearson Technology teams to determine and execute integration plans.