Abbi Kotowsky
Waterford
Summary
Results-driven Product Manager with expertise in executive stakeholder management, strategic planning, cross-team collaboration, and project execution. Demonstrated ability to direct large-scale initiatives to optimize products, enhance the user experience, and drive company goals forward.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Manager II
United Wholesale Mortgage
Pontiac
04.2024 - Current
- Managed a comprehensive portfolio of marketing and sales products for both internal business lanes and external clients
- Consistently analyzed user and stakeholder feedback, accelerating the development of new products and features.
- Collaborated with executive-level stakeholders to define requirements, finalize designs and prototypes, analyze new features, and address business needs.
- Directed multiple large-scale initiatives throughout the enterprise, guaranteeing success from ideation to go-to-market strategy ownership.
- Formulated product roadmaps delivering clarity and direction to multiple development teams, aligning with company objectives.
- Worked closely with engineering teams to ensure feature specifications are understood and implemented correctly.
Technical Delivery Manager
United Wholesale Mortgage
Pontiac
10.2022 - 04.2024
- Coordinated with development teams and stakeholders to define project scope and objectives, develop detailed plans and timelines, and track progress against deadlines.
- Delivered regular project status updates to executive leadership while collaborating with all business units involved in go-to-market strategy.
- Directed strategic planning sessions centered on design and iterative feature delivery, optimizing workflow for large projects.
Team Lead, Application Development
United Wholesale Mortgage
Pontiac
06.2021 - 10.2022
- Assisted VP in formulating strategies for future projects, organizational enhancements, and sustained success of development teams.
- Evaluated products and processes to recommend enhancements that improved adoption, user experience, and quality.
- Communicated project status updates to stakeholders and management regularly.
- Facilitated collaboration among a cross-functional development team working on several deadline-driven projects.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Communications & Marketing
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MISome College (No Degree) - Communications & Marketing
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MISkills
- Stakeholder management
- Strategic planning
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Project management
- Go-to-market strategy
- User experience evaluation
- Status reporting
- Effective communication
- Roadmap development
- Timeline management
Accomplishments
UWM Information Technology MVP 2023
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Product Manager II
United Wholesale Mortgage
04.2024 - Current
Technical Delivery Manager
United Wholesale Mortgage
10.2022 - 04.2024
Team Lead, Application Development
United Wholesale Mortgage
06.2021 - 10.2022
Some College (No Degree) - Communications & Marketing
Western Michigan University
Some College (No Degree) - Communications & Marketing
Eastern Michigan University