ANDREA SIMARD
Saint Augustine,FL
Summary
Focused Product Manager delivering consistent and professional work for every assignment. Offering 14+ years in the Healthcare industry environments with top-notch abilities in Agile and Product Delivery. Trained in Scaled Agile Delivery in multiple agile management applications including Rally and Jira.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Solution Manager
Evernorth
03.2023 - Current
- Partner with teams to manage prioritized capability-based backlogs for 2 capability groups to ensure work is scoped appropriately for development teams
- Create and maintain roadmaps for multiple capability areas.
- Coordinate and lead refinement activities to ensure the accuracy of requirements.
- Review and assess architecture design, implementation, and testing to release quality products on time.
- Lead and assist technical projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
- Identify issues, analyze information and provide solutions to problems
Product Delivery Manager
Evernorth
12.2020 - 03.2023
- Received Quarterly Standout Award for management of 4 delivery scrum teams working to implement Behavioral book of business on Evernorth in one year
- Managed and planned to roadmaps for four teams for multiple programs and projects up to a year in advance
- Collaborated on budgeting, estimating and resourcing for $80M program.
Product Marketing Manager
Cigna | NH
04.2017 - 12.2020
- Led program to reduce the total cost of care of Autism by $13M
- Implemented first digital coaching platform to behavioral specialty care management coaching programs
- Created a process to increase engagement rates and improve customer satisfaction by assisting customers in finding care within days rather than months’ time.
Product Development Manager
Cigna
07.2016 - 04.2017
- Worked with the Agile Center of Excellence to help design, launch, and stand-up Agile teams within Cigna per the Scaled Agile Framework
- Created and Managed backlogs in Rally for 4 work streams as leadership teams were trained in Agile.
Product Manager
Choicelinx
05.2014 - 07.2016
- Solely responsible for product road map and backlog of Benefits Management application with a focus on product strategy
- Practicing in an agile methodology as Product Owner, responsibilities include daily interaction on three scrum development teams, one reporting team, 1 production support team
- Created and maintained first internal Release Notes documentation
- Created, published and maintain internal and external product road map.
Product Manager
Casenet, LLC
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Managed delivery through the first IOS and Windows 8 products from concept to release including layout, functionality, compatibility with core product and future road map
- Captured market needs and define requirements focused on strategic and tactical planning activities and designs related to the development and deployment of Casenet's Care Management solutions
- Created product road map and prioritized backlog to support product strategy and continuous improvements.
Report Product Manager
HEALTH DIALOG
01.2006 - 01.2012
Education
Certified SAFe 4 Product Owner/Product Manager Scaled Agile Inc -
03.2017
Certified SAFe 4 Agilist -
05.2016
Bachelor of Arts - English/English Journalism
05.1999
Skills
- Atlassian JIRA
- Requirements Analysis
- Identify Requirements
- Agile Work Processes
- Product LifeCycle Management
- Staff Management
- Product Development
- Leading Software Development Teams
- Product Definition
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Timeline
Product Solution Manager - Evernorth
03.2023 - Current
Product Delivery Manager - Evernorth
12.2020 - 03.2023
Product Marketing Manager - Cigna | NH
04.2017 - 12.2020
Product Development Manager - Cigna
07.2016 - 04.2017
Product Manager - Choicelinx
05.2014 - 07.2016
Product Manager - Casenet, LLC
01.2012 - 01.2014
Report Product Manager - HEALTH DIALOG
01.2006 - 01.2012
Scaled Agile, Inc. - Certified SAFe 4 Product Owner/Product Manager Scaled Agile Inc,
Scaled Agile Inc - Certified SAFe 4 Agilist,
University of New Hampshire - Bachelor of Arts, English/English Journalism