Izabela Palamar
Cary,NC
Summary
Accomplished leader with over 16 years of experience as a Product Owner and 5 years of experience as an IT Manager. Proven ability to bridge strategic technical and business goals to deliver customer centric products. Trusted partner skilled at collaborating with wide range of stakeholders to solve problems and deliver results. Successful in building, leading, and motivating cross-functional, multi-site agile teams. Motivated by learning, challenging the status quo, and creating new opportunities in a global marketplace.
Overview
1824
1824
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Portfolio Product Owner
Liberty Mutual Group, GRS Tech
10.2021 - Current
- Manages portfolio of Product Enablement capabilities that simplify and accelerate digitization of insurance products within GRS Underwriting Platforms.
- Responsible for defining portfolio vision, goals and roadmap that that ties digital investments with desired business outcomes.
- Works closely with GRS Business Stakeholders, Portfolio Product Owners, Architecture and UX to conduct early discovery and feasibility of potential initiatives to deliver on strategic objectives.
- Identifies synergies and opportunities for reuse across GRS to maximize IT spent.
Product Owner II
Liberty Mutual Group, GRS Tech
05.201 - 10.2021
- Led multiple Agile Teams to delivery strategic pricing and eSignature Portal capabilities within North America market.
- Created product roadmap, managed product backlog, defined features and positioned Agile Teams for successful execution.
- Worked with business stakeholders to define MVP, rollout strategy and OKRs. Guided teams to define corresponding KPIs to track and measure progress.
- Mentored Associate Product Owner.
Product Owner I
Liberty Mutual Group, GRS Tech
10.2017 - 05.2018
- Led Agile Team that successfully delivered compliance capabilities within iUnderwrite realizing 90% efficiency gains for end users
- Awarded with IT Excellence Award.
Lead, Business Systems Project
Liberty Mutual Group, Commercial Insurance Tech
07.2011 - 10.2017
- Member of iUnderwrite Product Management Team responsible for defining vision, backlog, technical enablers, KPI’s and product delivery strategy for flagship $8M iUnderwrite platform
- Led multiple teams to deliver Document Management capabilities to @Work platform used by 10,000 users
- Developed strategy and led project that transformed multiple underwriting departments (over 1,000 users) from paper to paperless operations by implementing Documentum solution (Virtual Underwriting File) and integrating it with major underwriting platforms.
Manager, Business Systems Projects
Liberty Mutual Group, Commercial Insurance Tech
09.2006 - 07.2011
- Oversaw $1.5M annual IT budget and managed IT Development and Business Intelligence teams working on variety of projects within Commercial Property group.
- Established and managed Application Support department that assisted over 300 Property Underwriting users.
Senior Business Systems Analyst / QA Analyst
Liberty Mutual Group, Commercial Insurance Tech
07.2002 - 09.2006
Education
MBA -
BABSON COLLEGE
Wellesley, Boston, MA12.2005
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
SIMMONS COLLEGE
Boston, MA05.2002
Skills
- Product Strategy
- Portfolio Management
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Leadership
- Stakeholder Communication
- Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Agile Methodology
- Technical Acumen
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance - 11/2016
- Master's Certificate in IT Project Management, George Washington University - 04/2007
Timeline
Portfolio Product Owner
Liberty Mutual Group, GRS Tech
10.2021 - Current
Product Owner I
Liberty Mutual Group, GRS Tech
10.2017 - 05.2018
Lead, Business Systems Project
Liberty Mutual Group, Commercial Insurance Tech
07.2011 - 10.2017
Manager, Business Systems Projects
Liberty Mutual Group, Commercial Insurance Tech
09.2006 - 07.2011
Senior Business Systems Analyst / QA Analyst
Liberty Mutual Group, Commercial Insurance Tech
07.2002 - 09.2006
MBA -
BABSON COLLEGE
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
SIMMONS COLLEGE
Product Owner II
Liberty Mutual Group, GRS Tech
05.201 - 10.2021
Similar Profiles
Humza SheikhHumza Sheikh
Insurance Consultant at Comparion Insurance Agency - Liberty Mutual GroupInsurance Consultant at Comparion Insurance Agency - Liberty Mutual Group
GENEVIEVE ROWLANDGENEVIEVE ROWLAND
Manager, Strategy at Liberty Mutual GroupManager, Strategy at Liberty Mutual Group
Kymberly MillerKymberly Miller
Licensed Insurance Agent at Sykes/ Sitel Group, Liberty Mutual InsuranceLicensed Insurance Agent at Sykes/ Sitel Group, Liberty Mutual Insurance