Jana Sebestyen
Product & Program Management
Land O’ Lakes,FL
Summary
Experienced product and program professional with extensive experience in driving continuous improvements during planning and implementation. Proven ability to establish and enforce high standards, ensuring excellence in project delivery. Skilled in mentoring teams to exceed client expectations and fostering innovative ideas that contribute to company growth. Track record of significant revenue increases through effective product development and strategic market positioning.
My leadership style is characterized by a talent for crafting change management strategies, developing processes, tools, and communication plans that engage associates and facilitate seamless transitions during times of change.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager Sr. Director
Circana/NCS/NCSolutions
09.2021 - Current
- Coordinate Strategic Project Plans from idea through launch including prioritization, internal communication & Cross Functional Senior Leadership Team alignment on high level scope
- Coordinate various requests for new product offerings or enhancements through a cross functional team from idea through client availability
- Product Enrichment
Project Manager Director
NCS/NCSolutions
06.2020 - 09.2021
- Responsible for creating & maintaining 3 suites of Product Roadmaps on a monthly basis
- Responsible for supporting internal commercial teams on all product launch & product materials across 3 verticals supporting $100MM in revenue and 20% growth year over year
- Supporting the Product Management team on internal product documentation, trainings & communications
- Product Enrichment
Director of Product Communications & Launch
NCS/NCSolutions
06.2016 - 06.2020
- Coordinator for a cross functional Client Delivery Committee instituting best practices across the organization
- Responsible for creating & maintaining 3 suites of Product Roadmaps on a monthly basis
- Responsible for supporting internal commercial teams on all product launch & product materials across 3 verticals supporting $100MM in revenue and 20% growth year over year
- Coordinate & supports all Go To Market material for external clients
- Product Enrichment
Director of Product Development
The Nielsen Company
08.2015 - 06.2016
- Responsible for providing business requirements, prioritizing and supporting the Engineering team for new development initiatives based on current strategy & vision, primarily focused on a machine learning, next generation measurement product.
- Product Management
Director of Product Delivery
The Nielsen Company
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Responsible for the client delivery product suite & executed against strategy for 3 verticals: National TV, Local TV, and Nielsen Audio
- Supervised a suite of 40+ software products with 9 staff members, including NPOWER, NLTV, TAPSCAN spanning 1,000+ companies. Leading the staff to ensure the quality and accuracy of the product roadmaps, strategic direction and product enhancements
- Directed the migration from Waterfall to the Agile methodology for 15 Scrum teams
- Technology Strategy & Delivery
Sr. Product Manager
The Nielsen Company
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Responsible for the product suite of National Television Products: NPOWER, MarketBreaks, NNTV and Galaxy Explorer
- Create and Maintain Product Roadmaps including determining the strategic direction for all products
- Implemented convergence strategies for migration to new technology, including a migration to a new product impacting 520 clients within 6 months.
- Media Television Audience Measurement Product Leadership
Associate Product Manager/Product Manager
The Nielsen Company
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Media Television Audience Measurement Product Leadership
Associate Product Planner / Product Planner
The Nielsen Company
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Media Television Audience Measurement Product Leadership
Sr. Product Specialist / Product Specialist / Sr. Analyst
The Nielsen Company
01.2003 - 01.2006
- National Information Technologies (IT)
Analyst / Associate Analyst
The Nielsen Company
08.2002 - 12.2003
- National Information Technologies (IT) / Custom Solutions
Education
Nielsen - Product Engineering Essentials Certification
01.2013
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
University of Central Florida, School of Business Administration
01.2002
Associates of Arts - Business
St. Petersburg Junior College
01.2000
Tarpon Springs High School
01.1997
Skills
- Client needs analysis
- Creative problem solving
- Business vertical management
- Stakeholder coordination
- Best practices implementation
- User-centric approach
- Agile methodology
- Product roadmapping
- Project management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Client engagement strategies
- Process optimization
- Strategic planning
Certification
- 2020: Pragmatic Institute – Product Management Framework Certification
- 2015: SCRUM Alliance: Certified Product Owner
Accomplishments
- 2013: Nielsen: Product Engineering Essentials Certification
References
References available upon request.
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
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evening
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Timeline
Project Manager Sr. Director
Circana/NCS/NCSolutions
09.2021 - Current
Project Manager Director
NCS/NCSolutions
06.2020 - 09.2021
Director of Product Communications & Launch
NCS/NCSolutions
06.2016 - 06.2020
Director of Product Development
The Nielsen Company
08.2015 - 06.2016
Director of Product Delivery
The Nielsen Company
01.2014 - 01.2016
Sr. Product Manager
The Nielsen Company
01.2012 - 01.2014
Associate Product Manager/Product Manager
The Nielsen Company
01.2008 - 01.2012
Associate Product Planner / Product Planner
The Nielsen Company
01.2006 - 01.2008
Sr. Product Specialist / Product Specialist / Sr. Analyst
The Nielsen Company
01.2003 - 01.2006
Analyst / Associate Analyst
The Nielsen Company
08.2002 - 12.2003
Nielsen - Product Engineering Essentials Certification
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
University of Central Florida, School of Business Administration
Associates of Arts - Business
St. Petersburg Junior College
Tarpon Springs High School
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