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Jennifer Nanfuri

MARLBOROUGH

Summary

Dedicated and results-oriented customer focused & Project Management with 15 years of experience delivering innovative agile and waterfall solutions for industry leaders. Proven track record of overseeing comprehensive project lifecycles in competitive markets, liaising effectively between companies and end-users to identify needs and exceed all expectations.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Home Health Care Manager

Always There
09.2023 - Current
  • Providing hands-on care within the patient’s home
  • Coordinating the services of physicians or healthcare providers
  • Developing a plan of care for patients based on their needs and feedback from families
  • Helping support and adhering to the treatment plan
  • Monitoring the patients needs, including wellness, medical, and special treatment
  • Recommending any community services required

Senior Project Manager

Cox Automotive: Dallas, TX
04.2016 - 06.2021
  • Directed a project for a team across seven states and six vendor resources
  • Cultivated SaaS-based solutions for diverse clients, including external vendors and internal development needs
  • Provided Quality Assurance, product marketing, training, and documentation
  • Designed and rolled out a sophisticated project tracking system that enhanced system efficiency
  • Leveraged tools like MS Project, Excel, and Jira to manage intricate programs and track interdependencies to ensure timely and effective delivery.
  • Managed end-to-end agile project life cycles for complex software products
  • Utilized Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, and tracking, ensuring real-time transparency
  • Ensured scrum was understood and practiced across all levels of the organization and lead regular audits and evaluations to verify adherence to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
  • Expertly steered four cross-functional Scrum teams, overseeing product backlog management, sprint planning and daily stand-ups
  • Managed scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives to ensure optimal team velocity and product quality
  • Proactively identified and resolved impediments through cross-team collaboration

Project Manager/BA Group Manager

Apple (Contractor)
10.2014 - 12.2015
  • Advised executive leadership and cross-functional managers on product integration strategies, liaising effectively through meetings and interdisciplinary communication to achieve cohesive goals
  • Spearheaded the Implementation Team, consisting of Integration Analysts, Software Engineers, and QA Engineers in rolling out the Apple iWatch to the market
  • Ensured client technical strategies were agile-aligned
  • Fulfilled project prerequisites while continually innovating best practices and validating solution methodologies
  • Conducted system audits to identify, track, and resolve existing issues
  • Utilized JIRA and Confluence to reduce project timelines by an average of 33%
  • Served as the primary point of contact for inquiries regarding customer implementations, leveraging client success skills to ensure desired outcomes and maintain an 87% client satisfaction rating
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams of Engineers to oversee project lifecycles and ensure all requirements, timelines, and budgets were met
  • Coordinated directly with Provider Services to design and launch rollout and client training programming
  • Facilitated production support post-Go-Live, meticulously tracking customer issues in Salesforce to identify trends and provide vital status updates to internal Sales and Marketing teams

Senior Project Manager

Blue Streak
04.2008 - 10.2014
  • Managed comprehensive Web platform development processes including risk
  • Conducted process audits and customer feedback reviews to detect specific needs, prioritize requirements, and leverage opportunities, cultivating potential integration approaches, and driving client satisfaction (CSAT) ratings
  • Validated solution approaches, ensuring strategies and outcomes exceeded business needs and determined optimal responses to any existing defects.
  • Collaborated with C-level Management to define work scope, budgets, and timelines, overseeing teams to ensure all milestones were achieved
  • Performed Customer Resource Management (CRM) through timely and accurate documentation of client issues in Salesforce, ensuring prompt resolution of all grievances
  • Partnered with Account Management and Product Integration sectors to detect and negotiate customer needs, pain points, and competitive angles based on the potential to deliver value and revenue
  • Championed Statements of Work to define project-specific timelines
  • Managed a system that tracked online Ads for Disney, GM, Ford, Delta just to mention a few

Business Analyst

Air Worldwide (ISO)
08.2004 - 11.2004
  • Worked closely with business stakeholders to understand their needs, objectives, and challenges
  • Elicited, documented, and analyzed business requirements, processes, and workflows
  • Translated business requirements into clear and concise functional specifications for technical teams
  • Collaborated with technology teams to design solutions that meet business needs
  • Proposed innovative and practical solutions to address business challenges.
  • Ensured that proposed solutions aligned with the organization's strategic goals and technological capabilities
  • Served as a liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams
  • Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
  • Presented findings, recommendations, and project updates to various audiences
  • Created detailed documentation including business requirements, process flows, use cases, and user stories
  • Maintained accurate and up-to-date project documentation throughout the project lifecycle
  • Collaborated with project managers to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables
  • Assisted in project planning, estimation, and resource allocation
  • Monitored project progress and identified potential risks or deviations from the plan
  • Participated in system testing, user acceptance testing, and validation of implemented solution
  • Ensured that delivered solutions met the specified requirements and were high quality
  • Identified, recommended and implemented areas for process optimization and efficiency enhancement
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams of Engineers to oversee project lifecycles and ensure all requirements, timelines, and budgets were met
  • Coordinated directly with Provider Services to design and launch rollout and client training programming
  • Facilitated production support post-Go-Live, meticulously tracking customer issues in Salesforce to identify trends and provide vital status updates to internal Sales and Marketing teams

Client Analyst

GMA Industries
06.2002 - 08.2004
  • Troubleshot software functionality, defects, data issues, and user problems
  • Worked with technical team and tested new software and enhancements
  • Assisted with the development of user guides and various end-user documentation
  • Collected, analyzed customer data and developed resolutions for issues
  • Executed research strategies to improve productivity and customer satisfaction, and promptly followed up with customer requests
  • Managed customer expectations through negotiation, persuasion, diplomacy and clear communication
  • Acted as SME and trainer on multiple reporting projects for internal and client contacts
  • Provided client care and product support to clients through phone, chat, and SalesForce.
  • Acted as a SME to internal departments to address questions and solve client issues using data analysis
  • Prioritized problems, troubleshot and exercised problem-solving skills
  • Documented customer issues as required by Salesforce and provided appropriate

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Education

Master of Science - Cyber Policy And Risk Management

Utica College
Utica, NY
12.2019

Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems

DePaul University
Chicago, IL
06.2002

Skills

  • Effective Communication
  • Servant Leader
  • Team Leadership
  • Client Relations
  • Cross-Team Communication
  • Great Inter-personal skills
  • Adaptability
  • Project Management
  • Statements of Work
  • Agile/Scrum/Waterfall/ SDLC
  • Jira Integration
  • Azure DevOps
  • Database
  • Quality Assurance
  • Root Analysis
  • Planning & Design
  • Analytics
  • Process Analysis
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Web Technologies

Certification

Professional Scrum Master

Languages

French
Professional Working

Timeline

Home Health Care Manager

Always There
09.2023 - Current

Senior Project Manager

Cox Automotive: Dallas, TX
04.2016 - 06.2021

Project Manager/BA Group Manager

Apple (Contractor)
10.2014 - 12.2015

Senior Project Manager

Blue Streak
04.2008 - 10.2014

Business Analyst

Air Worldwide (ISO)
08.2004 - 11.2004

Client Analyst

GMA Industries
06.2002 - 08.2004

Master of Science - Cyber Policy And Risk Management

Utica College

Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems

DePaul University
Jennifer Nanfuri