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Jessica Lemley

Dripping Springs,TX

Summary

Knowledgeable Software Product Manager adept at collaborating with team members, stakeholders, and customers to produce relevant, high-quality products that drive company growth. Well-organized and proactive with excellent communication and planning abilities.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

Tally Technologies
Austin, TX
10.2021 - 02.2023

Performance Enhancement | Growth Pod

  • Inherited existing project that had missed several deadlines. Helped team set goals and formalize SOPs to maximize performance and get project on track.
  • Refined project roadmap milestones across platforms; making progress more obvious to internal stakeholders and simplifying prioritization.
  • Accelerated funnel experimentation while increasing engineering capacity on new feature development through low-code/no-code FE content tools.

Debt Tracker (DT) Top-of-Funnel Overhaul | Web and Android

  • Increased Android acquisition rate from 34% to 75% and feature activation rate from 33% to 35%.
  • Increased Web acquisition from 4% to 48% and activation from 3% to 16%.
  • Overhauled rigid legacy check-point system; expanding future funnel experimentation capabilities.

Debt Tracker Painted Door | Web and Android

  • Generated 13.5k high-intent DT leads for acquisition at feature launch.
  • Acquired 109 new users that would otherwise have been lost.
  • Established repeatable low-effort/high impact mechanism for building large pools of committed early adopters ahead of feature launch.

Product Manager and Design Lead

Jointly
Austin, TX
12.2019 - 04.2021

Real Estate Contract Management Solution | Web

  • Lead product design and development from initial concept to market launch.
  • Introduced Scrum practices to provide SDLC visibility, increase milestone delivery reliability, and reduce defect score by 70% in two months.
  • Guided product discovery by conducting market research and interviews to evaluate product viability, validate problem hypotheses, verify solutions, and test pricing strategies.
  • Documented user stories, specifications, test cases and product features into detailed PRDs in order to coordinate across teams and align on requirements.
  • Managed product demonstrations, user testing, and analyzed metrics, to measure product performance.
  • Defined launch plan and spearheaded collaborative efforts to bring product to market.
  • MVP cut total purchase offer draft time for real estate agents by 75%.

UI/UX Designer

Self Employed
Austin, TX
02.2018 - 12.2019
  • Designed four new digital products from ground up to address unfulfilled market opportunities with human-centered solutions.
  • Converted abstract ideas and requirements into user personas and storyboards.
  • Used wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes to establish user interface design and architecture.
  • Conducted live user testing of components and functionality to evaluate effectiveness of designs and enhancements.
  • Devised site maps and mockups for designs based on proven methodologies and end-user feedback.

Marketing Manager

LeanDog
Cleveland, OH
01.2015 - 02.2018
  • Performed market segmentations, targeting and positioning for each service line.
  • Increased new web traffic by 50%, return traffic by 40%, and inbound leads by 1550%, through SEO and inbound marketing strategies.
  • Reduced average sales cycle from 6 months to 30 days and increased conversions from 25% to 60% by recommending strategies to promote brand effectiveness and highlight product benefits.
  • Analyzed and reported on KPIs to validate and demonstrate success of marketing campaigns.

Education

BBA - Entrepreneurship

Kent State University
Kent, OH
12.2013

Skills

  • Vision Mapping
  • Product Definition
  • Project Strategy
  • Roadmap Development
  • UX and UI Design
  • Startup Experience
  • Agile Work Processes
  • Product LifeCycle Management
  • Stakeholder Relations
  • Project Management
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Usability Testing

Timeline

Product Manager

Tally Technologies
10.2021 - 02.2023

Product Manager and Design Lead

Jointly
12.2019 - 04.2021

UI/UX Designer

Self Employed
02.2018 - 12.2019

Marketing Manager

LeanDog
01.2015 - 02.2018

BBA - Entrepreneurship

Kent State University
Jessica Lemley