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Kathryn Krzyzanowski
Project Manager
Woburn,MA
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Summary
Lead project manager with a track record of driving successful rebranding initiatives. Owned end-to-end project execution, managing complex workflows and cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and under budget. Expertise in strategic planning and risk management, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum efficiency.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Project Manager - Rebrand
Manulife John Hancock
06.2025 - 12.2025
- Contract position
- Led enterprise-wide U.S. rebrand under severe resource constraints, achieving alignment across all stakeholders
- Managed rebrand of 4 major websites, ~180 microsites, and ~1,800 digital and print assets by rigorously prioritizing scope, optimizing workflows, and aligning lean cross-functional teams and external partners
- Directed large-scale, cross-functional project execution involving marketing, design, web development, legal, and external agencies
- Owned end-to-end transformation as single accountable owner, ensuring project milestones met on time and within budget
Project Coordinator / Senior Analyst
Boston Scientific
06.2024 - 01.2025
- Contract position
- Supported Global EDUCARE Center of Excellence in enhancing UX for US EDUCARE website with over 80K users, facilitating global adoption of enhancements
- Redesigned and managed team's SharePoint, Confluence, and MS Teams sites to improve team collaboration
- Drastically improved efficiency and UX for team & stakeholders
- Managed team's VIPs by collecting savings data, calculating projected vs. actual savings, maintaining system updates, and collaborating monthly with VIP leadership
- Reimagined team's VIP process for improved accuracy & efficiency
- 2024 savings: $625K
- Authored process maps, working agreements, & SOPs for all team functions
- Monitored Customer Support inbox, troubleshooting roughly 10 user requests per day
- Assisted Product Owner with backlog maintenance, sprint refinement, & release planning/communications
Project Manager
Elevance Health
05.2022 - 01.2024
- Contract position
- Led rebrand projects for Shopper and Employer secure online portals, totaling $1.35m
- Achieved 20% cost savings by revising project scope
- 2023 requirements successfully delivered on time and under budget
- Reduced incorrect resource billing by 85% in 2023
- 0 risks escalated to issues
- Supported enterprise-wide global rebrand and subsidiary incorporation
- Assisted on additional rebranding projects: 3 secure online portals, 2 public websites for flagship brands
- Developed global spend analysis to inform executive leadership decisions
- Included rebrand spend for entire GCIO department ($15m)
- Biweekly reporting to stakeholders
Senior Analyst
Cox Communications
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Contract position
- Analyzed data trends to support strategic decision-making processes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance project outcomes.
- Developed comprehensive reports to present findings and recommendations.
Lead Business Analyst - US Sales Leads Performance
General Motors
Detroit, USA
06.2019 - 03.2020
- Contract position
- Managed the Sales Leads Reporting program for the United States
- Spearheaded lead generation initiatives in digital marketing campaigns for Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC, gathering business requirements and designing analytics to enhance campaign effectiveness
- Led a nation-wide project to redesign the US Sales Leads reporting landscape
- Managed portfolio of 46 reports utilized by all four GM brands, internal analytics teams, field teams, GM dealers, and vendors to support data-driven decision making
- Main Objectives: Provide clarity and documentation concerning US Sales Leads data flow; Eliminate reporting redundancy and consolidate the portfolio into 1-3 Power BI dashboards
- Managed a team of 14 SMEs in IT, marketing, data analytics, visualization, and end-user experience
- Successfully mapped the full lifecycle of a Sales lead with detailed data flow documentation
- Launched and maintained GM's first dealer-level Power BI dashboard, providing real-time insights and improving dealer performance tracking
- Managed a team of 11 SMEs, ensuring key metrics and report functionality were provided
- Led field-level dashboard training, with continuing support provided
Lead Business Operations Analyst
Ally Financial
Detroit, USA
02.2015 - 02.2019
- Managed the daily operations of a $500M (annual) insurance program
- Managed 700+ dealer reinsurance contracts, including an average $300K/week in dealer distributions
- Supported 250+ Ally field sales executives, including tracking monthly dealer performance metrics and ad hoc reporting
- Managed $5M (annual) dealer retrospective profit-sharing program as the SME, including monthly, quarterly, and annual payment distributions and metrics reporting, with an ever-present drive to improve cash flow and accuracy of monthly forecasting
- Successfully orchestrated and led a project to re-engineer data sourcing, flow, and process/system integration, improving program accuracy by 40% and financial performance by 22% through timely and accurate reporting and payment disbursement
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Political Science & International Studies
The University of Michigan
Skills
- Project lifecycle management
- Agile methodologies
- Kanban and Jira management
- Microsoft Project proficiency
- Software development lifecycle
- SaaS solutions expertise
- User experience design
- User testing
- Stakeholder engagement
- KPI tracking
- Process optimization
- Strategic planning
- Leadership and collaboration
- Effective communication skills
- Problem solving techniques
- Client relationship management
- Project documentation standards
Timeline
Lead Project Manager - Rebrand
Manulife John Hancock
06.2025 - 12.2025
Project Coordinator / Senior Analyst
Boston Scientific
06.2024 - 01.2025
Project Manager
Elevance Health
05.2022 - 01.2024
Senior Analyst
Cox Communications
06.2021 - 12.2021
Lead Business Analyst - US Sales Leads Performance
General Motors
06.2019 - 03.2020
Lead Business Operations Analyst
Ally Financial
02.2015 - 02.2019
Bachelor's Degree - Political Science & International Studies
The University of Michigan
Profile
https://bold.pro/my/kathryn-krzyzanowski
Professional Development
Salesforce Trailhead Certifications, Data Management, Data Modeling, Woburn, MA