Lauren Bowser
Chicago,IL
Summary
Strategic Product leader focused on user-centered solutions. I value balancing vision and experimentation with data and analysis, progress over perfection, and responding to change over rigid adherence to the plan.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Manager
Arrive Logistics
09.2022 - Current
- Reduced manual work for sales reps by 60% by overhauling our TMS to allow booking of cross border Mexico and Canada freight.
- Improved efficiency for cross border operational staff by 35% by adding platform features aimed at eliminating the need for spreadsheets.
- Led cross-functional teams in designing and implementing a task management system to improve efficiency, shorten our invoice cycle, and speed up onboarding of new sales reps.
- Completed Arrive's 8-week Management & Leadership training course.
Senior Product Manager
Mixlab
04.2022 - 08.2022
- Increased participation in our Auto-refill program from 18% to 85% of eligible clients by improving online checkout experience
- Reduced manual labor for contacting clients by 75% through SMS automation
- Collaborated with Operations on a project to improve the pharmacy's ability to bulk-produce medication, saving the company a projected $300,000 per year
Product Manager
Devbridge
12.2020 - 03.2022
- Worked on the Enterprise Products team, tasked with increasing company valuation by 30% to prepare for acquisition
- Conducted user and competitive research, produced and executed the roadmap, and owned user adoption for our only client-facing internal product - Apollo Command
- Provided product demos to potential company buyers
Product Manager - Ecommerce
Inventables
11.2019 - 12.2020
- Led Ecommerce team in a cross-functional project to launch the company's first new product in 5 years
- Met our 6-month sales goal of the new product within 6 weeks
- Increased YoY revenue coming from mobile by 74%
- Increased YoY mobile transactions by 42%
- Improved YoY mobile site performance by 30%
Product Owner
Adage Technologies
01.2016 - 11.2019
- Led a Scrum team of 8 people and managed a portfolio of over 20 clients, with a heavy focus on Ecommerce strategy and solutions
- Projects ranged from small Ecommerce website improvements to custom solution development to multi-year digital transformation efforts, with budgets from $5k to over $2mm
Project Manager
Jaggaer (formerly SciQuest)
03.2014 - 10.2015
- Led 14 client implementations for the Spend Radar product, a spend analysis solution, across a variety of industries, including banking, higher education, healthcare, transportation/logistics, and manufacturing
Application Manager
Epic
10.2011 - 11.2013
- Led 3 implementations of Epic's Radiology product to deliver customized software solutions to multi-site and academic healthcare institutions.
Education
Master of Science - Information Design & Strategy
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL01-2022
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science & Sociology
Miami University
Oxford, OHSkills
- Product Vision
- Strategic Planning & Roadmapping
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Data Analysis
- Communication
- Storytelling
Timeline
Senior Product Manager
Arrive Logistics
09.2022 - Current
Senior Product Manager
Mixlab
04.2022 - 08.2022
Product Manager
Devbridge
12.2020 - 03.2022
Product Manager - Ecommerce
Inventables
11.2019 - 12.2020
Product Owner
Adage Technologies
01.2016 - 11.2019
Project Manager
Jaggaer (formerly SciQuest)
03.2014 - 10.2015
Application Manager
Epic
10.2011 - 11.2013
Master of Science - Information Design & Strategy
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science & Sociology
Miami University
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