Lisa Sherrick
Saint Paul,MN
Summary
8 years experience as a Project/Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and service industry with 4 year experience in risks and controls. Skilled in business process, with 4 year experience in Agile methodologies, business process improvement, cross-functional team leadership and the project management office (PMO). Strong program and project management professional with a business degree from Saint Catherine's University.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Portfolio Manager
Tundra Technical Solutions
01.2024 - Current
- Facilitated portfolio performance review and implemented new strategies.
- Streamlined reporting procedures for greater efficiency in communicating portfolio updates to clients.
- Managed diverse portfolios, ensuring proper diversification and alignment with client objectives.
- Communicated market developments, portfolio changes and annual performance information to clients.
Project Manager
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Minneapolis, MN
01.2023 - 07.2023
- Establish project timelines, goals, milestones/ tasks, scope, budget
- Create project documentation such as stakeholder analysis, RAID log, and communication plan
- Manage the project plan and update documentation on a regular basis, track action items and follow up on action items as needed
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to achieve tasks/activities in a timely manner
- Define and document all processes such as project plans, status updates, stakeholder analysis, and meeting notes
- Proactively manage scope creep and give recommendations for staying within scope and budget
- Communicate effectively to senior leadership on a weekly basis the project statuses, risks, and issues
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations by proactively engaging with the compliance team
- Develop and deliver training programs to support the successful adoption of change
- Identify and manage anticipated resistance to change
- Monitor and evaluate change progress and results
- Facilitate change management workshops
Project Manager
PayPal
06.2022 - 01.2023
- Managed an annual program budget of $5m+
- Conducted Risks and Control Matrix to identify, rank, and implement control measures to mitigate risks
- Provided regular status updates to steering committees, stakeholder groups, and executive leadership
- Developed comprehensive monitoring of risks, issues, dependencies, contingency plans, and resources to remove 100% of roadblocks
- Used Scaled Agile practices to run projects efficiently and more efficiently
- Managed multiple multi-million projects across all phases of development
- Set up and conducted daily scrum calls with the team to ensure tasks were on track for completion
- Worked as part of an interdisciplinary team to achieve milestones and deadlines
- Worked on process improvement projects to improve the newly formed PMO
- Develop and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage to minimize resistance
- Analyze and assess the impact of change on employees and develop plans to address any issues
Program Manager
Securian Financial
Saint Paul, MN
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Identify risks and gaps in procedures and make recommendations on control measures, and timelines to achieve desired results
- Implementing policy and procedures for the PMO office
- Define and document process; Produce all project documentation - detailed project plans, work plans, schedules, project estimates, conversion schedules, resource plans and status reports
- Deliver projects within the constraints of scope, time, and cost to agreed levels of quality
- Proactively identify and manage project risks and issues and take steps to mitigate or avoid
- Recommend solutions to any issues that change the scope of the project or negatively impact its delivery or cost
- Define and document process; Produce all project documentation - detailed project plans, work plans, schedules, project estimates, conversion schedules, resource plans and status reports
- Maintain communication with project stakeholders and manage expectations
- Mapped business processes
- Decommissioned applications across the company
- Create and deliver communications that inform, engage, and motivate employees to embrace change
Project Manager
SEI
Minneapolis, MN
09.2020 - 06.2021
- Prepare project documentation, deliverables, budget, resource allocation, and status
- Responsible for budgeting, expense reporting, status reporting, and execution
- Account for complete project lifecycle from inception to close
- Collaborated with participants to determine product timeline
- Manage the budget
- Close out projects and prepare for audits
Project Manager
Medtronic
Mounds View, MN
08.2019 - 06.2020
- Efficiently synthesize project information and accurately establish project scope
- Set project costs and productivity benchmarks
- Successfully manage and control budgets up to 500,000
- Develop good working relationships with stakeholders at all levels to build consensus
- Solve critical issues in a time-sensitive environment
- Proven quality assurance, risk management and change management expertise
Project Manager
Thomson Reuters
Eagan, MN
06.2018 - 04.2019
- Plan, develop, manage and implement project plan to meet business needs and make decisions to carry out the plan
- Interpret organizational and business goals, policies and practices; develop and implement project scope, goals, objectives, policies and priorities; Facilitate and manage the integration and coordination of systems, processes, staff and resources; Provide direction, leadership and act as an information and support source for project team members
- Monitor project status to ensure progress toward completion; modifies project plan as necessary in response to unforeseen or unexpected development and informs management; Coordinates changes with team members
IT Governance Project Lead
Medtronic
Mounds View, MN
09.2017 - 05.2018
- Developed and implemented new compliance procedures that resulted in an improved overall rating in audit findings
- Implemented new management reports in ServiceNow to management that improved management's ability to manage new technologies that were approved as company standards
- Process improvement: automated project tracking using ServiceNow and Keylight
- Developed a quality review process for the IT Governance Team to ensure all documentation adheres to the company's SOPs
- Monitored on-time metrics and researched issues that caused delays in performance reporting for management
- Decommissioned applications across the company Corporate Headquarters
PMO Project Manager & Agile Project Manager
3M Corporate Headquarters
11.2014 - 02.2017
- Managed multiple multi-million projects across all phases of development
- Monitored workflow and make timeline adjustments as needed
- Worked as part of an interdisciplinary team to achieve milestone
- Managed supply chain, manufacturing, WRICEF and work stream teams of 25+
- Collaborated with Dev team to develop and plan project sprints
- Developed status reports, cost estimates and resource plans
- Made vital decisions and drove decision making across projects
- Implemented and maintained development best practices
IT Analyst & PMO Project Manager
3M
Saint Paul, MN
08.2012 - 11.2014
- Managed end-to-end project delivery for several multimillion-dollar ERP SAP implementation projects from inception to closure
- Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, status reporting, risk management, and execution
- Developed good working relationships with stakeholders at all levels to build consensus
- Effectively lead 4 teams of 30+
- Solved critical issues in a time-sensitive environment
- Proven quality assurance, risk management, and change management expertise
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Saint Catherine University
Skills
- Project planning and development
- Strategic planning
- Scaled Agile
- Cross functional team leadership
- Risks and Controls
- Business process mapping
- PMO
- Change Management
Qualificationhighlights
- Background of executing multiple project phases globally with experience in directing all aspects of PLM
- Ability to develop test schedules, review testing plans, track test issues and report on test results.
Timeline
Portfolio Manager
Tundra Technical Solutions
01.2024 - Current
Project Manager
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
01.2023 - 07.2023
Project Manager
PayPal
06.2022 - 01.2023
Program Manager
Securian Financial
06.2021 - 06.2022
Project Manager
SEI
09.2020 - 06.2021
Project Manager
Medtronic
08.2019 - 06.2020
Project Manager
Thomson Reuters
06.2018 - 04.2019
IT Governance Project Lead
Medtronic
09.2017 - 05.2018
PMO Project Manager & Agile Project Manager
3M Corporate Headquarters
11.2014 - 02.2017
IT Analyst & PMO Project Manager
3M
08.2012 - 11.2014
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Saint Catherine University