A MBA with 7 years experience in project management, financial management and leadership. Proven ability to plan and execute multiple projects.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Program Manager of Data Services
Bluestem Brands Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
09.2022 - 03.2023
Created and Managed $8 million budget related to the following duties. Invoice approval, audits, reconciliation, and review strategies vs. contracts to minimize costs where applicable
Owned Model Governance: documented and managed all phases of the model life cycle: Development, Documentation and Evaluation, Approval, Retirement, Replacement, Implementation and Application Accuracy Validation, PCO Management Supporting, MRC, Credit Revenue, and CRC Material and Approval Records, and Compliance
Manage and maintain any new scorecards/ models that are created by, or on behalf or, the Credit Decision Sciences team. Partner with analysts and modelers to properly document all phases of the model development process in accordance with Credit Model Governance policies
Negotiated contracts (purchasing,procurement and contract administration) with credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, Lexis Nexis, and TransUnion) and WebBank to determine pricing, schedules, delivery of services, and continuously seek innovative solutions
Developed, in collaboration with Compliance, new or existing customer strategy change documentation for banking partners surrounding submissions of there strategy changes and corresponding approvals.
Managed vendor relationships to include pricing addendums, RFPs, SOWs, and project plans.
Control and compose materials for Credit Risk Committee from Credit Management, E-Commerce, Credit Risk Management, Credit Decision Services, Credit Operations & Collections, Credit Account Management, Strategic Initiatives, Compliance and Legal Departments. Communicate decisions made within those meeting to appropriate stakeholders. Participate as a non-voting member and Secretary.
Data Source Management: explore new data and products through RFI/RFP. Examples: archive data, fraud tools, strategy tree tool, and credit decision engine
Educated and lead Credit and Marketing teams in adopting Agile methodologies and Jira usage for Sprints and Stories development and backlog
Project Managed many projects including Universal ID, UX-UI, Gold mining, and Customer Journey Mapping
Experience with the following programs: Microsoft Suite, Smartsheets, Ariba, Jira, Confluence, Visio, Slack, Monday.com, Citrix Workspace, Atacama, Databricks, Catalina, Ticksmith, Snowflake, Zeta, and Narrative
Contracted Project Manager- Health Insurance
ANTHEM Health Services
03.2022 - 09.2022
Managed cross functional teams of 15 people on multiple projects of varying sizes and duration , navigated communications across multiple levels of business from global perspective that incorporates both business and technical aspects of project, creations and implements initiatives, ensuring expectations and agreed deliverables are on time and in budget.
Lead business strategy, program development, and execution including Performance Improvement Programs for financial and quality performance, assessing and understanding market opportunities available to the enterprise, and challenges faced by state customers, and establishing specific growth strategy that meets Medicaid long-range growth plan allocated to specialized product/programs (LTSS, IDD, Foster Care, ABD, MA/ DSNP members (with Medicaid waivers) ). Experience in confidentiality and HIPPAA security
Applied project management knowledge, skills, tools and techniques, such as Agile, Scrum and Lean Six Sigma methodologies, to project deliverables, processes, and systems.
Also responsible for coaching and mentoring project team members; mentoring other project managers; determining project scope; developing resource, risk, quality, cost, and scope management plans; developing training plans, requirements documents and project approval matrix; identifying project team training and tool needs; and more
Used tools such as GBD Facets, Edinet, VLM, WGS, Edifecs, UNIX Server, Excel, Jira, Confluence, Visio, Sharepoint, Microsoft Suite, Smartsheets
Project Manager-Healthcare
Unidine
01.2021 - 12.2021
Managed cross functional teams of 50 people, navigated communications across multiple levels of business, creation and implementation of initiatives, ensuring expectations and agreed deliverables are on time and in budget.
Experience in Performance Improvement Program. Helps team to progress with their responsibilities and effectiveness. Experienced in confidentiality and HIPPAA security
Decreased operational costs by 7% through use of business analysis and project management using project management principles like Agile, Scrum and Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
Responsible for managing multi year budgets, exhibiting in-depth financial knowledge, completing financial and resource analysis including cost analysis, driving operational results, having thorough understanding of accounting, financial statements, and forecasting based on evaluations, lead vendor negotiations and contract review
Responsible for writing, reviewing and closing, many forms of documentation including proposals, project plans with tasks, milestones, stakeholders, their roles, and duration of project, risk assessments, scope, determinations of scope creep, budget, materials, tools, charters, cost analysis, continuous improvement plans, and more .
Project Manager- Healthcare
Bear Mountain, LLC
01.2020 - 01.2021
Directed and managed a cross functional team of 15 people, navigates communication across all levels. Led strategic planning and development of new processes. Followed good practices (GxP)
Increased overall profitability and improved operational costs by 5% through use of business analysis and project management principles like Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
Responsible for managing multi year budgets, exhibiting in-depth financial knowledge, completing financial and resource analysis including cost analysis, driving operational results, having thorough understanding of accounting, financial statements, and forecasting based on evaluations, lead vendor negotiations and contract review
Responsible for writing, reviewing and closing, many forms of documentation including proposals, project plans with tasks, milestones, stakeholders, their roles, and duration of project, risk assessments, scope, determinations of scope creep, budget, materials, tools, charters, cost analysis, continuous improvement plans, and more .
Assistant Project Manager- Healthcare
Morrison Community Living
06.2017 - 01.2020
Managed cross functional teams of 50 people, created and implemented initiatives ensuring expectations and agreed deliverables are on time and in budget, following good practices (GxP).
Improved operational costs by 25% through use of business analysis and project management using project management principles like Waterfall, Agile, Scrum and Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
Responsible for managing multi year budgets, exhibiting in-depth financial knowledge, completing financial and resource analysis including cost analysis, driving operational results, having thorough understanding of accounting, financial statements, and forecasting based on evaluations, lead vendor negotiations and contract review.
Responsible for writing, reviewing and closing, many forms of documentation including proposals, project plans with tasks, milestones, stakeholders, their roles, and duration of project, risk assessments, scope, determinations of scope creep, budget, materials, tools, charters, cost analysis, continuous improvement plans, and more .
Use tools such as Kanban, Asana, Jira, Azure, Excel, Tableau and Salesforce
Project Manager- Healthcare
Ledgewood Manor
06.2016 - 06.2017
Managed team of approximately 10 people, created and implemented of initiatives, ensuring expectations and agreed deliverables were on time and in budget, following good practices (GxP).
Use methodologies such as waterfall, agile, scrum, and lean six sigma
Use tools such as Kanban, Asana, Jira, Azure, Excel, Tableau and Salesforce
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
10.2019
Bachelor of Science - Food Science And Human Nutrition
University of Maine
Orono, ME
05.2016
Skills
Agile & Scrum Master
Financial management
Model Governance
Contract Negotiation
Vendor Relations
Program Leadership
Certification
Certified Google Project Management Professional
Six Sigma Global Institute's Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Certified LearnQuest Scrum Master
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Program Manager of Data Services
Bluestem Brands Inc.
09.2022 - 03.2023
Contracted Project Manager- Health Insurance
ANTHEM Health Services
03.2022 - 09.2022
Project Manager-Healthcare
Unidine
01.2021 - 12.2021
Project Manager- Healthcare
Bear Mountain, LLC
01.2020 - 01.2021
Assistant Project Manager- Healthcare
Morrison Community Living
06.2017 - 01.2020
Project Manager- Healthcare
Ledgewood Manor
06.2016 - 06.2017
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science - Food Science And Human Nutrition