Megan Filbin
San Francisco,CA
Summary
Results-driven Program Manager with over 7 years of experience leading cross-functional teams, driving process improvements, and managing large-scale projects. Proven track record in enhancing operational efficiency and building processes. Skilled in Agile methodologies (Scrum), SEO tools (SEM Rush and Ahrefs), and project management tools (JIRA). Demonstrated ability to lead technical and on-page SEO projects from scoping to completion.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Product Management
MoneyGeek
01.2023 - 07.2023
- Product Owner focused on improving UX of 60+ internal users of the CMS
- Led the creation of self-service products to help non-technical teammates create data and visual assets optimized for SEO. Products have been used on 900+ pages to date, and decreasing publishing projects needing development support going from ~90% to ~10%
- Improved build time, CWV, and interactivity of the site by leading two significant upgrades to front-end (Gatsby) and back-end (Strapi) systems
Director of Program Management
MoneyGeek
06.2020 - 02.2023
- Built processes and teams to support organic traffic growth from close to zero to 400,000+ sessions per month.
- Built out CRM (Strapi) to support creating 1000+ pages per month through the use of 40+ components to support our monetized content.
- Led technical SEO project to improve our Core Web Vitals (CWV) experience scores from 3% to 95%.
- Built mechanisms to efficiently communicate project status to management and other teams through loom videos and live meetings.
- Acted as Scrum Master for all agile activities on the development team
Program Management Lead
MoneyGeek
06.2019 - 06.2020
- Worked cross-functional across all departments to create processes for content publishing, ticket requests, and team documentation.
- Hired 10 international contractors to support technical and on-page SEO workflows and built actionable plans with the team to meet company goals
- Onboarded teams to internal tools such as Asana, Slack, Slite, Strapi, Gatsby, and AWS
Project Manager II
Red Ventures
09.2018 - 06.2019
- Spearheaded and launched projects partnered with the marketing and SEO teams. Oversaw budget management and tracked performance metrics.
- Drove migration of the technical stack from WordPress to JAMstack for 6 websites while performing risk management to identify, assess, and mitigate potential technical and operational challenges associated with the transition.
- Brought Scrum and Agile principles to the team by starting 2-week sprints, sprint planning and sprint review
Project Manager
ABUV Media
04.2018 - 09.2018
- Lead UX design project benefiting the top 500 web pages' above-the-fold experience.
- Managed website development team of 20+ offshore developers, QA, and HTML designers.
- Drove organizational change in the company by onboarding all teams to JIRA
Campaign Manager
Project Manager
05.2016 - 04.2018
- Managed inbound marketing campaigns resulting in over 100 links a month to benefit the technical SEO
- Trained outsourced team of 6 to operate at the same level as domestic sales employees, which allowed 3 internal team members to execute higher-level functions
Education
Bachelor of Science - Economics And Marketing
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada05.2016
Skills
- Agile Methodologies
- Process Improvement & Operational Efficiency
- Cross-Functional Communication
- Change Management
- Budgeting and Resource Management
- International Team Management
- High Emotional Intelligence
- SEO Tools: SEM Rush, Ahrefs
- Project Management Tools: JIRA and Asana
- CMS: WordPress, Strapi, Adobe Experience Manager
- Other Tools: Word, Excel and Google Suite
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Timeline
Director of Product Management
MoneyGeek
01.2023 - 07.2023
Director of Program Management
MoneyGeek
06.2020 - 02.2023
Program Management Lead
MoneyGeek
06.2019 - 06.2020
Project Manager II
Red Ventures
09.2018 - 06.2019
Project Manager
ABUV Media
04.2018 - 09.2018
Campaign Manager
Project Manager
05.2016 - 04.2018
Bachelor of Science - Economics And Marketing
University of Nevada, Reno