Naomi Hilton

Project D:

• Lead Product Manager for global agricultural platform that is building functionality in-house projected to reduce cost of operating business by 13% over 5 years.
• Created and managed project plans, timelines and budgets, resulted in 3% client savings, each quarter.
• Liaised with customers, management, and sales team to better understand customer needs and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Collaborated with teams to define, strategize, and implement marketing and web strategies.
• Manage development and design teams and oversee client stakeholder discussions on risks and tradeoffs, resulting in delivery of features under budget and early.
• Align external client teams with global leadership initiatives and strategies
• Coach product analysts on Agile practices, stakeholder management, technical details, and product best practices

Project C:

• Led development team, design team and directed analyst in writing high quality API and front end user stories
• Organized backlog and prioritized work while managing many dependent teams
• Managed reporting, and handled stakeholder and client trade off discussions
• Completion of project resulted in delivering more stable platform with fewer defects, leading to increased sales of 4%.

Project B:

• Responsible for identifying requirements, reviewing designs, and writing detailed API and front-end user stories for ongoing data modernization project
• Reviewed complicated data flow diagrams and sensitive roadmap/budget trade off discussions with client
• Project completion resulted in efficient movement of regulated products, leading to retirement of legacy system and transition to new web-based platform, which helps the business decrease costs of operating business by 5%.

Project A:

• Consultant to client stakeholders in highly regulated industrial sector to understand requirements and challenges for their industry and particular assignment
• Analyzed existing platforms and collaborated with design team to create user flows and propose solutions
• Worked with senior product manager to implement roadmap and phased approach

• Built and maintained product roadmap; managed development team and created requirements for enhancements
• Enhanced product lifecycle efficiency and implemented Agile processes across cross-functional teams
• Streamlined customer onboarding, leading to 23% increase in customer retention
• Co-created leadership team with CEO & Founder, aligning strategic decision-makers
• Sourced, interviewed, and co-hired 29% of core product team with CEO
• Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
• Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.

• Contributed to 96% YoY growth in customer base
• Co-directed development and design teams for feature coordination, documentation, and release
• Managed product planning, client support, and onboarding
• Led manual software testing and documented defects
• Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal and external teams.