Nina Stanin
Product Manager
Tomball,TX
Summary
With over seven years at A&D Mortgage, I have leveraged my expertise as a Product Owner to facilitate agile teams and drive significant technological advancements in the finance and technology sectors. My key contributions and achievements include:
• Played a crucial role in the launch of a new loan origination platform, fueling the company's growth from 20 to over 200 employees and expanding our customer reach from 300 to more than 20,000, solidifying our position as a top Non-QM lender in the U.S.
• Drove the implementation of a new loan servicing platform, leading to a substantial increase in workflow efficiency and a notable 20% decrease in operational costs.
• Played a pivotal role in the AIM Broker Portal rollout, CRM, integrating AI to enhance broker performance and data analysis, streamlining the origination process, and providing real-time insights that improve decision-making and customer service.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Product Owner
A&D Mortgage
10.2019 - Current
- Gathered business requirements created and prioritized a product backlog based on defined business requirements, enhancing development speed by 30% through strategic feature structuring and prioritization
- Removed communication gap between design and development teams by straight forwarding the design handoff documentation process
- Coordinated sprints using agile methodology and solicited feature requests to ensure our product not only met but exceeded expectations
- Collaborate with the engineering team on integrating crucial APIs, cutting manual process time by 40% and enhancing reporting
- Aligned product roadmap with strategic goals, significantly reducing feature rollout times
- Maintained stakeholder satisfaction above 90% with proactive communication and representation
- Identified market trends to inform product enhancements, capturing serious growth in market share
- Streamlined project cycles with Agile practices, shortening cycle times by two weeks
- Instituted a feedback loop that increased feature adoption rates
- Drove cost-saving initiatives, resulting in a 20% decrease in operational expenses on external services and third-party license.
- Conducted extensive data testing, reconciliation, and audits; performed data mapping and managed the creation of data imports/exports.
- Developed and generated Crystal and Power BI reports for various stakeholders, including vendors and investors, as well as internal and external audits.
- Designed and implemented standardized business workflows for all internal processes, significantly boosting operational efficiency.
- Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data, and budget factors.
- Cultivated strong relationships with key stakeholders by maintaining open lines of communication and addressing concerns promptly
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery
- Tools used: Jira, Confluence, Figma, Miro, PowerBI Reports, Crystal Reports, MSSQL
Project Manager
A&D Mortgage
08.2017 - 10.2019
- Fostered a collaborative environment between Product Owners and developers to roll out a specialized origination platform successfully
- Coordinated effectively with local and international teams to significantly boost company efficiency and cut costs
- Crafted detailed user stories, led daily scrum sessions, and managed sprint planning and retrospectives to enhance process efficiency and team synergy
- Utilized Jira to master backlog management, optimizing team workflow and productivity
- Encouraged adaptability and proactive problem-solving within teams during project challenges
- Pioneered the integration of project management tools and methodologies, elevating efficiency and teamwork.
Account Relationship Manager
Eldorado Isle Casino
07.2014 - 08.2017
- Worked knowledge of multi-channel consumer marketing strategies, emphasizing direct marketing and online or interactive campaigns
- Identified and drove new marketing opportunities, partnerships, features, services and capabilities that impacted program profitability
- Presented marketing plans, financial plans and reports to senior internal and partner stakeholders
- Applied data, insights and partner objectives in the collaborative development of business plans, annual marketing plans and marketing channel test plans
- Increased customer satisfaction ratings by 20%
- Successfully managed a portfolio of 500+ high-value clients, exceeding quarterly revenue targets by an average of 30%
- Implemented a new customer loyalty program, resulting in a 25% increase in repeat business.
Education
Certification - Bookkeeper & Administrative Assistant
American Business And Technology University
Saint Joseph, MO 02.2018 - 02.2019
Master of Science - Linguistics
Lugansk National University
Luhansk, Ukraine 09.2008 - 06.2010
Bachelor of Science - Linguistics
Lugansk National University
Luhansk, Ukraine 09.2004 - 06.2008
Skills
Problem-Solving
undefinedTimeline
Product Owner
A&D Mortgage
10.2019 - Current
Certification - Bookkeeper & Administrative Assistant
American Business And Technology University
02.2018 - 02.2019
Project Manager
A&D Mortgage
08.2017 - 10.2019
Account Relationship Manager
Eldorado Isle Casino
07.2014 - 08.2017
Master of Science - Linguistics
Lugansk National University
09.2008 - 06.2010
Bachelor of Science - Linguistics
Lugansk National University
09.2004 - 06.2008
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