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Rema Holland

Edwardsville,IL

Summary

Senior Product Manager with 18 years taking banking and financial industry products from concept to market. Skilled at navigating the complex web of customer needs and expectations, technology advancements, resource management, business stakeholder collaboration all while managing risk to bring strategic roadmap plans to fruition. Dedicated professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Product Management Manager

Wells Fargo
St. Louis, MO
01.2013 - Current
  • Responsible for strategic vision and roadmap of Account Management Team of Teams which includes applications to open, document and maintain brokerage accounts used by over 33K team members.
  • Mobilize large scale programs from Ideation to Implementation in partnership with business and technology stakeholders to accomplish Enterprise goals - most notably Agile Transformation from Waterfall.
  • Mentor and provide opportunities for personal and professional growth for manager, product owners, business analysts and testers. Passion for building high performing teams with people who feel empowered and are able to drive work successfully.
  • Motivate and drive large Regulatory efforts to implement changes in Product Area to remain complaint with DOL, FINRA, SEC, FDIC, and NASAA.
  • Maintain knowledge in ever changing investment environment and inspire managers and teams to do same through research, networking and communication with stakeholders, competitors, vendors and consultants.
  • Translate metrics, research and trends into strategic opportunities for Product direction.

Project Management Manager

Wells Fargo
St. Louis, MO
01.2006 - 01.2013
  • Created and managed high performing team of project managers who planned, designed and implemented investment performance reporting products like Performance Online, Client Financial Review and Quarterly Performance Reports
  • Provided ongoing escalated operational issue support, data analysis and process improvements for financial investment performance reporting applications used by all home office and 14K Financial Advisors at Wells Fargo Advisors.
  • Drove execution teams to develop detailed implementation plans to meet deliverables and timelines, in alignment with committed milestones and overall program plan requirements.

IT Liaison / Business Analyst

Wachovia Securities
Richmond, VA
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Interpreted complicated business concepts to write business requirements to assist IT in creating functional requirements.
  • Analyzed investment performance data and processing needs to streamline processes and track work effort for efficiency, repeatability, and scalability to manage investment performance analytics on over seven million published brokerage accounts.
  • Reputation for proactively identifying difficult problems and collaborating to find solutions.
  • Created SQL database to track data correction edits, create batch work and manage monthly operations for 50 employees to use.
  • Created management statistics tool for use until IT could automate process.

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Greenville College, Greenville, IL

Master - Business Administration – Business Management

Greenville University, Greenville, IL

Skills

  • Strategic Planning and Alignment
  • Customer Needs Assessments
  • Customer Engagement Strategies
  • Product Development Consultations
  • Change Management Process
  • Team Recruiting and Hiring
  • Product Development Budgeting
  • Budget Forecasting

Certification

  • PMP - Project Management Professional

Timeline

Senior Product Management Manager - Wells Fargo
01.2013 - Current
Project Management Manager - Wells Fargo
01.2006 - 01.2013
IT Liaison / Business Analyst - Wachovia Securities
01.2004 - 01.2006
Greenville College - Bachelor of Science,
Greenville University - Master, Business Administration – Business Management
Rema Holland