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Sandra Mattson

Sr IT Project/Product Manager, CSPO
Fuquay-Varina,NC

Summary

Demonstrated leader with over 25 years of SDLC and Agile experience in IT Product, Project, Service and Vendor management leading multiple efforts and teams of diverse, and global initiatives. Excellent in make sound business decisions for short-term and long-term business and development initiatives

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications

Work History

Sr Project Manager

Fidelity Investments
Durham, NC
08.2014 - 06.2021
  • Developed multiple project plans utilizing multiple methodologies to initiate, manage, implement, and resolve impediments to ensure strategic development and business needs were met
  • Assisted and directed changes to project scope, cost, risk analysis and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep projects on track
  • Managed annual financial budgeting up to 16M for various products and projects, resource forecasts, allocations, re-forecasting of 30+ associates across multiple projects and product lines.
  • Maintained and communicated budget analysis, TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), and future maintenance expenses to implement appropriate change management to keep projects delivered on time/budget
  • Facilitate internal/external stakeholders reviews with activities, milestones, impediments, and risk management
  • Built and maintained effective trusted partnerships, maximizing efficiency and increasing collaboration, adoption, and communication transparency.
  • Technical Vendor Manager to ensure on-premise, SaaS applications, contract negation's, service level agreements, and vendor technology risk management, and mitigation to ensure privacy and security based on firms standards
  • Appointed by leadership as a subject matter expert on multiple internal/external application initiatives
  • Led team of global associates to define, consult, and implement self service enterprise survey management tool to capture quantifiable data driven results


Sr IT Product Manager

Fidelity Investments
Merrimack , NH
04.2011 - 08.2014
  • Managed requirements using Agile Methodologies planning, defining scope, refinement, and execution of internal applications to SaaS (Salesforce) tool to support HR Case and Knowledge Management based on business and technical roadmap
  • Collaborated with key stakeholders with project status, budget, and remove impediments to deliver on time on budget
  • Consulted with product development teams to develop, integrate, and enhance products based on customer interest data
  • Release Management for enhancements, bug fixes aligned with technical roadmap



Principal System Analyst

Fidelity Investments
Merrimack, NH
04.2007 - 03.2011
  • Configured and maintained HR Payroll enterprise software system
  • Managed release management of bug fixes, and enhancements thru monthly releases to enhance business and technical deliverables
  • Vendor Manager for US Tax software (BSI) integrated with HR Payroll system to support all levels of payroll taxation
  • Managed year end projects and deliverables to ensure a smooth transition of business, regulated changes, and W2 processing



Sr Business Consultant

Fidelity Investments
Merrimack, NH
06.2004 - 03.2007
  • Gathered and defined payroll configurations to support integration with new HR/Payroll system defined by business objectives and technical needs
  • Assisted with the implementation, integration, and support migration of newly developed software


Sr Quality Assurance Analyst

Fidelity Investments
Merrimack, NH
06.2001 - 05.2004
  • Proposed development and testing improvements to positively impact usability, function and performance
  • Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches
  • Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows


Education

Accounting

Manchester Community College
Manchester, NH

Skills

Project Management

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Certification

Accenture -CSPO Certified Scrum Product Owner

Timeline

Influence and negotiations

11-2020

Accenture -CSPO Certified Scrum Product Owner

06-2020

ROI Institute - Return on Investment Certified

06-2016

Managing difficult Conversations

03-2015

Sr Project Manager

Fidelity Investments
08.2014 - 06.2021

Sr IT Product Manager

Fidelity Investments
04.2011 - 08.2014

CPM - Certified Professional Manager

03-2011

Principal System Analyst

Fidelity Investments
04.2007 - 03.2011

Sr Business Consultant

Fidelity Investments
06.2004 - 03.2007

Sr Quality Assurance Analyst

Fidelity Investments
06.2001 - 05.2004

Accounting

Manchester Community College
Sandra MattsonSr IT Project/Product Manager, CSPO