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Sarah Horn

Portland,OR

Summary

Driven Technology leader with deep experience in across program delivery, product management, corporate strategic planning and organizational transformation. With a background working in both fortune 500 and start up environments, I have a diverse skill set than enables me to confidently lead and deliver complex, ambiguous and critical projects. I approach my work with a growth mindset and lead with people first mentality. I excel at representing complex technical programs to business teams and believe the best products are delivered through transparency, collaboration and teamwork.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Director - Technology Program Management

Nike, Inc
11.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for all aspects of Program Management for Nike's Asia Pacific & Latin America Tech Supply Chain, Human Resources, Planning, TechOps and Enterprise Data & Analytics teams, reporting to executive leadership.
  • Manages and coaches a team of 10+ global program managers, project managers and scrum leads.
  • Responsible for driving and executing on a three year Corporate Tech Strategy and Annual Operating Plan.
  • Oversees + 160M annual budget across ~25 tech initiatives.
  • Owns relationship with business leaders and executive team - producing KPI metrics, reports, monthly business reviews, project steering committees.
  • Drives strategic improvements in an often ambiguous environment to enhance operational and organizational efficiencies - ways of working, tooling, best practices.
  • Fosters work culture of collaboration and inclusion - team first motto.

Director - Program Delivery & Release Mgmt

Nike, Inc
01.2018 - 11.2021
  • Oversaw delivery of tech programs and peak/high impact events for Nike.com, all Nike mobile applications, and retail store technology.
  • Managed a diverse, global team of release managers, release engineers, quality and SRE managers. Provided strong servant leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
  • Ensured consistent on-time deliveries of defect free production deployments and program go live moments
  • Facilitated command centers, retrospectives/AARs and continuous improvement workshop
  • Oversaw Nike's Holiday Operational Readiness planning and support
  • Approached role with service provider mindset

Sr. Manager of Release Management

Nike, Inc.
08.2015 - 01.2019
  • Managed the global delivery of large-scale projects and programs for Nike.com and Nike's supply chain systems.
  • Key member of the team that executed Nike's technology transformation and cutover to cloud based systems, Agile tooling, and mobile applications.
  • Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures for releasing all technology changes to production.
  • Worked cross functionally with engineers, architects, product managers, and operational teams to ensure all stakeholders we aligned on program scope, deliverables and expected outcomes.
  • Created and distributed tech awareness communications and release notes
  • Effectively managed multiple program deliveries with often ambiguous requirements.

Technical Product Manager

Renew Financial
01.2010 - 06.2015
  • Owned the Browse, Checkout and Buy functionality of Renew Financial's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency financing tool.
  • Translated business requirements into user stories, mockups.
  • Worked with Engineers to refine stories, prioritize backlog, drive work towards delivery.
  • Communicated tech progress company wide via product demos, release notes, and tech newsletters
  • Conducted market research and A/B testing ensuring products were intuitive, optimized and best in class.
  • Presented product insights and new feature recommendations to executive leaders and led teams in developing product strategies and roadmaps.
  • Partnered with engineers and quality team to identify and quickly address problems.


Product Marketing Manager

Transformative Sustainable Solutions, Inc.
06.2008 - 01.2010
  • Owned product marketing for Energy Efficiency web tools in a fast paced, small start up/incubator environment.
  • Improved product marketing objectives by constructing communication initiatives and branding strategies to increase client outreach.
  • Worked closely with product development teams to create and maintain marketing materials for sales presentations and client meetings.
  • Liaised with product designers on defining product features and managing tradeoffs involving features, schedule and lifecycle.

Education

Master of Science - Geographic Information Systems

Portland State University
Portland, OR
05.2010

Bachelor of Science - Geological And Earth Sciences

University of Colorado At Boulder
Boulder, CO
05.2006

Skills

  • DEI Leader/Mentor
  • Agile Practitioner
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Issue/Risk Management
  • Transition Management

Affiliations

PDX Women in Tech

Agile Open Northwest

Nike DEI Mentorship Lead

Women of Nike Lead

Mazama's Ski Mountaineer Volunteer

Red Cross Volunteer

Certification

Agile Certified Scrum Master

ITIL Certification

Six Sigma Green Belt

Timeline

Sr. Director - Technology Program Management

Nike, Inc
11.2021 - Current

Director - Program Delivery & Release Mgmt

Nike, Inc
01.2018 - 11.2021

Sr. Manager of Release Management

Nike, Inc.
08.2015 - 01.2019

Technical Product Manager

Renew Financial
01.2010 - 06.2015

Product Marketing Manager

Transformative Sustainable Solutions, Inc.
06.2008 - 01.2010

Master of Science - Geographic Information Systems

Portland State University

Bachelor of Science - Geological And Earth Sciences

University of Colorado At Boulder

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