Saundra Stayton
Dunedin,USA
Summary
Seasoned technology professional with 30 years of diverse experience, skilled at improving systems and aligning technical solutions with business goals. Demonstrated leadership in team guidance, project management, and strategic goal achievement. Proficient in streamlining processes, maintaining high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational objectives. Results-driven achiever with a track record of surpassing targets and driving success in dynamic environments through strategic thinking, collaboration, and a dedication to excellence.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Technical Program & Project Management
PODS
03.2023 - Current
- Lead cross-functional project teams comprised of consultants, technical experts, vendors and client stakeholders to execute large scale integration and migration project objectives on time and on or under budget.
- Primary point of contact for stakeholders and liaison between them and internal/external team members
- Ensure quality standards upheld and maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation including status reports, meeting minutes, issue and change logs
- Manage resource allocations and budget alignment
Head of Client Solutions, Delivery & Governance
8Base, Inc
06.2021 - 10.2022
- Client service department oversight, including managing & coaching team, developing new process/strategies, ensuring client goals successfully executed.
- Client collaboration & leadership developing solutions for product vision, business and marketing goal achievement.
- Strategic direction for delivery management, defining/implementing standards/processes, managing teams across broad portfolio of accounts, and successfully implementing recovery for project crisis situations.
- Developed strategic project management and quality standards/ methods ensuring on-time and in-scope delivery.
IT Planning, Business Services & Integrations
AstraZeneca
01.2019 - 05.2021
- Managed project budget, resourcing, schedules and stakeholder status reporting to meet project goals and overall customer satisfaction.
- Strategize with Business stakeholders to identify areas of opportunity to streamline processes automations. In turn worked with automation teams to relay needs and assist in solution viability, present to business for acceptance and release forecasting based on complexity.
- Managed day-to-day changes and operations of projects by maximizing resource productivity and backlog prioritization.
- System/solution analysis ensuring business needs properly documented, vetted across external vendors and internal Architect/Development/ System Integration Teams to design solutions with desired capabilities per business requirements.
- Maintained relationships with Senior business stakeholders ensuring transparency with open communication forums in which issues were raised, solution options presented, and efficient decisions made to mitigate risks to project goals and timelines.
Infrastructure Planning & Communications
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP
03.2018 - 12.2018
- Information security, Identity access management and Cyber Security planning.
- Infrastructure expansion and migration planning.
Corporate Infrastructure Planning Consultant
UPenn Health Systems
07.2016 - 09.2017
- Roadmap/migration and information security design, planning & controls.
- Cross departmental planning & updates (change control & risk preparedness).
- Telecommunications (upgrades/outages/efficiencies)
VP, Business Management
JPMorgan Chase
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Information risk and cyber security controls.
- Financial controls and planning.
- Technical process and educational documentation creation roll out planning/communication and educational execution of new policies & procedures
Director, Portfolio Management, IT Intake/Planning
WellPoint Insurance/Anthem Healthcare
02.2010 - 06.2014
- Developed initial intake process & continuously re-engineered, educated and implemented new/updated processes/standards.
- Lead support of strategic initiatives including IT Planning/Roadmap, Standards, Methodologies, and direction relating to work intake management for WellPoint Data Warehouses, Operational Data Stores, Data Extract & Business Intelligence Reporting Teams work.
- Managed the Provider, Care Management, Medical Management, and Information Data Corporate Services Technology areas systems & applications.
- Owned/managed $20MM Plan of record budget annually for HCA organization's projects and road-map items. (13 LOBs, 900+ projects in pipeline, 230+/- SSCRs).
- Developed Investment Priority Support program where HCA intake leads aligned to business leads ensuring a strong partnership was forged & HCA was able to keep a regular pulse on upcoming resource needs as well facilitate the business pipeline prioritization.
- EPMO Governance resource allocations & assignment approvals across 13 lines of business
National Accounts Manager, Professional Services
NICE Systems INC.
01.2000 - 12.2005
- Relationship management of 30+ National Accounts, 4MM in annual sales (exceeded by 120%).
- President Club award received annually for top Sales Associate achievement in exceeding quarterly sales quotas.
- RFP responses to potential clients to win business
- Contract negotiations, documentation and client sign off working through legal department on irregularities/special requests.
- Construct remotely managed cross-functional teams ensuring client project through support needs were being managed in accordance with expectations and contractual agreements.
- Managed team of five field technicians and approximately 40+/- projects monthly.
- Planned, estimated, and organized overall implementation of NICE products in client environments. Including product selection to meet client infrastructure and security needs
- INFRASTRUCTURE/APPLICATION – CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration and Management
Goldey-Beacom College
Wilmington, DESkills
- Process optimization
- Portfolio, Program, Project management
- Enterprise communication & Governance
- Decision-making
- Staff management
- Task delegation
- Documentation and reporting
- Relationship building
- Complex Problem-solving
- Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Negotiation
- Contract management
- Policy and procedure development
- Regulatory compliance
- Stakeholder management
- Cross-functional team management
- Work Planning and Prioritization
Certification
- 2009-12 Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) Business Continuity Recovery Planning
- 2006-11 Project Management Institute: PMP Certified
Timeline
Technical Program & Project Management
PODS
03.2023 - Current
Head of Client Solutions, Delivery & Governance
8Base, Inc
06.2021 - 10.2022
IT Planning, Business Services & Integrations
AstraZeneca
01.2019 - 05.2021
Infrastructure Planning & Communications
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP
03.2018 - 12.2018
Corporate Infrastructure Planning Consultant
UPenn Health Systems
07.2016 - 09.2017
VP, Business Management
JPMorgan Chase
01.2014 - 01.2016
Director, Portfolio Management, IT Intake/Planning
WellPoint Insurance/Anthem Healthcare
02.2010 - 06.2014
National Accounts Manager, Professional Services
NICE Systems INC.
01.2000 - 12.2005
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration and Management
Goldey-Beacom College
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