Stephanie Warden
Summary
Senior Project Manager and Business Analyst with over a decade of experience leading high-stakes technical and digital projects at the enterprise level. Skilled in utilizing agile, waterfall, and hybrid methodologies to drive strategic initiatives and deliver impressive results.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager II, Consultant
Valorem Reply
St. Louis, MO
05.2022 - 04.2024
- Project managed large-scale, multi-national data privacy project with the largest vendor of computer software worldwide and leading provider of cloud computing services.
- Led services to be the sole workstream completing all deliverables on-time and on-budget for cross-cloud collaborative effort that included infrastructure migration and data endpoint partitioning, reintegration, and validation.
- Served as Scrum master for a 14-person Global security and provisioning engineering team, working directly with the engineering manager to translate operational feedback and issues into user stories and sprint planning in Azure DevOps Services.
Senior Project Leader
Edward Jones
St. Louis, MO
11.2019 - 01.2022
- Led team through discovery and implementation of $2.5M marketing automation application project, while collaborating with business and UX teams to prioritize features and functionality.
- Conducted user research to identify lead generation opportunities and draft business requirements to inform and prioritize features and functionality across digital platforms.
Project Manager, Business Process Analyst (Contract)
Bayer Corporation
St. Louis, MO
04.2019 - 11.2019
- Led the agile planning and day-to-day execution of five major brands for feature and functionality improvements for Salesforce.
- Collaborated across the global supply chain, including sales and marketing, to influence improvements of customer experience processes.
Project Manager and Technical Business Analyst (Contract)
Wells Fargo Advisors
St. Louis, MO
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Ensured features and functionality added to consumer-facing websites and microsites met technical and business requirements.
- Conducted various levels of research including competitive, SWOT, and user feedback analysis to produce stakeholder presentations and reports on all user research and analysis.
Digital Project Manager
Fusion Marketing
St. Louis, MO
04.2018 - 11.2018
- Oversaw multiple, concurrent B2B employee incentive software and e-commerce projects for large-scale, high-profile clients.
- Championed as Project Manager, Account Manager, and UX Lead for projects completing functional requirements documentation, information architecture, and wireframe buildout.
Senior Project Director
Elasticity
St. Louis, MO
05.2017 - 04.2018
- Conducted technical and business analysis and research for clients to determine which systems and applications best fit individual and collective business and user needs.
- Implemented and continuously refined development process from requirements gathering to release throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Senior Digital Producer
Hughes Leahy Karlovic
St. Louis, MO
06.2016 - 05.2017
- Collaborated with business, creative, strategy, UX, and account teams to ensure client, business and user objectives were achieved with thoughtful, engaging digital solutions.
- Managed concurrent, complex web applications for varying brands which required close collaboration with local and remote corporate IT groups, agency partners, third-party platforms/tools, and development partners.
Senior Project Manager
Sherpa CRM
St. Louis, MO
10.2014 - 06.2016
- Managed $2M buildout and multi-phase UX customization and implementation of Sherpa CRM, a SaaS for senior living sales.
- Served as business analyst, project manager, and UX specialist across the development and customer experience teams, determining critical features and functionality for the success of the business and happiness of customers.
Senior Project Manager
Integrity Marketing
St. Louis, MO
06.2011 - 03.2014
- Managed 10 to 20-person Scrum and traditional teams on mobile and agile projects through project discovery, requirements gathering, content strategy, user experience, information architecture, interactive design, development, and quality assurance testing.
- Led up to 12 concurrent waterfall and agile projects from $50K-$1.5M by architecting plans to meet user needs while balancing budgetary, business, client, user, and timeline requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Journalism
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO04.2007
Skills
- Agile Project Management
- Project Delivery
- Systems Development Lifecycle
- Program Management
- Budget Management
- Risk Management & Mitigation
- Change Management
- Business & User Analysis
- Data Mining & Analytics
- Digital Marketing & Strategy
- Requirements Gathering & Drafting
- Business Process Improvement
- User Flows & Personas
- Customer Experience
Timeline
Project Manager II, Consultant
Valorem Reply
05.2022 - 04.2024
Senior Project Leader
Edward Jones
11.2019 - 01.2022
Project Manager, Business Process Analyst (Contract)
Bayer Corporation
04.2019 - 11.2019
Project Manager and Technical Business Analyst (Contract)
Wells Fargo Advisors
11.2018 - 04.2019
Digital Project Manager
Fusion Marketing
04.2018 - 11.2018
Senior Project Director
Elasticity
05.2017 - 04.2018
Senior Digital Producer
Hughes Leahy Karlovic
06.2016 - 05.2017
Senior Project Manager
Sherpa CRM
10.2014 - 06.2016
Senior Project Manager
Integrity Marketing
06.2011 - 03.2014
Bachelor of Science - Journalism
Northwest Missouri State University