Lauren Kelly
Product Leader focused on delivering customer-centric solutions.
Silo-breaking team-builder with over a decade of experience in building simple solutions for complex problems.
Super Powers
- Building teams that get things done
- Obtaining stakeholder buy-in
- Translating business needs into technical requirements
- Wrangling changing priorities
- Eliciting and implementing feedback
- Remote collaboration
- Building trust within teams
- Finding the right role for the skills team members offer
Experience Remote Product Manager- Product manager for migration tool and visual regression tool, automating processes and increasing team efficiency by over 1000%
- Identify and mitigate risks to increased scalability of program, improving throughput by 150%
- Implementing Partner Certification Program to improve scalability of offerings and convert internal tool into marketable product
- Collaborate with sales engineering to revise project scoping process, offloading 95% of scoping to sales
- Build and provide on-going management of Jira-based project, revenue, and resource tracking system, utilized by all post-sales teams and for executive reporting needs
- Coordinate and manage relationships with international partner agencies
- Work with direct reports to develop and refine their skills, improving efficiency as well as contributing to internal promotions. 50% of direct reports have gone on to lead other teams.
- Manage 100% remote teams across multiple time zones, both direct and indirect
Independent ContractorRemote Freelance Consultant – - Implemented technical solutions for CMS, LMS, and commerce needs
- Worked with teams to implement Agile workflows and get projects back on track
Ithaca, NY Drupal Developer / Team Lead – - Led multiple complex multi-phase projects, managing development, design, project documents, and client communications
Ithaca, NY Product Manager / Site Architect – ● Worked with customers, designers, and developers to build out custom CMS solutions
● Implemented Jira for development lifecycle, improving tracking and reporting of time and resource management, project scheduling, budgeting, and client interaction
Remote Project Director – ● Worked closely with existing teams to improve communication and processes, getting projects back on schedule
● Developed technical web solutions for print media customers
Education Boston, MA Master of Science in Computer Information Systems Indiana University - BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana Bachelor of General Studies – Humanities with emphasis in Education – Minor: Philosophy
Memberships Certified Scrum Product Owner – Project Management Institute member – Presentations Working Together from Afar: Explorations of Remote Work in the Modern World Use Cases and User Stories: Tell the Full Story Getting Started with Git Engaging Support Systems
Remote
Product Manager
- Product manager for migration tool and visual regression tool, automating processes and increasing team efficiency by over 1000%
- Identify and mitigate risks to increased scalability of program, improving throughput by 150%
- Implementing Partner Certification Program to improve scalability of offerings and convert internal tool into marketable product
- Collaborate with sales engineering to revise project scoping process, offloading 95% of scoping to sales
- Build and provide on-going management of Jira-based project, revenue, and resource tracking system, utilized by all post-sales teams and for executive reporting needs
- Coordinate and manage relationships with international partner agencies
- Work with direct reports to develop and refine their skills, improving efficiency as well as contributing to internal promotions. 50% of direct reports have gone on to lead other teams.
- Manage 100% remote teams across multiple time zones, both direct and indirect
Independent Contractor
Remote
Freelance Consultant
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- Implemented technical solutions for CMS, LMS, and commerce needs
- Worked with teams to implement Agile workflows and get projects back on track
Ithaca, NY
Drupal Developer / Team Lead
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- Led multiple complex multi-phase projects, managing development, design, project documents, and client communications
Ithaca, NY
Product Manager / Site Architect
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● Worked with customers, designers, and developers to build out custom CMS solutions
● Implemented Jira for development lifecycle, improving tracking and reporting of time and resource management, project scheduling, budgeting, and client interaction
Remote
Project Director
–
● Worked closely with existing teams to improve communication and processes, getting projects back on schedule
● Developed technical web solutions for print media customers
Boston, MA
Master of Science in Computer Information Systems
Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana
Bachelor of General Studies
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Humanities with emphasis in Education – Minor: Philosophy
Certified Scrum Product Owner
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Project Management Institute member
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Working Together from Afar: Explorations of Remote Work in the Modern World
Use Cases and User Stories: Tell the Full Story
Getting Started with Git
Engaging Support Systems