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Sara Dwyer  

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saragahan@gmail.com
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Resume Headline: Sara Dwyer - Senior Project Manager

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Sara Dwyer, PMP, CSM

Energetic and Comprehensive Project Management

saragahan@gmail.com      724-513-5221


Senior IT Project Manager E-Commerce/ Portfolio Management/Release Management/ Team Leader


IT Project Manager with 5 years of success delivering digital solutions for an ecommerce platform • Successful management of budget, scope, resources, schedule and risks for 25 projects of varying size• Committed team player and leader for diversified team locations and sub-contractors • Effective communicator with team, stakeholders, executive management and customers • Completion of 19 production releases with minimal outage to ecommerce site • Able to identify and drive adoption of process improvements • Team building and facilitation within project team


Business and Technical Skills

 

Project Management •  Strategic Planning • Team Development •  Operational Transition and Training • Project Plan Development •  Risk and Issue Management •  Budget Development •  Project Management Office •  Portfolio and Program Management •  Status Reporting and Communication •  Capitalization of Project Costs •  Change Control •  Process Improvement •  Vendor Management •  Resource Capacity Management • Portfolio Prioritization and Intake

 

Product Data Management • Data Supply Chain Management • Content Management Systems • Search Engine Optimization • Web Analytics • Responsive Design • Search Relevancy • Customer Relationship Management • Business to Business Strategy • Business to Consumer Strategy • Project Benefit Analysis• Project Quality Metrics

 

Microsoft Office Suite including Access, Visio, Project and Publisher• SharePoint • HP PPM • HP QC• Jira • Confluence• Endeca • IBM WebSphere Commerce • Hybris • Pindar Agility • Adobe Experience Manager • TeamSite • Adobe Site Catalyst • Data Warehouse• Procurement Software and Integrations


Experience

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh PA 07/07 – Present

World leader in serving science through ecommerce website generating $1+ Billion a year through web

 

Senior Project Manager, Project Management Office 05/15 – Present

Drive consistency and quality in all areas of project management across 30+ project managers.

I am responsible for delivering process, metrics and training to the project management team to create reproducible and standardized reporting and monitoring/controlling of all projects within department. Through this training and guidance, I then am able to provide accurate, transparent and effective communication to executives up to and including the CIO.

Key Accomplishments:

  •                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Put training and process in place to reduce miscategorized project expenses to drive utilization of department capital budget.
  •                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Design and create a SharePoint site to provide instruction guidelines and documentation to project managers, project manager onboarding and communication on department project launches.
  •                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Curated a FAQ library and lessons learned repository to encourage re-use of project information, issues, successes and opportunities.

Senior Project Manager, www.fishersci.com redesign 01/14 – 05/15

Deliver a redesigned and responsive experience for $1+billion website within 18 months on new enterprise platform.

I managed an $11M website redesign for www.fishersci.com, completing the initial phase of definition and then moving the team into adopting an agile framework to complete redesign in 13 sprints. I led an 85+ person team through estimating, sprint planning, and retrospectives while managing overall project schedule, budget, scope and communication with stakeholders. I also used change requests as an opportunity to educate business partners on Agile/scrum methodology and created a collaborative environment that required business and project team to commit to the success of the project. I also planned and executed on operational transition to web support for all releases to ensure customer support post-release.

Key Accomplishments:

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Delivered project on time and under budget on new enterprise technology platform.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Created and executed a site cutover plan that maintained SEO organic search results, minimized customer impact to 25 unique customer issues and delivered technical and business impact reports daily to executives.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Created a technical CRM to identify integration/procurement customers with multiple web settings, and then executed migration of 1000+ customers with 97% success without issue.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Created maximum business value by meeting all project milestones for schedule and budget while engaging business to prioritize critical scope elements relative to market cycles. 

 

Senior Project Manager, www.fishersci.com portfolio 04/13- 01/14

Portfolio management and prioritization to manage and deliver 20 projects through quarterly releases

I managed intake and prioritization of business requests and scheduled projects to be delivered quarterly to maximize revenue and customer experience opportunities. Following a waterfall methodology,  I successfully led up to 10 projects simultaneously in definition and execution, and delivered projects by planning and executing releases.

Key Accomplishments:

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Managed $4 million annual spend of capitalized annual operating plan for maximal business value

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Improved release code quality through development and environment preparations and milestones.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Standardized knowledge transfer with web support group to drive operational excellence in functional changes

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Implemented program for process improvement that challenged accepted practices and optimized delivery of projects

 

Project Manager, eBusiness for www.thermoscientific.com03/11 – 04/13

Manage search, browse and analytics track for $50M web redesign after managing $5M pilot website design

              I led the project team through discovery sessions for web pilot, into technology selection and then technical design. I delivered the pilot site with web and product content on schedule and provide content training for CMS System and supported QA team through functional testing. From the pilot project, I led a new team through technical design of an enterprise solution for search, web and product content. . Acting as a key contact for integrating search solution into web and product content systems and data supply chain, I also ensured SEO and analytics maintained operational standard in site cutover.

Key Accomplishments:

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Identified and executed on automated solution to create 60,000+ product page URL redirects saving 100+ hours

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Led 20+ person technical team through technical design and requirements for new enterprise solution

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Created and moderated training for content team members on new CMS solution for pilot site

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Company Award for dedication to company values of Integrity and Intensity on project

 

Project Manager, Marketing and Content Services 06/10- 03/11

Delivered product content platform for China and India websites while migrating and consolidating product data

I planned and implemented a product data system for ecommerce sites for China and India markets within six months, adding additional products to the ecommerce catalog for both countries. In this project, I created UAT and training for teams in China, India, France, Russia and US to support the improved sites while also managing migration and onboarding of product content from six different suppliers.

Key Accomplishments:

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Company Award for improving communication and trust with vendors and company

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Recognition from China and India businesses on value of timely project delivery and training

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Supported solution documentation and design of data supply chain de-risking initiative

 

Inside Sales Representative, Fisher Scientific07/07 – 05/10

Managed 600+ accounts in foot and agriculture industry with focus on key program accounts

I managed sales territory of $1M+ in sales by providing technical guidance with products for quality control and quality assurance. I worked with Industry Directors to grow business for PepsiCo, Coca Cola and Archer Daniels Midland.

Key Accomplishments:

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Recognized by division Vice President for perseverance and integrity in working with customers.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Created a distribution schedule driven by testing and historic use of acetonitrile for Frito Lay (PepsiCo) to not impact manufacturing during acetonitrile shortage in 2009 and 2010.

 

Wilkes and McHugh, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA06/06 – 06/07

Law practice specializing in nursing home abuse.

Legal Assistant

I oversaw the day to day operations for 10 person law firm. As a legal assistant, I implemented documentation practices for case file management per corporate standards and reviewed charts from nursing homes for discrepancies and adulterations.


Education, Certifications and Training


 

Master of Science, Forensic Science and Law, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelor of Arts, Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

Project Management Professional (PMP), 2014

Scrum Master Certification (CSM), 2014

Project Management Academy Bootcamp, 2013

Scrum Master Training, 2014

 

 

 

 



Experience

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Job Title

Company

Experience

Senior Project Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific

- Present

 

Additional Info

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Current Career Level:

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Date of Availability:

Within 2 weeks

Work Status:

US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:

None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:

None

 

 

Target Job:

Target Job Title:

Senior Project Manager

Desired Status:

Full-Time

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

Industry:

Management Consulting Services
Computer/IT Services

Occupation:

IT/Software Development

·         Enterprise Software Implementation & Consulting

·         IT Project Management

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US-TX-Fort Worth

Relocate:

No

Willingness to travel:

Up to 75% travel

 

Languages:

Languages

Proficiency Level

English

Fluent