patrick stanko: Principal Product Manager in longmont, CO

Reporting to our CTO, responsible for overall product development activities for our connected device and automotive SaaS business. Guide cross functional agile teams through product/feature discovery, definition, sprint planning, design, backlog grooming and development. As a Certified Scrum Master, employ leading agile practices. Preserve budgetary constraints, provide justification for why we may need to deviate from plan and understand tradeoffs. Champion and grow junior and mid-level team members. - Managed on-boarding of Derive’s first major enterprise client with a product still in beta at time of launch - Manage day to day activities of customer pilot program and identifying product improvements - Manage mobile app parity across Android and iOS mobile platforms - Manage embedded hardware device iterations - Launched Derive’s first ever Android mobile app to the Google Play Store - Manage new sales enablement toolset presently increasing sales leads -Constructed new Early Adopter Program for platform generating platform interest and sales conversions - Improve and protect Derive’s brand and market presence by trademarking key features

Guide a team of 15+ globally dispersed Program Managers. Partner with Engineering and Product Management business unit owners to deliver on key objectives for our organization. -Successfully delivered on a “First 90 Day Plan” - Implemented new vision and goals of a newly formed PMO - Enacted leading program management practices - Identified and promoted top performing personnel as well as coach those struggling - Improved group performance by introducing Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

Provide authentic leadership and direction as we formed a new PMO. As an influential member of the Executive Committee I represented the PMO and was responsible for managing and communicating portfolio health. - Managed the refresh of the company’s mission statement - Created and drove adoption of a newly defined product development process - Managed purchase of software solutions used to manage product development activities - Implemented simple tooling to score and prioritize projects across eight different OEM platforms and help mitigate resource constraints

Managed 20+ key content solutions and software initiatives; led projects cradle to grave. Represent and evangelize the PMO across the organization. - Managed introduction of newly formed Content Services Project Management Office (PMO) - Delivered new enterprise digital asset management system for Content Services group - Implemented lean process changes resulting in savings via reduced vendor and procedural overhead

Delivered some of the world’s most famous technologies and experiences. Managed all project and customer management aspects from ideation to delivery. - Managed the development and delivery of Synapse’s largest enterprise customer - Defined the Program Management role, as well as manage rollout of the PMO - Increased sales conversion rates by engineering new early engagement process

Responsible for managing onshore/offshore engineering teams delivering software solutions from $500K - 3M. - Managed delivery of new HR portal servicing all of Microsoft’s employee base - Co-Authored case study providing insights into newly implemented security model - Developed both static and dynamic UX mockups driving alignment across development and business teams - Authored functional specs as they related to business requirement alignment

Managed testing of high-profile releases for Microsoft’s Human Resources IT department. - Created automated UI test suite improving overall quality and reduced test cycles - Created SQL stored procedures as test cases increasing throughput and breadth of test cycles