Product Manager Financial
Lee Robertson
604 Harmony Lane
Pleasantville, CA 94588
(925) 555-1234
SUMMARY
Product Manager with five years experience in product design, development, and project management, plus eight years marketing experience. Background includes developing the concept, designing the product, coordinating various support functions, conducting strategic marketing services to determine distribution/price/promotions, overseeing internal and beta testing, launching and rolling out products, closing out projects, monitoring products for profitability, determining probability for new enhancements, designing similar new products, and coordinating all steps involved in the discontinuation of products and services.
EXPERIENCE
World Management Concepts, Houston, Texas
1999 - Present
Senior Product Manager
Managed all operations involved in requirements gathering, design, development, and execution of new or enhanced product offerings for e-commerce and company initiatives within regional, national, and third party markets. Interacted with vice presidents, directors, and managers representing information technology, gateway/networking, authorization, quality assurance, engineering, check processing, electronic payments, customer care, merchant services, accounting and billing, strategic marketing, communications, legal, planning and analysis, and risk management. Supervised a product service manager.
• Served as project leader over infrastructure with 15 direct reports involved in the design and development of a solution that allows consumers to send and receive money from one consumer to another through e-commerce.
- Met deadlines within 60 days
- Worked on testing and modifications in a timely fashion until rollout was achieved
• Managed a project with 10 direct reports that enables a partner the ability to process and settle transactions for netmarketers and aggregators within the business-to-business market, which is in testing stage and anticipated to generate $7 million in transaction volumes over the next 18 months.
• Developed enhancements to solution for the United States and Canadian markets, enabling merchants to accept payments over the telephone through the company or by paper check draft without the use of a credit card.
• Co-developed the first non-face-to-face electronic payments offering for infrastructure, a consumer check payment option that is processed electronically through the network.
- Served as project leader with 15 direct reports
• Originally a product manager overseeing product development projects related to gaming, grocery, and financial (FIP) vertical markets until promoted to senior position, specializing in e-commerce services.
World Management Concepts, Houston, Texas
1998 - 1999
Project Manager
Managed corporate initiative projects and improved the project management process within the organization. Interacted with senior vice presidents and directors within company. Served as liaison for assessments and impact analyses on existing projects and new opportunities, as well as leading corporate planning process efforts.
• Developed and enhanced new project request templates, business requirement documents, and methodologies for future project opportunities.
• Created and led directors and vice presidents from within the company to act as a governing body for projects and process improvements.
Zane Company, Atlanta, GA
1989 - 1997
Marketing Manager
Worked with the product development group to enhance existing products and generate new product offerings. Marketed products to internal sales force and distributors. Interacted externally with financial institutions, processors, and terminal providers.
• Developed sales tools such as launch kits, training materials, and communications collateral
• Introduced a new check reader for retail and grocery store market that provided an additional peripheral device along with the credit card terminal as a complete solution
• Participated in the initial gathering of research requirements for the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) and government market sector.
• Received four promotions during tenure.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
1997
Marketing
National Automated Clearing House Association - Educational Workshops
American Management Association - Improving Project Management Skills: The Basics for Success,
Product Management, and Fundamentals of Marketing: Your Action Plan for Success
AFFILIATIONS
National Automated Clearing House Association
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Microsoft Project, and Visio, with an understanding of web design and network protocols as well as TeleCheck authorization, gateway, and settlement engines.
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