Program Manager - Strategy & Ops Resume Menlo Park, CA - Hire IT People

PROFILE:

Grace leads global, cross - functional teams in complex environments at some of the world’s foremost technology companies.
She has a passion for leading-edge technology innovation, especially in emerging markets, and shapes strategies that help companies stay ahead of the game.
Her 15+ years of experience spans Asia, EMEA and the Americas through start-ups, consulting and industry.
Her most recent accomplishment was with Confidential ’s Confidential, designing and implementing a new innovation program framework and governance that takes nascent ideas for new communications systems through to early stage development projects.
Grace is looking to take on her next innovation and growth challenge. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, the arts, travel, and photography.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:

Program Manager - Strategy & Ops

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Responsibilities:

Creation of a new Data Assurance Program to ensure the data in our internal systems accurately depicts the details of Confidential 's network infrastructure in its entirety
This effort spans multiple cross-functional teams at FB, their respective tools and external vendors

Program Manager - Strategy & Ops

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Responsibilities:

Defining the lab ’s strategic direction, including identification of internal and external partners for collaboration (academia, government, start-ups, research facilities and C-suite advisors)
Managing the lab ’s project portfolio, roadmap, and go-to-market plans, including governance
Ensuring teams are aware of operational governance requirements, and receiving suitable training and communication support relevant cross-functional partners
Managing annual and quarterly budget planning and execution, for the innovation program and the portfolio of projects

Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed a £26M marketing budget, successfully ensuring efficient delivery against targets
Managed senior stakeholder relationships, working closely with the Innovation Leadership Team as well as matrix management of cross-functional teams
Improved contract lifecycle and business assurance models, and created a cost-transformation methodology, that resulted in 25% reduction of overall contract administration costs
Led feasibility studies for revenue and margin improvement, including pilot studies to identify and fix service delivery issues
Defined global innovation propositions, go-to-market strategies, and product roadmaps from planning through to execution

Product Marketing Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Led pan-European marketing campaigns, driving growth amongst top display advertisers for key products including Confidential and Confidential Display Network (GDN)
Conducted competitor analysis and strategy planning for YouTube’s European sales team

Strategy Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Conducted M&A due diligence on independent chain of pregnancy and fetal diagnostics clinics
Created business plan and feasibility study for biodiesel energy farming in the DRC, Africa
Authored thought leadership report on the policy and market for Orphan-Drugs in Australia, including primary and secondary research into legislation, challenges, and future trends

Strategy Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Developed proposals, sold, and delivered growth and marketing strategy projects to TMT, energy, and retail companies
Managed market and competitor research and analysis, including primary research