Senior Project Manager

Amy Bedford, PMP, CSM

Santa Barbara, CA 619-***-**** *******.***@*****.***

Senior Project Manager

Career Profile

Project manager with 6 years’ experience delivering integrated business and IT solutions at a Global 500 Company in the financial services industry.

Quantitative analyst and consultant with 3 years’ experience leveraging Big Data and original research to advise military leadership at the US Department of Defense.

Plans and manages the end-to-end project life cycle using Agile and Waterfall project management principles for initiatives ranging from $100k to $8m in budget and leading cross-functional teams of 4 to 25.

Career Highlights

Coordinated a Digital Transformation initiative which secured funding from Deutsche Bank’s Board of Directors for a multi-year investment strategy and IT roadmap.

Spearheaded operational readiness for 2,000 Clients, €80m Revenues and €4.2bn in Assets during a period of uncertainty for Deutsche Bank’s Global Trade Finance London Office.

Increased Big Data accessibility by 75% across 8,000+ monthly social media interactions by introducing a standardized measurement framework at US Central Command.

Professional Experience

Product Manager, Deutsche Bank (London, UK) 8/2017 – 12/2019

Managed portfolio of 11 risk products required to hedge Global Trade Finance business across 80+ locations.

Facilitated one of Deutsche Bank’s first-ever Agile IT deliveries. Implemented an €8m risk distribution system as part of a 4-person leadership team in under 4 months.

Spearheaded operational readiness for 2,000 Clients and €80m Revenues during a period of uncertainty. Partnered with Technology to integrate ERP and CRM systems, re-engineered global processes in collaboration with Operations and advised Sales on customer-facing timelines and messaging.

Increased efficiency 80%, from 1,100 processing hours per year to 220 hours, in 6 months. Leveraged new IT capabilities to launch a streamlined business model accounting for €4m in costs in 23 countries.

Secured €12m in cost savings by delivering a landmark $3.5bn securitization transaction 3 weeks ahead of schedule in a 4-month product launch leading a 13-person cross-functional team.

Executive Assistant, Deutsche Bank (London, UK) 2/2014 - 8/2017

Coordinated global initiatives and responses to €5m+ issues / opportunities for the Global Head of Trade Finance.

Led PMO coordination of a 6-month Digital Transformation initiative. Secured board-level funding for a multi-year investment strategy and IT roadmap.

Co-authored the 2020 Strategy for the governing body of the Trade Finance industry, the International Chamber of Commerce’s Banking Commission, in a 4-month partnership initiative.

Increased efficiency of MiFID II implementation by 33%, from 120 project hours per month to 80, in under 6 months. Worked with Legal to fully understand regulatory scope and applicability and collaborated with impacted Business stakeholders to drive targeted implementation.

Retained 100% of clients and revenues and met 4-month Compliance deadline. Re-engineered a non-compliant product worth €10.4m in revenues and supporting 1,200+ clients across 13 countries.

Quantitative Analyst, Colsa Corporation (Tampa, FL) 8/2013 - 2/2014

Defined and measured success of a newly created social media program for US Central Command (CENTCOM).

Increased Big Data accessibility by 75%, from 1 hour of aggregation time to >15 minutes, in 6-months. Introduced a standardized measurement framework across 8,000+ monthly social media interactions.

Consultant, CGI Federal (Remote, US) 3/2013 - 8/2013

Created training modules to prepare Officers for leadership for US Training & Doctrine Command (TRADOC).

Increased assigned projects by 50%, from 4 to 8, during a 6-month contract. Produced deliverables which consistently exceeded government clients’ requirements.

Social Scientist, US Department of Defense (Afghanistan) 2/2011 - 5/2012

Designed and executed on-ground research projects to advise Division and Brigade level decision making.

Generated a 75% increase in requests for new, on-ground research, from 3 projects delivered by the previous team to 12 projects, from progressively higher levels of Command during a 9-month deployment.

Boren Fellow, National Security Education Program (Central Asia) 1/2010 – 12/2010

Assessed effectiveness of faith-based engagement strategies in countering Islamic radicalization in Central Asia.

Provided data-driven insights on understudied populations during a 12-month government-funded research project involving 3,000+ subjects using qualitative and quantitative analysis in SPSS and R.

Volunteering

Scrum Master, Now-U 6/2020 – Present

Coach 60+ volunteers in Agile delivery for a community service aggregator startup.

Treasurer, Islington Scout Group 4/2017 – 8/2019

Automated end-to-end invoicing, payment and billing activities.

Education

Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) 8/2007 – 8/2009

Master of Arts (MA), Russian & East European Studies, GPA 3.74 / 4.0

Emory University (Atlanta, GA) 8/2002 – 5/2006

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Russian & Religion, GPA 3.72 / 4.0

Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Software & Certifications

Scrum Alliance (London, UK) 7/2020

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Project Management International (PMI) (Newtown Square, PA) 6/2020

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Axelos Limited International (London, UK) 4/2020

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation

Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (Charlottesville, VA) 12/2020

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Candidate, Level III

IT Proficiencies: Clarity, Confluence, GitHub, JIRA, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio), R, SharePoint, SPSS, SQL, Tableau and Trello.

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