Jeff Hancock

Experience

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  Other Work Experience

  Jan 1995 - Dec 2005

  Accountant

  Certified Public Accountant leading projects for large corporate clients around tax compliance and tax minimization.

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  Thomson Reuters

  Jan 2006 - now

  15 years experience developing, implementing and managing complex projects within time and budgetary constraints.Demonstrated ability to strategize and prioritize effectively to accomplish project goals.Demonstrated ability to make sound business decisions under pressure.Skilled listener and communicator, able to discern client needs and express necessary information with clarity● Product Manager for various financial software solutions● Meet with customers on a regular basis to understand challenges/opportunities and turn those into high level requirements● Create product strategy and vision based on customer needs, feedback, and data analysis● Create roadmap to achieve future vision● Create capital budget plan to achieve roadmap and future vision● Communicate strategy, roadmap, and vision to cross-functional internal stakeholders● Define success criteria for product deployment● Work directly with development team and UX designers on execution of roadmap● Meet with customers to communicate strategy, roadmap, and vision● Develop and execute beta testing plans to engage customers and collect feedback Show less ● Intake business requirements from product managers and customers● Intake non-functional requirements from technology teams● Balance the release of business and technology requirements to achieve the best solution for our customers● Prepare and maintain multiple product roadmaps● Work with product managers and customers to ensure business requirements are well defined.● Prepare release schedulesWork with distributed product development teams teaching concepts of agile software development.Coach product managers on creating and prioritizing business requirements to create their product backlogsCoach distributed development teams on the concepts of velocity and capacity and how this impacts release and iteration planningSkilled agile software development coach, able to analyze current status of agile teams and determine next steps for improvement.Successfully implemented agile development methodologies with historically waterfall development teams.Provided agile coaching to development teams during the transition and follow-up coaching as needed. Show less

  • Senior Product Manager

    Dec 2019 - now

  • Product Owner/Manager

    Dec 2011 - Nov 2019

  • Lead Business Analyst

    Jan 2006 - Nov 2011