Jane Hilleren

Jane Hilleren

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project Manager | Scrum Master

  • Education

    • University of Saint Thomas

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      Masters Business Administration 3.98

      Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma (Honor Society)

    • St. Olaf College

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      BA Psychology 3.69

      Activities and Societies: Psi Chi (Psychology society) chapter president, Chapel Choir and Manitou Singers, Women's Forum, Theatrical and Musical Productions Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Departmental Distinction

  • Experience

    • Deluxe Corporation

      Jan 1997 - Jan 2000
      Senior Programmer

      Created consolidated Year 2000 Evergreen compliance plan. Coded and unit tested COBOL and Visual Basics for Applications changes.

    • Jostens

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2004
      Project Manager

      Managed multiple projects through requirement definition, analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment phases. Functionality deployed ranged from internet transaction sites, mainframe printing, Oracle ordering/ manufacturing/ accounting/ sales commissions for yearbook, announcements, and jewelry products.

    • UnitedHealth Group - Uniprise Technologies

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2006
      IT Project Manager

      Managed $1 - 2M quarterly releases of a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool, containing multiple projects and 20 onshore and offshore resources. Negotiated scope agreement amongst three business stakeholder groups.

    • Cargill

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
      IT Project Manager

      Led multiple small to medium-large projects ($1.5M) within the DSO (Dressings, Sauces and Oils) division. Developed an "agility" project methodology to speed delivery.

    • UnitedHealth Group - Optum

      Sept 2007 - Jan 2017

      Utilized seasoned project management and communication skills to implement complex, multi-disciplinary, custom software development projects and programs. As program/project point of contact, involved monitoring and controlling projects including scope, schedules, budgets, risks and action items.• Guided nine software application teams (cloud/web, legacy) to establish design for systems integration and conversion project with $6m budget and set delivery two weeks early, using Agile Scrum methodology.• Led 45 application teams in analysis-design project, communicating $8m capital high-level capital requirements for implementation project two months ahead of schedule. • Stepped into a troubled nine application automation project to document risks with business-managed vendor and close out the project, saving $2m internal and approximately $3m vendor cost.• Utilized a web-based project management solution to reduce over 300 small to medium projects to 43 and mentor over 25 project managers. Achieved overall savings of $1m program funding. • Created and delivered presentation for over 600 onshore and offshore over multiple sessions as part of corporate agile transformation initiative. Show less Supervised a team of project managers in best practices, meeting project goals, maintain staffing, and staying within program goals. • Automated a process to balance resource workload of twelve project managers, resulting in effective project management (scope, schedule, budget within 5% for 75% of projects).• Promoted two employees and converted two contract professionals to employee status.• Developed transparent reporting to improve forecasting and delivery of web portals programs with heavy content management from 75% over-budget to 15%, proactively improving relationships with clients.• Established governance forum to highlight application concerns on new business automation project to right-size effort and better define schedule, allowing funding to be obtained and expectations to be set. Show less

      • IT Program and Cross-Application Project Manager

        Jan 2014 - Jan 2017
      • IT Program and Application Project Manager Lead

        Sept 2012 - Dec 2014
      • IT Portfolio Manager

        Dec 2010 - Aug 2012
      • IT Project Manager

        Sept 2007 - Dec 2010
    • Flatirons Solutions®

      Apr 2017 - Nov 2020
      Project Manager / Scrum Master
    • Retired

      Dec 2020 - now
      Retired
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

      Hamline University
    • Certified Scrum Master

      Scrum Alliance
      Dec 2016
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    • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

      Project Management Institute
      Dec 2007
      View certificate certificate
    • Certified SAFe® 4 Scrum Master

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
      Apr 2018
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Team Leader

      Issued by American Heart Association | American Stroke Association on Apr 2016
      American Heart Association | American Stroke AssociationAssociated with Jane Hilleren
    • Team Leader

      Issued by Habitat for Humanity International on Aug 2013
      Habitat for Humanity InternationalAssociated with Jane Hilleren