Elnora Talbert

Product Team Manager, Lead| Program Manager | Strategic Partnership Builder | People Connector | DEI Champion|

Role
Product Team Manager, Lead at Cengage
Location
Houston, TX, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Elnora Talbert

Successful Product Team Lead who directs Product Managers and Product Assistants to…

Experience

  1. Product Team Manager, Lead

    Cengage

    Jun 2022 — Present · US

    Manages a team of (2) Sr. Product Managers,(2) Product & Curriculum Specialists, a Product Assistant and a Marketing Specialist who generate over $28M in Key Market areas of Business, Accounting, Legal, Computer Applications, Trades, Advanced Manufacturing, Teacher PD and Child Development.• Drive people and performance management by strengthening employee productivity, engagement, and development through effective management practices.• Create team strategic goals that align to company priorities and engage in continuous performance feedback. • Make market-informed decisions and build strategic proposals for investment as well as being responsible for forecasting, tracking, and analyzing costs and revenue.• Own the creation, management, and achievement of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) & Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the entire Product Team.• Own multi-year roadmap planning and monthly/quarterly operational plans and priorities.• Build and maintain 3–5-year product roadmap views and business cases to support plans.• Structure operational and strategic work by developing plans, gathering, and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses, and implementing recommendations.• Create quality artifacts such as,(competitive analysis, SEO analysis, secret shopping analysis, product strategy documents, product improvement plans, GTM plans, and personas) which are heavily used throughout the organization. • Strong relationship builder who successfully works with other leaders within the product team, sales, marketing, and technical product management teams to collaborate on solutions, align resources, implement strategies and tactics in their Go-To Market plans. • Work with Content Development team on all build projects to ensure a common vision and support the development efforts.• Key contributor in the creation of Product department staff Performance Dimensions.• Created, implemented & sustain Product Team roadmap Change Management Process.

Education

  • Western Michigan University

    Master's, Organizational Learning and Performance

    2014 — 2016

  • Western Michigan University

    Master of Public Administration (MPA), Public Administration

    2010 — 2013

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