James Mei
Senior Director @ Northwestern Mutual | Portfolio and Program Management Process Improvement | Agile Delivery | Strategic Planning and Work Management Tooling Support
- Role
- Senior Director - Program Management at Northwestern Mutual
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Mei
I am a Senior Director of Program Management at Northwestern Mutual, leading the Delivery Management Standards and Tools team. With over 20 years of IT experience, I have a strong background in agile project management, product management, portfolio management, and process improvement. I’ve been a featured presenter on enterprise portfolio management at the Atlassian Team conference. My credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Marquette University and proficiency in Spanish and Italian.My current mission is to drive transformative change through the implementation of new program and portfolio management process and tooling standards, supporting an enterprise transition to a product-based funding model. I am also the product manager of the Portfolio Hub application, a home-grown portfolio management insights platform that helps inform strategic decisions. Additionally, I lead the team that supports our planning and work management tools such as Jira Align and Jira. I am passionate about delivering value, creating impact, and fostering collaboration across the enterprise.
Experience
Senior Director - Program Management
May 2020 — Present
Senior Director over the Delivery Management Standards and Tools team, responsible for defining program and portfolio management processes and tooling standards in addition to providing support of tools such as Jira Align and Jira.Product Manager over the Portfolio Hub application, a home grown portfolio management insights platform that aggregates planned objectives, epic roadmaps, human resource, and financial data to produce insights into enterprise delivery. This product is used to facilitate strategic workforce planning and investment allocation decisions across our portfolio of initiatives.
Education
Marquette University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Technology
1997 — 2001
Skills
- Sharepoint
- Business Analysis
- Project Portfolio Management
- Vendor Management
- Management
- Program Management
- Mobile Technology
- IT Strategy
- Sdlc
- Enterprise Software
- Enterprise Architecture
- Solution Architecture
- Mobile Devices
- Project Management
- Oracle
- Requirements Analysis
- Software Project Management
- Requirements Gathering
- Networking
- Process Improvement
- Software Development
- IT Asset Management
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