Katheryn Leslie

About Katheryn Leslie

Program management leader with 15+ years of experience managing and executing complex projects across multiple teams in the non-profit and Federal consulting sectors. • Experience consulting Federal agencies on healthcare, human resource (HR), and workforce initiatives. • Expertise in organizational change management, project management, strategic planning and communications, business process improvement transformations, training, and facilitation. • Experience establishing project management offices (PMOs) and managing cross-programmatic teams. • Provides subject-matter expertise on project and change management methodologies (i.e, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, PMBOK, Waterfall, and Prosci ADKAR®), best practices, and tools for effective management. • Directs development of project management tools (i.e, Sprint Roadmap, product roadmap, Work Breakdown Structure, Plan of Action and Milestones, Integrated Master Schedule, and project plans) to manage work. • Utilizes a variety of tools, including including Adobe Acrobat, Zoom, Skype, Microsoft 365 (e.g, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Visio, Whiteboard, Project, etc.).

Experience

1. Engagement Manager

   JPI

   May 2019 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Manages a HR data program to support implementing HRIT SaaS; data ingestion to Databricks; automating workforce models and analytics; survey administration and analysis; and building, enhancing, and maintaining HR databases. These initiatives facilitate hiring and onboarding; generate, analyze, and report workforce data; and improve workforce forecasting, payment tracking, and customer service across USCG.• Identifies synergies and shared goals across offices to foster collaboration.• Engages with management to optimize resources for successful delivery.• Collaborates to problem-solve issues by analyzing bottlenecks, root causes, risks, and impacts.• Advises clients on approaches to mitigate problems, implement solutions, and achieve goals.• Manages $2.6M program financials (i.e, project forecasts, burn rates, actual hours, and costs, etc.).• Mentors staff to help develop skills and achieve goals.• Conducts performance planning/reviews to assist with goal setting and professional development.• Develops procedures, templates, and tools to standardize program management.• Directs large-scale project/organizational change management initiatives to implement HRIT SaaS to stakeholders.• Oversees data API integration with Databricks to facilitate real-time data reporting and tracking of hiring and onboarding metrics.• Directs the development of change management/communication plans using the Prosci ADKAR® Model.• Manages development of training curriculum and facilitation of training to build user knowledge.• Manages migration/implementation of ITSM tools (Service Now) to improve customer service.• Supervises automation of workforce models to improve workforce forecasting and predictive analytics.• Oversees migration/ingestion of workforce models to Databricks.• Oversees survey administration and analysis and creation of PowerBI dashboards/visualizations.• Established PMOs by developing and deploying the governance structure.

Education

• Pennsylvania State University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  2000 — 2003

• Baruch College

  Master of Public Administration (MPA)

  2011 — 2014