Lena Davie McMichael

About Lena Davie McMichael

I have 10+ years of experience in product management, focusing on Talent Implementations (Succession Planning, Learning, Recruiting, Career and Development, Mentoring, etc.).I have a proven track record of driving product success through networking (with vendor Workday, other vendor customers (including Fortune 500 companies), and internally with peers). This supports conducting market research/best practice sessions to analyze the collective use of a product and identify opportunities for product improvement. I have a strong understanding of technical capabilities and can identify, solve, and suggest innovations to the vendor for enhancements.I am business savvy because I have a solid understanding of customer needs and the confidence to recommend decisions that align with customer goals. This includes a sense of user experience design. I have strong leadership skills, with experience managing and working with cross-functional teams. This includes the ability to prioritize tasks and make decisions about what features are most valuable to product/feature adoption.I have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with stakeholders across the organization. This includes telling a compelling story about a product to share its benefits and value-added features.

Experience

1. Workday Product Manager (Pdm) for Skills & Career

   Dell Technologies

   Mar 2021 — Present · OH, US

   Supports the established, ongoing policies and procedures related to the administration of Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) to support the long—and short-term business goals of Career Development (development items, talent profile, job, mentoring suggestions, etc.).Delivers automated HR solutions to the business to drive efficiencies and cost savings. Provides HR and leadership with ongoing consultation on processes and tools, which facilitate quality and timely data administration. Works with HR to evaluate HRIS software and hardware needs and may design new or modify existing HRIS to meet changing demands. Designs, plans, tests, and implements new applications and enhancements to existing systems. Provides HR systems expertise and knowledge of IT initiatives and capabilities in recommending new systems or system improvements. Functions as an internal consultant to HR service owners, delivering process improvement tools, methodologies, and effective facilitation tools. Consolidated Accomplishments- Workday Talent Marketplace Configuration and Reporting- I participated in various Workday Early Adopter and Design Partner Sessions for Career, Skills, Gigs, Job Profiles, Workday Community, Manager Insights Hub, etc- Launched Career Hub globally - Configured Workday Custom Dashboards for \"Build Your Career,\" Dell\'s signature practice- Implemented Skill Strategy using Workday\'s skill features (categories and disable crowdsourced skills), including adding skills to job profiles, job requisitions, and team member profiles- Back-to-Back Workday Rising Presenter- Workday Community Group Leader

Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  Masters, Human Resource Development

  2007 — 2009

• Xavier University

  Bachelors, Marketing

  2001 — 2004