Mariel Schneider

About Mariel Schneider

For over 9 years, I have managed highly visible and highly complex technology implementations with up to 100 cross-functional team members, and up to 7 direct reports. I consistently deliver technology solutions to customer satisfaction in the electronic medical record, health/dental insurance, and digital audio streaming space. I most enjoy working on innovative solutions to challenges and supporting individual, team, and business growth with a positive attitude and focus on team building and mentorship. I believe technology-driven, collaborative, and solution-oriented leadership is critical to solving our local and global challenges- 6+ years as a technology project/program manager, leading $9 million AWS Postgres migration and subsequent functionality rollouts resulting in superior software performance; co-managed $32 million implementation of claims adjudication software, which resulted in a 97% increase in automated processing of client claims; manage large, complex, multi-phase projects with multiple work streams simultaneously, responsible for the overall success of technology implementations to support client business growth, managing project timeline, budget, and risks, reporting progress to the client and internal executives- 8+ years experience using agile, waterfall, and hybrid project management, 2+ years managing in conjunction with secure SDLC, with demonstrated ability to organize, translate, and understand technical concepts, ensuring project stakeholders\' expectations are understood and managed, and facilitating cross-functional team communication- 4 years as a people manager, up to 65 cross-functional internal project team members, with 3-7 direct reports, tracking internal team member progress and growth, gathering and delivering feedback on team members, and facilitating regular performance reviews- Broad experience in process improvement, conceived of and supported an effort to formalize internal company initiative focused on cultivating employee growth, increasing communication, and fostering community; re-vamped extended education curriculum leveraged by 150 employees- Experienced public speaker, featured speaker at That Big TV Conference by Cynopsis; facilitated and presented software demonstrations for more than 100 people.

Experience

1. Program Management & Strategy and Operations Lead

   Spotify

   May 2022 — Present · NY, US

Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  Master of Science

  2019 — 2021

• Cornell University

  Bachelor of Science

  2010 — 2014

• The Bronx High School of Science

  High School Diploma

  2006 — 2010