Mary Falcone

About Mary Falcone

Dynamic and innovative leader with a proven track record of guiding cross-functional teams in design, product management, engineering, data, and business sectors to drive transformative change and create impactful digital products. Possesses a profound understanding of user experience, supported by diverse industry expertise in e-commerce, consumer products, healthcare, automotive, digital streaming, and IT. Collaborated with renowned brands including Verizon, Whirlpool, Boston Scientific, The Irvine Company, Lexus, and The Walt Disney Company. Demonstrates in-depth proficiency in end-to-end program planning, execution, and budgeting while fostering team development and enhancing operational efficiencies to achieve measurable business outcomes.

Experience

1. Manager Agile Program Management

   Publicis Sapient

   Jun 2016 — Present · Playa Vista, CA, US

   Responsible for program management of up to multiple teams focused on a portfolio of critical product initiatives. Oversees scoping, planning, execution and launch of programs. Serves as bridge between critical business functions, aligning stakeholders, providing visibility into progress, addressing risks and leading the team through the product design lifecycle from definition to launch. Skilled at contract negotiations, proposals, budgeting, reporting. Captured additional $6M+ revenue by expanding a 6-month project into a 3-year portfolio by consulting and identifying other business challenges and pitching additional services to the client. Crafts actionable roadmaps and facilitates cross-functional planning for programs that identify value streams and prioritized product backlogs that move programs towards desired goals with identified quarterly KPIs. Oversee annual program budgets as high as $6M+ consisting of single to multiple projects that support business growth and account strategy with teams that span across North America, EMEA, APAC and LATAM. Establishing and fine-tuning processes that have resulted in eliminating bottlenecks, increasing productivity which results in cost savings, efficiencies in team size and faster time to market. Creates and delivers presentations for executive level or large scale audiences communicating program goals, outcomes, achievements. Optimizes communications between cross-functional teams to identify risks, dependencies, facilitate problem-solving and eliminate blockers. Excellent relationship building skills–works cross functionally with a variety of teams and builds rapport with executive stakeholders. Expertly versed in project management frameworks and methodologies such as Agile, SAFe with Agile ceremonies Builds Change Management guides and communication strategies to prepare organizations for readiness to embrace change.

Education

• Kalamazoo College

  BA

  1991 — 1995

• Otis College of Art and Design

  Certificate

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Advertising
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Logo Design
• Creative Strategy
• Wordpress
• Joomla
• Troubleshooting
• Marketing
• Php
• Web Design
• Social Media Marketing
• Highly Organized & Strong Analytical Abilities
• Proactive Self-Starter
• Microsoft Technologies
• Strong Knowledge of Social Media: Fb, Twitter, Blogs
• Css Javascript
• Great Troubleshooting Skills
• Digital Marketing
• Internet Strategy
• Music
• Web Project Management
• Web Site Production
• Blogging
• Scrum
• Video
• Management
• Agile Methodologies
• User Experience
• Strategy
• Web Analytics
• Project Management
• Social Media