Olivia Barr

About Olivia Barr

Senior Product Manager and former Big Four auditor with a background in accounting, real…

Experience

1. Product Manager

   CBRE

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Performed market research to support business case to expand service line to new geographic market (Dallas, Texas). • Compiled data and internal analysis to implement inaugural service line internship program. • Provide local onboarding support for new hires. • Plan and schedule team building activities to promote employee engagement. • Serve as co-chair for internal Dallas Fort-Worth Employee Business Resource Group, Black Excellence, with membership growth exceeding 10% annually over the last 3 years. • Empower emerging leaders by motivating team members to research, plan, and execute on planned projects. • Review project plans, and assign tasks and roles to team members. • Support Global Head of Product to plan/identify product objectives, support implementation of products, drive communication & change management and support client solutioning. • Support the prioritization of key product objectives, leveraging a clear set of criteria and/or help coordinate/conduct interviews or surveys to gain better insights into challenges/key focus areas (document findings). • Provide product roadmap progress updates to the Product Service Committee quarterly (includes meeting coordination, progress documentation and presentation). • Work in partnership with Consultants on special projects (as needed), including coordination, providing guidance/support, documentation, etc. • Communication & Change Management, with a clear focus on promoting change and transformation within the business. • Support sales with client solutioning (if there is a request outside of our core services), get view into client request, coordinate discussions with Sales/Client Servicing Team/Digital Business Operations, document conclusion/secure leadership approval (if needed) and ensure proposal/pricing aligns