Elizabeth Bednarz

SENIOR PMO AND PROGRAM DELIVERY LEADER with extensive experience governing complex technology portfolios, programs, and projects across enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud, data, and transformation initiatives. Proven success establishing intake, prioritization, roadmaps, resource-loaded plans, financial controls, RAID and dependency management, executive dashboards, governance forums, and release oversight. Partners effectively with executives, Finance, Product, Architecture, Operations, delivery teams, and vendors to align investments, capacity, risk, and execution with strategic outcomes.

Systems Support IT Project Manager - Universal Insurance Managers

(2022-07 - 2026-02)

• Owned and prioritized enterprise product and project backlogs in Azure DevOps and Jira Align using business value, risk, compliance, dependencies, capacity, and release commitments.
• Configured Azure DevOps work item hierarchies, dependency tracking, Delivery Plans, and dashboards to improve portfolio visibility, cross-team coordination, and executive decision-making.
• Developed and executed project plans, scope definitions, resource allocations, budgets, milestones, and release schedules across Agile and hybrid SDLC environments.
• Maintained RAID logs, cross-program dependencies, product decisions, and risk summaries in Jira and Confluence, enabling proactive mitigation, transparency, and timely escalation.
• Partnered with IT leadership, Finance, and Revenue Operations to manage budgets, forecast spend, monitor budget-versus-actual performance, and align investment with business priorities.
• Developed resource-loaded Microsoft Project schedules, managing critical paths, milestones, dependencies, resource allocations, delivery forecasts, and schedule variance.
• Led the enterprise implementation of Jira and Confluence with an Atlassian Platinum Partner, standardizing PMO intake, prioritization, governance workflows, knowledge management, and enterprise reporting.
• Facilitated cross-functional standups, governance reviews, risk sessions, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, defect triage, UAT, and production-readiness reviews.
• Directed cross-functional teams across Product, Finance, Architecture, QA, IT, Operations, and external vendors, aligning strategic objectives, delivery capacity, technical constraints, and outcomes.
• Ensured full SDLC traceability, change control, CAB approvals, audit-ready documentation, rollback planning, and release governance from initiation through hypercare.
• Produced executive dashboards and AI-assisted delivery narratives that highlighted progress, financial performance, dependencies, risks, decisions, and recommended actions.
• Led a large-scale data center relocation and other concurrent enterprise initiatives, coordinating infrastructure, application, network, vendor, and business dependencies with no unplanned business disruption.

Technical Project Manager - ABC Fitness Solutions

(2021-11 - 2022-07)

• Managed client onboarding and delivery for a Power BI-based analytics platform, establishing implementation milestones, ownership, reporting, and release-readiness controls.
• Coordinated offshore development capacity, delivery expectations, UAT, issue resolution, and production readiness across multiple functional stakeholders.
• Translated Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Product needs into prioritized requirements, acceptance criteria, and measurable delivery milestones.
• Implemented project management and PMO best practices to improve delivery consistency, reduce rework, and enhance stakeholder transparency.

IT Project Manager - Starr Insurance Companies

(2021-02 - 2021-11)

• Managed scope, schedules, risks, dependencies, budgets, and resource planning across a portfolio of concurrent IT initiatives.
• Collaborated with Program Managers and PMO leadership on lifecycle governance, portfolio reporting, prioritization, and cross-project coordination.
• Facilitated end-to-end project planning, including scope definition, milestones, budgets, resources, risks, and governance checkpoints.
• Ensured initiatives aligned with enterprise strategy, business policies, delivery standards, and regulatory requirements.

IT Associate Project Manager / IT Governance Analyst - Arch Insurance Group

(2019-01 - 2021-02)

• Supported enterprise PMO governance during Agile transformation, including demand intake, prioritization, stage controls, governance committees, and standardized portfolio reporting.
• Partnered with Finance and business stakeholders to manage annual IT budgets and improve financial transparency across project portfolios.
• Produced executive-level portfolio reporting using Jira, ServiceNow, Excel, and Power BI to support investment and delivery decisions.
• Analyzed delivery metrics and trends to improve governance effectiveness, reporting accuracy, capacity awareness, and operational performance.
• Facilitated Agile compliance and governance committee sessions, documenting decisions, actions, risks, and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Built dynamic Excel models that converted raw project data into risk indicators, performance trends, portfolio dashboards, and executive insights.

IT Associate Project Manager / Business Analyst - Arch Insurance Group

(2012-01 - 2019-01)

• Maintained Microsoft Project plans, schedules, release milestones, dependencies, delivery metrics, and project documentation across application initiatives.
• Coordinated stakeholder meetings and maintained SDLC-compliant requirements, test specifications, dashboards, reports, release notes, and audit evidence.
• Supported SharePoint project sites and Power Automate workflows integrated with Jira, improving document control and process consistency.
• Maintained audit-ready traceability and SOX/ITGC controls and supported business analysis, testing, validation, and process improvement.

Project Coordinator, IT QBlue Development & Process Automation Solutions - Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

(2011-01 - 2012-01)

• Maintained release-status tracking for ClearQuest work requests, defects, delivery dates, project states, and SIT/UAT/post-production approvals.
• Coordinated monthly releases and followed up with business analysts and technical teams to ensure deliverables, documentation, and sign-offs were completed.

Bachelor of Business Management - William Paterson University