Results-driven PMO and IT Portfolio leader with 15+ years of experience driving enterprise-scale project delivery, digital transformation, and operational excellence across global organizations. Proven success building and scaling PMO functions, establishing governance frameworks, and leading high-performing teams to deliver complex portfolios on time and within budget. Expert in portfolio management, Agile/SAFe transformation, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment, with a strong track record of improving delivery efficiency, standardizing processes, and enabling datadriven decision-making. Trusted partner to executive leadership, known for translating business strategy into execution and fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance across distributed teams.

Anna Schiller

Results-driven PMO and IT Portfolio leader with 15+ years of experience driving enterprise-scale project delivery, digital transformation, and operational excellence across global organizations. Proven success building and scaling PMO functions, establishing governance frameworks, and leading high-performing teams to deliver complex portfolios on time and within budget. Expert in portfolio management, Agile/SAFe transformation, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment, with a strong track record of improving delivery efficiency, standardizing processes, and enabling datadriven decision-making. Trusted partner to executive leadership, known for translating business strategy into execution and fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance across distributed teams.

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Results-driven PMO and IT Portfolio leader with 15+ years of experience driving enterprise-scale project
delivery, digital transformation, and operational excellence across global organizations. Proven success
building and scaling PMO functions, establishing governance frameworks, and leading high-performing
teams to deliver complex portfolios on time and within budget.
Expert in portfolio management, Agile/SAFe transformation, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment,
with a strong track record of improving delivery efficiency, standardizing processes, and enabling datadriven
decision-making. Trusted partner to executive leadership, known for translating business strategy
into execution and fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance
across distributed teams.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

PMO Director at Ryan, LLC
March 5, 2022 - January 6, 2023
-Managed and led a team of 5 Project Managers and 3 Quality Assurance Analysts with emphasis on on-time delivery and within budget. Oversaw cross-functional delivery teams of up to 40 resources. -Portfolio of 60 projects completed YoY, with 97% success rate. Project durations ranged from 4 to 52 weeks. Managed portfolios valued at $20M annually. -Led the modernization of project delivery practices by implementing SAFe Agile methodologies and enterprise tools such as JIRA and Slack across a global organization. -Standardized the project intake and work submission processes, increasing transparency and alignment across departments, improving delivery time by 25%. -Aligned global stakeholders across multiple business units, reducing delivery bottlenecks and improving cross-team execution consistency. -Focused on people-centric transformation and collaborated with culturally diverse teams in multiple time zones.
Director, IT Senior Portfolio Manager at Alight Solutions
September 2, 2013 - March 6, 2022
-Built and led a multi-functional PMO from the ground up, establishing governance, policies, and a performance-driven culture focused on continuous improvement. Led a team of 4 Project Managers, 1 Business Analyst, and 4 Quality Assurance Analysts. -Portfolio of 50 projects completed YoY, maintaining high delivery performance across concurrent enterprise initiatives. Project durations ranged from 4 to 26 weeks. Oversaw $8M in enterprise transformation initiatives. -Orchestrated the migration of IT infrastructures during mergers and acquisitions to the Alight platform, consisting of both hardware and software systems. -Served as the organizational lead and point of contact for all PMO-related initiatives, interfacing directly with executive leadership and business units. -Oversaw the full project lifecycle—scoping, planning, execution, and delivery—ensuring alignment with business strategy and operational excellence goals. -Delivered real-time progress tracking, risk mitigation, and milestone reporting for high-impact programs, supporting rapid business growth and transformation.
Senior Project Manager at DG Fastchannel
June 6, 2010 - September 2, 2013
-Spearheaded the successful rollout of a unified platform for nationwide order processing, enabling the retirement of multiple legacy systems within a nine-month timeframe. -Collaborated with business partners to design innovative workflow solutions, improving operational efficiency across departments by 35%. -Managed 15-20 projects YoY; consistently delivered projects on schedule and within budget. Duration of projects were between 4 and 12 weeks. Portfolio value was $4M annually. -Directed end-to-end testing efforts and provided strategic leadership to development teams to enhance proprietary internal applications. -Delivered technical training onsite and user support, fostering adoption of new systems and processes across business functions.
Project Manager at FISERV
July 10, 2007 - June 1, 2010
-Managed multiple high-profile client implementations—including Verizon, Toyota Financial, and MetroPCS—with annual project revenues ranging from $50K to $28M. -Led full-cycle project management: scope definition, execution, risk mitigation, and communication with internal, external, and offshore teams. -Portfolio of 30-40 projects were completed YoY. Duration of projects were between 3 and 6 weeks. Portfolio value was $2M annually. -Delivered all projects on time and within budget while proactively managing scope changes and client expectations. -Developed status reporting frameworks to provide clear, timely updates to stakeholders and steering committees.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration – Strategic Management at University of North Texas - Texas, USA
September 3, 1996 - December 17, 1999

Qualifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 12, 2025
Certified Scrum Master – Scaled Agile
April 15, 2020 - April 15, 2020

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Financial Services, Professional Services, Software & Internet