Anna Schiller

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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.

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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.

  • 15 years' experience
  • Joined October 2025

Industry experience

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

Work experience· 4 roles

PMO Director · Ryan, LLCMar 2022 – Jan 2023 · 11 mos

-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 · Alight SolutionsSep 2013 – Mar 2022 · 8 yrs 7 mos

-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 · DG FastchannelJun 2010 – Sep 2013 · 3 yrs 4 mos

-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 · FISERVJul 2007 – Jun 2010 · 3 yrs

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration – Strategic Management · University of North Texas - Texas, USA1996 – 1999

Certifications and awards

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification2030 – 2025
Certified Scrum Master – Scaled Agile2020

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