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Leona Mallace-Brown

Dubai

Summary

Results-driven Project Manager and Senior Business Analyst with 9+ years in digital and transformation project delivery. Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments, delivering large-scale projects on time while driving process improvements, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration. Skilled at translating business requirements into actionable solutions and leveraging data-driven insights to optimize performance. Seeking to apply my hybrid expertise to lead digitalization and automation initiatives that create measurable business impact.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Manager

JPMorgan Chase & Co | Network Management Data & Analytics
07.2023 - 07.2025
  • Successfully managed a $1M transformation project (20% of a $5M annual portfolio), delivering critical system enhancements to maintain business continuity and ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Led a cross-functional team of 12 to deliver 14 releases and 22 digital enhancements across 13 of 19 application modules, automating 15% of business processes, strengthening risk controls, and reducing regulatory breaches across critical operations.
  • Delivered a $600K GDPR-aligned data retention and destruction programme across all 19 business-critical applications modules, automating destruction processes, reducing manual effort by 80%, and achieving zero audit findings in the next compliance cycle.
  • Designed and deployed an automated data destruction tool integrated with the enterprise scheduler, reducing 90% manual effort and significantly mitigating compliance exposure.

Senior Business Analyst (Contract)

JPMorgan Chase & Co | Network Management Data & Analytics
03.2022 - 07.2023
  • Business Analyst on a $1.2M project launching an onboarding and risk aggregation application.
  • Gathered and documented business and regulatory requirements, translating them into actionable system specifications, including UI/UX.
  • Collaborated with developers and stakeholders to ensure accurate risk capture and reporting.
  • Supported the automation of five previously manual processes, saving 30 hours per month and improving data accuracy.
  • Solely led a $250K automation and data reconciliation initiative using Alteryx, eliminating manual processes and saving approximately 1.5 FTE in effort through end-to-end workflow automation.

Business Analyst

Euro Car Parks
10.2021 - 02.2022
  • Gathered and documented requirements with board members for a system re-architecture, improving Parking Charge Notice accuracy by ~30% and reducing resource time by ~35%.

Lead Business Analyst (Contract/Perm)

Barclays | Wealth and Investments Technology
04.2016 - 09.2021
  • Led requirement gathering and implementation for migrating Microsoft Dynamics CRM to Salesforce CRM and deploying Salesforce Marketing Cloud, ensuring seamless transition and improved marketing capabilities.
  • Redesigned data feed architecture, implementing tactical and strategic solutions that significantly improved data management and operational efficiency.
  • Defined the operating model and business requirements for a new investment platform, aligning processes with strategic objectives.
  • Managed and mentored a team of Business Analysts, prioritising workload and fostering professional development.
  • Facilitated requirement elicitation workshops, documented process flows, authored user stories, tracked sprints, and prioritised backlog based on business value.
  • Acted as Agile Scrum Master, guiding developers through daily sprints, resolving blockers, and facilitating technical spikes.
  • Developed technical specifications, including API and ETL mappings, ensuring alignment between business needs and technical implementation.

Education

MSC - Organisational & Social Psychology

University of Exeter
01.2015

BSC - Psychology

University of Central Lancashire
01.2014

Skills

  • Project Planning
  • Project Delivery
  • Change, Risk (RAID), Stakeholder and Time Management
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Problem Solving
  • Collaborative Team Player
  • Requirement Elicitation and Gathering
  • UAT Testing and Delivery
  • Business Process Flows
  • Process Automation
  • Data Analysis

Certification

  • Prince 2 Foundation March 2016 ID: GR63038632LM
  • Business Analyst Cert June 2017 Chartered Institute for IT

Hobbies and Interests

Travelling, Hiking, Reading, Painting/Drawing, Magazine Designing, Health/Fitness, Learning Spanish

Hobbies

Travelling

Hiking

Reading

Painting/Drawing

Magazine Designing

Health/Fitness

Learning Spanish

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Elementary (A2)

Timeline

Project Manager

JPMorgan Chase & Co | Network Management Data & Analytics
07.2023 - 07.2025

Senior Business Analyst (Contract)

JPMorgan Chase & Co | Network Management Data & Analytics
03.2022 - 07.2023

Business Analyst

Euro Car Parks
10.2021 - 02.2022

Lead Business Analyst (Contract/Perm)

Barclays | Wealth and Investments Technology
04.2016 - 09.2021

BSC - Psychology

University of Central Lancashire

MSC - Organisational & Social Psychology

University of Exeter
Leona Mallace-Brown