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Work History
Education
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Certification
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Michelle Garrod

Michelle Garrod

Winchester,Hampshire

Summary

Dynamic and results-driven professional with a strong foundation in business development, B2B sales, and strategic partnering. Demonstrates exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, coupled with the ability to interpret technical concepts and convey them in simple terms. Proficient in Agile and Scrum methodologies, high-value project management, product development, launches, and positioning. Highly adaptable team player with a proven track record of solving complex problems and driving successful outcomes. Committed to leveraging expertise to deliver innovative solutions and foster organisational growth.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Manager

Tyl by Natwest
London
01.2024 - Current
  • Accountable for the In Life journey from post onboarding to exit for all customers.
  • Key member of the project team implementing a complex multi year re-architecture program.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify, prioritise and resolve product related issues and ensure an optimum customer experience.
  • Balanced competing priorities effectively in fast-paced environment whilst maintaining focus on strategic goals.
  • Translated complex technical information into easily comprehensible language for non-technical stakeholders.

Product Owner

NAB Gateway - Cybersource
Melbourne Australia
04.2022 - 07.2023
  • End to end Product Owner of the Cybersource Go to Market Squad.
  • Responsible for communicating and maintaining the vision, roadmap, goals, plans and expectations for the agreed business outcomes
  • Managed and prioritised the backlog and squad sprint goals to ensure accountability and on time delivery
  • Represented the voice of Customer and Colleague when developing the product roadmap
  • Maintained strong relationships with the vendor and internal stakeholders across the business

Product Manager

NAB Gateway - Cybersource
Melbourne Australia
01.2022 - 04.2022

Job role changed to Product Owner as above and role expanded to cover end to end responsibility for the project

Specialised Banking Manager

NAB Transaction Banking
Melbourne Australia
12.2017 - 12.2021
  • Work with Bankers and Customers in NAB Business to attract, retain and grow customers by identifying Transactional Banking needs
  • Build and maintain strong internal relationships with relevant stakeholders
  • Onboarded Liberty Fuels group deal to bring NAB $1mill in new acquiring revenue per annum.

Senior Associate

NAB Transactional Direct
Melbourne Australia
02.2017 - 12.2017
  • Phone based role working with Bankers and Customers in NAB Business to offer and fulfill Transactional Banking solutions
  • Build and maintain strong internal relationships with relevant business partners

Business Development Manager

Spire Payments Ltd
Salisbury UK
04.2015 - 08.2016
  • Profitably grew and maintained the Northern Europe Region Banking accounts including First Data and all ISOs (200,000 terminals)
  • Built strong working relationships with customers
  • Launched new products to the Northern Europe Region
  • Increased revenue by £1.1million

Relationship Manager

Spire Payments Ltd
Salisbury UK
09.2013 - 04.2015

Promoted to Business Development Manager as above due to my strong performance in this role. Responsibilities remained the same.

Business Manager

Verifone (UK) Ltd
Ferndown UK
08.2010 - 10.2011
  • Sales and Account Management for MagIC Point of Sale products, previously Gemalto
  • Responsible for Terminal Estate Management for 150,000 terminals for WorldPay UK and Global Payments
  • Management and growth of all ISO relationships
  • Managed and owned new sales, stock forecasts, and deliveries to customers
  • Ensured new software and product development requirements matched customer needs and were delivered on plan
  • Exceeded revenue and gross margin targets

Business Development Manager

Macquarie Bank
Melbourne Australia
12.2008 - 07.2010

Business Development Manager

HBOS Australia, BankWest
Melbourne Australia
09.2006 - 04.2008

Account Manager

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Melbourne Australia
04.1999 - 09.2006

Education

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE - Business Computing, Management Information Systems and Electronic Commerce

Deakin University

Skills

  • Excellent Interpersonal and Communication Skills
  • Ability to learn at an advanced rate
  • Excellent problem solving abilities
  • Highly adaptable
  • Able to interpret technical concepts and convey in simple terms
  • Team player
  • Agile and Scrum methodologies
  • High-value project management
  • Product development
  • Product launches
  • Product positioning
  • Employee management
  • Business development
  • B2B sales experience
  • Strategic partnering

Certification

  • Certified Safe 5 Product Owner - March 2023

Accomplishments

    NAB Honour Finalist 2023 - recognises the top 1% of performers that live and breathe the organisational values each year.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Product Manager

Tyl by Natwest
01.2024 - Current

Product Owner

NAB Gateway - Cybersource
04.2022 - 07.2023

Product Manager

NAB Gateway - Cybersource
01.2022 - 04.2022

Specialised Banking Manager

NAB Transaction Banking
12.2017 - 12.2021

Senior Associate

NAB Transactional Direct
02.2017 - 12.2017

Business Development Manager

Spire Payments Ltd
04.2015 - 08.2016

Relationship Manager

Spire Payments Ltd
09.2013 - 04.2015

Business Manager

Verifone (UK) Ltd
08.2010 - 10.2011

Business Development Manager

Macquarie Bank
12.2008 - 07.2010

Business Development Manager

HBOS Australia, BankWest
09.2006 - 04.2008

Account Manager

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
04.1999 - 09.2006

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE - Business Computing, Management Information Systems and Electronic Commerce

Deakin University
Michelle Garrod