Melody Laughlin

MELODY LAUGHLIN, PMP / LEADERSHIP & HIRE

Clarity for complex work.
People at the center.

I bring 25+ years of program and PMO leadership to organizations that need practical governance, coordinated delivery, and a clearer view of what matters next.

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Based in San Diego · PMP-certified · Scope, work arrangement, and availability discussed for each opportunity.

PMO GOVERNANCE · PORTFOLIO VISIBILITY · TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY · TEAM LEADERSHIP

SELECTED EXPERIENCE / PRIOR EMPLOYMENT

Complex work.
Concrete experience.

These summaries are grounded in my published professional résumé. Figures describe the scope and scale of the work.

DRISCOLL’S · 2024–2026

A shared view of enterprise delivery

Context
Enterprise PMO execution and portfolio alignment across a global organization supporting 800+ stakeholders.
My contribution
Designed and implemented a Smartsheet PPM framework, governance standards, project intake processes, and executive dashboards.
Result / evidence
Established a common framework for portfolio visibility and leadership conversations about investment, capacity, and priorities.

JACOBS · 2018–2019

Portfolio decisions with clearer information

Context
IT needed a consistent project management system and a way to prioritize work across a $100M annual budget.
My contribution
Led stakeholder interviews, gap analysis, migration of active projects from Microsoft Project to Smartsheet, intake design, and PMO dashboards.
Result / evidence
Enabled scope, cost, and resource-based portfolio prioritization. The $100M figure describes the annual budget supported, not savings.

JACOBS · 2014–2017

Coordinating a $35M transformation

Context
A finance back-office transformation spanned finance, HR, reporting, and interconnected enterprise systems.
My contribution
Co-led the transformation and led uniform portfolio reporting, Smartsheet development, and administration across the program.
Result / evidence
Supported coordinated delivery and consistent portfolio reporting across a multi-system program. The $35M figure is program scope.

LIGHTSPAN / PLATO LEARNING · 1998–2008

Web delivery at meaningful scale

Context
The Learning Network required extensive e-learning content and coordinated web development.
My contribution
Hired and developed web staff; led internal developers and 100 offshore developers, working with business development on requirements and release validation.
Result / evidence
Led creation of a 5,000-page portal generating approximately $2.5M in annual revenue, as reported in my résumé.

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