Project Manager | Helping Women Land Tech PM Roles | your PM bff

Senior Program Manager at Palo Alto Networks. I specialize in navigating ambiguity and stabilizing high-stakes enterprise delivery. In 4 years, I moved from IT Coordinator to Senior Program Management by mastering one thing: Positioning.

I help experienced professionals increase their compensation by 5-6 figures using the experience they already have. You don’t need to start over; you need to be re-positioned.

I operate at the intersection of technical delivery and executive strategy. Whether it’s moving a high-visibility customer from "Red to Green" in 41 days or driving portfolio alignment across Engineering and Product, I focus on the ROI of Every Move.

The Proof: 
• Career: Promoted 3x in 4 years; currently directing program-level coordination for a global cybersecurity leader. 
• Client: Moved a professional from higher-ed to IT PM at $110K after a career gap. 
• Client: Secured $145K tech PM roles for clients in under 8 weeks. 
• Reach: Ranked among the top PM creators in the US with 3.5M+ annual impressions.

Positioning is the only variable you can control. I don’t agree with "entry-level resets." I believe in leverage.

I focus on: 
• Turning chaos into structured delivery paths. 
• Translating technical complexity for C-suite stakeholders. 
• Helping you get paid for the level you are already operating at.

I am building a self-paced program for experienced professionals who want to cross the gap into $150K+ Program and Project leadership roles.

Join the waitlist here: https://stan.store/yonellyg/p/close-the-gap-to-a-100k-pm-role-bisomg46 

For quick clarity: DM PIVOT to identify your salary gap and next move.

Yonelly G.

GovOS

GovOS provides a secure suite of cloud-based solutions for local and state governments to maximize revenue, increase compliance, reduce costs, and meet constituent demand for modern, self-service transaction and payment services.

👉 Manage multi-million dollar portfolio of projects, focusing on the implementation of cloud-based software for local and county governments.

Project Manager

Johnson Controls

👉 Lead marketing projects for portfolio of 4 brands and 50+ products (hardware and software) worth over $150M. 

👉 Collaborated with global cross functional teams including 12 product managers, engineering, digital marketing, creative and sales teams to develop go to market (GTM) strategies for new product launches (NPI) including  sales enablement, social media strategy , distribution channel projects and website design

👉 Championed 20 product launch projects with budgets of $1M+, managing scope, timelines, vendor coordination, and stakeholder engagement for timely end-to-end delivery

💪 Pioneered a global sales campaign project, producing tailored deliverables that boosted year-end sales by 15%

Program Manager

Hikvision USA

Hikvision is the world’s largest manufacturer of video surveillance products and solutions. 

My role as Program Manager was to champion Hikvision’s Dealer Partner Program with over 4,000 dealer partners, collaborating with external stakeholders and cross-functional internal teams to develop and manage metrics, messaging, requirements, strategy, branding, project plans and challenges.

   💪     Instrumental in building partner program by increasing partner participation 𝐛𝐲 400% 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 50% of the company’s revenue for 4+ years. 

  👉      Developed  45+ 𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 for senior sales leadership team of 11-15 executives based on monthly and annual purchase data for 9-10 sales territories to provide insights on key business metrics including YoY performance, partner evaluation, program compliance, strategy and effectiveness of field operation model. 

👉        Created and managed 40+ 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 for distribution to internal teams and 1,000s of external stakeholders to provide messaging and education re: program goals, changes, progress, marketing tools, marketing campaigns and initiatives.

👉     Coordinated monthly newsletter creation process including content conceptualization, timeline planning, workflow creation, reviewing and editing content to 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 40+ 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 with open rates that consistently 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐲 10 - 20%.

Hochiki America Corporation

Hochiki America provides fire protection and suppression equipment in North and South America. 

I owned all marketing, advertising, promotional and sales support activities including trade shows, press releases, product catalogs, technical spec sheets, company trademarks, vendor management, website maintenance and social media. 

💪	Spearheaded project to improve process for price change updates in Microsoft Dynamics that shortened the turnaround time 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 6 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 4 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 80% 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 vs. prior project estimates.

👉  	Project managed operations and logistics for 13 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 in the US, Mexico and South America including booth design, set-up/tear down, finances, vendor relationship management, marketing plans, marketing collateral, product selection/placement and post-event lead follow up. Optimized efficiency of staff resources to reduce sales team’s time away from field by 1.5 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬. 

👉	Partnered with cross-functional departments and ad agency to develop marketing plan and strategy including allocation of $250,000 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭.

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Client Relations / Marketing / Social Media

📧  𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭!  ZeenaAbidi@gmail.com

👋   I am a project management professional with experience leading projects, program management & development, marketing, sales operations and sales enablement. I enjoy overseeing all aspects of project planning, from building detailed work plans to budgeting and resource allocation to ensuring quality deliverables and communication with all stakeholders while achieving alignment with business targets. I thrive serving as a connector between teams to facilitate projects that span multiple cross-functional teams.

💪   At Johnson Controls, I lead marketing projects for a portfolio of 4 brands and 50+ products (hardware and software) worth over $150M. I collaborated with global cross functional teams including 12 product managers, engineering, digital marketing, creative and sales teams to develop go to market (GTM) strategies for new product launches (NPI).

💪 When I started my role as Program Manager at Hikvision, the Hikvision Dealer Partner Program was about a year old and had less than 800 dealers. I played a key role in growing the program by focusing on developing and managing metrics, messaging, requirements, strategy and project plans. During my tenure, the program grew 400% and contributed to nearly 50% of the annual revenue for 4+ years.

🙌   𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

"As the program manager for Hikvision’s dealer partner program she wore a lot of hats that were key in the building of the program."
--- Vince Lupe, Business Development & Strategic Accounts @ Avigilon 

"Zeena shows passion for all things done well. She has a high capacity to manage several projects at once while still staying focused on delivering the best possible outcomes."
--- Lisa Marmorino, Sales Director

"She is [a] stickler for detail and accuracy and has an easy rapport with clients. Her fun sense of humor is an added bonus to her long list of good qualities that made her a pleasure to work with."
--- Lisa Giger, Accounting Professional

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