Anca Taranu - Product Manager, ERM: Environmental Resources Management

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Work Background

ERMProduct Manager, Principal ESG Products

Apr. 2023Bucharest Metropolitan Area• Owned and managed a multi-year product roadmap, working closely with business leaders. • Led the strategic development and implementation of new sub-products. • Designed and implemented product development processes to foster collaboration among engineering, client experience, commercial, research, and methodology teams, ensuring projects align with the strategic product roadmap. • Produced and managed product related documentation and collateral: roadmaps, release plans, product technical specifications and KPIs dashboards.

Morningstar SustainalyticsAssociate Director Research Operations, ESG Risk Research

Jun. 2022 - Mar. 2023Timişoara, Timiş, Romania• Spearheaded the expansion of the Research Operations division, by scaling-up the team from 6 to 19 members and expanding the team mandate to cover analysts’ teams of 270-analysts from 60-analysts. • Established specialized sub-teams within the Operations framework, including units dedicated to Continuous Improvement, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence. • Provided oversight for the project portfolio, strategically prioritizing initiatives, and actively supported teams in overcoming obstacles and addressing bottlenecks. • Managed organization design initiatives for newly established research teams, fostering optimal team functionality. • Defined the KPIs for the department to measure performance, output and quality and feed into continual improvement goals. • Forecasting & capacity planning: work with Research, Delivery, and HR to ensure we have an efficient process and model for headcount planning.

SustainalyticsResearch Operations Manager, ESG Standard Ratings

Jan. 2021 - Jun. 2022Timişoara, Timiş, Romania

SustainalyticsSmart-Tech Project Manager | Manager, Technology and Process Support

Apr. 2019 - Jun. 2021Timişoara, Timiş, Romania• Managed a cross-functional team, compromised of data analysts and business analysts, with the aim to leverage technology and improve efficiency. • Managed the automation roadmap for the research department by facilitating collaboration between Business, Engineering and Data Science teams. • Lead large projects as the change management expert to assess the current state, help the define the future state, and drive change across the department. • Work with the Delivery Managers, Technical Product Owners to understand and manage the delivery risk – driving out, tracking, and reducing project level risks. • Work with Data Science teams to introduce NLP and ML models across multiple product lines, including ESG Risk Rating, ESG Controversies, Product Involvement, Quantitative Data Research and Country Risk Research. • Introduce KPIs to monitor the performance of deployed ML models and continuously improve their performance.

SustainalyticsSenior ESG Analyst, Controversies (Incidents) Team

Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2019Timişoara, Timiş, Romania• Responsible for quality assurance of Controversies Research for several sectors: Financials, Real Estate, Utilities, Energy, Technology and Communication. • Project Manager for the quarterly Global Standard Screening offering covering 25,000 companies. • Managed all out of cycle bespoke client research projects by coordinating research efforts. • Coordinated methodology guidance improvements within the team and with industry experts to cover various ESG topics and trends. • Facilitated the onboarding process for new team members, conducted training sessions and orchestrated knowledge-sharing sessions within the team to foster their professional development and enhance ESG expertise.

SustainalyticsESG Analyst, Controversies (Incidents) Team

Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2016Timişoara, Timiş, Romania• Deliver high quality ESG controversy research (reputational risks with controversy details, severity assessments, and alerts) for the Financials and Real Estate sectors. • Manage client and issuer queries for Controversies research. • Contribute to the enhancement of Controversies assessment framework, workflow efficiencies, and process improvement.

ViewsterAdOperations Manager

Oct. 2014 - Feb. 2015Timisoara• Managed Viewster's Video Ad Server operations, overseeing campaign analysis, creative testing, scheduling, targeting, reporting, and performance optimizations to enhance ad effectiveness. • Delivered comprehensive campaign reports to inform strategic decision-making and optimize campaign performance. • Directed ad campaign optimizations leveraging data-driven insights to enhance campaign effectiveness and achieve targeted outcomes. • Conducted rigorous testing and analysis of keywords, advertising copy, landing pages, and positioning strategies to optimize results and drive continuous improvement in campaign performance.

AIESEC TimisoaraVice President Organizational Development

Feb. 2013 - Mar. 2014Timis County, RomaniaI was part of the Executive Board of AIESEC Timișoara. As vice-president Organizational Development I was responsible for the HR structure of the organization, the development of our middle management team and project design and management. Main responsibilities and achievements: - Project planning and project management for over 30 projects. - Leading a department team of 8 members. - Mentoring and coaching the middle management team of AIESEC Timisoara. - Responsible for the final design and implementation of all projects organized by AIESEC Timisoara - Ensuring the implementation of HR process: recruitment and selection, the members allocation, performance tracking, rewards and recognition system). - AIESEC Timișoara won the Excellence Award in Central and Eastern Europe awarded by AIESEC International and the Talent Management award in our Yearly National Conference awarded by AIESEC Romania.