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Pascal Jean-Louis

Ottawa,ON

Summary

Dynamic business and technical team lead with a proven track-record in delivering high-impact web projects and driving team performance. Renown for innovative problem-solving, effective cross-functional collaboration, and exceptional leadership in project delivery.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Owner

TD Bank Group EasyWeb & Mobile App Platform
01.2022 - Current

Championed the development and implementation of web projects, and delivery/operations optimization, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.


  • Enhanced team velocity by 44% in 6 months, enabling the efficient management of multiple large-scale projects concurrently.
  • Independently innovated a platform-wide capacity tracker and road-mapping tool using generative A.I., improving the triage process of hundreds of monthly incoming projects: reducing reporting and data hygiene time by 15%.
  • Saved approximately $2,000,000 operations costs by delivering the Canada Post Loan Banking website project 8 months ahead of initial estimates.
  • Recognized for exceeding performance expectations as team lead on TD EasyWeb’s modernization initiative for loan products such as COVID-19 small business borrowings.

Business Analyst II

TD Bank Group Project Delivery & Execution
08.2018 - 01.2022

Pioneered business and technology requirements elicitation practices in TD's new Agile structure leveraging extensive expertise in Agile product-lifecycle development.


  • Streamlined complex requirements hierarchies, involving 500+ user stories, reducing administrative costs by 8% on the MBNA development team.
  • Drove in-depth analysis and elicitation of user requirements for high-profile projects, such as the MBNA Customer Self-Serve Dispute Case Management project.
  • Elicited technology requirements for deliverables within TD North American Contact Centre for the transition of business processes during TD-MBNA bank merger activities to align with enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.

Team Manager

TD Bank Group Visa Credit Cards
03.2017 - 08.2018

Managed and developed a team of Contact Centre specialists, achieving a promotion rate of approximately 30% within the first two years of their tenure.


  • Maintained a low attrition rate of ~9% on my team compared to the department average of 12%+.
  • Consistently ranked among the top three teams in Ottawa for sales and customer satisfaction.
  • Created an automated coaching document, aligning employee action-plans with key performance indicators (KPIs), which led to a 25% reduction in coaching time, and enabled more focused career development discussions with the team.

Quality Analyst II

TD Bank Group Contact Center (MBNA/CUETS)
08.2014 - 03.2017

Acted as a subject matter expert in MBNA credit cards Contact Centre applications investigating defects and providing critical guidance on visual design specifications.


  • Facilitated onboarding and trained Quality Analysts.
  • Influenced senior management to enhance case assignment functionality within the PEGA systems customer service platform, which streamlined customer escalation triaging and resulted in an 18% reduction time in meeting service level agreements (SLAs) for resolutions.

Education

BSc. Specialization in Psychology -

University of Ottawa, Université Pierre-Mendès France

Skills

  • Agile & Scrum Methodologies
  • Strategic Project Management
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Team Leadership & Development
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Process Optimization
  • Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Bilingual (FR/ENG)
  • JIRA
  • Visual Basics
  • PEGA systems
  • Design Thinking
  • AI for Workflow Improvement
  • Product Road Mapping
  • User Experience Design Principles

Projects

Canadian Emergency Bank Act (CEBA) Small Business Loans | 01/2022 – Present

  • Developed post-loan forgiveness and refinancing period views and upgraded payment capabilities for CEBA EasyWeb customers.

Canada Post Loan Banking Website (powered by TD) | 01/2022 – 07/2022

  • Future-proofed the EasyWeb online-banking registration microservice in building a reusable co-branded website for Canada Post Loan holders leading to enhanced sustainability and adaptability for future TD co-branded site projects.

EasyWeb Modernization Initiative | 05/2022 – Present

  • Spearheaded the integration and migration of numerous loan types into a new micro front-end user interface (UI), ensuring seamless customer experience and flawless execution of technical and business requirements.

Community Engagement & Interests

  • Founding member of the TD Black Sponsorship Program and Chair of the TD Ottawa Black Employee Network (BEN), leading diversity and inclusion initiatives.
  • Actively involved in designing and building creative web media, leveraging skills in generative A.I. editing tools like After Effects and Photoshop.
  • Avid photographer and formally trained musician with 15 years of experience in piano.

Timeline

Product Owner

TD Bank Group EasyWeb & Mobile App Platform
01.2022 - Current

Business Analyst II

TD Bank Group Project Delivery & Execution
08.2018 - 01.2022

Team Manager

TD Bank Group Visa Credit Cards
03.2017 - 08.2018

Quality Analyst II

TD Bank Group Contact Center (MBNA/CUETS)
08.2014 - 03.2017

BSc. Specialization in Psychology -

University of Ottawa, Université Pierre-Mendès France
Pascal Jean-Louis