Anna Rounds
About Anna Rounds
Anna Rounds is the Senior Vice President, Product Manager at Jefferies, with a background in equity trading and a degree in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.
Title
Anna Rounds serves as a Senior Vice President, Product Manager at Jefferies. She has held this position since 2012, working in the Greater New York City Area.
Professional Experience at Jefferies
Since 2012, Anna Rounds has been with Jefferies as a Senior Vice President, Product Manager. In this role, she implements Agile Methodology to enhance the efficiency of product life cycle management for Equities, Fixed Income, Futures, and Corporate projects. She leads daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings to ensure effective team collaboration and project progression. Additionally, she writes detailed specifications and user stories to communicate project priorities to developers. Anna manages a team of three Product Managers and a Support team, focusing on CRM and Salesforce implementations.
Previous Experience at UBS Investment Bank
Anna Rounds worked at UBS Investment Bank as an Equity Trader from 2007 to 2012 in the Greater New York City Area. During her five years at UBS, she gained substantial experience in trading equities and contributed to the bank's trading strategies and operations.
Education and Expertise
Anna Rounds holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a Finance Concentration from Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied from 2003 to 2007. She also attended Tatnall from 1999 to 2003. Her educational background provided her with a strong foundation in finance and business administration, which she has applied throughout her career.
Project and Team Management Skills
Anna Rounds is proficient in Agile Methodology and demonstrates strong project and team management skills. She coordinates with senior management across business groups to prioritize work and manage daily expectations. By organizing and leading daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings, she ensures that her team stays aligned and productive. Her management philosophy emphasizes communication and detailed planning to achieve project goals.