María Moreno Aznar

Program & Portfolio Manager | PMO, Strategy & Operations, Governance | MongoDB, Microsoft Consulting

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Program and portfolio leader with 5+ years across Microsoft Consulting and MongoDB’s internal PMO. Building governance structures and regional portfolios from scratch and delivering complex cross functional programs up to VP and global SLT level. A trusted partner to senior leadership, skilled at turning ambiguous, executive level priorities into clear strategy, execution, and targeted communications with a Psychology background that builds trust at every level.

Experience

  • Project Manager, Technical Services at MongoDB
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

    - Outstanding Contributor Award in FY26 Q2 - Outstanding Contributor Award in FY25 Q4

  • Microsoft (Full-time · 2 yrs 6 mos)
    • Consulting Project Manager
      Sep 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

      At Microsoft Consulting I led delivery across Spanish banking, running several concurrent engagements and owning governance, budgets and senior stakeholders end to end. I led Microsoft's delivery on one of the first large scale Generative AI programs for a major Spanish bank, work recognised in the national press. I consistently grew accounts by turning delivery into new business, was promoted every fiscal year and was recognised with EMEA Star and Rise awards. Founded a reverse mentoring program that ran in six month cohorts pairing senior managers with graduate and early career hires. Owned the launch, matching and goal setting. As Team Ambassador, turned employee survey data into structured feedback and action plans for leadership.

    • Project Manager
      Sep 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Web Insight Analyst at Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline
    Feb 2021 - Jun 2021 · 5 mos

    - Deep-dived Google Analytics data identifying precise and valuable trends to effectively enhance business growth. - Assessed new digital implementations measuring A/B tests impact to understand and improve customer experience. - Devised insightful dashboards for multiple stakeholders using Data Studio and Power BI.

  • Quantitative Researcher at Kantar
    Nov 2019 - Apr 2020 · 6 mos

    - Conducted all phases of an end-to-end research project (i.e., brief, methodology, data collection, analysis, recommendations). - Developed quantitative analysis based on statistical and data mining techniques like clustering, regression, prediction, etc. - Built explicative frameworks to rigorously communicate actionable insights to clients. - Collaborated with qualitative research and operations teams to proactively generate multidisciplinary solutions. - Performed ad-hoc desk research using primary and secondary sources at an international level.

  • Marketing Analyst at Centro Internacional de Gobierno y Marketing Político (CIGMAP)
    Mar 2019 - Jun 2019 · 4 mos

    - Analysed behaviour and attitude trends through digital tools (i.e., social listening). - Generated strategic content regarding EU politics and innovative technology for the online campaign. - Identified multicultural events to reinforce political party awareness through brand image. - Reported the results of Twitter and Instagram engagement and Facebook paid promotion.