Justin Etnyre
@justinetnyre
Product manager driving operational excellence, process improvement, and data-informed delivery.
What I'm looking for
I am a results-driven product manager with a long tenure in financial services, advancing from frontline roles to senior leadership at Discover Financial Services. I focus on process improvements, operational excellence, and delivering customer-centric digital transformations across complex ecosystems.
I've led cross-functional teams and Agile initiatives, reducing turnaround times and technical debt while migrating data to cloud environments and unifying data structures. I consistently deliver measurable outcomes, including decreasing turnaround from 45 to 20 days and cutting Agile technical debt from ~50% to under 10%.
As a people manager and trusted advisor, I build high-performing teams, create documentation and knowledge-sharing programs, and negotiate resources to meet product roadmaps and SLAs. I have experience guiding roadmaps, driving restitution and recovery quality control, and supervising both analysts and product teams.
I bring deep domain expertise in collections, recovery, and student and personal loan servicing, combined with hands-on experience in Agile, JIRA, MIRO, and analytics to unlock growth, improve adoption, and deliver operational gains.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Manager Business Analyst
Discover Financial Services
Oct 2023 - Present (2 years 5 months)
Oversee and empower 2-4 business analysts managing issue resolution for Student and Personal Loans, achieving >90% SLA success and reducing turnaround from 45 to 20 days through process reengineering and cross-functional collaboration.
Quality Control POD Lead
Discover Financial Services
Sep 2022 - Oct 2023 (1 year 1 month)
Led a team of 6 analysts performing quality control for student loan restitution, finalizing 95% of reviews within two days and completing scope within 12 months via documentation and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Product Owner, Enterprise Data Warehouse
Discover Financial Services
Apr 2020 - Sep 2022 (2 years 5 months)
Guided Agile team through EDW migration to cloud, converted Kanban to Scrum, reduced technical debt from ~50% to <10%, and delivered 300+ data structure elements to improve consistency and accuracy.
Senior Product Manager
Discover Financial Services
Apr 2018 - Apr 2020 (2 years)
Spearheaded roadmap and delivery of an Overdraft Line of Credit MVP, coordinating cross-functional teams and securing resources to complete multi-sprint development and implementation.
Workstream Lead, DSL and DPL
Discover Financial Services
Apr 2014 - Apr 2018 (4 years)
Led subject matter experts and timelines for major servicing platform migration, producing 200+ requirements and supporting 100+ agents on GUI adoption for Personal and Student Loan portfolios.
Manager, Repayment Assistance and Recovery
Discover Financial Services
Sep 2011 - Apr 2014 (2 years 7 months)
Built a recovery and collections team, oversaw UAT and technology liaison, transferred $2B of student loans to an integrated platform and reduced charge-offs by 20% via repayment strategies.
Collections Process Manager
Discover Financial Services
Feb 2009 - Sep 2011 (2 years 7 months)
Optimized skip tracing and operations training to recoup an incremental $30M in charge-offs year-over-year and improved operational benchmarks across three centers.
Late Stage Collections Strategy Manager
Discover Financial Services
Apr 2008 - Jan 2009 (9 months)
Directed analysts in customized notifications to improve payment behavior and leveraged analytics to meet charge-off projections while collaborating with partners to roll out new collections strategies.
Manager, Recovery Strategy
Discover Financial Services
Jun 2007 - Apr 2008 (10 months)
Implemented channel placement changes for attorney-managed accounts, developed scoring models and converted SAS code to .jar, serving as business lead on decision infrastructure.
Recovery Strategy, Project Manager
Discover Financial Services
Feb 2006 - May 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Provided project leadership and mentorship while launching analytical and modeling tools to optimize recovery outcomes and implemented three long-term projects improving recovery performance.
Recovery Strategy, Senior Analyst
Discover Financial Services
Apr 2005 - Jan 2006 (9 months)
Administered monthly reporting and developed a 30-report SAS suite to provide performance insight, closing metric gaps and increasing liquidation in Agency and Attorney channels.
Recovery Strategy, Analyst
Discover Financial Services
Mar 2004 - Mar 2005 (1 year)
Supported strategy tests and standardized data expectations, producing monthly and ad-hoc reports that informed vendor placement decisions and improved liquidation versus charge-off sales.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Roosevelt University
Master of Business Administration, Business Administration
Completed a Master of Business Administration program focused on business management and leadership.
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Arts, Economics and International Studies
Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Studies with interdisciplinary coursework in economics and global affairs.
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