Professional attributes
Proactive, target-driven PMO Programme/project planning professional who has obtained transferable skills with major public and private sector clients. Managers programme and project plans, management information at all levels to ensure high-profile programmes and projects are completed on time. Designs and installs change after analysing requirements, assessing benefits and potential risks. Effectively interfaces at all levels in fast-paced, evolving environments to deliver within challenging time and cost parameters.
Specialisms include production of top down road maps, presentation to senior users as well as large dependency Primavera & MSP plans across different areas of an organisation. Experienced in providing strong support to Project Managers and leading by example in helping to resolve issues. Flexible on location.
Core competencies andachievements
- Planned and managed the project lifecycle from concept to implementationto the value of £150m; turned around slipping projects and schedules. Prioritised then allocated tasks; tracked deliverables, controlled budgets, managed risks and issues (RAID) register, regularly updated stakeholders.
- Demonstrated excellent leadership when positioning programmes in parallel with enterprise systems and objectives. Managed multi-skilled teams, worked for government bodies, military avionics, IT and telecom suppliers using latest technologies.
- Highly proficient at planning in-house and supplier hardware and software developments and deployments for platform servers across networks including WebLogic, Agent, IVR, GSM, HP, Logica CMG, SAP, Cisco, Lucent, Linux, UNIX, MS Windows, and Oracle.
- Experienced business and systems analyst who mapped processes; gathered data; authored documents such as business and functional requirements; wrote business cases; employed design tools, activity diagramming and user cases.
- Clearly able to disseminate information verbally and in printed form. Delivered training via workshops and one-to-ones; gave winning presentations; leveraged commercial acumen to control budgets and track costs on multi-million pound assignments.
- Adapted rapidly to fast-paced, evolving environments and new technology. Allied workplace experience with training, inclusive of PRINCE2, Resource Pool, EPM, SharePoint, Project Server, Primavera 6v7, Clarity, and IBM methodology.