• Designed, established and set strategy for an Enterprise PMO within Thales.
• Responsible for Transport (Rail), Telecom and Security Bids & Projects, impacting various regions, assuring compliance to Thales Corporate (Chorus 2.0) Standards and Governance.
• Directed and managed Project Management staff; leading the effort to provide training and coaching on Thales Methodologies as well as fostering career development.
• Managing roll-out of Enterprise Project Management tool (Primavera P6), integrating resource and financial data to increase consistency, transparency and accuracy of project controls.
• Embedded Forensic Delay Analysis techniques as part of larger Project Controls Framework.
• Managed the development, implementation, and maintenance of Project Management policies, standards, tools and procedures to reduce the Non Quality Costs of implementation and post-delivery support.
• Provided Project Management services such as Initiating, Planning, Project Controls, Reporting and Risk management to Bids & Projects
• Actively influenced and collaborated across various functions including Quality, Procurement, Engineering, Finance and Service Delivery to promote an integrated approach to Bid & Project Management.
• Established and sponsored specialised Communities of Practice to enhance the capability of the PMO staff.
• Developed, measured and analysed Key Performance Indicators for Bids & Projects, using the results to implement improvement plans to support progress towards organisational goals