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- $125 hourly
- 5.0/5
- (4 jobs)
I work with committed clients on meaningful projects with a sense of purpose. Together we deliver projects that hit the mark. We start with a clear and unambiguous project definition that is specific, measurable, aligned with your strategy, realistic, and time-boxed. Our shared responsibility is to translate the project mandate and crystallise the business objective, the product, scope, time, and budget. We will establish your management system and clearly define roles and responsibilities. My role as your senior project consultant is to partner with you and: Engage with you and your team as appropriate, and Enable Empower Encourage and then Evaluate the health and progress of product, project, and people, and Engage (you get my meaning) As a Programme, Project, and Delivery Manager with over 20 years delivering solutions in people, process, and technology transformation, I am perfectly positioned to help the right client succeed with the right project. We owe it to each other to rapidly decide if I am the best project professional to engage on your business-critical project or programme. I am a projects specialist, with a passion for coaching and growth, managing multi-national teams both remotely and on client sites. I have delivered professional services management of people, sales, and P&L responsibilities. This included providing services across all industry sectors and most application areas with numerous technologies. I seek to initiate, define, and plan your project with you, and then enable, empower, and encourage, leaders through managing the full project life cycle. Your success is my greatest reward. Failure is not an option. If you need more hands-on project management from me and my agency, we can develop a solution for that. Key programme and project highlights include: ● Transformation Support Manager on the NHS England General Practitioner Appointment Data programme 2021/22 ● COVID-19 National head of Planning and Assurance for the NHS England Mass Vaccination Centres rollout in 2021 ● COVID-19 Programme Management Office Manager on the NHS England Mass Vaccination Centre Estates programme 2020/21 ● Manager of the IBM Software Services business in South Africa (South Africa) ● Integrated Management Services (IMS) SAP Projects Director ● Global Lead of the IBM HRMS Service Delivery Model implementation (Global) ● Programme Manager for the IBM City of Johannesburg SO account ● IBM SA Leadership Team executive development and strategy facilitation ● Informatica Professional Services (IPS) Senior Technical Delivery Manager (EMEA) ● IPS PIM Delivery Manager (Principal Consultant) ● IPS People Manager ● IMS SAP Integration Manager A projects specialist, with a passion for coaching and growth, managing multi-national teams both remotely and on client sites. Professional services management of people, sales, and P&L responsibilities. Provided services across all industry sectors and most application areas with numerous technologies. ● Managed ERP (SAP), SaaS (Workday), Middleware, Data Management and Systems Integration implementations. ● Business development through proposal preparation and opportunity identification. ● Transitioned hundreds of customer employees to IBM in outsourcing contracts. ● Methodical in C-Level escalation management, problem definition and resolution. ● Root Cause Analysis and incorporation into a business unit methodology. ● Effective coaching and mentoring skills of peers and client staff. ● A structured approach to planning, tracking and risk management. ● Partner with product sales, support and customer success managers in meeting client expectations, resulting in improvements to the software solutions. I have a Bachelor of Commerce specialising in Management, and an Advanced Diploma in Strategic HR Management. I renewed my PMP and certified as a PRINCE2 Practitioner in 2020, and certified as an AgilePM in 2021. In June 2020 I wrote a beginner’s guide to managing the return to a hybrid working environment. The book ‘Moving Back to the Future’ introduces strategic and project risk, change management, and the project framework for the non-PM to manage the return to the COVID-19 workplace. I am currently writing a book on using the return to the office as a study tool for PRINCE2 certification exams.
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