Amanda Walker Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, VIC, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Civica (www.civica.com) provide a wide range of business-critical software, digital solutions and technology-based outsourcing services which makes Civica a leading partner for customers across national, regional and local government, health & care, education and public safety, together with commercial organisations in highly regulated sectors.

PMO ManagerSeven ConsultingSeven Consulting is a private and independent Australian IT Project and Program Management Consultancy. We manage and successfully deliver large-scale, complex IT- enabled business transformation projects for Australia’s top companies.

Melbourne, Australia

• Responsibilities:
• Lead and manage all aspects of the nextGEN Programme Management Office, including monitoring and reporting on overall nextGEN Programme progress against plans, Quality Management and adherence to agreed delivery.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to the Project Community and PMO team on the application of Project Management principles and disciplines.
• Member of the nextGEN Leadership TeamAchievements:
• Developed and implemented the nextGEN Governance and reporting framework, streamlining the governance structure to ensure effective management and governance was in place.
• Developed and implemented a revised stage gate process to provide early visibility of the project health and continue to evaluate the viability of the project at each stage.

• Lead and manage all aspects of the Project, Program and Portfolio scheduling, risks and dependencies. This includes facilitation of all planning and risk identification workshops across the portfolio
• Provide mentoring and coaching to the Project Community and PMO team on the application of Project Management principles and disciplines.Achievements:
• Developed the PMO Plan including setting the vision, strategy and design for the newly formed division that included development and delivery, maintenance, and support of program and project management solutions to.
• Successfully implemented the continuous improvement framework for the PM@TAC Framework
• Successfully designed and implemented service offerings around Project Planning and Risk Identification Workshop facilitation.

Melbourne, Australia

• GBS Project Services has primary responsibility for governance, methodologies and tools forbusiness change delivered through programs and projects across the NAB Group.Responsibilities:
• Provide global based services incorporating strategy, design, development and delivery, maintenance, and support of program and project management solutions to meet business needs.
• Lead and manage the team responsible for delivering high quality Project Infrastructure services (Methodology, Tools, Standards, Knowledge Management, Communications and Project Learning & Development), across the nab.
• Successfully implemented Projects New Starter Program for all Group Business Services, Project Services staff (>300 employees).
• Managed the integration of all project management tools across the group, into Group Business Services Project Services PMO. Enabling the rationalisation of the Projects suite of tools and processes.
• Successfully implemented the Group Project Policy, which enabled and set quality assurance standards and measures across the group.

• Responsibilities:
• Lead, coach and monitor the service delivery leads which include, Snr Portfolio Analysts and TeamPlay (Primavera) Support Lead.
• Manage the Risk & Compliance management of all Australian Region Technology Projects.Achievements:
• Successfully lead team of 10 direct reports and 32 indirect reports, including mentoring, guiding and coaching, providing feedback in 1:1 regular catch up meetings, conducting quarterly performance reviews and.
• Renegotiated the contract for Primavera Australia and nab, with a cost saving of $190k annually to the organisation, as well as improved service levels.
• Lead the implementation of agreed support services across all Technology Projects. Providing a single suite of standards and tools for all Technology project members.

Melbourne, Australia

• Responsibilities:
• Provide high level analytical support through the Portfolio Analyst team to allow Portfolio Management to effectively oversee the management and work allocation of the Technology resource pool (including recruitment.
• Coaching, monitoring, supervision of direct reports to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to successfully perform their role.
• Administrator of the project suite of tools, together with management of minimum standards and governance of all project standards across Technology Banking Australia projects.Achievements:
• Developed and implemented the operating model for project support staff.
• Implemented quality assurance and compliance against minimum standards.

Melbourne, Australia

• Responsibilities:
• Lead and co-ordinate supply & demand management across all Technology Banking Australia investment slate. The PMO was accountable for AU$176M p.a. portfolio spend.
• Management of all Requests for Expenditure across Technology Banking Australia initiatives.
• Mobilisation of all projects in the suite of tools used across Technology Banking Australia.
• Provide guidance and support in the use of project tools and methodologies.Achievements:
• Successfully managed and implemented the use of a single Risk, Issues, Change Request and Dependency management tool across all Technology Banking Australia projects, reducing from over 25 tools into one.

Melbourne, Australia

• Responsibilities:
• Provide support with management of project schedules, reporting and analysis for the Basel II Operational Risk and Data & Reporting global program.Achievements:
• Implemented the global integrated project schedule within Primavera.
• Implemented project standards across the program for management of reporting, risk & issues and change requests.
• Administrator for the Finance and Risk Management suite of project tools.