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Manchester, England, Gb

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

• A hybrid role based between office and home, reporting directly to the MD and CEO• Full ownership of P&L and growth targets for the division• Managing a team of 35 personnel encompassing Heads of Delivery and Management Consultants• Responding to client requests for technology or personnel for software development and testing• Managing all bids and playing an instrumental role in bidding for jobs and winning the bids• Writing the bids in collaboration with the… Show more • A hybrid role based between office and home, reporting directly to the MD and CEO• Full ownership of P&L and growth targets for the division• Managing a team of 35 personnel encompassing Heads of Delivery and Management Consultants• Responding to client requests for technology or personnel for software development and testing• Managing all bids and playing an instrumental role in bidding for jobs and winning the bids• Writing the bids in collaboration with the team• Arranging initial meetings with potential clients either in person or online to work out requirements• Leading presentations with clients to win work• Conducting a thorough analysis to define personnel requirements and approve any hiring• Negotiating legal contracts and day rates, setting the overall framework, and writing the individual Statements of Work, with defined timescales, liabilities and clauses• Handing over to the delivery team for execution and monitoring their progress• Attending internal meetings with clients up to C-level management, holding weekly and monthly meetings on staffing, account reviews, and forecasting• Dealing with any escalations such as issues with personnel or project progress• Holding full accountability for the accounts, with delivery management where required, with a view to extending client contracts at conclusion• Liaising and communicating with clients through regular meetings and on an ad-hoc basis, as required• Sourcing and identifying potential new clients through bids, networking events, personal network or via direct approach• Supporting strategic growth for the company, including financial forecasting for the business unit, reviewing forthcoming work and expected new business by client• Facilitating talks at industry events, attending as a keynote speaker at events organised by recruiters, talking to senior IT business leaders, and also sitting as a panel member on webinars Show less

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for growing key accounts • Opening the Nimble Manchester Office, creating a unique environment for Nimble staff and for customers to visit

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

• Overall responsibility for delivering Cross Brand Self Exclusion for Sky Betting & Gaming, managing both Nimble and SB&G business and IT teams• Programme duration 18 months, with management of around 80 people and coordination globally with partner brands within Flutter of BetFair, Paddy Power and Poker Stars• Successful implementation in June 2022 enabling safer gambling and gaming across the Flutter Group

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Programme Manager for HR and Pensions Transformation for all elements of the MoD during Initial Programme phases, set up and structure of the Programme across multiple sites and complex ‘forces’ stakeholders• Programme Manager of a technology merge and simplification programme for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, coordination and management of Freshfields, third party resources and Sopra Steria; delivering significant IT security change across all Freshfields offices… Show more • Programme Manager for HR and Pensions Transformation for all elements of the MoD during Initial Programme phases, set up and structure of the Programme across multiple sites and complex ‘forces’ stakeholders• Programme Manager of a technology merge and simplification programme for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, coordination and management of Freshfields, third party resources and Sopra Steria; delivering significant IT security change across all Freshfields offices worldwide• Programme Director for Charity Commission, taking over an initial consultancy engagement providing the client with a technology roadmap, devising and leading a hybrid delivery methodology utilising Agile and Waterfall• Programme Manager for Financial Conduct Authority, initially to reduce monthly AWS costs within ; was retained to bring a team together to work on continuous Agile development for the FCA worth £1m annually• IT Programme Manager for Bank of England Reporting, senior member of the bid team to win the initial work, managed £5m of resources, managing all IT elements of the Bank’s Regulatory reporting for IFRS9/IRB, resourced to 800-man days a month at peak delivery• Programme Manager for Coop Bank’s Agile Transformation Digital Programme, managing a budget of £12m over 12 Projects; managed 7 Project Managers with resource utilisation up to 1200 days a month over several onshore and offshore locations; relationships maintained with the Bank and other suppliers• Programme Manager on Coop Bank’s separation Project from the Coop Group, managing of 600-man days effort per month analysing over 700 Bank Systems; successful delivery of analysis across all systems Show less

Warrington, United Kingdom

• Undertook management of a Business Transformation Programme which was not meeting timelines and had poor stakeholder management, financial control and staff morale, all of which were improved• Management of 14 Projects impacting on 8,000 staff across 500 sites• Management of 3,500 resource days and £3.5m budget• Reporting into a Programme Board with Directors

Manchester

• Project Management for Coop IT and Steria, overrunning by 5 years, with poor commercial and business relationships• Managed significant improvements in relationships between Coop and Capita• Managed the overall IT costs for Coop and Steria• Management and planning of Steria IT (onshore and offshore) and Coop IT resources to a successful implementation

Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Olympics Security Accreditation project: Development of a proposal worth £3.5m alongside Capita as delivery partner• Implementation of Oracle ERP for Human Resource and Finance for over 700 staff in CRB• Implementation and management of ITSM function into the Criminal Records Bureau, managing 6 key IT suppliers with an annual contract value of over £10m

Chester

Project and Programme Manager. Managing Bespoke Developments, 3rd Party Development Offshore/Onshore. Programme Manager business change Programme.

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