An accomplished Program and Project Manager offering over 15 years of professional experience and history of leading the implementation of innovative technology solutions for high-profile multinational companies. Well-versed in best practice solutions to drive the achievement of strategic priorities with strong knowledge of corporate governance, company law and vendor management. A dynamic leader with a reputation for building high-performing capabilities. Holds deep strategic insight and extensive program management experience. Works exceptionally well with cross-functional corporate and technical teams using Agile and Waterfall methodologies, and confidently engages and influences at C-Suite level. Boasts a wealth of professional skills such as Portfolio and Program Management, New Product Development, Agile Leadership, Change Management, Team Development, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Systems Thinking and Communicating Complex Ideas.Key career accomplishments include: • Achieved category awards at the 2013 & 2014 First National Bank (FNB) Innovators Competition for spearheading the conceptualization and design of innovative savings products.• Delivered initiatives that transformed investment operations for onboarding and maintaining client information on FNB's client master. Projects were key in enabling platform capabilities for the concerned business area.• Led a program of digital enablement projects to manage clients on FNB and Ashburton sales platforms. Enabled capability to onboard clients on the sales platform and provide clients with the ability to view their products on digital channels.• Drove initiatives to identify delivery pain points and improvement opportunities in business and IT value streams. Strategy was proposed to improve agility, introduce lean portfolio management, reduce waste, and apply data-centric practices for greater predictability. In addition, flow-based agility was introduced on an experimental basis in select teams, allowing them to improve on their delivery, capacity management and flow of business value. This enabled greater collaboration between project leaders and scrum masters, thereby entrenching the changes.
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