Benjamin Kidd Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

During this time my role as Programme Manager I was required to run multiple multi million dollar programmes of work. None bigger than the Business Fibre Zones Programme that commenced in 2020 that saw NBN Co launch the Business Fibre Initiative, an investment of up to $700 million in a multi-faceted package delivered over the next three years to support innovation, productivity and growth for Australian businesses.As part of my Programme role I was also responsible for the following:* Managing the Business Fibre Zones programme end to end for the Business Sales and Marketing portfolio - Overseeing 30+ internal staff plus external resources* Oversaw Programme Roadmap and of all projects and budget allocation and spending* Building out the CAPEX programme of work in conjunction with our IT Department* Programme Lead on Key Initiative programme of work* Managed the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) deep-dive session with company COO and EGM’s* Owned the Programme Initiative reporting that was issued company-wide* Represented the portfolio at the Pre-Project Initiative sessions with IT and delivery partners* Represented portfolio in governance forums and provided monthly programme view to senior company members* Represented programme in all team forums and managed output back into the programme teams

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

During this time I secured a role as Project Manager within the Product Delivery Customer and Commercial portfolio and responsible for the following:* Managing end to end product projects for the Business Capability programme of work* Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, RAID's and other project artefacts* Developing teams to cater for projects dependent on size and complexity* Managing project teams ranging from 10 - 20 resources* Presenting projects through SteerCo and PGT (Project Governance Team) to senior management* Managing budget and financial tracking and reporting to stakeholders* Managing Solutions Architects and technical experts to develop project plans and complete design artefacts by required milestone dates

North Sydney

I was engaged by NBN to join the IT Service Customer portfolio to assist with the deployment of the Integrated Releases across NBN Environments.During this engagement I was responsible with outlining the current projects that are lining up for the Integrated Releases to gauge the impact and resources required across the IT Service – Customer platform and manage these projects from E2E within the releases. These changes correspond with direct Access Seeker (customer) requests and internal changes and Improvements to the NBN Infrastructure. • Overseeing end to end life cycle of Integrated Release Projects within the IT Service Customer Program: 3-4 releases per year, 10-15 Projects per release ranging from $3-6m in total budget.• Managing internal Project teams ranging from 15-40 resources.• Developing teams to cater for projects dependent on size and complexity• Developing and maintaining Project Plans and schedules for each project and Release• Tracking tasks and milestones for each project down to short and long term milestones.• Liaising and coordinating with 3rd Parties and vendors to maintain schedules are on track.• Managing Solutions Architects and Technical Experts to develop project plans and complete design artifacts by required milestone dates.• Overseeing approved project budgets and providing weekly financial reports to stakeholders, including forecasts and actuals.• Preparing BPE (Ball Park Estimates) for the requestor and project sponsors.• Chairing weekly PSG (project steering group) meetings with General/Senior Managers and Project Sponsors.• Maintaining weekly project status reports to all Project Stakeholders.• Monitoring and maintaining risks and issues.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I was a Project and Solution Delivery Manager for the Retail Banking, Information Wealth and Technology Portfolios within the Commonwealth Bank. My projects spanned across Infrastructure, software, new products and direct business updates so I have been exposed to a very wide selection of areas. Some of my responsibilities included:• Managing Projects over full end-to-end life cycle. SDLC, PMLC and PMBOK methodology.• Overseeing approved project budgets and providing weekly financial reports to stakeholders, including forecasts and actuals.• Preparing BPE (Ball Park Estimates) for the requestor and Project.•Completing HLE (High Level Estimate) which covers complete scope of delivered solution and infrastructure for funding approval.• Tracking tasks and milestones through internal Project Management tool (PPMC) and Microsoft Project.• Chairing weekly PSG (project steering group) meetings with Project Sponsors.• Holding weekly TWG’s (Technical Working Groups) and with internal and 3rd party resources to review project issues, risks and dependencies.• Collaborate with Solutions Architects, Technical Experts and 3rd Parties to develop project plans and complete design artifacts by required milestone dates.• Providing weekly project status reports to all stakeholders.• Liaising and coordinating with 3rd Parties and internal Tech’s to have changes implemented.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I was engaged as a Project Manager in the Triage Team that reviewed Retail Banking projects and provided a HLE (High Level Estimate) to outline to stakeholders the complexity, effort and budget required so a go or no go decision could be made.• Reviewing and Managing IT related Projects that are assigned to Triage team.• Overseeing Projects from kickoff meeting through to implementation phase. • Preparing BPE (Ball park Estimates) for the requestor and Project.• Completing HLE (high Level estimate) Document for requestor and Business owner.• Coordinating meetings between Designers, Architects and other people involved in the projects.• Completing meeting minutes for all parties involved.• Writing status reports for ESSS management for all Projects that are being worked on.• Coordinating and running weekly team meetings and update sessions.

Bondi Junction

St Leonards, Sydney Nsw

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

* Managed internal IT and hardware projects* Maintained schedules, RAID's and budgets* Provided weekly reporting to senior stakeholders