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Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland

PMO Director

Nenagh, Munster, Ireland

UCOM Project Manager

London, United Kingdom

• Chief of Staff for the Equity IT organisation reporting to the Global Head of Equity IT with staff of 1,400. Managed the PMO department of 30 people with accountability for finances, workforce plans, reporting and.
• Selected to integrate new Head of Global Equity IT
• Restructured PMO organisation
• Provided reliable program reporting, eliminating “mixed messages”
• Dedicated contact point for business product manager
• Worked with Equity CFO enabling authorisation of program funds

• Transitioned to a managerial role to support UBS Group Technology transformation
• Managed over 80 reports and career development for over 50 permanent employees
• Owned recruitment process of permanent and contract employees
• Communicated workforce changes to senior business stakeholders
• Managed IT vendors in Eastern Europe and India
• Established Continuous Improvement function

• Accountable for transitioning an underperforming team of 14 into an effective delivery unit.
• Instigated weekly stakeholder communication between appropriate business leads and IT that re-established trust in the development team
• Refined financial management so that delivery capability aligned with budget resulting in realistic delivery expectations
• Managed some strong personalities with entrenched behaviour while migrating from a development centric process to a more standard SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle)
• Transformed offshore development team from a demotivated group to a productive dedicated team

• Managed a global team of 30 people and a budget for development, support & infrastructure
• Delivered in line with budget
• Established an offshore development team to reduce development costs by 50%
• Transitioned team from a waterfall to agile methodology helping to improve productivity
• Identified and handed over to a successor enabling non-impactful career progression
• Transitioned application from change into maintenance mode without reducing stability

Responsible for delivering change while maintaining a stable high performance platform. Role incorporated planning, budgeting, recruitment, risk mitigation, management of globally distributed resources and communication with business and technical stakeholders.

Full project lifecycle delivery of trade connectivity to US Equity Options exchanges