Managing multiple programmes across different technologies and compliance that deliver IT change across multiple sectors and organisations, from both a professional services and strategic transformation. Creating high powered cross functional teams to ensure successful delivery of strategic outcomes, while developing team cultures that Inspire and motivate others.Additional Role Context• Leading a high performing Project Management Team• Business Case development to gain programme funding, to enable transformational change• Senior stakeholder management (including CEO, CFO and Board Directors)• Working with service providers onshore and offshore• Develop cultures within teams that encourage diversity and Inclusion • Programme MI that Includes Board updates, reporting, programme RAID and financial forecasting• Driving benefit realisation outputs, and ensuring accountable owners• Tracking and driving project milestones to ensure successful programme delivery • Management of dependencies across the portfolio

Working within the IT Delivery Team, leading mixed and diverse teams both onshore and offshore, I am responsible for organising and managing all phases of the project lifecycle to deliver business objectives that aligns to the Wilko IT strategy. This includes scoping and developing business cases to secure funding for upcoming initiatives, managing project governance plans, resource capacity planning, and project reporting at various governance forums to director level stakeholders.A more extensive list of responsibilities executed within my role are listed below but not limited to:• Managing technology, people, and change to deliver strategic outcomes on time and within budget.• Supporting concept activity, Including estimating, planning, RFP support and Vendor selection.• Lead on stakeholder management through Programme Boards, and Steering Groups.• Managing third party delivery partners and suppliers, both onsite and offsite.• Leading and managing diverse teams in a large and changing environment.• Ability to adapt to changing working situations, managing teams virtually. • Using both Waterfall and Agile principles to develop governance structures suitable to deliver Projects/Programmes at pace.• Mentoring and developing of Team Members, enabling high performance teams to deliver business and strategic objectives. • Weighing the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and then Identifying the most appropriate option.• Provide guidance and coaching to direct reports and programme team members. • Financial Management, reporting on current cost positions, proactively mitigating challenges that would incur cost or time delays.• Recognising talent and mentoring team members to fulfil their goals and securing new job roles

• Developing project plans, milestones and budgets and Identifying the resources required to deliver the plan.• Applying project management principles and methods while tracking the day-to-day operational aspects of the project.• Working collaboratively and cross functionality to deliver the projects within a programme/portfolio.• Identifying project Risks and Issues and managing to resolution. • Directing and motivating the project team as appropriate.• Agreeing project scope and objectives with all concerned parties.• Managing both small and large projects.• Communicating the status of a Project to the Sponsors and Stakeholders.• Defining Team Members roles and responsibilities.• Producing clear status reports and project presentations. • Managing project budgets with accurate finance forecasting, and actuals.• Working with third parties and support partners to deliver projects.