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Glasgow, Gb

Scotland, United Kingdom

Led client engagements, ensuring Kainos delivered top-tier digital solutions and Workday deployments that enhanced organisational efficiency and fostered long-term partnerships.Oversaw the EMEA Workday Extend portfolio, managing pipeline, staffing and project mobilisation, while leading full lifecycle product delivery with tailored project management methodologies.Managed client account commercials, including frameworks, revenue, staffing and forecasting.Identified and cultivated growth opportunities with both new and existing clients to drive business expansion.Implemented and enforced effective project governance and operational methodologies to ensure seamless execution.Mentored and coached internal and client staff, fostering professional development and enhancing team capabilities.Executed risk management, financial oversight, reporting and governance to ensure project success and compliance.Developed recruitment pipelines and succession plans to ensure strategic staffing and talent continuity.Served as the primary account manager and escalation point for the EMEA Extend delivery pipeline, engaging with C-suite stakeholders to address critical issues and drive solutions.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Digital Services - Public Sector

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Accountable for overseeing the build and design portfolio, managing multiple client engagements to ensure alignment with our ethos of "helping clients develop digital products that transform business performance".Directed technical success of the build and design portfolio, managing 10 client accounts, each with £500K revenue.Managed portfolio risk through proactive identification, mitigation and resolution strategies.Formulated and executed portfolio-level strategies and KPIs, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.Led high-performing teams, including four Technical Account Leads, to deliver exceptional results.Nurtured senior client relationships to align with their business strategies and showcase MMT’s digital expertise.Served as the senior liaison for client escalations, ensuring prompt and effective resolution.Provided strategic technical input for new business opportunities, including pre-sales and pitch presentations.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Developed and executed a continuous improvement strategy aligned with overall business objectives, leading the implementation of the improvement roadmap.Oversaw the Business Technology risk management framework, ensuring effective risk management processes at the departmental level.Managed all live issues and incidents affecting the IDO trading platform, ensuring swift and effective resolution while minimising operational downtime and impact.Defined and implemented the Technology Operations continuous improvement roadmap for 2020/21, focusing on operational enhancements, efficiency gains and strategic alignment with business goals.Led multiple Agile SCRUM teams through comprehensive end-to-end solution delivery sprints, ensuring timely project completion, high-quality deliverables and alignment with stakeholder expectations.Successfully recruited and organised the Sunderland Tech Hub’s technical teams, comprising 40 staff members, optimising team structure and performance to meet strategic technology objectives.

Sunderland, United Kingdom

Delivery orientated agile practitioner leading high performing software development teams.

West Midlands, United Kingdom

Held responsibility for managing a digital change and IT delivery portfolio valued at approximately £3.5M annually, overseeing project execution, resource allocation and stakeholder engagement.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Accountable for the successful end-to-end delivery of software solutions using scaled Agile methodologies, with budgets ranging from £500K to £3M.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Navigated the delivery of multiple projects across various portfolios, managing budgets of up to £450K, ensuring timely completion, risk mitigation and stakeholder satisfaction.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Coordinated project activities, managed timelines and budgets and ensured successful project delivery while gaining experience in diverse aspects of project management and organisational operations.

Coventry, United Kingdom

This two-year graduate programme provided a platform to learn and develop the basics of project management. These roles included business analysis within the Generation arm of E.ON IT, leading remote project teams (across Europe) through large scale system migration, secondments to both Spain and Germany in a strategic project risk management capacity and culminating in a change project management role with E.ON IT Retail based in the UK.

Hcm & Project Management

Master Of Laws - Llm, Law, Pass

Activities and Societies: Edinburgh University Boxing Team Dissertation topic covered the policing of domestic violence.

Ba/ Hons Risk Management, Business, 2:1

Dissertation topic related to risk perception within the context of world health pandemics.