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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Project managing business and IT projects

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Currently managing infrastructure projects covering physical to virtual server migrations in key business application space and also enhancing capability in the implementation of Security, information and event management upgrades.

Management of project resources and multiple delivery work streams; budget management and control, including development of detailed business cases, resource costs, third party costs, capital expenditure and benefit realisation; project progress and resource management; project planning, risk issue, dependency and change management; project reporting and communications to senior stakeholders; stakeholder and third party management - both on an off shore; execution of project governance processes and business.- content management system framework and website development- financial planning tools delivery- management information delivery- negotiation for third party statements of work- delivery on managed portfolio investment services for high net worth clients

Promoted information security across the Standard Life Group, establishing and communicating best practice approaches to ensure data security. Developed a structure and business process in order to bring information security to the forefront of project awareness.Key ResponsibilitiesResponsible for performance management of a team of 5 Information Security Specialists. Formulation of a network of contacts across the group to raise awareness of information security risks.

Gained valuable experience of overseas project delivery and culture, working on a very varied range of projects and subject matter which required the ability to analyse and formulate consultancy techniques and delivery solutions specific to each projectKey ResponsibilitiesSuccessful delivery of overseas projects which involved multiple countries, cultural considerations and time zones; preparation and delivery of presentations to external clients to promote Standard Life’s project management capabilities; various pension scheme implementations including Staff pension scheme changes to remove final salary benefits, implementation of large pension schemes & movement of pension scheme funds and investment providers; business consultancy to internal and external audiences; project delivery reporting to Director level up to Group CEO; project governance; input to internal best practice project management and consultancy processes.