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Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

Ownership and implementation of a strategic vision to achieve business objectives as agreed with key stakeholders.Product StrategyThe creation, implementation, management, and optimization of the following strategies:• Product Vision: a product vision balancing innovation with business objectives.• Product Roadmap: a rolling 12-month Product Roadmap, with supporting SDLC workflow schedules, ensuring the smooth transition of projects from initiation through to release.• SDLC Model: a flexible and functional SDLC model that delivers the product roadmap through pre-production, production, and release.• Pre-production: the consistent stream of innovative games ready for development in line with the Product Roadmap and the SDLC Model.• Production: the production of games in line with the Product Roadmap and the SDLC Model.• Release: game sign off from final testing, certification in all appropriate markets and release to the CDN in line with the publisher roadmap.Leadership• Lead the game design team (game designers, artists, mathematicians, and technical writers).• Lead cross-functional development teams (developers, artists, testers, team leads) to ensure a high level of product quality and delivery.• Lead technical project managers to ensure games are taken through the release processes, including final sign off testing, market certifications and market release.• Oversees all aspects of the teams by facilitating and resolving issues, through effective problem solving and communication skills.• Build and maintain excellent stakeholder relationships across the business.• Create and maintain a culture of support, enablement, ownership, and accountability.• Conduct performance appraisals of direct employees at least twice a year.• Monitor performance of direct employees on an ongoing basis and takes effective steps to deal with non-performance.

Leading both internal and external teams to deliver a product vision, strategy and roadmap of internet gaming products.Key responsibilities:• Owner of product vision, strategy and roadmap• Delivery of roadmap on time and to budget• Leading and mentoring an internal team of 25 cross-functional resources to deliver market leading products and user experiences• Partnering and dovetailing with numerous global off-site teams to achieve product deliverables• Continuous process of workflow evaluation and improvement to ensure maximum resource efficiency • Leverage data analysis to improve financial performance• Evangelize product vision to key stakeholders using market research, performance metrics and data analytics to build consensus

London, United Kingdom

Drove the deployment and implementation of a suite of server management tools to 30,000 servers across the Deutsche Bank global estate.Key responsibilities:• Collaborate with a global off-site team consisting of architects, technical engineers, QA engineers, security officers and a global support team to deliver a signed off plan ready for executionKey achievements:• Obtaining high level security approval to implement Firewall changes across the global to enable communication between a new Cloud Infrastructure and estate servers

Colchester

Provision of help and knowledge in how to effectively do business in China.Key achievements:• Significant reduction in annual print costs.

21/23 Phoenix Court, Hawkins Road, Colchester, Essex Co2 8Jy

From ground up created and executed a profitable digital vision and strategy for a market leading magazine group.Key responsibilities:• Owned product vision, strategy, roadmap and full profit and loss accountability• Delivered roadmap on time and on budget• Lead and mentored an on-site team of 8 cross-functional resources• Lead a team of 4 off site cross-functional resources• Balanced project workflow between inhouse/outsourced resources and business partners • Sourced and negotiated contractual terms with all outsourced resources and business partners • Year on year evolution of strategy/roadmap prioritising budget, resource and business objectives to achieve stakeholder approved growth objectives• Facilitation of workshops and collaborative analysis to assist in the ongoing creation of product visionKey achievements:• 20 content driven websites, 3 eCommerce sites, 40 Apps, video streaming and numerous other digital initiatives• Email circulation lists in excess of 1.5 million subscribers• Email/marketing campaigns ramped up to 14 newsletters per week• Implementation of behavioral marketing and A/B testing on email campaigns• Digital advertising strategy from ground up• E-commerce content revenue from ground up

Strategic responsibilities reporting directly to the managing director:Key Responsibilities:• Owned IT software, hardware and infrastructure implementation and support strategy• Sourced and negotiated commercial telephony and data contracts• Sourced and negotiated all commercial support partnerships which included support for SAGE software, accounts ring fenced infrastructure, CRM support and Avaya telephony support• All other support and implementation requirements provided via in-house Digital teamKey Achievements:• Purchasing strategy for data/telephony saved £40,000 per annum• Developed and delivered a promotions and marketing CRM strategy and system.• Project managed warehouse conversion to new office building (400 sqm)• Created and implemented modular data/telephony infrastructure.

Colchester, United Kingdom

Created role and department on own initiative by identifying and delivering numerous physical product lines utilizing the Chinese manufacturing market.Key responsibilities:• Owned product vision, strategy, roadmap• Delivery of roadmap on time and on budget• Lead and mentored a team of 4 in-house promotional executives• Created full e2e process - product conceptualization through to UK 2-week delivery window• Sourced and negotiated all commercial partnerships which included manufacturers, shipping and freight hauliers and branded properties via franchisor licensesKey achievements:• New product lines went on to create in an excess of £3m in profit• First year operational savings of £100,000• Imported one 20ft container per month supporting between 3 to 5 product ranges• Commercial branded partnerships included Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Beatrix Potter, Paddington the Bear and Mr Men• 100% record of time sensitive (2-week retail window) product delivery

Norwich, United Kingdom

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