Gary Wainwright

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Project Director, leading delivery of large-scale IT and business transformation projects in Government @ Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
london, greater london, united kingdom
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Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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Gary Wainwright is a project and programme manager with a strong track record of delivering major IT projects within large government departments. He has 20 years of project management experience, successfully delivering complex projects to support the introduction of Universal Credit in DWP and the transformation of the department’s counter fraud capability. Gary has been working as a Senior Project Manager, leading Government Major Project Portfolio (GMPP) projects for over 10 years. This has included delivery of large-scale business transformation and new digital services, using both waterfall and agile techniques to achieve outcomes.Gary’s key skills are in building and growing teams and developing great relationships with delivery partners. He gets teams collaborating and working together to do great things.

Gary Wainwright's Current Company Details
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs

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Project Director, leading delivery of large-scale IT and business transformation projects in Government
london, greater london, united kingdom
Website:
defra.gov.uk
Employees:
3905
Gary Wainwright Work Experience Details
  • Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs
    Project Director
    Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs Jul 2021 - Present
    Project Director - Biosecurity, Borders and Trade Programme at DEFRA
  • Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp)
    Senior Project Manager – Counter Fraud & Error Project
    Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp) Apr 2016 - Jul 2022
    Senior Project Manager delivering a key enabler for the transformation of the DWP’s counter fraud and compliance directorate. Delivering a new digital service to over 5,000 staff, replacing legacy IT systems and transforming business processes. Using agile delivery to ensure new technology meets user needs and moves DWP towards its vision of a digital workplace. Implementing the service across a diverse range of user groups with differing needs, providing improved user journeys. Integrating with other services and data sources to provide process efficiencies, improved compliance and a great user experience.
  • Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp)
    Programme Manager – Payment Deductions Programme
    Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp) Mar 2015 - Mar 2016
    Senior Programme Manager leading delivery of solutions to enable recovery of DWP, HMRC and local authority debt from Universal Credit payments to enable the on-going recovery of over £9bn of debt.Leading a blended approach of agile and waterfall methods to deliver changes to existing IT systems, new IT solutions and improved business processes within DWP and across other government departments. Developed an approach to integrating agile delivery with waterfall project plans to provide a smoothly co-ordinated implementation.Successfully delivered the programme through building big relationships with senior stakeholders, coaching and mentoring, getting teams to work together and resolving issues collaboratively.
  • Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp)
    Agile Delivery Manager – Dwp Use Of Real Time Information (Rti)
    Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp) Jun 2014 - Feb 2015
    Agile Delivery Manager for the DWP use of RTI digital project, which enabled the prevention and detection of income-related fraud and error. Leading the project to meet a high priority strategic objective for DWP from inception, I successfully managed delivery from inception, through a Discovery phase and to completion of an Alpha phase. Oversight of development of prototypes and a working version of the product, delivered collaboratively by conducting user research and completing development and testing of the prototype with end users at the heart of the design.Worked with HMRC colleagues to ensure the service delivered will take HMRC towards their strategic cross-government data sharing aims.
  • Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp)
    Project Manager – Real Time Earnings Proof Of Concept
    Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp) Aug 2013 - May 2014
    Project Manager for a Proof of Concept to test the value of earnings data to DWP to improve detection of fraud and error. Utilised skills in planning, risk management, governance and stakeholder management to successfully deliver the project at pace, managing a broad range of stakeholders and suppliers to deliver within challenging timescales.Successfully navigated financial, commercial and ministerial approvals processes, influencing key players in order to deliver quickly and maintain delivery timescales. Delivered over £6m in savings, with total costs under £250k.
  • Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp)
    Programme Management Office Manager – Fraud, Error And Debt Programme
    Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp) Aug 2012 - Jul 2013
    Lead responsibility for governance and control of a major DWP programme. Responsibilities included managing programme planning, monitoring and reporting, governance reviews and risk management. Significantly improved reporting by successfully implementing a new planning and monitoring regime to focus on exception reporting. Successfully introduced risk and issue management mechanisms across all projects, developing a strategy to comply with the DWP risk framework.
  • Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp)
    Project Implementation Manager – Central Payment System (Cps) Programme
    Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp) Nov 2010 - Aug 2012
    Managed the implementation of the DWP Central Payment System (CPS) Programme, which was a £250m programme delivering the largest integrated payment and accounting system in the world. I led the work to develop integrated implementation plans, coordinating complex and inter-dependent activities of multiple suppliers, external partners and DWP business areas. Implementation involved over 35 interfaces within DWP and changes to internal and external systems including VocaLink and sponsor banks. Managed the roll out of the system to almost 30,000 users in over 1000 locations, developing training and guidance products and providing on-site support to frontline offices.
  • Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp)
    Service Delivery Manager – Central Payments System Programme
    Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp) Jan 2010 - Nov 2010
    Managed the Technical Assurance Strand of the CPS Programme, with responsibility for assuring supplier delivery, including achievement of non-functional requirements, operational assurance testing and implementation of Service Management processes. The delivery included the introduction of two new applications and significant change to existing IT infrastructure.Managed a multi-supplier project to agree and implement the Application Maintenance & Support service, negotiating and agreeing high value contracts. Managed commercial relationships at senior levels, engaging Service Provider leads, DWP Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Directorate to create a senior forum to resolve issues.

Gary Wainwright Skills

Stakeholder Management Project Management Leadership Government Management Program Management Change Management Project Planning Business Transformation Risk Management Growing Teams Issue Management Coaching Project Delivery Project Management Office Agile Project Management Project Control Waterfall Project Management Digital Transformation Build Strong Relationships Project Manager End To End Project Management Business Case Development

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