Ivan Watermeyer Email & Phone Number

Australia

Lead portfolio, program and project delivery and governance enhancements to support achievement of strategic and annual plans.

Australia

Lead delivery of a portfolio of business change projects in support of the enterprise strategy.

Melbourne Area, Australia

In a multi-faceted leadership role, I have had the opportunity to serve as Director of Project Services for a short period and as PMO Manager to deliver IT solutions and accelerate 50+ in-flight $multimillion projects to completion every year. I lead and empower performance from a team of 11 project management experts within the PMO and 65+ in project services to drive operational change and delivery transformation. My key achievements include:• Boosted IT project delivery success from 36% to 63% and uplift in capability in 5 years.• Introduced a range of agile project management methodologies and best practices.• Removed bottlenecks affecting workforce planning to reduce software development time.• Revised structure and hierarchy to reduce staff turnover from 48% to 27% annually• Decreased contractual needs from 63% to 11%, underpinned by clear communication lines.• Slashed costs by c.40% and average project lifecycle by revitalising end-to-end processes.• Established clear Power BI dashboards to house consistent and current project data.• Successful in the migration of a legacy EPM solution to an Atlassian-based toolset.• Replaced traditional PMO with a newly designed, best practice Agile Delivery Office.• Embedded robust processes to drive a SAFe, lean and agile based operating model.

Melbourne, Australia

My primary remit was to introduce a variety of enterprise technologies designed to optimise the end-to-end logistical process across 30 road freight depots, taking on a lifecycle program management role. I led and motivated a team of five staff in the program delivery function to implement a well-designed and tested COTS based product to integrate with existing business applications. I engaged with stakeholders to capture requirements and translate into solution development, while directly advising the executive steering committee throughout. My key achievements included:• Recovered a failing $multimillion program and fully optimised logistical operations.• Negotiated vendor services at no cost to the business through efficient administration.• Refocused program in partnership with business CEOs by removing unsuitable software.• Reconciled business expenses using best practice cost monitoring tool & robust controls.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I established a project management consultancy to directly advise organizations on delivering change and business transformation, which often involved hands-on instruction within a live operating environment.

Western Australia, Australia

In a short-term capacity, I led the lifecycle delivery of a shared services program for a government department, taking full ownership of initiation, resources, assets, risks, budgets and delivery within set deadlines.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

In an operations management role, I held full accountability for controlling business profit & loss and driving excellence across the supply chain and service delivery. I designed, developed and presented training programs to educate clients on efficient IT project capability management, achieving quality assurance and embedding best practice procedures to retain regulatory compliance.

Melbourne

As program manager, I focused on the implementation of a $multimillion corporate shared service, from capturing and analysing requirements to defining scope, scheduling, budgeting, negotiating with vendor and setting up PMO for a 55-member project team. I liaised with the program steering committee to continually report on progress, risks and issues throughout. My key achievements included:• Executed the program at 15.4% under budget and delivered on schedule to revitalise HR.• Built confidence with apprehensive key stakeholders to set-up business services arm.

Melbourne, Australia

With efficient planning and coordination, I orchestrated the introduction of an annual capex program and capability improvement initiative. This involved synergising talent acquisition, consolidating large-scale technology systems, shaping roadmaps and re-engineering business processes, controlling a $multimillion budget. I led and motivated a team of 22 project management professionals, acting as a coach and mentor to empower performance, educate on lessons learned, encourage a strategic approach and assume funding project ownership. As leader, I fully aligned all projects by embedding quality standards and processes. My key achievements included:• Designed and rolled-out project management processes as a best practice benchmark.• Successfully passed an audit by KPMG in 2004 with minimal improvements required.• Delivered on major stakeholder expectations to outsource technical field services.• Consolidated call and data centres, revitalise technologies and simplify workflow.• Improved CMMI capability and set entry-level metrics to reduce late projects by 20%.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

During this time, I undertook full time study to attain MBA, achieving a gold medal award for 95th percentil result.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

My primary role was to orchestrate efficient IT solution delivery operations and uplift capability for a portfolio of 50+ in-flight $multimillion projects.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

MBA (Gold Medal)

Master Of Science (Engineering), Ict

Bachelor Of Science, Electronic Engineering