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A well-respected and high performing change leader and senior project manager with proven success in bringing together and engaging teams of people to successfully deliver projects and change initiatives. Excellent record in:● Leading, both small and large, cross functional teams to plan and execute delivery.● Managing multiple stakeholders at all levels across an organisation.● A strong focus on people and engagement and adoption of change initiatives.● Implementing new approaches to improve the change management experience across the businessOver 15 years’ experience in financial services in roles that have given me a broad range of planning, delivery, execution and change management experiences. These have been in roles that report in to the business area Director and have required me to lead or be part of virtual, cross functional and/or office based teams.Most recent achievements have included:• Headed the Business Delivery programme (comprising 9 workstreams) to ensure successful delivery of our new Income Protection product, including successful management of internal and external governance, and stakeholder management. • Led the consultation and design, Executive Committee approval and subsequent implementation of a new change management structure and governance approach.• Pioneered a new business and operational readiness model to support the launch of a new online business application journey.• Led the preparation of the operational teams for Guardian’s launch on to a new distribution platform. Proactive and professional, with excellent people & communication skills, ensuring that change is not just delivered to an organisation but with the engagement of and adoption from people within that organisation.

Listed skills include Project Management, Project Delivery, Portfolio Management, Business Strategy, and 22 others.