Jeff Watson Email & Phone Number

Leopardstown, Dublin 18, IE

Programme and Change Management on large multi-channel, mobile and digital environment via major IT change, small projects and BAU digital change.Harvard MBA with emphasis on technology management, social media, e-commerce, and mobile.Driving digital transformation of people, processes and technology. Human / user centric design, lean startup, agile.

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Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Development of digital resourcing teams and core competency areas for major multi-channel digital banking program. Set-up of onshore and offshore teams related to integration and API management, engineering, systems analysis, digital infrastructure, agile delivery and release management. Resulted in major cost reduction through insourcing of core.

Digital Strategy and Transformation activities for Barclays Corporate Channels including:-Digital Strategy for Corporate Portal, iPad, Mobile and online payments-Agile / Continuous Integration development systems for offshore dev team-Led transition to Run activities for online payment application

Armonk, New York, NY, US

Social Business / Social Media Lead for Strategy and Transformation with IBM Global Business Services for financial services, credit card and consumer products companies. Additional focus on mobile and tablet solutions as well as innovation and agile development.

Middlesex, England, GB

Programme Management of initiative aimed at migration of Sales and Service customer contact activity from phone and to e-Channels

Boadilla Del Monte, Madrid, ES

Leading initiative to develop IT strategy, best practices design, and execution strategy for a global bank with initial rollout focus in UK, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain.

GB

Blastbeat is an international online music and multimedia company deploying the internet, social networking, Web2.0 digital media, and a schools-based programme to garner youth generated music, digital media, and Web 2.0 contentManaged global team with employees ranging from US, UK, Ireland, South Africa, and Slovakia with direct team 0f 20 and indirect.

GB

• Served as Head of Internet IT for Cahoot, the Internet-only bank of Abbey, and for Abbey. Delivery of multiple releases including major site redesign, call centre relocation, and payment system upgrades.
• Responsible for delivery of all aspects of Internet IT change management from payment systems, loan products, credit cards, security, and Internet web design. Relationship-managed business to agree on key approaches.

Gogarburn, GB

• Restructured and re-deployed 20 project and programme managers, business analysts, and web designers to achieve major improvements in management, staff morale, project throughput, quality, and timely delivery. Key.
• Senior member of Internet delivery team and change management director charged with execution of a wide ranging programme of work to upgrade RBS online banking capabilities on a global basis.
• Responsible for overall programme including resourcing, management, budgets, governance, risk management, and issue resolution and escalation.

• Supervised international, multi-lingual staff across five global locations including UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. Included extensive programme management of international outsourcing teams at multiple.
• Led pan-European project office with responsibility for oversight of all major strategic projects including Location Based Services, SMS/Alerts, Italy and Germany country rollouts, charging and mobile payments.

Bellevue, WA, US

• Content Director, responsible for supervising 10-person team delivering all mobile applications for banking, brokerage, credit cards, payment systems, news, retail, travel, and guides/going out channels.

• As Chief Information Officer held operational and programme management responsibility for developing and rolling out a multi-country suite of online credit products including mortgages, credit cards, and personal loans.
• Established unit from inception at beginning of year to a 40-person, pan-European team of business domain experts, project managers, architects/programmers, web designers, business developers, and consultants..

• Responsibilities included setting strategic direction for revenue growth, strategic partnering, risk management, credit portfolio management, and programme management for suite of online products

• Drove major release project plan across all areas of company: software development, marketing, data centre, and implementation/integration. Developed new methodology and process for product development.

• Provided consultancy services for various client through Risk Control unit, including State Street Bank.

• Managed team of 40 underwriters, servicers, loan officers, processing and processing staff across three branches

Mba, Finance And Technology Management

Ba, Economics