Jo Richards Email & Phone Number

Haywards Heath

Owning delivery of all projects in the change portfolio.

Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Responsible for all aspects of IT portfolio management, driving business-aligned change initiatives•Successfully managed PPP’s entire portfolio of business change projects & programmes, £10m pa•Senior IT Representative at Programme Steering Groups, engaging executive level sponsors•Leadership, management & direction of a team of 16+ PMs and 4 PMO staff, including mentoring•Programme Managed all change, delivering strategic roadmaps created & refined with sponsors•Championed… Show more Responsible for all aspects of IT portfolio management, driving business-aligned change initiatives•Successfully managed PPP’s entire portfolio of business change projects & programmes, £10m pa•Senior IT Representative at Programme Steering Groups, engaging executive level sponsors•Leadership, management & direction of a team of 16+ PMs and 4 PMO staff, including mentoring•Programme Managed all change, delivering strategic roadmaps created & refined with sponsors•Championed the adoption of Agile (DSDM and SCRUM) best practice methods, improving delivery•Drove strategic portfolio planning, budget & resource management and global reporting Show less

United Kingdom

Responsible for all aspects of IT portfolio management as the ‘Head of PMI Platform Modernisation’•Appointed to senior leadership role within a leading insurance / healthcare business within the UK•Focused on driving a transformation and change agenda, spearheading a £5m pa change portfolio•Headed-up the definition & execution of PPP’s IT modernisation strategy, aligned to business need•Drove modernisation & change, with a transformation roadmap securing £30m+ group… Show more Responsible for all aspects of IT portfolio management as the ‘Head of PMI Platform Modernisation’•Appointed to senior leadership role within a leading insurance / healthcare business within the UK•Focused on driving a transformation and change agenda, spearheading a £5m pa change portfolio•Headed-up the definition & execution of PPP’s IT modernisation strategy, aligned to business need•Drove modernisation & change, with a transformation roadmap securing £30m+ group investment•Leadership, management and motivation of 12 PMs & 2 PMO staff, delivering a portfolio of change•Successfully led programmes of transformation, migration & consolidation, delivering the strategy Show less

Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Responsible for all aspects of IT programme delivery, managing budgets of £2m+, teams of 60+•Appointed to shape, lead and deliver the most sensitive, complex and time-critical programmes•Specialised in rescue & recovery of problem programmes, ensuring the best outcomes and ROI•Head of the IT PM Job Family, championing continual process improvement and competency uplift•Created and chaired the Project Review Board, advising and sharing best practice & lessons learnt… Show more Responsible for all aspects of IT programme delivery, managing budgets of £2m+, teams of 60+•Appointed to shape, lead and deliver the most sensitive, complex and time-critical programmes•Specialised in rescue & recovery of problem programmes, ensuring the best outcomes and ROI•Head of the IT PM Job Family, championing continual process improvement and competency uplift•Created and chaired the Project Review Board, advising and sharing best practice & lessons learnt •Leadership, matrix management & motivation of 60+ staff, distributed multi-site, including offshore•Successfully led, managed & delivered PPP’s accreditation process to CMMI Level 2, then Level 3 Show less

Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Responsible for all aspects of IT project management & delivery, engaging with key business users•Appointed to lead ‘Project 2’ of PPP’s corporate-wide Business Transformation Programme•Accountability for successful end-to-end (e2e) delivery of multiple software development projects•IT relationship manager for PPP Sales, engaging with key stakeholders & championing their needs•Drove formation of a cross-UK Estimating Practice Group, with principles still used by AXA globally

Tunbridge Wells

Responsible for spearheading formation of the e-Development capability for a healthcare insurer•Key player in creating 1st cross-UK eDevelopment capability, underpinning business expansion•Focused on development of a Skills and Technology Target Operating Model (TOM) for AXA PPP•Top-level engagement with Development Partner (Valoris), managing knowledge transfer process•Built, developed & mentored the team, including the recruitment, training and development of staff•Led the… Show more Responsible for spearheading formation of the e-Development capability for a healthcare insurer•Key player in creating 1st cross-UK eDevelopment capability, underpinning business expansion•Focused on development of a Skills and Technology Target Operating Model (TOM) for AXA PPP•Top-level engagement with Development Partner (Valoris), managing knowledge transfer process•Built, developed & mentored the team, including the recruitment, training and development of staff•Led the creation and development of an eDevelopment methodology, adopting best practice tools•Championed the adoption of a common Java framework, applied across a shared IT infrastructure•Project managed a portfolio of successful deliveries, including PPP’s first intranet & extranet sites Show less

Haywards Heath

Led the design and delivery of a number of bespoke applications.

Chatham And London

Joined as a graduate Trainee, rising to Senior System Analyst.

Chemistry, Bsc, Honours

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