Mark Abbott Email & Phone Number

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Yorkshire / Bath

- Product Owner for the Altus APEX Change Management Framework- Portfolio Lead for major Blue Chip Insurance client

Bath / Remote

- Led on the production of scoping and planning reset for major programme at blue chip FS client- Creation of Change Management Framework and other Change Management delivery collateral- Creation of portfolio level reporting and performance metrics- Intervention, management and course correction of stressed workstream delivery for large FS client- Key.

Remote

Scoping, shaping and planning transformational portfolio of work for an insurance client including business case creation.

Greater Leeds Area

Providing Value-add PMO, Project, Programme and Portfolio Management Expertise

Remote

Leading a Project Portfolio Review for the Group Technology function in a large Financial Services organisation:-- Review, appraise and rollout portfolio structure- Review critical projects, Critical Path Analysis- Review outcomes and benefits to aid in resource prioritisation- Identify key dependencies and produce overarching Plan on a Page- Review.

Remote

• Led on building a business case (approved) for a large scale Enterprise PMO reinvigoration/implementation for large Public Sector engineering client
• Produced best practice Project/Programme/Portfolio processes and assessed current state to determine key areas of focus
• Scoped and shaped Agile adoption strategy for large Higher Education client

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

• Prioritisation, financial management, control and assurance of a volatile transformational project portfolio in excess of £60m annual budget
• Senior stakeholder engagement and Exec level reporting, options, analysis and recommendations to optmise and balance the portfolio
• Chair and management of the Decision Analytics Product Change Approval Board (PCAB)
• Implemented automated and improved the (Excel based) Finance Portfolio Demand List and Portfolio toolset for a step change improvement in data quality and decision metrics
• Acted as a business champion and Centre of Excellence, providing training, education and awareness about the role and purpose of Portfolio Management to the wider community
• Standardised processes across disparate business areas, acting as a relationship bridge across the organisation to provide networks in and out of Portfolio

Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

• Introduced and improved governance across the newly established UK&I Experian Project and Programme Management Centre (PPMC) of c.100 staff, including creation of new processes, improved MI provision, reporting and.
• Introduction and day-to-day management of portfolio level governance and assurance processes, including reporting on the end-to-end delivery of the Transformation Portfolio of IT and business change
• Executive level reporting on Experian UK&I operational performance and Brexit impact for the UK&I Managing Director

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Planning, prioritising, resourcing and assuring the end-to-end delivery of the complete portfolio of IT and business change
• Creating, managing and improving greenfield PMO/Portfolio Management Function including wider departmental IT KPIs in addition to project health reporting across Lowell Group
• Introduced enterprise resourcing model for demand and supply within 6 weeks, formulated and implemented new RAID and highlight reporting tools and process, devised new delivery risk metrics and tied them in to.
• Baselining the entire IT budget (including total headcount and project budget) through close liaison with the CIO and Finance
• Drove change vs run ratio improvement from 20/80 to 60/40 in under twelve months
• Provided metrics and MI to enable effective decision making to start and stop projects based on strategic value, business case and risk

• Initiation, roll out, process definition and management of a new small change programme, shaping, scoping, estimating and overseeing delivery of change resulting in a cost saving excess of £4m over a 3-year period
• Introduced a formal planning, prioritisation and resourcing process to manage the IT portfolio for in excess of 300 resources,
• Schedule and manage the pipeline of work for RBS Insurance IT across the full development lifecycle
• Created and implemented new project portfolio reporting MI for a budget in excess of £300m over a 5-year period
• Produced reports with options and recommendations for director and Executive level prioritisation decisions
• Chaired the technical, resourcing and feasibility/planning meetings within RBS Insurance IT, reporting directly to the Insurance Executive and was, personally, the “front door” for all Business Technology Services.

A/P at Equifax Europe UK Ltd in Bradford

Bsc (Hons) 2:1, Technology Management

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