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Sheffield, GB

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the overall direction and success of all the One University IT Products supporting business functions. Managing the lifecycle all the non-teaching and research-specific solutions incorporating workplace tools (Devices, Productivity and Communication) with corporate tools (People and Finances).Leading a team of 6 Product Managers defining.

Sheffield

Responsible for all Digital Workplace IT Products across the University.Led and managed a high-performing team of around 20 people, working collaboratively with colleagues within the business and users.Managed a budget of £4million per year for transforming and delivering improvements for Productivity, Device and Communication solutions across the whole of.

Sheffield

Demonstrating leadership agility, I covered the short term vacant Head of Product role for Education while maintaining my responsibilities. During this dual role, I provided crucial leadership and structure to the Education team. Successfully implementing a plan to define the team structure, recruited for vacant positions and developed a clear roadmap..

Responsible for the PMO within IT at the University of Sheffield. Reporting to the University Executive Board IT Sub Group on performance Led, Managed and grew the PMO function and capabilities in line with the aspirations of the University including implementing Agile.In line with broader University strategies, managed the transition away from just a.

Member of the IT senior management team with a broad and diverse role. Over the 10 years, the role changed significantly in terms of breadth and depth. Initially focused on improving the level of customer service and communication delivered by the department, managing a communications team and undertaking satisfaction reviews of IT products and services..

Senior management position within the Children & Young Peoples Directorate; providing strategic professional/business support functions for the social work element of the section, working within tight legislative requirements whilst delivering service improvements and efficiencies through technology. Working on initiatives around improving finance.

Working within Strategy & Service Development, responsible for creating and carrying out communication strategies at London Underground in relation to all customer-based Information. This involved creating and delivering on communicating strategies/plans with the general public on issues such as planned works and closures, timetable changes, safety within.

Responsible for maintaining and developing a region-wide public transport Information strategy. Managing a team and several products dealing with the processes around collating, manipulating and publishing of public transport information in both paper and electronic formats for all public transport services within South Yorkshire. Managed the delivery of.

Reported directly to the Finance Director, brought into the organisation to streamline and improve the customer-facing element and procurement processes. This involved managing staff across three sites within the UK (Sheffield, Birmingham and Bristol).

Responsible for providing market, sales and stock data analysis to several departments in the organisation to aid business planning. Responsible for a team of 4 members of staff who centrally controlled the procurement of inter-site stock, consignment stock and peripherals required by the customer. Worked closely with key customers such as British.