My current role is focussed on unlocking the benefits of Microsoft's Power Platform within Defra Group. My core objectives are to increase the pace of delivery, create a transparent service offer and ultimately enable the business to deliver both small low risk and large critical solutions on the platform with minimum friction. In this role I have built a strategic and technical foundation for Power Apps/Automate in Defra Group (37k employees) including:- Designing and implementing an adaptive governance model and associated environment strategy- Setting architectural guardrails and principles for the usage of Power Apps/Automate in Defra Group- Designing new appropriate DLP policies and implementing them- Installing and customising the Centre of Excellence Starter Kit to automate monitoring and management of the platform- Driving adoption of the platform through regular communication, business sponsorship and our incredible Community of Practice- Building and managing the team to deliver this service- Managing the roadmap for the technology, researching and prioritising new featuresThroughout my time in this role I have also regularly shared our experiences as early adopters of this technology, both to other government departments and at conferences including the European Power Platform Conference (2023 & 2024), South Coast Summit (2023) and Scottish Summit (2024).

In this role I worked with all business areas of Defra Group to look at how innovative technology solutions can enable the organisation to work in more efficient and effective ways. This was a strategic role aimed at driving change by understanding and exploring which emerging technologies Defra should adopt in the long term to achieve its outcomes. On a daily basis, this job involved horizon scanning new technology and, in parallel, understanding our organisation and its business challenges as well as its vision for the future. These are then matched together leading to business-led trials of new technologies followed by an evaluation of their success and a recommendation for further strategic implementation. These technologies could be anything from machine learning and AI to digital twins and augmented reality so it was important in this post to learn and understand new technologies and their potential benefits quickly, and then be able to explain them and their potential benefits to business colleagues so we can work together to explore them.On a day to day basis this role involved managing a number of innovation consultancy and practical exploration initiatives with high profile stakeholders as well as informing roadmaps and strategies for technology introduction and adoption.

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