professional profileA highly-experienced & business-led Senior Project and Programme Manager/Director with a successful background in B2B, B2C, financial services, life insurance, central government, pensions, consulting and international corporate sectors. Collaborative approach to successful transformational leadership, engaging with business stakeholders at up to C-Suite level, delivering ‘fit for purpose’ solutions, improved HR operations, Workday SaaS, systems and processes.PRINCE2 Practitioner & APM member, with experience of applying best practice frameworks and methods.Experience of driving and delivering change, business case creation, transformation, service transition, project strategies, process mapping, operational improvement, cost-reduction, leadership & business benefits realisation. Key achievements & business outcomes• Designed and led the programme to deliver Workday SaaS HCM, Expenses and Payroll within Cabinet Office• Created and managed programmes to deliver new and improved recruitment and learning for the Civil Service• Led the design and delivery of a new learning and development approach• Renegotiated master vendor contract resulting in improved provision and c£19m of savings• Created a business change framework including tools, techniques and processes for major finance company.• Leading the Implementation and Transition of Barclays Ring Fenced Bank Programme• Engaged with CFO’s, COO’s and Business Leaders to optimise the in-force life policies for Aviva plc• Drove and delivered Aviva’s 2013/14 global non-FTE operations improvement & cost reduction initiatives• Supported Aviva Canada & Asia Business Leaders to create and deliver 5 year strategic roadmaps• Programme-led end-to-end delivery of Aviva’s new global ‘Workday’ HR capital management system• Programme-led closure of Aviva’s final salary pension scheme - with a £286m+ one-off curtailment gain