Agile Coach & Programme Manager
2014-16Agile coach and lead during the establishment of feature teams to deliver the Aviva Health Change Portfolio using scrum and kanban. Matured the Distributed Agile Scrum teams in partnership with outsource supplier based in Bangalore.Created and presented agile educational materials specifically focussing on business stakeholder agile overviews, scrum team refreshers, product owner essentials and Impact & User Story Mapping.Member of the Aviva Agile Transformation and Coaching teams dedicated to spreading the use of agile methods across the organisation and developing team member skills and agile maturity.Supported expansion to 7 agile feature teams from project teams in 2016 to specifically align to business goals with one team entirely based offshore.In 2014-15 transitioned from co-located to distributed agile teams across multiple locations and timezones to incorporate partnership with GSP (Wipro).2010-14Programme Manager for Quote & Admin system for Corporate Life & Income Protection business with a budget of £9m and forecast benefits of £20m over 5 years. First phases live as scheduled in Mar 11 (Systems Thinking processes) and Aug 12 (Quote system). Plan baselined for next phase delivery.Management of detailed vendor (aquila) selection process and ongoing relationship and deliveries, governance and reporting, stakeholder engagement at all levels, team resourcing, coaching and line management, Aviva Group IT relationship, budget control, CARDI, business readiness, decommissioning, and primarily outcomes delivery. Scrum master for in-house development using agile.2006-10Release/IT Build manager for 3 major integrated systems releases.Manager for 3 year programme to deliver transformation of the PMI new business, renewals, and administration processes and systems with a budget of £10m delivering benefits in the region of £4m/year.Responsible for the delivery of two efficiency driven programmes using lean techniques.