Stuart Sadler

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IT Service Transition Manager @ Aviva
Norwich, England, GB
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Greater Norwich Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Stuart Sadler

I am an experienced Leader with over 21 years of experience in the IT Industry. 5 of those years were in Agile environments, where I performed Agile Delivery Lead, Lead Scrum Master & Kanban Lead roles. I have also got 16+ years experience in Testing Roles, including Test & Service Practice Lead, Test Process Owner, Test Tools Owner and Portfolio, Programme and Project Test Managers roles.During this time I have gained Agile and Test Qualifications from Scrum.org (x5 - including PSM3 which has a very limited number of global certificate holders), Lean Kanban University (x2), ICAgile (x2), Prince (x1), ISEB (x2).I have a proven track record of:• Trouble shooting & problem solving on large, complex, problematic programmes and projects• Implementing frameworks and processes, changing mindsets and continuously transforming and improving Ways of Working using empirical data to save the company money• Successfully delivering small incremental change on a frequent basis• Building and shaping new teams using a variety of Permanent, Contract & Global Sourcing Resources• Being flexible and adaptable within any role• Strong internal stakeholder relationships and third party management• Training stakeholders and colleagues in Agile, Scrum, Kanban and other Lean Practices• Excellent people management skills, including coaching & mentoring colleagues / teams to reach & exceed their potentialI am an honest, self-motivated, conscientious, committed, supportive, passionate, enthusiastic, determined, hands-on, hard-working and easy to get on with Leader.

Stuart Sadler's Current Company Details
Aviva

Aviva

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IT Service Transition Manager
Norwich, England, GB
Website:
aviva.com
Employees:
25391
Stuart Sadler Work Experience Details
  • Aviva
    It Service Transition Manager
    Aviva
    Norwich, England, Gb
  • Aviva
    It Supplier Support Manager
    Aviva Jul 2021 - Present
    Norwich, England, United Kingdom
    - Facilitate, Enable and Deliver the Improvement Plan by working with the Aviva & the Supplier's Delivery Teams to agree and embed Problem Statements and progress them thru to resolution.- Ensure that the Change Internal Audit Action Plan is delivered successfully and on time- Day to day responsibility of the Change Related Governance Model- Review the Change Commercial Model
  • Aviva
    Agile Delivery Lead
    Aviva Nov 2019 - Jun 2021
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    • Working with the Business Partner and their Leadership Team to increase the pace of our Agile Transformation / Adoption & improve the Ways of Working across the S&R Portfolio• Removing Waste & becoming more Lean enabled us to increasing the frequency of value add deliveries (up to 130 times in one year on one Programme) and shorten feedback loops• Created a new Agile Target Operating Model• Supported Continuous Improvement and the increased Agile maturity within 14 Feature Teams• Managed, mentored and developed 8 Scrum Masters• Brought IT and the Business closer together• Provided Agile, Scrum & Kanban training and coaching to teams across the organisation• Leading the Communication Theme within the Agile Transformation Community
  • Aviva
    Lead Scrum Master / Kanban Lead
    Aviva Jun 2016 - Oct 2019
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    • Setting the Agile strategy for the Customer Operations Transformation Programme• Leading up to 18 Scrum Masters (Permanent, Contractor and Supplier) and their teams• Overseeing the resourcing for all Teams. This included the overseeing of the transition of all of our Developers and Testers from one GSP to another• Training, coaching & mentoring my Scrum Masters, Dev Teams and Product Owners. Including coaching one particular Product Owner to create a Release Burn Up Chart to prove evidence that a Business Case was not viable. The Project was then stopped and considerable money saved• Creating multiple new Feature Teams (Kanban and Scrum) and acting as Scrum Master within them until they started to mature• Helping all teams to continuously improve, remove waste, continuously improve and work closer with the Business• Organizing and running Internal Kanban & Scrum training sessions throughout the organisation• Performing an "Experiment“, as requested by our CIO, to understand what organisational impediments were stopping us from running Scrum as per the Scrum Guide. Then trying to remove those impediments
  • Aviva
    Portfolio / Programme Test Manager
    Aviva Aug 2012 - May 2016
    Norwich
    • Day to day management and development of up to 9 Test Managers across 2 Portfolios and 1 large Programme• Replacing the entire Aviva Life Finance Test Team (9 Test Managers plus their Test Analysts) with our new Global Sourcing Partner resources (within 8 weeks)• Created & implemented entirely new, more efficient, Test Strategies for both the Finance Area and the Functions Dept• I carried out hands on Test Management on 3 very red, critical projects (Unit Pricing, Document Management Services & Aviva Quotes largest ever delivery)• Overseeing the Agile Testing for 12 Features Team within the Customer Ops Programme
  • Aviva Plc
    It Financial Consultant
    Aviva Plc Jul 2011 - Jul 2012
    Norwich
    • Managed a team of Enterprise Architects & Apps Support Staff to build an accurate list of our 800 Apps• I was the first person to successfully build a new Financial Model Tool that calculated the run costs for each Aviva Life Application which enabled us to see where our Infrastructure budget was being spent. I then created the report showing where millions of pounds could be saved• Helped other areas of Aviva to create these same reports for their respective areas
  • Aviva Plc
    Test And Service Practice Lead, Test Process Owner & Test Tools Owner
    Aviva Plc Jun 2008 - Jun 2011
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    • Designed and implemented a revised Target Operating Model for the whole of the Aviva Life Test Team• Led the Aviva Test and Strategy initiatives across the UK, USA, Canada, Asia and European Communities• Led a recruitment campaign for Test Analysts & Test Managers and also led on career promotions• Created a professional training programme for all Aviva Test and Service staff (including ISTQB and ITIL) and managed the training and training budget• Organised Practice forums & institutes• Responsible for the Validation and Verification Processes and ensuring that they achieved CMMI Level 3. At outset the Verification process was our weakest CMMI process but at the CMMI assessment it came out top• Assessed all process improvement / simplification ideas & created the Business Cases. Then obtained and managed the budget, people and work• Managed all Aviva’s test tools & resources• Managed the relationships with HP & IBM (including involvement in all contract negotiations)• Planned & managed an entire re-host of Quality Center from Aviva to HP (under a SaaS arrangement)
  • Aviva Plc
    Programme / Senior Test Manager
    Aviva Plc Jun 2006 - May 2008
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    • Picked up all test responsibilities for a multi-million pound project when the test RAG status changed to Red (including budget and resourcing)• Created Test Strategies and managed the planning & resources through to successful delivery for the IPP Migration, Pensions Performance, Finance Transformation & Solvency 2 Programmes / Projects
  • Aviva Plc
    Capability Manager & Offshoring Co-Ordinator
    Aviva Plc Mar 2005 - May 2006
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    • Created a new Resource Management Process for all SDLC Roles within the Web / E-Comm Platform• Ensured all resource issues (inc resource mix) were resolved• Created the strategy, plan and training material for our first Knowledge Transfer to Aviva GSP’s
  • Aviva
    System Test Manager
    Aviva Aug 2004 - Feb 2005
    Norwich, England, United Kingdom
    Managing a Web / E-Comm System Test Team consisting of 21 Test Analysts
  • Aviva Plc
    E-Commerce Test Automation Lead
    Aviva Plc Jul 2002 - Jul 2004
    Norwich
  • Aviva Plc
    Lead Acceptance Test Analyst
    Aviva Plc Jul 2000 - Jun 2002
    Norwich, United Kingdom
  • Aviva Plc
    System Test Analyst
    Aviva Plc Jan 1999 - Jun 2000
    Norwich, United Kingdom
  • Aviva
    Life & Pensions Call Centre Representative
    Aviva Jan 1997 - Dec 1998
    Norwich, United Kingdom
  • Aviva
    Pensions Administrator
    Aviva Dec 1990 - Dec 1996
    Norwich, United Kingdom

Stuart Sadler Skills

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