drydensfairfax solicitorsHead of IT and Business Change: Projects, Software, Infrastructure, InfoSec, Service Delivery
Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2014Bradford & Leeds, United KingdomThe UK's largest specialist debt recovery law firm dealing with portfolios in excess of ยฃ100,000 for lenders, debt purchasers and commercial businesses, handling significant volumes of both regulated and non-regulated collections and litigation instructions. ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐
โช๏ธ Figurehead for IT across the business, clients, and third party service providers
โช๏ธ Support day-to-day business operations (growth, compliance, efficiency, and service quality)
โช๏ธ Ensure platform capability, stability, and scalability, including the Liberate CMS
โช๏ธ Lead a multi-functional team of 25 people, across Project Management, Software Development, Infrastructure, and Service Delivery ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐
โช๏ธ Restructured and streamlined team with nebulous responsibilities into three distinct units
โช๏ธ Consolidated two disparate incident management processes, fully outsourcing the Help Desk
โช๏ธ Led replacement of the entire desktop estate for continued PCIDSS compliance and improved business resilience
โช๏ธ Initiated and oversaw implementation of ISO 27001 (IS Management), a critical gap in certification
โช๏ธ Led the development and delivery of a business-wide business continuity plan
โช๏ธ Designed and implemented a unified three-tier project delivery methodology, optimising governance and headcount allocation
โช๏ธ Overhauled the change management process to make it cross-functional and transparent
โช๏ธ Took control of a previously failing implementation of a business-critical dialler, delivered within 3 months