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SSE plcDelivery Manager
Apr. 2023Havant, England, United KingdomDelivery Manager in the Cost and Commercial Risk and Insurance Team. Leading cost optimisation initiatives, delivering cost reduction, effecting efficiencies in contract and procurement processes
SSE plcProject Delivery Manager
Mar. 2020 - Apr. 2023Havant, England, United KingdomIn late 2019, as Infrastructure Project Delivery within SSE migrated to a partnership with HCL, my role initially was managing the successful migration of projects, project management resources, and technical resources to HCL. This evolved, as of March 2020, into providing SSE IT oversight of the portfolio of projects being delivered by HCL for all SSE business units. Providing consultation and guidance to both HCL and SSE PMs regarding Infrastructure Project Delivery in the form of a centre of excellence. Primarily constructing a design-demand-delivery process and associated RACI, escalation routes, assessment of all HCL proposals, to facilitating ongoing business unit service reviews and managing a formal Service Improvement Plan. Latterly applying Agile ways of working along with fixed guiderails for security, testing, operability, and ongoing support.
SSE plcInfrastructure Project Team Manager
Mar. 2015 - Feb. 2020Havant, England, United KingdomAs part of a reorganisation in March 2015, I proposed a new team structure and subsequently I assumed overall management of the Infrastructure Project Delivery team. Responsible for 28 Infrastructure Project Managers and a portfolio of 90 projects. Leading on governance, standards and practices, portfolio reporting, issue and escalation management, PM resource planning, allocation and recruitment. In the process, streamlining the infrastructure project governance structure, implementing a formal RACI for infrastructure projects, documenting process flows, simplifying reporting streams, and creating educational sessions and communications.
SSE plcTechnical Project Manager
Aug. 2009 - Mar. 2015Havant, England, United KingdomConverted to a permanent employee as a Technical Project Manager, and immediately took responsibility for the move of the mainframe into a new datacentre. Having completed this successfully went on to manage portfolios of infrastructure projects in both the CITRIX and Oracle arenas. Leading successful major projects including replacement of mainframe hardware, build and migration to new CITRIX farms, providing IT infrastructure and communications to the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and the implementation of a new energy price bidding system.
SSE plcTechnical Project Manager
Oct. 2007 - Aug. 2009Havant, England, United KingdomInitially responsible for the programme plan that allocated technical resource to projects, ensuring projects delivered to design, quality, time and cost. Involved in design workshops and chairing technical meetings. Entrusted to implement the new role of Technical Project Manager and the advent of infrastructure workstreams within business projects.
Royal Bank of Scotland BusinessBusiness Project Manager
Aug. 2006 - Sep. 2007A Business Project Management role to ensure that the business interests were integral and fully represented within a Windows XP rollout for the major profit earning commercial sector of the bank. Responsible for planning the UK wide deployment to over 160 sites, business communications planning, management of internal stakeholders and third-party suppliers, with project reporting to Senior Director level.
Royal Bank of Scotland BusinessProject Manager
Jun. 2005 - Jul. 2006Working in the Fraud Controls business area, successfully implemented a system to comply with UK Government legislation regarding Financial Sanctions and Terrorist Funding. Providing a method for all bank business areas world-wide to ensure that funds are not made available to persons, entities, groups and countries that are sanctioned or suspected of supporting terrorism. High profile project as criminal penalties for non-compliance with the relevant legislation apply in the jurisdictions in which the bank operates.
FUJITSU SERVICESProject Manager
Feb. 2005 - Jun. 2005Managing a technology refresh programme as part of the governmental Department of Constitutional Affairs contract. Delivering new XP desktop PC, printer, network, and communications infrastructure to the Magistrates Courts in Southern England. Also responsible for writing and costing commercial proposals for any infrastructure changes or additions required at the sites, gaining required approvals including contractual amendments, through installation and customer acceptance.
RBS INSURANCEProject Manager
Jan. 2004 - Jan. 2005Responsible for a team of Desktop Rollout Project Managers, dedicated to the implementation of a standard Windows XP desktop across the RBS Insurance business. Encompassing 18,000 desktops across 70 sites in the UK and Ireland, integrating the previously separate and autonomous businesses (Churchill, Direct Line, Devitts, etc) onto a common and standard platform.
GLAXO SMITHKLINEProject Manager
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2003As a member of the Site Infrastructure Consultancy Team within the business-critical Global Manufacturing ERP / MRPII Programme which was implementing a global SAP template to GSK’s manufacturing sites worldwide.
Responsible implementation of the site based I.T. infrastructure components of the SAP system at various GSK manufacturing sites. From initial planning through the set-up of a site-based Project Management Office, site-based development, test and production servers, implementation of Radio Frequency infrastructure, the roll out of a controlled desktop build across the site and final cut over transition. Extensive international travel, visiting sites frequently during the implementation. Reporting to site production management, project steering committees and company executive boards. With particular attention to PRINCE 2 methodology and the rigorous FDA requirements. Managed successful infrastructure implementations in Irvine Scotland, Cork Ireland, Melbourne Australia, and Raleigh USA.
JPMorganChaseProject Manager
Apr. 2001 - Dec. 2001
ComputacenterProject Manager
Jan. 2001 - Apr. 2001
GLAXO WELLCOME PLCProject Manager
Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2000
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANKProject Manager
Jul. 1997 - Dec. 1997
SSE plcDelivery Manager
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