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Bruce Mcmillan

Senior Transformation & Change Leader

€800/day
Brussels, BE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Bruce

With over 25 years of international experience, Bruce McMillan is a senior leader in organisational transformation, guiding companies through complex change across strategy, operations, and delivery. He partners with executive teams to align vision and execution, reshape operating models, and embed adaptive, agile ways of working that stick.

Bruce is known for translating high-level goals into clear, practical roadmaps—leading enterprise-wide programs across financial services, healthcare, technology, and beyond. His work blends systems thinking, design leadership, and evidence-based coaching to drive results across portfolios exceeding €90 million in value.

As organisations navigate the growing influence of AI and automation, Bruce equips leadership teams with the tools and mindsets to integrate emerging capabilities—without losing sight of the human factor. His approach is pragmatic, forward-thinking, and always grounded in sustainable impact.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Brussels (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Jefferies & Partners.
    Principal Associate & Strategic Lead
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2026 - Today (5 months)
    Brussels, Belgium
    Principal Associate within a senior transformation advisory firm, providing enterprise-level leadership across strategy execution, operating model redesign, and large-scale organisational change for multinational clients. Trusted advisor to C-suite leaders, aligning strategy, governance, and delivery while designing and leading bespoke transformation initiatives in complex, regulated environments. Supports executive teams through critical moments of change to ensure sustainable performance and lasting enterprise impact.
    Corporate strategy Change Management Coaching Agile method SAFe
  • SUN LIFE FINANCIAL
    ENTERPRISE AGILE TRANSFORMATION COACH
    November 2023 - November 2024 (1 year)
    United Kingdom
    • With a $21.5M transformation budget, provided senior leadership for the strategic delivery and execution of a SAFe 6.0
    Agile Transformation across Group Benefits, the organisation's largest and most financially impactful unit. Led
    enterprise-wide digital transformation and organisational change, ensuring strategic alignment and value realisation.
    • Directed transformation delivery across IT and Business portfolios, OKRs, backlog governance, target operating model
    design, Planview AgilePlace and Jira implementation, roadmap and maturity modelling, and value stream mapping. Led resource planning, PI and 5-year strategic planning, agile leadership coaching, Lean Portfolio Management training, and ACoE and CoPs establishment.
    • Provided executive coaching on AI as a strategic enabler in leadership, decision-making, and innovation, focusing on AI driven leadership and decision modelling to balance speed, accuracy, and human oversight.
    • Led Agile Release Train design and implementation, adoption of Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban, flow metrics evaluation, and evidence-based management. Delivered role coaching and microlearning to embed built-in quality and enhance customer experience.
    • Pioneered Participatory Budgeting and Adaptive Operating Model design, integrating AI and automation to enable
    enterprise agility. Promoted transformation strategy and design thinking to foster continuous improvement and innovation.
  • ALLIED IRISH BANKS (AIB),
    TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM MANAGER | SENIOR AGILE COACH
    February 2023 - August 2023 (6 months)
    Ireland
    • Provided senior leadership within the Agile Centre of Enablement (ACoE), driving a strategic agile, digital, and
    organisational transformation across business and technology groups, targeting full embedment for 4,500 employees.
    • Co-created the CI/CD future state operating model, including a transition roadmap from AWS to Azure, aligned with
    adaptive organisation design and continuous improvement.
    • Delivered scaled agile leadership coaching, empowering teams across Business and Digital through AI-driven leadership, ownership training, and evidence-based management.
    • Co-designed and implemented ACoE risk mitigation and compliance frameworks, integrating them into Jira and Confluence via Kanban reporting.
    • Provided best practice coaching on value stream mapping, OKRs, Epics, dependency management, Lean Portfolio
    Management, and ways of working (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Lean).
    • Led the design and integration of strategic planning metrics and continuous improvement into the programme roadmap, enhancing customer experience and built-in quality.

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Education

  • M.S., Computer Science
    Montana State University, US
    2003
    M.S., Computer Science
  • M.B.A., EXECUTIVE
    Imperial Business School, London
    2022
    M.B.A., EXECUTIVE

Certifications

  • Certified SAFe 6 Practice Consultant (SPC)
    SAFe
    2018
    Certified SAFe 6 Practice Consultant (SPC)
  • Enterprise Agility & Organisational Coaching (ICP-ENT)
    ICAgile Certified Professional
    2022
    Enterprise Agility & Organisational Coaching (ICP-ENT)

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