Heeral Vadolia

Responsible for: Creating an ongoing drum beat of key artefacts and KPIs required for the smooth running of the projects within the programme (including Status Reporting, Milestone/Plans, Business Case, Stage Gates, risk/Issue/ Assumption/Decision and Dependency logs) Report on overall programme and associated project plans in terms of progress, slippage, risks and issues to key internal and external stakeholders. Responsible for governance reporting from the programme into to Key Stakeholders. Monitoring information, reporting progress, slippage, inter and intra dependencies and highlight areas of risk and opportunity. Ensuring cross-programme dependencies are managed. Providing a quality assurance role in line with defined Programme Management Office process. Coordinating project closure to distil good practice and ensure lessons learned are captured. Ensuring project change control methods and process are utilised. Conducting regular health checks and audits against the projects and programmes. Establishing strong, trusted relationships and liaising with Programme Management, Programme Team and Key Stakeholders including Business Leads, Sponsors and Suppliers.

Part of the Programme Management Team for UK Universities Test and Trace Service Key Accountabilities: Ensure the successful implementation of the PMO's strategy, responsibilities, services and deliverables. Monitor Programme reporting and assist the Head of Programmes in reporting to Senior Management. Establish frameworks and standards for Programme and Project Management. Provide and maintain a capacity planning and resource tracking service across the Programme. Update and maintain the Risk Log, Action Log, Decisions Log, and Issue Register. Ensure the appropriate programme benefits are identified, quantified and their realisation planned. Ensure cross-programme dependencies are managed and the dependency log is accurately maintained. Provide a quality assurance role in line with defined Programme Management Office process. Coordinate project closure to distil good practice and ensure lessons learned are logged. Build cohesion within the PMO team. Define and embed project control and governance. Provide Project planning, Milestone management, Scope management, Resource Forecasting and Change Management across the project portfolio. Prepare regular status reporting to all levels of the business Ensure efficient change control methods and process are utilised.

Responsible for the overall management of the bid process and maintenance of the overall bid strategy. Worked collaboratively with the Business Development Director to assist in successfully completing PQQs, RFQs, ITTs, tender submissions, proposals and bids, producing and quality assuring submissions to maximise the success of bids and the Company's bid:win ratio. As part of this process I liaised with various stakeholders, undertaking research, identifying budgets, accurately assessing costs and building costing models. I liaised with the Professional Services Director and other operational delivery team members to ensure Embridge's operational delivery is able to maintain, and where possible exceed, the Company's required operating profit levels.