JBAbout Julia
I am a people-focused change and delivery specialist, with a consistent track-record of leading people and organisations through change, equipping others with tools and skills to thrive.
- Transformation and Strategy: Over 10 years of experience leading large-scale strategic initiatives.
Developing new strategic plans, from creating a vision through to deployment. Building adaptability into plans, including setting goals and targets, scenario planning, decision-making and drafting briefs and proposals.
- Leading High-Performing Teams: Over 10 years of experience leading large cross-department teams and influencing. Promoting cross-team working at all levels, including stakeholder management, influencing up to board level, collaboration, coaching and mentoring, emotional intelligence and situation awareness. My teams do good work and have fun in the process.
- Facilitation and public speaking: Over 8 years of experience in creating and delivering engaging workshops, training and presentations to audiences of over 500 people. Working globally to deliver interactive workshops, sessions and training. TEDx speaker.
- Project Management: Over 10 years of experience in shaping and delivering project excellence in initiatives of all sizes and scope. In-depth project management expertise through a range of tools and approaches, including: process mapping, risk management, budgeting and finance, visual performance management and monitoring. Expert in improvement methodologies including Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen and others.
- Change Management: Over 8 years’of experience leading change initiatives improving delivery and efficiency at organisational level. Delivering continuous improvement, using structured problem-solving tools.
- Productivity and personal effectiveness: Over 8 years of experience in helping and coaching others to develop and be more effective.
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent
Portuguese
Native or bilingual
Japanese
Conversational
French
Fluent
Italian
Fluent
Can work on-site
Tokyo (up to 50km)
Experience
- London School of Economics (LSE)Head of Delivery (IT)January 2023 - September 2024 (1 year and 8 months)Ensuring high-quality project and programme management within the Data and Technology Services Division, including defining standards for delivery. Setting best practices for Project and Programme Delivery within the team and across technology teams within LSE.Leading a high-performing team of Project and Programme Managers, from recruitment to development through to succession planning. Supporting the team in delivering a large-scale portfolio of IT projects.Providing oversight of the project portfolio and working with internal boards to ensure visibility and effective delivery. Projects focused primarily on cybersecurity and eliminating technical debt.
- University College LondonHead of DeliveryApril 2022 - December 2022 (8 months)Owning the approach to overseeing and delivering transformation programmes and projects across IT and non-technical business areas, setting the governance, reporting standards, risk management and assurance approach and ways of working for programmes and projects. Leading a high-performing team of Programme and Project Managers, Officers and PMO, developing toolkits, training and providing coaching to support the successful project and programme management and delivery within a complex environment. Engaging with colleagues to successfully deliver programmes and projects on technology transformation into BAU and conduct programme and project assurance activities to evidence and validate delivery achievements.
- wearewithyouProjects and Change ManagerNovember 2020 - April 2022 (1 year and 5 months)Developing the infrastructure, direction and plans to drive organisational change and improvement. Leading the design and implementation of portfolio management and governance to drive project delivery. Programme Manager for organisation-wide transformational projects including delivery of digital products and behavioural change.
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Education
- Master of LawsUniversity Of WarwickMaster of Laws (with Distinction), International Development Law and Human Rights
- Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours)University of Sao PauloBachelor of Laws (First Class Honours)