About Saad-Ali
I'm Saad, a seasoned Program Director with over a decade of experience delivering complex transformation programs across pharma, public sector, banking, and tech. Most recently, I led a $6M global centralisation program for AstraZeneca, streamlining processes across 49 countries and launching a new global CoE model.
Clients trust me to bring clarity to chaos — whether it’s building a PMO from scratch, leading cross-functional teams, or driving global change initiatives with tight timelines and even tighter governance. I blend a strategic mindset with hands-on delivery, and I’m passionate about making transformation feel less like a buzzword and more like a lived result.
Available for freelance or contract roles — remote or hybrid — where leadership, pace, and structure are needed.
Urdu
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)
Experience
- AstraZenecaProgram Lead / Director (Contractor)May 2023 - Today (3 years and 1 month)London, UK• Lead a transformation program worth up to $6m, consisting of 6 projects and over 80 team members.• Directed the strategy for the program incl; benefits realisation, budget management & utilisation, operational effectiveness & efficiency.• Current: Program Director leading a strategic global-centralisation initiative to consolidate transactional tasks within Centers of Excellence (CoEs) and Shared Service Centers (SSCs).
- Meta / Indigo SubseaProgram Lead (Contractor)April 2022 - March 2023 (11 months)London, UKHybrid role split between implementing ITIL processes for service provision and project lead on cyber security compliance initiative with US Govt and NSA.• ITIL Project Lead - Design, implementation & documentation of critical ITIL processes for new Meta Subsea initiative incl. Change Management, Service Management, Incident & Problem Management.• Delivery of cyber security maturity assessment and SDLC processes integration (Salesforce)• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless SAP S/4HANA integration into the subsea training and service management platform.
- Affinity WaterProgram Lead - Digital Transformation (Contractor)January 2021 - March 2022 (1 year and 2 months)London, UK• Led enterprise wide digitial transformation by integrating SAP S/4HANA into the CRM ecosystem, streamlining customer operations and ensuring e2e process alignment across finance and service teams.• Led the design, build & implementation of Power Bi O365 Dashboard to manage in house KPI & SLA functionality.• Design & Implementation of phase 2 Digital Transformation Strategy.• Delivery of systems consolidation assessment.
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Education
- Manchester Metropolitan University2014