Description

A highly accomplished and results-oriented PMO Consultant with over 10 years’ experience supporting ERP, CRM, and Digital Transformation programmes across global enterprises. P3O®, AgilePM®, and PRINCE2® Certified, with a proven record of delivering large-scale implementations of SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle Fusion, Workday, Unit4 (Agresso), Salesforce, and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Combining strategic oversight with hands-on delivery expertise, I have successfully established and led PMOs supporting complex HR, Finance, IT, and Business Change initiatives. Adept at implementing governance frameworks, managing onshore/offshore delivery teams, and driving efficiency through best-practice portfolio, programme, and project management standards. Known for stakeholder influence at all levels, and governance maturity improvement, I bring a deep understanding of how digital, ERP, and CRM ecosystems integrate to enable business transformation and measurable value creation.

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Kent County Council
Oracle Fusion PMO Lead
PUBLIC SECTOR
August 2024 - Today (1 year and 10 months)
London, United Kingdom
Hired to act as the PM/PMO Manager for the move Oracle EBS to Oracle Fusion Cloud implementation,(HCM, PAYROLL, FINANCE, PROCUREMENT) from design, build, test, deploy, to hypercare phase.. A hands-on role working closely with the various workstreams. incl Testing, Reporting, Intergration, Data Miration etc
• • Ensured Project Plan Accuracy: Successfully maintained and acted as the gatekeeper of the Project Plan on JIRA, guaranteeing alignment with project objectives and enabling accurate project tracking.
• • Streamlined Programme Management: Delivered a high standard of servce by developing, maintaining, and distributing tools and templates across the Programme Management Office, ensuring consistency and accessibility for all team members.
• • Proactively Managed Risks and Issues: Reviewed, escalated, mitigated, and closed programme risks, issues, and dependencies, maintaining a seamless and high-quality experience for stakeholders.
• • Stakeholder and change management: coordination with the business on various activities within the programme for example business change activities
• • Strengthened Collaboration with Partners: Worked closely with the system implementation partner to ensure visibility of progress, while identifying and addressing key risks and issues collaboratively.
• • Improved Programme Reporting: Supported Programme Plan baselining and updates, analysed status reports and change requests, and produced accurate weekly status updates in coordination with the Programme Director and workstream leads.
• • Ensured Timely Milestone Delivery: Regularly updated and maintained the programme plan, actively following up with functional leads to ensure key dependencies and milestones were achieved on schedule.
• • Enhanced Communication and Visibility: Atended joint stand-ups to provide real-time updates and delivered clear and concise highlight reports to keep stakeholders informed.
Change Management Reporting Oracle Planning RAID
Department for Works and Pensions (DWP Digital)
Digital Portfolio Manager (PMO)
October 2023 - July 2024 (9 months)
Working within the DWP Digital Group supporting the portfolio of work as part of it's digital transformation, which include the move from Oracle E Business Suite to Oracle fusion Cloud . Defining appropriate governance across projects, assuring quality, accelerating delivery and ensuring that proportionate governance is applied and followed .
• • Delivery Management: Responsible for tracking, analysis and delivery of outcomes within the portfolio
• • Enhanced Project Management Standards: Spearheaded the creation and promotion of project management standards, policies, and agreed-upon approaches, ensuring consistent application across various portfolios.
• • Comprehensive Reporting: Regularly monitored and assisted the head of Portfolio in reporting to the Program Director and Sponsors, ensuring accurate and timely communication of project status.
• • RAID Management: Diligently monitored risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID), facilitating prompt resolution and maintaining project stability.
• • Agile Framework: Using Agile Scrum approach, attend and contribute to Daily stand ups, sprint review and planning and create user stories of work for planned sprints and maintain and track progress till closure using ServiceNow
• • Governance & Assurance: Ensure compliance with standards for and support adherence to all governance and assurance activity for the Service Teams or DWP Digital, ensuring all service standards are being met.
• • Dependency Management: Support teams in identifying and managing inter-project dependencies, ensuring where delivery is at risk, actions are in place to mitigate.
• • ServiceNow: Lead on the identification of future risks and blockers, using ServiceNow tooling and information to spot planning and delivery risks, escalating to senior leadership as necessary. Pull reports and Dashboard creation for imanagement information and KPI reviews.
Primark Stores Limited
Workday Senior PMO Analyst
September 2022 - September 2023 (1 year)
Hired to support the PMO in the Global ERP implementation programme for the EMEA region of Workday HCM ERP from discovery to deployment for this well know global retail brand.
• • Project Governance Support: Guided and supported Project Managers in the adoption of governance processes and procedures, fostering consistency and compliance.
• • Reporting Coordination: Coordinated reporting activities for projects and programmes, offering performance analysis insights that facilitate informed decision-making.
• • Efficient Meeting Facilitation and Accountability: Ensured the efficiency of team meetings and stand ups, proactively capturing and updating action items, fostering a culture of accountability, and accelerating project execution.
• • Performance-Driven Reporting Coordination: Orchestrated the coordination of reporting requirements for projects and programs, delivering insightful analyses that empowered data-driven decisions and significantly improved program performance.
• • Global Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivated robust and trusted relationships with a diverse global network of stakeholders, fostering collaboration and facilitating smoother project management
• • Effective Cross-Team Collaboration: Masterfully facilitated seamless collaboration among teams across the UK and Europe, fostering a unified approach and enabling agile communication to consistently achieve project objectives.
• • Proactive Risk and Issue Management Leadership: Demonstrated proactive leadership in managing the project RAIDD (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies, and Decisions) Log, swiftly identifying and resolving challenges, which substantially improved project outcomes.
• • Strategic Financial Analysis and Resource Optimisation: Strategically analyzed
• • Programme Plan Management: Managed and maintained the Programme plan, incorporating input from Project Managers and work-stream leads to maintain an up-to-date and coordinated project timeline.