Profile
Well-accomplished project leader with proven experience managing a portfolio of CRM and ERP projects and steering high-performing teams. Excels at overseeing complex projects, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to budget constraints. Adept at strategic lifecycle management, aligning team efforts with organisational objectives, and fostering stakeholder relationships that drive operational excellence. A solutions driver who bridges the gap between business and technology — coordinating across disciplines and delivering robust, high-quality systems that solve real business problems.
Skills & Expertise
Azure DevOps
Skilled in task management and report creation within Azure DevOps environments.
Team Leadership
Demonstrated leadership in building and steering cross-functional teams for operational improvement.
Process Improvement
Advising on PM best practices with a focus on business process optimisation.
Core Competencies
Experience
- Enhanced team productivity through a performance dashboard initiative.
- Ensured 100% Definition of Done compliance across teams, reducing UAT and production defects.
- Improved agile maturity through coaching and process stabilisation.
- Optimised Jira workflow to enhance delivery efficiency.
- Introduced a Risk Register to mitigate risks before they became blockers.
- Led an enterprise PMO supporting a portfolio of £15 million across 25–30 projects.
- Built and trained a team of 15+ project managers to manage diverse Microsoft D365 projects.
- Established project governance framework, improving resource management, visibility and stakeholder engagement.
- Conducted regular training sessions on PM tools and organisational processes.
- Weekly project health checks and risk assessments helped reduce project delays.
- Created and delivered project management reports to senior management.
- Directed full lifecycle delivery of multiple Dynamics 365 projects with budgets from £80k to £300k.
- Managed cross-functional teams with focus on scope, timelines, budgets and quality.
- Maintained RAID logs, analysing and consulting on risk management strategies.
- Successfully delivered projects on time and within budget, generating referral projects from existing clients.
- Facilitated daily scrum sessions and managed change through a change control process.
- Executed multiple projects from start to finish within budgets of £60k to £150k.
- Orchestrated project scoping workshops, risk analysis and defined deliverables.
- Administered project plans in DevOps, allocating resources and overseeing milestones.
- Managed RAID logs with stakeholders, ensuring timely escalation and resolution.
- Facilitated daily scrum meetings, assessing tasks and progress with consultants.
- Tracked progress across a portfolio of 25+ fixed-cost and 15+ T&M projects.
- Developed and maintained project dashboards and reports for senior management.
- Co-created PMO best practices and assisted in implementation.
- Conducted early risk assessments and facilitated mitigation strategies.
- Organised and led PMO meetings, documenting and following up on action items.
- Managed a portfolio of 10+ client accounts, ensuring high satisfaction and retention.
- Collaborated with product, sales, and marketing teams to align client needs with offerings.
- Conducted regular account reviews and gathered client feedback.
- Onboarded new clients, provided customer service, and resolved issues promptly.
- Gathered client feedback and documented insights for product improvement.
- Functional and non-functional requirement gathering for mobile and web applications.
- Created use-case diagrams, functional diagrams, ER diagrams, and wireframes.
- Developed an IoT application to connect objects to the internet using the ThingWorx platform.