Project and programme management. Product Owner and GTM. Consulting.
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Projektmanagement
Programmmanagement
Product Management
Consulting
Agile Softwareentwicklung
Delivery Management
CI/CD
English
Native or Bilingual
Afrikaans
2nd language
German
A1

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Munich (+50km)
Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

1 year 8 months
2024-07 - now

Consulting

As consulting Senior Agile IT Project Manager, responsible for management of key Markets & Securities-related projects, facilitating the business and technical transformation to ensure mandated and performance improvement targets are adequately met & delivered. Providing key input into the Production Support function to sustain core uptime delivery targets and mitigate reputational impact by ensuring efficient communication and turnaround of production-related incidents.

major Irish bank
1 year 9 months
2022-10 - 2024-06

Consulting

As Senior Consultant, engaged in key business, process and tech advisory initiatives. Managed large Data Improvement, Asset and Process Improvement programmes. Facilitated full operational change gap-analysis, including operational departmental transition planning and associated migration.
eMagine
1 year
2021-10 - 2022-09

Provision of various digital products and functions

Project Manager/ Product Owner - Delivery | Digital Health
Project Manager/ Product Owner - Delivery | Digital Health
As Product Owner, responsible for delivery of various digital products and features within the Global Healthcare sector. Regular senior stakeholder, exec and business engagement. Alignment of product and delivery roadmap in conjunction with agreed priorities. Day to day management of resources and output pipeline. Delivery of three separate online portals with custom features during this time, serving clients and brokers. Wider engagement across both business and development areas to meet both short/ medium term objectives.
Allianz Partners
County Dublin (Ireland)
1 year 9 months
2020-02 - 2021-10

Global Digital Freight Solutions

Senior Manager
Senior Manager
Working with the world's largest shipping brands, scoping and building bespoke industry leading digital solutions. Project Manager and CSM for global freight clients. Performing requirements analysis and feature scoping in conjunction with client product owners. Ensuring timely product features scheduling and delivery via the devops lifecycle. Ensuring adoption of lean and continuous improvement measures. Overall coordination of the agile program of work in alignment with the product strategy.

Descartes Systems Group
County Dublin (Ireland)
1 year 10 months
2018-05 - 2020-02

Technology Consulting

Senior Manager
Senior Manager
Successfully coordinated the transition of critical call centre services to three new vendors, within a large energy provider. Analysed, assessed and played a key role in shaping the various initiatives and projects within the organisational change program in a large financial services institution. (AIB) Responsible for key IT upgrade / transformation projects and implementation of security-related IT services within a large financial services provider. (AIB)
EY
Ireland
1 year 10 months
2016-08 - 2018-05

Program management of portfolio of 20+ projects

Project Manager
Project Manager
  • Program management of portfolio of 20+ projects
  • Managed multiple IT legacy transformation projects to stabilise and refresh business critical technology (applications and hardware) in Bank of Ireland (BoI)
  • Financial reporting, budgeting, funding requests
  • Project management, SDLC and program governance
  • Managed external vendors and internal client stakeholders
Accenture
Dublin, Leinster (Ireland)
4 years 3 months
2012-05 - 2016-07

Digital Reward SaaS Solutions

Product Owner | Scrum Master
Product Owner | Scrum Master
Product Owner (Digital)
  • Analysed industry requirements, engaging with SMEs/ Top 100 corporates to enhance industry leading product suite
  • Led requirements-based product design sessions with clients and internal stakeholders
  • Scoped UX/ UI requirements and enhancements for new features within the suite
  • Product design using cloud apps eg. Telerik, Balsamiq for wireframing/ design including mobile
  • Google analytics for analysis and enhancement of SaaS product suite in the market.
Scrum Master/ Project Manager
  • Agile Software Delivery Management
  • Managed the iterative development of digital solutions (remuneration, reward and role profiling)
  • Matured the Agile framework and values to increase overall delivery performance
  • Led all Scrum Ceremonies: Daily Standup, Review, Retrospective, Planning sessions
  • Facilitated Product Grooming/ Backlog Refinement sessions
  • Created and continuously optimised Agile and DevOps processes and framework
  • Managed the Development, QA, DevOps, Automation and Support functions
  • Managed testing cycles and TDD
  • Responsible for third party vendors and hosting solutions
  • Implemented automation and scripting to drive effective regression testing
PwC
South Africa
1 year 2 months
2011-03 - 2012-04

Information Systems

Consultant | Project Manager
Consultant | Project Manager
  • Managed technology projects across South Africa from within the ICT Department
  • Managed third party vendors and suppliers on a per-project basis
  • Provided third level systems support
  • Supported the BCM Business Continuity Management function
National Treasury of South Africa
South Africa
1 year 7 months
2009-08 - 2011-02

IT Security | GSO

Project Manager
Project Manager
Managed multiple projects both locally and internationally, including:
  • IT security projects in London, United Kingdom and Lesotho
  • IT security projects in Standard Bank South Africa
  • Primarily focused on Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Managed implementation of back-end software and audit-based web client front end for 10k staff
  • Facilitated high level discussions and actively aided the strategic initiative for implementation across the entire bank
  • Responsible for matrix-type key resource management across functional areas and projects
  • Line management of up to 15 staff members within my immediate IT security team
  • Responsible for performance management, up-skilling of staff
  • PRINCE2 and Standard Bank Blue Process governance
  • Performed business analysis functions
  • Processes documentation and functional requirements specifications
  • Designed and implemented processes to support the solutions
  • Analysed and enforced change in various areas both in the project and within the department
  • Consulted in an advisory capacity within a specialized IT security/ auditing space
Standard Bank Group
London/ South Africa/ Lesotho
7 months
2009-01 - 2009-07

Digital | Online Gaming

Senior Systems Engineer
Senior Systems Engineer
Managed & deployed global digital casinos in the online gaming sector. Provided technical product oriented solutions support in a Scrum-based, primarily Microsoft environment. Documented and streamlined processes and procedures to enable quicker upskilling of staff.

Derivco
South Africa
8 months
2008-05 - 2008-12

Technical project planning and implementation

IT Systems Engineer
IT Systems Engineer
Technical project planning and implementation within a multi-billion ZAR banking initiative backed by Old Mutual South Africa. Provided virtual server and network support in a complex Microsoft/ Unix environment, Implemented best practice solutions and reviewed/ enhanced processes.
T-Systems
South Africa
5 years 11 months
2002-03 - 2008-01

IT Management | TMS | Digital Transport & Fleet Management Solutions

  • Tested, deployed and supported proprietary digital GPS / GSM digital vehicle tracking TMS & fleet management software products.
  • Managed the entire IT environment in Altech Netstar regional office.
  • Managed resources and vendors on numerous technical projects and branch-wide implementations.
  • Scheduled the software deployments and implementations of client facing solutions.
  • Planned and actioned departmental requirements and expansion including budgets.
  • Managed procurement of IT and cloud SaaS equipment.
  • Ensured maximum uptime of core systems within the environment.
  • Implemented call-centre, telephony systems, monitored and maximized benefits of least cost routing.

Altech Netstar
South Africa

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

2012 - 2015
Business Studies - Business Administration, Management and Operations
The Open University
Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Certifications
  • BA (Honours) Degree in Business Studies
  • PRINCE2® 2017 Project Management Certification
  • Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1)

Position

Position

Senior Project Manager/ Product Owner

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Projektmanagement Programmmanagement Product Management Consulting Agile Softwareentwicklung Delivery Management CI/CD

Schwerpunkte

  • Agile and Waterfall/ software delivery / dev engagement
  • Product design and scoping (digital, online, SaaS, UX/UI)
  • Strategic Business engagement aligned with vision and prioritisation
  • Project and Program Management
  • Continuous process improvement
  • 3rd party vendor management, change and risk management
  • Legacy IT transformation
  • IT-Strategy

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Profile
The candidate has over 17 years of experience in project management and digital product development. He has successfully led and completed numerous projects and has served as Product Owner, contributing to the UX/UI analysis and design of various industry-leading products. He has experience with agile and traditional project management, as well as IT transformations at Ireland's largest banks. The candidate holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Administration and certifications in PRINCE2, Scrum PSM 1, and other Microsoft technologies.

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Munich (+50km)
Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

1 year 8 months
2024-07 - now

Consulting

As consulting Senior Agile IT Project Manager, responsible for management of key Markets & Securities-related projects, facilitating the business and technical transformation to ensure mandated and performance improvement targets are adequately met & delivered. Providing key input into the Production Support function to sustain core uptime delivery targets and mitigate reputational impact by ensuring efficient communication and turnaround of production-related incidents.

major Irish bank
1 year 9 months
2022-10 - 2024-06

Consulting

As Senior Consultant, engaged in key business, process and tech advisory initiatives. Managed large Data Improvement, Asset and Process Improvement programmes. Facilitated full operational change gap-analysis, including operational departmental transition planning and associated migration.
eMagine
1 year
2021-10 - 2022-09

Provision of various digital products and functions

Project Manager/ Product Owner - Delivery | Digital Health
Project Manager/ Product Owner - Delivery | Digital Health
As Product Owner, responsible for delivery of various digital products and features within the Global Healthcare sector. Regular senior stakeholder, exec and business engagement. Alignment of product and delivery roadmap in conjunction with agreed priorities. Day to day management of resources and output pipeline. Delivery of three separate online portals with custom features during this time, serving clients and brokers. Wider engagement across both business and development areas to meet both short/ medium term objectives.
Allianz Partners
County Dublin (Ireland)
1 year 9 months
2020-02 - 2021-10

Global Digital Freight Solutions

Senior Manager
Senior Manager
Working with the world's largest shipping brands, scoping and building bespoke industry leading digital solutions. Project Manager and CSM for global freight clients. Performing requirements analysis and feature scoping in conjunction with client product owners. Ensuring timely product features scheduling and delivery via the devops lifecycle. Ensuring adoption of lean and continuous improvement measures. Overall coordination of the agile program of work in alignment with the product strategy.

Descartes Systems Group
County Dublin (Ireland)
1 year 10 months
2018-05 - 2020-02

Technology Consulting

Senior Manager
Senior Manager
Successfully coordinated the transition of critical call centre services to three new vendors, within a large energy provider. Analysed, assessed and played a key role in shaping the various initiatives and projects within the organisational change program in a large financial services institution. (AIB) Responsible for key IT upgrade / transformation projects and implementation of security-related IT services within a large financial services provider. (AIB)
EY
Ireland
1 year 10 months
2016-08 - 2018-05

Program management of portfolio of 20+ projects

Project Manager
Project Manager
  • Program management of portfolio of 20+ projects
  • Managed multiple IT legacy transformation projects to stabilise and refresh business critical technology (applications and hardware) in Bank of Ireland (BoI)
  • Financial reporting, budgeting, funding requests
  • Project management, SDLC and program governance
  • Managed external vendors and internal client stakeholders
Accenture
Dublin, Leinster (Ireland)
4 years 3 months
2012-05 - 2016-07

Digital Reward SaaS Solutions

Product Owner | Scrum Master
Product Owner | Scrum Master
Product Owner (Digital)
  • Analysed industry requirements, engaging with SMEs/ Top 100 corporates to enhance industry leading product suite
  • Led requirements-based product design sessions with clients and internal stakeholders
  • Scoped UX/ UI requirements and enhancements for new features within the suite
  • Product design using cloud apps eg. Telerik, Balsamiq for wireframing/ design including mobile
  • Google analytics for analysis and enhancement of SaaS product suite in the market.
Scrum Master/ Project Manager
  • Agile Software Delivery Management
  • Managed the iterative development of digital solutions (remuneration, reward and role profiling)
  • Matured the Agile framework and values to increase overall delivery performance
  • Led all Scrum Ceremonies: Daily Standup, Review, Retrospective, Planning sessions
  • Facilitated Product Grooming/ Backlog Refinement sessions
  • Created and continuously optimised Agile and DevOps processes and framework
  • Managed the Development, QA, DevOps, Automation and Support functions
  • Managed testing cycles and TDD
  • Responsible for third party vendors and hosting solutions
  • Implemented automation and scripting to drive effective regression testing
PwC
South Africa
1 year 2 months
2011-03 - 2012-04

Information Systems

Consultant | Project Manager
Consultant | Project Manager
  • Managed technology projects across South Africa from within the ICT Department
  • Managed third party vendors and suppliers on a per-project basis
  • Provided third level systems support
  • Supported the BCM Business Continuity Management function
National Treasury of South Africa
South Africa
1 year 7 months
2009-08 - 2011-02

IT Security | GSO

Project Manager
Project Manager
Managed multiple projects both locally and internationally, including:
  • IT security projects in London, United Kingdom and Lesotho
  • IT security projects in Standard Bank South Africa
  • Primarily focused on Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Managed implementation of back-end software and audit-based web client front end for 10k staff
  • Facilitated high level discussions and actively aided the strategic initiative for implementation across the entire bank
  • Responsible for matrix-type key resource management across functional areas and projects
  • Line management of up to 15 staff members within my immediate IT security team
  • Responsible for performance management, up-skilling of staff
  • PRINCE2 and Standard Bank Blue Process governance
  • Performed business analysis functions
  • Processes documentation and functional requirements specifications
  • Designed and implemented processes to support the solutions
  • Analysed and enforced change in various areas both in the project and within the department
  • Consulted in an advisory capacity within a specialized IT security/ auditing space
Standard Bank Group
London/ South Africa/ Lesotho
7 months
2009-01 - 2009-07

Digital | Online Gaming

Senior Systems Engineer
Senior Systems Engineer
Managed & deployed global digital casinos in the online gaming sector. Provided technical product oriented solutions support in a Scrum-based, primarily Microsoft environment. Documented and streamlined processes and procedures to enable quicker upskilling of staff.

Derivco
South Africa
8 months
2008-05 - 2008-12

Technical project planning and implementation

IT Systems Engineer
IT Systems Engineer
Technical project planning and implementation within a multi-billion ZAR banking initiative backed by Old Mutual South Africa. Provided virtual server and network support in a complex Microsoft/ Unix environment, Implemented best practice solutions and reviewed/ enhanced processes.
T-Systems
South Africa
5 years 11 months
2002-03 - 2008-01

IT Management | TMS | Digital Transport & Fleet Management Solutions

  • Tested, deployed and supported proprietary digital GPS / GSM digital vehicle tracking TMS & fleet management software products.
  • Managed the entire IT environment in Altech Netstar regional office.
  • Managed resources and vendors on numerous technical projects and branch-wide implementations.
  • Scheduled the software deployments and implementations of client facing solutions.
  • Planned and actioned departmental requirements and expansion including budgets.
  • Managed procurement of IT and cloud SaaS equipment.
  • Ensured maximum uptime of core systems within the environment.
  • Implemented call-centre, telephony systems, monitored and maximized benefits of least cost routing.

Altech Netstar
South Africa

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

2012 - 2015
Business Studies - Business Administration, Management and Operations
The Open University
Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Certifications
  • BA (Honours) Degree in Business Studies
  • PRINCE2® 2017 Project Management Certification
  • Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1)

Position

Position

Senior Project Manager/ Product Owner

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Projektmanagement Programmmanagement Product Management Consulting Agile Softwareentwicklung Delivery Management CI/CD

Schwerpunkte

  • Agile and Waterfall/ software delivery / dev engagement
  • Product design and scoping (digital, online, SaaS, UX/UI)
  • Strategic Business engagement aligned with vision and prioritisation
  • Project and Program Management
  • Continuous process improvement
  • 3rd party vendor management, change and risk management
  • Legacy IT transformation
  • IT-Strategy

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Profile
The candidate has over 17 years of experience in project management and digital product development. He has successfully led and completed numerous projects and has served as Product Owner, contributing to the UX/UI analysis and design of various industry-leading products. He has experience with agile and traditional project management, as well as IT transformations at Ireland's largest banks. The candidate holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Administration and certifications in PRINCE2, Scrum PSM 1, and other Microsoft technologies.

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