Professional Portfolio Program and Project Manager with PMI-PMP and PMI-ACP qualifications working in the IT industry, experience with Agile and Traditional project methodologies

Technical Senior Programme Manager with over 20 years of progressive experience in Project, Programme and Portfolio management, I have a proven history of success in leading complex technology initiatives within dynamic environments. My background spans across large multinational enterprises, financial institutions, and telecommunications and government agencies, providing me with a deep understanding of industry-specific challenges in IT infrastructure, applications, software, and systems.

Below is some of my core skills as Project Portfolio / Program manager

Portfolio Management Skills:

Strategic Planning: Proficiency in developing and maintaining a strategic portfolio roadmap, prioritising projects and initiatives based on business value, strategic alignment, and resource constraints.

Resource Allocation: Skill in optimising portfolio resources, including budget, personnel, and other assets, across projects and initiatives to maximise portfolio value and return on investment.

Performance Measurement: Understanding of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to assess portfolio performance, track progress against strategic objectives, and make data-driven decisions for portfolio optimisation.

Governance and Compliance: Capability to establish governance structures and processes to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and organisational policies across the portfolio.

Risk Management: Ability to identify, assess, and manage portfolio-level risks and uncertainties, proactively mitigating threats and capitalising on opportunities to achieve portfolio objectives and mitigate potential impacts on organisational goals.

Programme Management Skills:

Strategic Alignment: Capability to align programme initiatives with organisational strategies and goals, ensuring that programme outcomes contribute to overall business objectives.

Release Planning: Expertise in planning and coordinating releases across multiple projects within the programme, prioritising features and dependencies to maximise value delivery and minimise risk.

Dependency Management: Skill in identifying and managing dependencies between projects within a programme, resolving conflicts and facilitating integration to achieve programme objectives.

Change Control: Ability to establish change control processes to manage programme changes effectively, including configuration management, version control, and release management, while ensuring programme stability and alignment with strategic goals.

Benefit Realisation: Understanding of benefit realisation management techniques to track and measure programme benefits, ensuring that intended outcomes are achieved and value is maximised for stakeholders. Organisational goals.

Project Management Skills:

Requirement Management: Proficiency in eliciting, documenting, and managing project requirements to ensure alignment with business needs and objectives.

Methodology Mastery: Mastery of project management methodologies such as Agile, Predictive, or Hybrid approaches to suit project requirements and ensure successful delivery.

Technical Understanding: Understanding of relevant technical domains and project-specific technologies to facilitate communication with technical teams and stakeholders.

Quality Assurance: Knowledge of quality management practices, including testing strategies, quality control measures, and continuous improvement processes, to deliver high-quality project outcomes.

Risk Management: Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to minimise potential impacts on project scope, schedule, and budget.

Communication Skills: Effective communication abilities to effectively convey project status, requirements, and updates to stakeholders, team members, and project sponsors.

Change Management: Proficiency in managing changes within the project lifecycle, including scope changes, requirement changes, and stakeholder requests, while maintaining project stability and alignment with objectives.

Vendor Management: Skill in managing relationships with vendors, suppliers, and external service providers to procure necessary resources and ensure project deliverables meet quality and contractual requirements.