Chris Gurney , london, United Kingdom

An experienced pragmatic programme / portfolio director with a successful track record Budgets ranging from £100k to £10,000,000. Managed co located cross functional teams delivering CMS based solutions to a range of target audiences.

Overview
Program Manager, Project Manager, Senior Programme Manager, Senior Program Manager, Senior Project Manager, Programme Director, program director, Scrum Master, Consultant, Digital Consultant, Agile Evangelist, Project Director, Agile Programme Manager, Agile Project Manager, Delivery Manager, Agile Delivery Manager, Digital Delivery Manager, Programme Delivery Manager, Digital Project Manager, Agile Coach, Programme Director, Technical Project Manager, Delivery Consultant, passion, leader, leadership, evangelist, flexible, responsive, proactive, risk manager, risk management, Issue manager, conflict resolution, collaborator, collaborative, leader, tact, persuasive, software application development, application manager,fintech, innovate, innovation
Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Audience Manager, Adobe Marketing Cloud, Confluence, Jira, Selenium, , LAMP, Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Hybris, Chef, Jenkins, GitHub, Cucumber, BDD, Behaviour Driven Development, Bamboo, Atlassian, Trello, Slack, finance, proactive, risk manager, risk open source linux management, leader, leadership, tact, collaborative ,fixed fix, fixed price, time and material, t&M, manager,,. line manage line manager line management
Manage scope, Manage requirements, Manage budgets, Manage timelines, Manage schedules, Manage risks and issues, Manage team, Manage stakeholder expectations, Manage resources, Deliver scope, Product Backlog Grooming, Workshop facilitation, Continuous feedback, Continuous integration, Continuous delivery, Automated Testing, Team mentoring, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Daily Stand-ups, Remove blockers, Remove obstacles, Remove roadblocks, Remove impediments, Sprint Demo, Release Planning, Develop Roadmaps, Excellent communication matrix management complex stakeholder management, leadership scrum, scrum of scrums product
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Programme management
● Pragmatic solution focused programme manager / senior project manager – project planning, change management and programme management
● Delivered IT and web-enabled business solutions to global organisations including, Telegraph Newspaper, HSBC, Investec, Penguin Books, Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland, ABN Amro, Barclaycard, MSN, Diageo, National electronic Library Medicine, the NHS, the National Assessment Agency, British Telecom and BSi
● 17+ years programme management / senior project manager experience. Delivered web enabled technology programmes throughout the full project lifecycle. Solutions have included: e-business and e-commerce, collaborative technologies, enterprise portals, internets and intranets, content management, document management, and workflow solutions, across a range of industries
● Team leader with excellent interpersonal, motivation, delegation and decision-making skills
● Mentored team members and proactively line managed
● Identified and mitigated risks in timely manner
● Budget management – revenue maintained and margins preserved to agreed profitability
● Experienced vendor manager, practiced at creating work orders and proposals.
● Experienced 3rd party nearshore and offshore team management
● Crisis management / avoidance
● Managed programmes in excess £10 million revenue, maintaining agreed high levels of margin and preserving timelines
● Cross functional team management / matrix management
● Time and materials / fixed price programme management
● Senior stakeholder management
● Agile and waterfall management

Business & analytical skills
● Strong understanding of the consultancy environment, and of the agency - client relationship management
● Good analytical and problem-solving skills. Adept at building successful client relationships together with
strong account development skills
● Experienced at consulting on and implementing project governance and methodology
● Focused on delivering high quality customer service

Communication skills
● Capable and confident communicator with teams, clients, and senior management / Tailored communications strategy employed on all projects

Professional qualifications
BSc. (Honours) Computing, Dip. Comp in Computing, Prince2 practitioner, MSP Practitioner, Scrum master
British Computer Society (MBCS) Chartered Information Systems Practitioner