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Experienced technical project and programme manager
Darren Conway
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London, United Kingdom
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I am an energetic and determined professionally qualified project manager (see
) experienced in delivery using Prince2, Waterfall and Agile / Scrum methodologies. I am adaptable and have led delivery in infrastructure, network, desktop deployment, estates, facilities management, procurement and software development projects. I have also worked on a consultancy basis for bid and business development teams.
I have widespread experience in large high profile, public sector transformation and business change programmes on a national scale on both the client and supplier side. I have led multi-disciplinary and multi-vendor teams to deliver complex ICT projects. I have shown the ability to recover projects from exception and deliver projects at all stages of the delivery cycle in fast paced, high-pressure environments. I can comfortably manage multiple projects simultaneously. I am flexible in terms of base location / travelling as the role dictates.
I have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have routinely demonstrated the ability to connect with stakeholders of all seniority levels and develop ongoing collaborative partnerships.
) experienced in delivery using Prince2, Waterfall and Agile / Scrum methodologies. I am adaptable and have led delivery in infrastructure, network, desktop deployment, estates, facilities management, procurement and software development projects. I have also worked on a consultancy basis for bid and business development teams.
I have widespread experience in large high profile, public sector transformation and business change programmes on a national scale on both the client and supplier side. I have led multi-disciplinary and multi-vendor teams to deliver complex ICT projects. I have shown the ability to recover projects from exception and deliver projects at all stages of the delivery cycle in fast paced, high-pressure environments. I can comfortably manage multiple projects simultaneously. I am flexible in terms of base location / travelling as the role dictates.
I have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have routinely demonstrated the ability to connect with stakeholders of all seniority levels and develop ongoing collaborative partnerships.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
My experience
2017 - ?
job
Senior Project Manager
KBR.
Overview: KBR's Government Services division provides FM Integrator solutions to major Public Sector clients. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the design, build, test and transition into live service of the solution's applications and its underpinning infrastructure
• Delivery of multi supplier MOJ Future FM Mobilisation
• Implementation of Joint Change Advisory Board
• Delivery of FM Integrator enabler model to major Public Sector client
• Delivery of multi supplier MOJ Future FM Mobilisation
• Implementation of Joint Change Advisory Board
• Delivery of FM Integrator enabler model to major Public Sector client
Design, Project Manager, Test, Service, Implementation, Infrastructure, Advisory board, Public sector, Manager
2017 - 2017
job
Programme Manager
AMEY London Boroughs.
Overview: AMEY provides Facilities Management services to eight London Boroughs. This role is for the definition, design and delivery of a Business Transformation Programme.
• Implementation of new Governance and Reporting Structure
• Design and Delivery of Customer Improvement Plan
• Design and Delivery of Compliance Review Project
• Implementation of Profit Improvement Plan
• Implementation of new Governance and Reporting Structure
• Design and Delivery of Customer Improvement Plan
• Design and Delivery of Compliance Review Project
• Implementation of Profit Improvement Plan
Design, Business transformation, Management, Compliance, Transformation, Implementation, Manager
2016 - 2017
job
Senior Project Manager
Rural Payments Agency.
Overview: Working as part of the Common Agriculture Delivery Programme on projects to ensure payment of grants from Natural England's £900M Countryside Stewardship scheme (an EU 'agri-environmental' scheme) to farmers, forester and land managers.
• Responsible for the Agile development, testing and release of data and functionality into payment system (including supporting CRM and geo-spatial land management tools)
• Responsible for the facilitation of meetings, workshops, stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Responsible for the production and presentation of high quality management information & reports for Senior Stakeholders.
• Responsible for the Agile development, testing and release of data and functionality into payment system (including supporting CRM and geo-spatial land management tools)
• Responsible for the facilitation of meetings, workshops, stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Responsible for the production and presentation of high quality management information & reports for Senior Stakeholders.
CRM, Project Manager, Agile development, Agile, Management, Quality Management, Workshops, Testing, Development, Natural, Production, Manager
2016 - 2016
job
IT Project Manager
UK Payments Administration Ltd.
Overview: Short term assignment to oversee and coordinate the delivery phase of UKPA's data separation project which ensures security, regulatory compliance and best practice for the payment schemes and trading associations that form part of the UK's critical national infrastructure. The project moved UKPA's clients (payment schemes and trade associations) from shared infrastructure for mail, SharePoint and data to segregated environments to comply with regulatory best practice.
Project Manager, IT Project Manager, SharePoint, Compliance, Security, It, Infrastructure, Regulatory, Manager
2015 - 2016
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IT Project Manager
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd.
Overview: HS2 will provide help to rebalance the UK economy by regenerating the Midlands and the North. Before construction, HS2 needs to get the Hybrid Bill through Royal Assent.
• Responsible for Agile delivery of bespoke Notice Production System to enable HS2 to buy land along the railway route via Compulsory Purchase Orders. Using SCRUM and KANBAN methodologies to lead a team of 12 in daily stand-ups, managing two-week sprints, retrospectives, show etc.
• Responsible for the procurement of resources through Digital Services Framework for the Notice Production System leading tender, evaluation exercises and on-boarding activities.
• Responsible for delivery of Digital Deposit to Parliament of three Additional Provisions to the HS2 Hybrid Bill. Multi-supplier delivery with a virtual team of 30. Delivery of Hybrid Bill is critical to HS2 business.
• Responsible for project management of WAN Contract Procurement. Leading weekly Checkpoint meetings, producing PID, plan and other project artefacts. Input / review of ITT documentation. Escalated issues around expiring contract to ensure extension was in place.
• Responsible for Agile delivery of bespoke Notice Production System to enable HS2 to buy land along the railway route via Compulsory Purchase Orders. Using SCRUM and KANBAN methodologies to lead a team of 12 in daily stand-ups, managing two-week sprints, retrospectives, show etc.
• Responsible for the procurement of resources through Digital Services Framework for the Notice Production System leading tender, evaluation exercises and on-boarding activities.
• Responsible for delivery of Digital Deposit to Parliament of three Additional Provisions to the HS2 Hybrid Bill. Multi-supplier delivery with a virtual team of 30. Delivery of Hybrid Bill is critical to HS2 business.
• Responsible for project management of WAN Contract Procurement. Leading weekly Checkpoint meetings, producing PID, plan and other project artefacts. Input / review of ITT documentation. Escalated issues around expiring contract to ensure extension was in place.
Project Management, Scrum, Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Agile, Procurement, Management, Kanban, It, Production, WAN, Framework, Hybrid, Manager
2014 - 2015
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Atos - Project Manager
Department of Work and Pensions Programme.
Overview: Atos are prime IT supplier for DWP's PIP and Medical Services programmes - delivering multiple estates, network, application and infrastructure projects across both accounts.
• Led business critical Training Expansion projects on the DWP Medical Services account. This was a multi supplier delivery with a virtual team of 40 utilising network, audio visual (AV), desktop and Citrix technologies. Simultaneously led estates workstream to fit out new training locations and technology workstream to increase Central Training Environment capacity to accommodate additional sites/users Successful deliveries generated revenue and facilitated a contract extension during exit period. All sites delivered on time and under budget despite abbreviated delivery timeframes.
• Responsible for planning and execution of Citrix Remediation, Juniper Upgrade and Pre-Production Implementation projects for the DWP PIP account. Recovered Citrix Red Team incident response activity to close out 22 major defects leading depleted engineer team to successfully close all issues.
• Responsible for planning and execution of Unix AIX Upgrade, Virtual Call Centre Recording projects.
• Bid and Pre-Sales consultancy to Business Office function using experience gained on Training Centre delivery to accurately forecast time, cost and effort for estates expansion.
• Led business critical Training Expansion projects on the DWP Medical Services account. This was a multi supplier delivery with a virtual team of 40 utilising network, audio visual (AV), desktop and Citrix technologies. Simultaneously led estates workstream to fit out new training locations and technology workstream to increase Central Training Environment capacity to accommodate additional sites/users Successful deliveries generated revenue and facilitated a contract extension during exit period. All sites delivered on time and under budget despite abbreviated delivery timeframes.
• Responsible for planning and execution of Citrix Remediation, Juniper Upgrade and Pre-Production Implementation projects for the DWP PIP account. Recovered Citrix Red Team incident response activity to close out 22 major defects leading depleted engineer team to successfully close all issues.
• Responsible for planning and execution of Unix AIX Upgrade, Virtual Call Centre Recording projects.
• Bid and Pre-Sales consultancy to Business Office function using experience gained on Training Centre delivery to accurately forecast time, cost and effort for estates expansion.
Citrix, Manager, LED, Production, Forecast, Aix, Office, Infrastructure, Implementation, Project Manager, It, Technology, Audio, Network, Sales, Unix, Budget, Training
2014 - 2014
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Project Manager, Bid Team
Williams Lea.
Overview: Six-week assignment to provide project management consultancy to bid team.
• Production of fully resourced project plans for Mobilisation, Transition, Transformation and Exit (MTTE) phases of major governmental change programme as part of bid response
• Consultancy in solution design of Cloud based, Office 365 solution to mobile devices
• Creation and maintenance of RAID Logs for bid response and to accompany MTTE Plans
• Liaison with Prime suppliers to ensure alignment of plan with overarching ICT Strategy
• Subject Matter Expert for all Programme and Project related matters
• Production of fully resourced project plans for Mobilisation, Transition, Transformation and Exit (MTTE) phases of major governmental change programme as part of bid response
• Consultancy in solution design of Cloud based, Office 365 solution to mobile devices
• Creation and maintenance of RAID Logs for bid response and to accompany MTTE Plans
• Liaison with Prime suppliers to ensure alignment of plan with overarching ICT Strategy
• Subject Matter Expert for all Programme and Project related matters
Design, Project Management, Office 365, Project Manager, Cloud, Management, Transformation, Office, Production, Manager
2013 - 2014
job
Project Manager (Shared Services Connectivity)
Ministry of Justice, Transforming Rehabilitation Programme.
• Management of a £1.2M Project to deliver access to 22 Oracle based Back Office applications (Finance, Payroll & HR) hosted on HP's Quantum network to 10,000 users in the new National Probation Service (NPS) using Steria's OMNI network.
• Recovered project from exception to deliver first major Programme milestone on time, to quality and under budget ensuring that staff in the new NPS would get paid on time
• Acted as systems integrator and robustly managed multiple suppliers and stakeholders to successfully deliver connectivity between production, test and development environments across two government networks
• Negotiated with supplier to introduce additional test cycles at zero cost to provide customer with additional assurance that a fit for purpose solution would be delivered prior to Go Live
• Recovered project from exception to deliver first major Programme milestone on time, to quality and under budget ensuring that staff in the new NPS would get paid on time
• Acted as systems integrator and robustly managed multiple suppliers and stakeholders to successfully deliver connectivity between production, test and development environments across two government networks
• Negotiated with supplier to introduce additional test cycles at zero cost to provide customer with additional assurance that a fit for purpose solution would be delivered prior to Go Live
Project Manager, Oracle, Budget, Management, Test, Finance, Network, Service, Development, Office, Production, Manager, Go
2008 - 2010
job
Project Coordinator
unknown.
• Sole Project Coordinator on mission critical Programme supporting sole Senior Project Manager who had central responsibility for all component projects
• Led National Application Hosting Discovery Workshops enabling successful delivery of centralised hosting capability for four national applications which in turn enabled the start of migration schedule of 35 Probation Trusts into 2 National Data Centres
• Led on Acceptance in Service workstream for first National Data Centre (NDC) migration - chairing several large multi-supplier Acceptance into Service workshops resulting in successful delivery through Operational Readiness Review of the project
• Led on NDC & Disaster Recovery Project and Trust Migration Business Continuity activities resulting in the delivery of a Service Continuity Plan
• Led National Application Hosting Discovery Workshops enabling successful delivery of centralised hosting capability for four national applications which in turn enabled the start of migration schedule of 35 Probation Trusts into 2 National Data Centres
• Led on Acceptance in Service workstream for first National Data Centre (NDC) migration - chairing several large multi-supplier Acceptance into Service workshops resulting in successful delivery through Operational Readiness Review of the project
• Led on NDC & Disaster Recovery Project and Trust Migration Business Continuity activities resulting in the delivery of a Service Continuity Plan
Project Manager, Service, Hosting, Workshops, Coordinator, LED, Manager
2007 - 2008
job
Programme Support Manager
Home Office General Property Programme Delivery.
Support, Manager
2003 - 2007
job
Project Manager / Programme Support Officer
Cyclamen Programme.
Project Manager, Support, Manager
2003 - 2003
job
Home Office, Business Manager
Police Personnel Unit.
Office, Manager
1991 - 2002
temp
Budget, Admin, Contract & Purchasing Officer
Ministry of Defence.
Budget
My education
Oxford Brookes University
Unspecified, Management
Unspecified, Management
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