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Business focused programme professional
Stuart Sanders
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Camberley, United Kingdom
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I am a business focused programme professional able to deliver major programmes across the globe.
My career has spanned consultancy, agency, and in-house, and I am able to create highly performing businesses, teams and programmes in all environments. I cover digital transformation and strategy, media, telco, FMCG, operations, PMO, business transformation, consulting, ERP, ecommerce, IoT, cloud, infrastructure, complex projects, project recovery, and general management. I am well versed in both Agile and Formal methods, regarding them as complementary tools in the PM's toolbox.
Being highly motivated and able to operate successfully in all sizes of company, I understand the importance of nurturing strong relationships with all stakeholders and particularly at C-level. Regardless of the control method used for a programme, I will always look to manage the people aspects of a programme, believing that this always provides a smoother path to success.
My career has spanned consultancy, agency, and in-house, and I am able to create highly performing businesses, teams and programmes in all environments. I cover digital transformation and strategy, media, telco, FMCG, operations, PMO, business transformation, consulting, ERP, ecommerce, IoT, cloud, infrastructure, complex projects, project recovery, and general management. I am well versed in both Agile and Formal methods, regarding them as complementary tools in the PM's toolbox.
Being highly motivated and able to operate successfully in all sizes of company, I understand the importance of nurturing strong relationships with all stakeholders and particularly at C-level. Regardless of the control method used for a programme, I will always look to manage the people aspects of a programme, believing that this always provides a smoother path to success.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2017 - 2019
job
Head of Delivery
Fincons Group.
Reporting to the deputy-CEO. I was headhunted to create the UK delivery team and to modernise the working practices across the Group.
Responsibilities
• Complex programme and engagement management for all UK and Irish Customers.
• Introduction of Devops and Agile techniques to our near-shore delivery centres.
• Strategic planning & account management for EMEA clients including Fox, RTE, BravoSolution, Associated Press, Sky, and Filmbank Media.
• Business development - prospecting for new customers and harvesting follow-on work.
• Leading RFI / RFP responses as both prime contractor and as part of a consortium.
• Price and contract negotiations for successful bids.
• Partner and vendor relationship management. Consortium management.
• UK General Manager (P&L, Payroll/Benefits, HR, Finance, and Legal).
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Taking over and rescuing a complex multi-million-euro programme to replace the Video-On-Demand offering for a major European Public Broadcaster.
• Introducing agile practices as the standard for all future Fincons deliveries.
• Programme management of a Machine learning and AI based system for a major news gathering organisation.
• Managing a cloud-based legacy system replacement programme for a major construction client.
Responsibilities
• Complex programme and engagement management for all UK and Irish Customers.
• Introduction of Devops and Agile techniques to our near-shore delivery centres.
• Strategic planning & account management for EMEA clients including Fox, RTE, BravoSolution, Associated Press, Sky, and Filmbank Media.
• Business development - prospecting for new customers and harvesting follow-on work.
• Leading RFI / RFP responses as both prime contractor and as part of a consortium.
• Price and contract negotiations for successful bids.
• Partner and vendor relationship management. Consortium management.
• UK General Manager (P&L, Payroll/Benefits, HR, Finance, and Legal).
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Taking over and rescuing a complex multi-million-euro programme to replace the Video-On-Demand offering for a major European Public Broadcaster.
• Introducing agile practices as the standard for all future Fincons deliveries.
• Programme management of a Machine learning and AI based system for a major news gathering organisation.
• Managing a cloud-based legacy system replacement programme for a major construction client.
Business development, Machine learning, Video, DevOps, Account management, Agile, Cloud, Strategic Planning, Management, Finance, Ai, Ceo, Development, RFP, Organization, Manager
2016 - 2017
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Delivery Director
Estafet Limited.
Member of the Management Team reporting to the CEO with responsibility for strategic account engagement and development, building close C-level relationships with clients.
Responsibilities:
• Managing a practice of 60 consultants split between the UK and Bulgaria.
• Programme management of complex multi-national systems integration and IoT engagements.
• Agile coaching for new adopters.
• Mentoring of project and technical staff.
• C-Level engagement and stakeholder management.
• Account and engagement management for clients such as Elsevier, Wolseley, British Gas Hive, Yorkshire Water, Capita, and Arqiva.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Programme management of the first Amazon Alexa integration with British Gas Hive IoT devices.
• Strategic project management within the Wolseley business change initiative.
• Hadoop and big data programme delivery for a major publisher.
Responsibilities:
• Managing a practice of 60 consultants split between the UK and Bulgaria.
• Programme management of complex multi-national systems integration and IoT engagements.
• Agile coaching for new adopters.
• Mentoring of project and technical staff.
• C-Level engagement and stakeholder management.
• Account and engagement management for clients such as Elsevier, Wolseley, British Gas Hive, Yorkshire Water, Capita, and Arqiva.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Programme management of the first Amazon Alexa integration with British Gas Hive IoT devices.
• Strategic project management within the Wolseley business change initiative.
• Hadoop and big data programme delivery for a major publisher.
Project Management, Coaching, Big Data, Agile, C, Mentoring, Stakeholder Management, Management, Integration, Iot, Hadoop, Ceo, Hive, Development, Amazon
2012 - 2015
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Senior Director Telecommunications, Operations and Client/Partner Services
Elastic Path Software Inc.
Reporting to the EVP and Co-Founder. As General Manager for the EMEA and APAC regions I grew and ran the Elastic Path business for world outside of North America.
Responsibilities:
• Business management carrying the full P&L for the region.
• Ultimate accountability and delivery assurance for all EMEA/APAC programmes
• Leading C-level pre-sales solution creation and requirements workshops.
• Target operating model definition for the Elastic Path EMEA/APAC division.
• Bid management and pitching of multi-million-dollar RFI/RFPs.
• Price and contract negotiations for successful bids.
• Hands-on executive sponsorship and account management for key clients such as: Liberty Global (Virgin Media), Motability, Digi, Telenor, Sony Mobile, Globe Telecom, and Kiabi.
• Management, coaching and mentoring of staff.
• Managing relationships with sales partners, vendors, suppliers, subcontractors and staff augmentation partners (near-shore and off-shore).
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Winning and delivering multi-million-pound e-commerce programmes for Sony Mobile and Liberty Global.
• Organically growing the business until I had a team of over 30 permanent staff.
• Creating a delivery partner programme to provide a resource bench that otherwise I could not afford.
• Establishing an ongoing services function to provide cloud based managed services and a SaaS offering.
Responsibilities:
• Business management carrying the full P&L for the region.
• Ultimate accountability and delivery assurance for all EMEA/APAC programmes
• Leading C-level pre-sales solution creation and requirements workshops.
• Target operating model definition for the Elastic Path EMEA/APAC division.
• Bid management and pitching of multi-million-dollar RFI/RFPs.
• Price and contract negotiations for successful bids.
• Hands-on executive sponsorship and account management for key clients such as: Liberty Global (Virgin Media), Motability, Digi, Telenor, Sony Mobile, Globe Telecom, and Kiabi.
• Management, coaching and mentoring of staff.
• Managing relationships with sales partners, vendors, suppliers, subcontractors and staff augmentation partners (near-shore and off-shore).
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Winning and delivering multi-million-pound e-commerce programmes for Sony Mobile and Liberty Global.
• Organically growing the business until I had a team of over 30 permanent staff.
• Creating a delivery partner programme to provide a resource bench that otherwise I could not afford.
• Establishing an ongoing services function to provide cloud based managed services and a SaaS offering.
Sales, Pitching, Founder, Winning, Manager, Off-shore, Sponsorship, Bid management, Telecom, Workshops, Coaching, Management, Business Management, Saas, Mentoring, C, Cloud, E-commerce, Account management
2011 - 2012
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Programme Director
ioko365 Limited.
Reporting to the Director of Professional Services. I was responsible for hands-on management of multi-million-pound software, infrastructure, and business transformation programmes for international clients across Digital Media, Telecommunications and Broadcast markets.
Responsibilities:
• Full P&L responsibility for each agile programme, budgets over $5million and teams of over 20.
• Programme rescue for failing programmes.
• Media technology strategy, pre-sales consultancy and solution creation for new clients.
• Leading discovery and requirements workshops.
• Definition and implementation of delivery process standards.
• Relationship management for technical partners and other third parties.
• C-Level account management and responsibility for harvesting additional work from clients including Microsoft, BBC, AT&T, Channel 4, Canal +, and Disney.
• Management and pitching of multi-million-pound bids.
• Price and contract negotiation for successful bids.
• Part of the Operations Board running a professional services practice over 150 fee-earners.
• Mentoring and line management of programme management and senior technical consultants.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Successful completion of a series of 'Lakeview' projects extending traditional OTT solutions to games consoles.
• Successfully closing out two major programmes that I had initiated during my first tenure at ioko.
• Pushing the company to move from traditional data centres to cloud based infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
• Full P&L responsibility for each agile programme, budgets over $5million and teams of over 20.
• Programme rescue for failing programmes.
• Media technology strategy, pre-sales consultancy and solution creation for new clients.
• Leading discovery and requirements workshops.
• Definition and implementation of delivery process standards.
• Relationship management for technical partners and other third parties.
• C-Level account management and responsibility for harvesting additional work from clients including Microsoft, BBC, AT&T, Channel 4, Canal +, and Disney.
• Management and pitching of multi-million-pound bids.
• Price and contract negotiation for successful bids.
• Part of the Operations Board running a professional services practice over 150 fee-earners.
• Mentoring and line management of programme management and senior technical consultants.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Successful completion of a series of 'Lakeview' projects extending traditional OTT solutions to games consoles.
• Successfully closing out two major programmes that I had initiated during my first tenure at ioko.
• Pushing the company to move from traditional data centres to cloud based infrastructure.
Account management, Agile, Cloud, C, Mentoring, Business transformation, Management, Sales, Technology, Workshops, Implementation, Transformation, Infrastructure, Software, International, Pitching
2010 - 2011
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Interim Director, PMO - Kantar ITP
Kantar Group.
Reporting to the CIO, I led the global programme management group delivering programme management and services to 13 operating companies within the Kantar Group.
Responsibilities:
• Ultimate delivery responsibility for all Kantar ITP projects and programmes.
• Management and mentoring of a worldwide team of Programme and Project Managers (10 Direct and over 70 indirect reports).
• Managing the technical due-diligence and merger programmes for newly acquired market research companies into the Kantar Shared Services group.
• Management of the governance, risk and compliance team, covering ISO certification and audit, SOX compliance, and environmental risk management.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Wrangling over 40 active projects into a manageable and coordinated programme of work.
• Introducing KPI measurement and traceability to the delivery function.
• Successfully passing SOX and ISO accreditation audits within the first 6 months.
Responsibilities:
• Ultimate delivery responsibility for all Kantar ITP projects and programmes.
• Management and mentoring of a worldwide team of Programme and Project Managers (10 Direct and over 70 indirect reports).
• Managing the technical due-diligence and merger programmes for newly acquired market research companies into the Kantar Shared Services group.
• Management of the governance, risk and compliance team, covering ISO certification and audit, SOX compliance, and environmental risk management.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Wrangling over 40 active projects into a manageable and coordinated programme of work.
• Introducing KPI measurement and traceability to the delivery function.
• Successfully passing SOX and ISO accreditation audits within the first 6 months.
Research, Market research, Mentoring, Audit, Risk Management, Management, PMO, Compliance, KPI, CIO, Audit, Interim, LED
2004 - 2006
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Business Systems Manager
ITV.
I owned the delivery and support of all operational systems for ITV Worldwide.
Responsibilities:
• Day-to-day management of the business support systems: e.g. Oracle e-business suite (financials), BI, rights management, contracts management, sales support, and bespoke software.
• Prudently owning the annual systems budget of several million pounds.
• Ongoing strategic review of the systems estate; planning for obsolescence, replacement and new services.
• Providing technology support for new business initiatives.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Managing the final part of the ITV merger, consolidating diverse financial/business systems and processes into a single coherent set of services to support the new company (including the implementation of Oracle Financials).
• Implementing the first integrated SaaS solution in the ITV estate.
• Implementing an innovative technology solution for secure online delivery of television programme screeners to the Middle East.
Responsibilities:
• Day-to-day management of the business support systems: e.g. Oracle e-business suite (financials), BI, rights management, contracts management, sales support, and bespoke software.
• Prudently owning the annual systems budget of several million pounds.
• Ongoing strategic review of the systems estate; planning for obsolescence, replacement and new services.
• Providing technology support for new business initiatives.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Managing the final part of the ITV merger, consolidating diverse financial/business systems and processes into a single coherent set of services to support the new company (including the implementation of Oracle Financials).
• Implementing the first integrated SaaS solution in the ITV estate.
• Implementing an innovative technology solution for secure online delivery of television programme screeners to the Middle East.
Oracle, Budget, Contracts, Saas, Management, Sales, Technology, Support, Implementation, Software, BEE, Oracle E-Business Suite, Online, Contracts, Manager, Processes
1998 - 2004
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Projects Manager
BBC Worldwide Limited.
Project & Programme Management of full lifecycle of PRINCE2 based multi-million-pound software development, systems integration, infrastructure and business change programmes across multiple countries using both on-shore, landed off-shore, and off-shore resources.
Responsibilities:
• Project and programme management across the BBC Worldwide business covering: rights, royalties, HR, legal and finance functions.
• Preparation and management of business cases though all stages of authorisation including approval by the Director General.
• OJEU / OJEC procurement.
• Line management of permanent staff and contractors.
• Management of multi-disciplined teams within a matrixed environment.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Management of a substantial programme to replace aging solutions used to manage rights and pay artist royalties.
• Managing the technical programme to create a new joint venture company between for BBC Video including the implementation of SAP (AP/AR/SD).
Development and Systems Analysis roles - September 1991 to June 1998:
Responsibilities:
• Project and programme management across the BBC Worldwide business covering: rights, royalties, HR, legal and finance functions.
• Preparation and management of business cases though all stages of authorisation including approval by the Director General.
• OJEU / OJEC procurement.
• Line management of permanent staff and contractors.
• Management of multi-disciplined teams within a matrixed environment.
Key Achievements/Projects:
• Management of a substantial programme to replace aging solutions used to manage rights and pay artist royalties.
• Managing the technical programme to create a new joint venture company between for BBC Video including the implementation of SAP (AP/AR/SD).
Development and Systems Analysis roles - September 1991 to June 1998:
Video, Software development, Prince2, SAP, Procurement, Management, Integration, Finance, Implementation, Infrastructure, Development, Software, Business cases, Off-shore, Manager
My education
1991
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1995
Swansea University
BSc, Computer Science
BSc, Computer Science
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