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Senior Product and Programme Manager passionate about education, innovation and people.
Karen Donovan
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, United Kingdom
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A senior professional influential in organisational performance strategy, driving improvement, designing business tools and realising value to the customer experience. Delivering success through research, interpreting market dynamics, building strong stakeholder relationships, steering competitive advantage and managing successful product development
KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
• Senior Leadership/Management, including team creation.
• High level product management, from cradle to grave.
• Programme management of government funded initiatives.
• Product management, qualification assessment development and product development within lifecycle
• Developing people strategies and capacity
• Designing and implementing people management processes
Learning and development of staff, including team coaching
• Senior stakeholder management, including senior government representatives, industry experts and HE governance.
• Management of organisational change, clear understanding of impact on people.
• Adaptable, creative thinker and keen researcher.
• High level of computer literacy across Microsoft and Learning platforms
Sound Technical Savvy
KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
• Senior Leadership/Management, including team creation.
• High level product management, from cradle to grave.
• Programme management of government funded initiatives.
• Product management, qualification assessment development and product development within lifecycle
• Developing people strategies and capacity
• Designing and implementing people management processes
Learning and development of staff, including team coaching
• Senior stakeholder management, including senior government representatives, industry experts and HE governance.
• Management of organisational change, clear understanding of impact on people.
• Adaptable, creative thinker and keen researcher.
• High level of computer literacy across Microsoft and Learning platforms
Sound Technical Savvy
Markets
United Kingdom
Industries
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Available
My experience
2018 - ?
job
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER
Innovate Awarding.
• Manage development of product, cross sector strategies and propositions
• Develop market leading products and services within Product Lifecycle, defining strategy and delivering across
programmes of work
• Lead on research, interpreting market dynamics and stakeholder management
• Design and implement tools for use in development of product and operational mobilisation and metrics
• Contribute to business development objectives by winning new clients
• Significant experience of developing and assessing the viability of business cases, budgets and roadmaps for new
products
• Support, coach and mentor across multiple teams
• Work in highly regulated environment, ensuring quality assurance and identifying best practice
• Develop market leading products and services within Product Lifecycle, defining strategy and delivering across
programmes of work
• Lead on research, interpreting market dynamics and stakeholder management
• Design and implement tools for use in development of product and operational mobilisation and metrics
• Contribute to business development objectives by winning new clients
• Significant experience of developing and assessing the viability of business cases, budgets and roadmaps for new
products
• Support, coach and mentor across multiple teams
• Work in highly regulated environment, ensuring quality assurance and identifying best practice
Design, Business development, Research, Stakeholder Management, Product Manager, Mentor, Management, Quality Assurance, Business cases, Support, Development, Coach, Winning, Manager
2015 - 2017
job
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
Product Manager
• Implementation and management of product development department
• Programme Management of key strategic projects incorporating measures for growth, reach, revenue and profit
• Design of development tools to refine process; to improve quality and meet strategic objectives
• Manage development budgets and resources to ensure profitability and growth
• Design and manage product roadmaps to provide clear strategic direction and delivery
• Ensure product is viable and fit for purpose
• Identify and manage hub of subject matter experts, embedding quality assurance and best practice
• Selection of e-Learning systems, contribution to development of systems
• Implementation and management of product development department
• Programme Management of key strategic projects incorporating measures for growth, reach, revenue and profit
• Design of development tools to refine process; to improve quality and meet strategic objectives
• Manage development budgets and resources to ensure profitability and growth
• Design and manage product roadmaps to provide clear strategic direction and delivery
• Ensure product is viable and fit for purpose
• Identify and manage hub of subject matter experts, embedding quality assurance and best practice
• Selection of e-Learning systems, contribution to development of systems
Design, Product development, Product Manager, E-learning, Management, Quality Assurance, Growth, Implementation, Development, Direction, Manager
2013 - 2013
job
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Synergy Global Consulting.
ADMINISTRATOR
Surrey University
21 - 24 December 2012
Surrey University
21 - 24 December 2012
Operations, Operations manager, Administrator, Manager
2008 - 2012
job
OPERATIONS MANAGER
University of Cape Town.
Department of Mechanical Engineering (Energy Research Centre)
• Responsible for the operational management of a self-funded multidisciplinary research centre
• Led the planning, governance, communication and implementation of all research projects
• Development of intricate project plans, defining tasks and deliverables
• Implemented reporting on progress to all key stakeholders
• Manage centre budget and resource allocation
• Departmental budget management and reporting, including donor management
• Managed finance control and decision on investment portfolios
• Took an active role in preparation of departmental Research Review Process
• Negotiated national and international research contracts
• Managed inputs and budget allocation for academic journal
• Responsible for the operational management of a self-funded multidisciplinary research centre
• Led the planning, governance, communication and implementation of all research projects
• Development of intricate project plans, defining tasks and deliverables
• Implemented reporting on progress to all key stakeholders
• Manage centre budget and resource allocation
• Departmental budget management and reporting, including donor management
• Managed finance control and decision on investment portfolios
• Took an active role in preparation of departmental Research Review Process
• Negotiated national and international research contracts
• Managed inputs and budget allocation for academic journal
Implementation, LED, Manager, Contracts, Energy, Energy, International, Development, Mechanical engineering, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Management, Operations manager, Contracts, Research, Budget
1998 - 1999
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My education
University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
Bachelors, Management
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