Jo Walker

Experience

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  Midland HR

  Feb 1996 - Jan 1998

  Project Planner

  Project Management, Planning, Co-ordination across multiple projects

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  Experian

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2006

  Senior Product Analyst
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  Gaz de France

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Business Analyst
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  TDX Group

  Feb 2007 - Dec 2016

  Responsible for the leadership of the IT PMO and IT Centre of Excellence team to deliver the operating plan and transformational change Current responsibilities include:• Setting & implementing strategy across IT to enable company goals• Management of IT Budget of $5m• Leading IT transformation programme in an ISO accredited and FCA regulated environment • Definition and management of IT Governance, in particular for the IT project, risk & vendor management• Delegate for CIO – “Chief of Staff” Show less

  • Head of IT Strategy & Effectiveness

    May 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Head of Application Development

    Jul 2011 - May 2015

  • Business Analysis & Test Team Manager

    Sept 2009 - Aug 2011

  • SENIOR IT BUSINESS ANALYST

    Feb 2007 - Sept 2009
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  The Paragon Group of Companies

  Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

  Head of Solution Delivery

  Responsible for the leadership of the Solution Delivery team of technology professionals and delivery of the bank's Project portfolio using a bi-modal IT methodology.Responsibilities included:•Setting & implementing strategy across the team to enable company goals•Roll out of low code/no code technologies to reduce legacy system risk•GDPR compliance roll out•Introduction of test automation and source control

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  Rolls-Royce

  Jul 2019 - now

  Responsible for the leadership of the Product Delivery team of largely outsourced technology professionals and delivery of the Project portfolio.Responsibilities include:•Delivering a multi million pound portfolio across multiple sectors•Setting & implementing strategy across the team to enable company goals•Introduction of test automation and continuous integration•Supporting the digital agenda in a heavily regulated environment Responsible for the leadership of the technology professionals across multiple product delivery teamsResponsibilities included:•Delivery of cross team projects such as Window 10 Evergreen•Implementation of new tooling to support project tracking and reporting•Implementation of new processes to support agile adoption

  • Head of IT - CRM

    Sept 2020 - now

  • Solution Development Lead

    Jul 2019 - Sept 2020