Will Dignon

Experience

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  CBS Outdoor

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Marketing Intern
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  Camp Weequahic

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Division Head

  Part of the camp Key Staff team and leading the Senior Boys division at a stay away summer camp.I was responsible for 40+ boys aged 14-17 and Manager for 20+ counsellers.My responsibilities included:- Orientation activities for counsellors- Guiding counsellors in roles and responsibilities- Resolving campers issues- Organising evening activities- Planning and running event days- Meeting and greeting parents and conducting camp tours

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  AkzoNobel

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2014

  Commercial Graduate

  Graduate programme consisting of rotations through sales and marketing roles:Territory Manager for the South and West London and surrounding area for the large scale business. My responsibilities included liaising with store managers of the biggest DIY, Paint and Builders merchants in the UK to ensure strategic products placing and negotiating additional sales deals.

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  Deloitte Consulting

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2019

  Part of the Workforce Transformation Practice delivering large-scale Workforce and HR Transformation projects.Key achievements• Fulfilled the role of Capability Framework Project Lead on a project for the largest national builders’ merchant, which involved defining and developing a framework for “What makes a successful Branch Manager” using a qualitative and quantitative approach.• Headed an end-to-end detailed process design for HR within the Shared Service function of a large UK transport authority as HR Process Design Lead.• Delivered a time and activity analysis and capability assessment for the programme management function of a Global Defence and Aerospace company as Talent and Capability Analyst.• Led successful deliveries of projects for various clients as Talent/People Analytics Strategies Lead; including a Professional Services Firm, Global Oil and Gas company, and a UK retailer.• Managed Deloitte’s Consulting Charity Football tournament for 3 years; this involved overseeing a team of 6 to deliver a tournament for over 200 employees, which resulted in generating more than £10k a year for Deloitte’s chosen charity.• Active participant in the Deloitte Access Programme to support inner-city school children.• Supervised the People and Workforce Analytics Community of over 30 people; this involved working with the Practice Partner to secure budget, also managed team meetings, and socials. • Key contributor to a Future of Work focused products; including a Future Talent Optimisation tool. Show less

  • Senior Consultant - Human Capital

    Sept 2017 - Sept 2019

  • Human Capital Consultant

    Sept 2016 - Sept 2017

  • Human Capital Analyst

    Sept 2014 - Aug 2016
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  Digiworkz

  Oct 2019 - Jan 2024

  Chief Product Officer for a challenger consultancy, which provides human centric transformation solutions that enable organisations to enhance the value they create for customers, employees and broader society.Key achievements:• Formulated the organisation’s Product function, including developing the operating model, processes, support services, resource profile, supplier selection and management.• Spearheaded the development and delivery of Digiworkz's flagship product Nexus (an AI-powered knowledge and collaboration platform harnessing collective intelligence) and Digiworkz’s smaller analytics solutions. • Exceeded £250k product sales in year 1; on track to exceeding year 1 product sales in year 2.• Joined forces with the Managing Director and a Technical Advisor (Partner) in the successful application for a £100k ‘Innovate UK Grant’ to support product development.• Collaborated with the Managing Director and a patent legal partner in the development of Digiworkz’s successful patent application for Nexus.• Delivered multiple successful product implementations to Professional Services, Financial Services, Public Sector, and Technology clients; including Barclays, KPMG and Fujitsu.• Serve as a Board member to define the company vision and strategy; this involved working closely with the CEO on Digiworkz’s investment funding efforts.• Assembled the Product team from scratch, to a team with professionals across the product, account management and technical development capacities.• Up-skilled a staff member from having no product-based skills, to a fully fledged Product Manager, also heavily contributed towards the promotion of an Intern, to a qualified Product Analyst. • Played a pivotal role in the development of thought leadership topics; including Collective Intelligence, Learning re-imagined, Digital transformation and the Metaverse, as well as the Future of Work and Workforces. Show less Mobilised a team of resources (comprising of managers, consultants/associate consultants, analysts, graduates, and contractors) towards delivering projects primarily focused on analytics, employee experience and change management within the Workforce Management and Digital Transformation Space.Key achievements:• Pioneered an employee and digital experience analytics capability with a public sector client as Experience Analytics Lead; this involved building the overall service framework, metric and dashboard development, as well as co-ordinating the new data architecture with the technical team.• Established a capability to measure employee mindset with a global bank as Analytics Lead; this involved data identification, metric and dashboard development, in addition to a capability build.• Coordinated the enhancement of a workforce planning capability within a global bank as Project Lead; this involved selecting new analytics software, identifying data sources and building new processes.• Directed the development of an employee experience capability with a technology company as Project Lead; this involved building the proposition and delivery assets. Show less

  • Chief Product Officer

    Sept 2021 - Jan 2024

  • Head Of Consulting

    Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Accelerator Success Manager

    Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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  HIGHAMS CONSULTING

  Oct 2019 - Sept 2021

  Management Consultant
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  ProFinda

  Apr 2020 - Jun 2021

  Clients and Consulting Services Lead

  Secondment as the Client and Consulting Services Lead for an award-winning SaaS company, which offers workforce management solutions for small, medium and large-sized firms.Key Achievements:• Orchestrated the implementation of the ProFinda software, and delivered account management services for large-scale clients.• Fronted the successful implementation of the platform for 3 of the Big 4 global professional services firms; including a global implementation across 3 regions and over 30,000 employees. Show less

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  Woodford Rugby Club Ltd

  Sept 2020 - Sept 2023

  Club Captain
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  The Football Association

  Jan 2024 - now

  Senior Business Manager

  Senior Business Manager for the Football Operations and Legal and Governance Divisions at The Football Association. I work closely with the Director of Professional Game Relations and General Counsel, supporting their departments with business operations and strategic projects and programmes.