David Downes

Experience

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  Lloyds Bank

  Oct 1995 - May 2012

  Line management of up to 30 Solution Architects split between contractor and permanent colleagues. Performance Management of all colleagues inc talent identification and personal development plansResponsible for Solution Architect resource supply to business project portfolio demandWorking in business areas of Corporate, Commercial, Wealth & International, responsible for contractor recruitment with onshore/offshore Indian vendors TCS & Wipro. Negotiating and agreeing rates with Wipro/TCS partner reps based on experience and knowledge of architect resource recruited2011 -2012 aligned to Digital business area with responsibility for line management of Digital architects and supply against the Digital project delivery portfolio Show less Lead IT Project Manager managing project teams of varying size, technical ability, experience and personality, developing plans using PM software tools such as MS Project to achieve on time delivery. Strict adherance to Governance process and the mangement of risk and issues throughout the project lifecycle. Business areas include Corporate and Commercial customers on initiatives :- Small business change : 'Hopper' type activities with regular implementations on a portfolio averaging £1 million IT spend- Lead PM for Indian Banking Service project. a 1.5 million IT spend, a successful joint venture initiative between LTSB and ICICI bank in India, offering the UK Indian community free money transfers to India when opening a new account with LTSB. - Lead PM on Project to separate Lloyds Bank and their Registrars department. This included implementing extra security and Infrastructure requirements that enabled Registrars (now called Equiniti) to operate with LTSB as a secure third party organisation. Achievements include the implementation of 2 new MPLS (line) links between the Equiniti sites and Lloyds Bank Peterborough sites, new BT routers at each end, cabling and firewall implementations. Show less

  • Practice Manager - Architecture & Design

    Sept 2008 - May 2012

  • Project Manager

    Mar 2003 - Sept 2008

  • System Test Manager

    Oct 1995 - Mar 2003
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  Lloyds Banking Group

  May 2012 - May 2016

  Digital Practice Manager

  Line Management of up to 35 Project Managers (PMs) and Business Analysts (BAs). Responsibilities include the shaping and scoping of annual PM objectives, targets and measures and ensuring colleagues have identified robust development plans aligned to business and personal goals.Through 2014 and 2015 led Recruitment drive for Digital Permanent & Contract PMs & BAs. Working closely with in-house Direct Sourcing team, led process from CV reviews to interview and offer stages. My start position in early 2014 was a 20/80% perm/contractor mix within Digital PM & BA community. By Sept 2015, this recruitment intiative has changed this landscape to a healthier 45/55 perm/contractor split.Working with Programme Leads, managing supply of permanent PM resource against Digital demand delivery portfolio of approx £200 million for 2015 Show less

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  Vodafone

  Oct 2016 - now

  Line Manager

  Line manager for 25 Project Managers in the Programmes & Projects Practice. Responsibilities include performance management, resourcing against large delivery portfolio and recruitment.