Jen Taylor

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  • Timeline

    Feb 1992 - Oct 2000

    Librarian - Senior Librarian - Strategic Support Practitioner

    Cape Town City Council
    Nov 2000 - Apr 2003

    Project Manager

    Old Mutual Limited
    May 2003 - Dec 2003

    Business Manager

    bridges.org
    Jan 2004 - Apr 2006

    Project Manager

    Old Mutual Limited
    May 2006 - Apr 2007

    Project Manager

    QBIT
    Jun 2007 - Dec 2008

    Senior IT Project Manager / Project Office Manager

    Global Vision
    Jan 2009 - Mar 2015

    Transformation Head

    FNB South Africa
    Johannesburg
    Oct 2015 - Sept 2017

    Programme Manager

    Catalyst Consulting South Africa
    Feb 2018 - Sept 2018

    Lead Business Architect, Old Mutual SA Transformation (OMSAT), Savings and Income Programme

    Old Mutual Limited
    Oct 2018 - Mar 2019

    Senior IT Project Manager

    Absa Group
    Current Company
    Sept 2019 - now

    Property Practitioner

    Hamilton's Property Portfolio
  • About me

    Property Practitioner, Area Specialist - Bryanston & Hyde Park

  • Education

    • Agile42

      2019 - 2019
      Certified scrum master
    • Coachtrax (now offered through gibs)

      2013 - 2014
      Certificate in business coaching
    • Cornel brand and associates

      1999 - 1999
      Certificate in competency-based performance management process reengineering
    • University of cape town

      1991 - 1991
      Post-graduate diploma in library and information science information management silver jubilee award for best student
    • University of cape town

      1986 - 1990
      Bachelor of arts (social science) industrial psychology

      Activities and Societies: Student Representative Council (SRC) member, 1987

    • Graduate school of business - university of cape town

      2012 - 2013
      Firstrand accelerated development programme (adp) organizational leadership 1 of 33 delegates selected from across the firstrand group
    • Faculty training institute

      2001 - 2001
      Diploma in is project management information technology project management distinction; second in class
  • Experience

    • Cape town city council

      Feb 1992 - Oct 2000
      Librarian - senior librarian - strategic support practitioner

      Successfully completed business process transformation programmes at a number of key sites within the Municipality, including Waste Management and Document Management. | Completed Competency-Based Performance Management (CPM) Technologist qualification, "licensed" to run process-based business interventions.Consolidated five library sections into three, for the Central Library in the Cape Town City Hall, including room layouts, and liaison with architects (my first “project”).

    • Old mutual limited

      Nov 2000 - Apr 2003
      Project manager

      Successfully implemented the redesign and rebuild of the Old Mutual corporate website within time, budget, and quality constraints, including all change management related activities and processes. | Developed and maintained offshore relationships with Americom, US Life, and Selestia, three key International clients, and successfully implemented all related website work and change management activities and processes.

    • Bridges.org

      May 2003 - Dec 2003
      Business manager

      Completed an office move from Durbanville to Cape Town, within time, budget and quality constraints, including all change management related activities and processes.

    • Old mutual limited

      Jan 2004 - Apr 2006
      Project manager

      Successfully managed Change and Communications on the LEAN Transformation Programme. | Successfully developed first draft of generic roles, in Job Families, based on Elliott Jaques' Levels of Work, including all change management related activities and processes. | Successfully set up and managed the programme of projects within the Orion Business Unit, including all change management related activities and processes.

    • Qbit

      May 2006 - Apr 2007
      Project manager

      Successfully managed the Siyakha Project at Medscheme, including aligning HR Performance Management process with Oracle HRMS. | Successfully developed first draft of generic roles, in Job Families, based on Elliott Jaques' Levels of Work, including all change management related activities and processes.

    • Global vision

      Jun 2007 - Dec 2008
      Senior it project manager / project office manager

      Successfully completed a number of projects, for a wide variety of clients, both locally and internationally, including all change management related activities and processes. | Implemented a formal Project Management Office, and associated processes and governance.

    • Fnb south africa

      Jan 2009 - Mar 2015

      Worked with dozens of teams, and hundreds of people, across our business, building personal mastery, leadership development, and change resilience. Worked with business to develop and implement strategic solutions to business problems. | Led the team responsible for successfully creating a collaborative, engaged and motivated culture across our recently merged Business Units, instilling a sense of community and belonging. | Business Owner who successfully implemented value chain optimisation and detailed process enhancements. | Implemented a number of award-winning “mini-innovations” and Business Unit finalist for FNB Innovation. Defined standards for project governance, to ensure alignment with Internal Audit requirements. | Successfully developed and maintained relationships with our FNB Stakeholder Community, and in the broader PMO and Change Management Communities of FNB and the FirstRand Group. Successfully implemented the Process Project, including mapping and documenting Central Finance processes for the first time in FNB; liaising with 145+ Finance stakeholders, to uncover the issues and challenges experienced in these processes, and developing workable solutions. | Successfully delivered the “finspace” SharePoint Portal Project, a shared web portal for the Finance Community within FNB, including all change management related activities and processes.

      • Transformation Head

        Apr 2013 - Mar 2015
      • Head of Business Solutions / Support

        Feb 2012 - Mar 2013
      • Head of Project Management Office

        Jun 2010 - Feb 2012
      • Senior Project Manager

        Jan 2009 - Jun 2010
    • Catalyst consulting south africa

      Oct 2015 - Sept 2017
      Programme manager

      Successfully led the design and implementation of the executive Talent Management rollout for the top 3 levels of Imperial Group. | Designed and facilitated numerous leadership development, high performance teaming, HR capability building and personal empowerment journeys and workshops. All underpinned by strategic change management as a key enabler.

    • Old mutual limited

      Feb 2018 - Sept 2018
      Lead business architect, old mutual sa transformation (omsat), savings and income programme

      Used my skills and experience to build key stakeholder relationships, ensuring we were delivering the right solutions across the Old Mutual SA Transformation (OMSAT) Savings and Income Programme. Led a team of Business Analysts to ensure alignment across Business Processes from Level 0 to Level 4, across all Programme Work Streams.

    • Absa group

      Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
      Senior it project manager

      Accountable for the delivery of a strategic IT project through a dedicated team: scrum master, product owner, business analyst, 14 developers, 4 testers.

    • Hamilton's property portfolio

      Sept 2019 - now
      Property practitioner

      Property Practitioner, Area Specialist - Bryanston & Hyde Park

  • Licenses & Certifications