Stephen Oxley FBCS, CEng, CITP

Experience

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  Middlesbrough College

  Jun 1999 - Oct 2005

  Recruited to facilitate the design and implementation of a new voice and data infrastructure, due to the merger of two colleges making the largest College in the Tees Valley area with more than 15000 student and 1200 staff IT users on 4 sites. Recruit, train, develop and lead a 26-person technical team. Scope of position was extensive and included department strategic direction and full design, installation, engineering, implementation, support, training, administration, budgets and management.The overall management of all support resources that are required to plan for, develop and deliver professional and efficient ICT support services to the organisation, staff and students, including the management of change and the maintenance of professional standards. Show less

  • Head of Information Services

    Dec 2001 - Oct 2005

  • ICT Services Manager

    Jun 1999 - Dec 2001
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  North Yorkshire Police

  Nov 2005 - Nov 2009

  ICT Service Delivery Manager

  Recruited to build on and improve the Service Delivery teams within a 24/7/365 highly available 999 emergency service with the largest geographical area Police Force and ICT Network in the UK with 61 main police sites covering 3203 square miles. As part of the forces NYP-Forward program I delivered new multi-million pound IT investment in a new Command and Control system for the Force Control Rooms, new HR systems and Niche Intelligence records management system, Data warehouse system and Mobile data project. Show less

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  NHS South of Tyne and Wear

  Nov 2009 - Jan 2013

  Manage the service delivery teams within the Primary Care Trust (PCT) with a large geographical area covering Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead and an ICT Network and services to 425 sites and supporting over 6000 staff, including 3 HQ buildings, General Practitioners, Walk-in Centres, Dentists, Pharmacies and links into three Foundation Trust Hospitals with in excess of 5000 PCs and Laptops. Manage the service delivery teams within the Primary Care Trust (PCT) with a large geographical area covering Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead and an ICT Network and services to 425 sites and supporting over 6000 staff, including 3 HQ buildings, General Practitioners, Walk-in Centres, Dentists, Pharmacies and links into three Foundation Trust Hospitals with in excess of 5000 PCs and Laptops.

  • Technology Services Strategic Head

    Nov 2010 - Jan 2013

  • Head of ICT

    Nov 2009 - Nov 2010
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  Home Group

  Jan 2013 - Nov 2015

  Head of Programme Management

  Spearheaded the development and delivery of major Business Transformation and Change programmes, including the deployment of a new Oracle ERP system, systems refresh of all IT infrastructure and implementation of new SharePoint 2013, online presence and group websites.Managed relationships with key stakeholders and interfaced with outsourcing partners and vendors, scrutinising their project proposals to assess cost, value for money and deliverables.Headed a programme team in excess of 100 comprising System Integrators, Consultants, Subject Matter Experts; Project Managers; Development and Support staff.Planned and designed programmes and proactively monitored their progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action and escalations where required.Introduced robust programme governance and controls to shape project delivery planning and ensure compliance with corporate priorities.Managed the programme's £30M budget on behalf of the sponsor, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the programme progressed.Oversaw project capacity planning, assessed risk and drove sound business decisions to ensure the appropriate allocation and deployment of resources.Implemented effective Quality Assurance processes and ensured the overall integrity of the programmes by focusing on programme consistency and its coherence with infrastructure planning, and interfaces with other programmes and corporate, technical and specialist standards. Show less

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  Northgate Vehicle Hire

  Dec 2015 - Dec 2019

  Head of IT Programmes

  Accountable for developing and implementing Multi-million pounds complex systems infrastructure and business transformation programmes spanning 75 Northgate sites and impacting 2000 employees, through the Implementation of INFOR ERP, Microsoft Dynamics CRM & VanMonster Dealer management system and contact management centres.Developed an actionable and targeted organisational change management plan including the communication, training and risk management plan to support business change strategies.Developed the programme management plan and directed a programme team comprising in-excess of 70 Subject Matter Experts (full & part-time); 9 Project Managers & 2 Planners; 8 Business Analysts, System Integrators, and Consultants to drive successful programme delivery.Maximised work stream performance across multiple locations including Sales, Marketing, Operations, HR, Finance, Process Change, Data migration and Integrations to ensure development of the programme plan. Show less

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  Socitm Advisory

  Mar 2020 - Nov 2023

  Client Services Director

  Acts as a senior advisor to our Socitm’s largest clients, overseeing successful programmes across all Socitm’s service offerings. Maintaining senior delivery expectations, responsible for identifying and securing organic growth opportunities within existing client business as well as developing the service line toolkits and the Socitm Way in order to secure new business. Managing delivery teams across the portfolio and ensuring our clients receive exceptional service across all key measurables and contractual elements.Programme Lead - Oracle Fusion ERP programme Lancashire County Council – move council from Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) version 12 to Oracle Fusion, for HR, Payroll, Finance and Procurement functions across 48,000 users, including Fire and Police Service.Established PMO and project management office, including implementation of Governance and controls, resourcing, and portfolio prioritisation. Supported by business analysts, Project managers, planners and PMO analystsDeveloped the programme management plan and directed a programme team comprising in-excess of 40 Subject Matter Experts (full & part-time); managed System Integrator and Data Migration partners.Chaired programme and performance meetings with the Executive governance board, key stakeholders and cross-functional working teams to track progress, mitigate risks, agree project goals and key deliverables.Developed an actionable and targeted change management plan including the communication plan, training plan and risk management plan to support business change strategies.Managed programme budgets on behalf of the sponsor, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits.Programme and project Lead - Insourcing from BT to Lancashire County Council - in the insourcing of IT, payroll, HR, Finance and procurement (c300 staff) from 3rd party back to LCC. Including service design and business transformation elements. Show less

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  Version 1

  Dec 2023 - now

  Oracle Delivery Director

  Portfolio Director, Public Sector, overseeing programmes within UK and Ireland. Senior advisor to Version1’s largest public sector clients, leading the various Version 1 programme and consultant resources used in the successful running and deployment of Oracle ERP solutions..Key Projects Include:Delivery Director (Banking client) Oracle Cloud ERP programme – move the UK bank from legacy finance and procurement systems to Oracle ERP Cloud (Finance and Procurement, with upgrades and improvements to HCM). Implementing centralised reporting strategy and system, integrations and data migration, through the full implementation lifecycle.Delivery Director (Council client) Oracle Cloud ERP programme - move council from legacy central services system to Oracle Cloud, for HR, Payroll, Finance and Procurement functions, including integrations and data migration, through the full implementation lifecycle.Delivery Director (Dept of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Ireland) – Major upgrade of their Cloud ERP solution. Show less