Experience

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  Gsk

  May 1995 - Dec 2017

  Promoted to partner with the newly formed Target Sciences business unit (200 personnel) and built a high performing team of business Consultants and Analysts to support themEngaged with and developed excellent relationships with key stakeholders (SVP, VP and Director Level) to understand their vision and business needs. Created a roadmap of IT projects (~£2m portfolio) to enable their goals Collaborated across R&D functions to design the Scientific Computing Strategy. This facilitated the construction of data lakes and the leveraging of them through high performance computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to drive competitive advantageEnabled the mastering of target data in order to integrate and gain maximum value from multiple internal and external data sources Show less Responsible for rapidly understanding business processes and data across multiple R&D groups. Facilitate user workshops to identify and generate business requirements and model AS:IS and TO:BE processes. Utilise analysis techniques to identify impactful business process improvements (trained in Lean/Six Sigma - Green Belt). Develop commercially viable business cases and gain funding approval for projects to enable business changeProject manage from idea conception, through development, delivery and into support. Provide training and support lead change management activitiesDevelop and maintain positive stakeholder relationships and promptly resolve Voice of the Customer and Voice of the Process challenges Show less

  • IT Business Partner - Product Development

    Oct 2016 - Dec 2017

  • IT Business Partner - Target Sciences

    Apr 2014 - Oct 2016

  • Business Consultant

    Jun 2010 - Apr 2014

  • Business Analyst

    May 2004 - Jun 2010

  • System Specialist

    May 1995 - May 2004
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  Whitbread

  Jul 2018 - Sept 2020

  It business partner

  Increased the effectiveness of IT through building impactful relationships with key stakeholders including Heads of Product Development, Customer Insights/Relations and Hotel/F&B Operations. Actively listen to the businesses needs and convert into a structured, sequenced roadmap of value adding IT programs/projectsEnsure the expedited analysis of business challenges/opportunities. Create strategic option papers and business cases for executive level approval. Secure project funding and enable solution delivery Show less

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  Gsk

  Feb 2021 - Aug 2024

  Lead the migration of multiple manufacturing and R&D sites in Europe and the Americas to Haleon (part of a multi-billion-pound divestiture). Deliver to agreed Transitional Service Agreements and manage and mitigate all project risks and issues.Achievements• Partnered effectively with Product Towers and Application Owners at multiple sites to efficiently plan and migrate 24 laboratory and manufacturing applications and associated infrastructure across networks/domains to time and budget.• Migrated/Decommissioned over 100 Windows, Unix and SQL servers, Fileshares and Domain Controllers• Managed an Agile project backlog to remediate technical challenges within both GSK and Haleon.• Developed a technical support guide to enable global teams to efficiently navigate new tech services to successfully exit Transitional Service Agreements on time.• Manage the reconciliation of the Service Now Configuration Management Database (circa 18,000 Configuration Items at 93 sites) to avoid ongoing license costs. Show less Created and embedded a framework to articulate, visualise and communicate Global Product and Technology’s strategy, across a 3-year horizon, to internal colleagues and external stakeholders. Managed and matured the IT partnering relations with internal business unit tech organisations.Achievements• Successfully designed and implemented a strategic framework consisting of a central strategy, 7 supporting Tower strategies and 3-Year capability horizons.• Established and developed effective relationships with Tower leaders and strategy SMEs across Tech to enable the successful drafting and delivery of strategic artefacts.• Facilitated the Strategy Working Group and BU Tech Partnering meetings with senior GP&T leaders. Leveraged these meetings to gain insights on strategic thinking across GSK and ensure milestones were communicated and met.• Responded rapidly to Vaccines Tech customer challenge by iteratively designing and managing the deployment of a Power BI solution to effectively communicate GP&T’s change roadmap. Show less

  • Senior Divestment Project Manager

    Apr 2022 - Aug 2024

  • Senior Manager Strategy and Vision

    Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
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  Leonardo

  Aug 2024 - now

  Senior project manager