Graham Young

Experience

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  East Midlands Electricity

  Jul 1982 - Jul 1985

  Programmer

  Worked as programmer on quarterly and monthly billing systems

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  SEARS MIS

  Aug 1985 - Jul 1986

  Senior programmer

  Worked as programmer on stock control system

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  Experian

  Jul 1986 - Apr 2008

  Group Programme Manager

  Managed programmes delivering Experian solutions to major bank,building society and retail clients, central and local government. Also responsible for reshaping the project office and the services provided by it and the management of the build, fit out and population of a new office building.Project and programme management using Prince 2, Managing Successful Programmes, Sprint & Scrum covering both waterfall and agile projects.Prior to this I held senior programmer, systems and business analyst, business consultant and head of team roles within Experian Show less

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  Boots

  Jul 2008 - Sept 2008

  Project Manager (contract)

  Worked on an IT transformation programme, specifically responsible for project methodology and associated processes to ensure Boots improved their CMMI maturity level

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  FICO

  Sept 2008 - Aug 2011

  Programme Manager

  Managed programmes to deliver all FICO products to major UK banking clients. Role included representing delivery management within major bid activities and ensuring the delivery management team adhered to and continuously improved process.Deliveries managed using waterfall and iterative methodologies within FICO's interpretation of RUP.

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  IKANO Financial Services Ltd

  Aug 2011 - Jul 2012

  Programme Manager

  Responsible for managing the programme to develop and implement a new Loan application and administration system working with a third party supplier, Pancredit.

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  LexisNexis Risk Solutions

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2023

  Head of the Client Delivery Management, Sales Support and Commercial Contracts Management team, responsible for delivering LexisNexis products to our Insurer clients, from sales support, through requirements gathering, specification, build and test, live release and handover to support. Previously carried out Head of Client Delivery and Project Management and Head of Delivery and Development roles within Insurance Initiatives Ltd prior to IIL being acquired by LexisNexis.IIL was a fast growing company and my roles included developing and getting adopted improved working practices, development processes, project lifecycle, recruitment, appraisal and HR processes. Show less

  • Project Consultant

    Oct 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Head of Sales Operations and Delivery

    Aug 2012 - Oct 2023
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  Ex Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions

  Dec 2023 - now

  Retired

  Retired from full time corporate career - open to part-time and ad hoc opportunities in NED, consultancy, advisory, mentoring and coaching type roles