Experience

Xiatech

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Agile Delivery

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Growing and leading the delivery function in a fast pace environment, working closely with clients and delivery teams to achieve their goals. Development and delivery of a delivery strategy unpinned by agile frameworksReporting and communicating KPIs to track measures of success within the delivery teams and areas for continuous improvementWorking collaboratively across the business to remove the organisational drag factors and impedimentsHands on with a delivery team, leading on some of our largest clients - accountable for delivery, team ways of working and team happinessEmbedding and supporting ways of working across our teams using different frameworks to suit the environment such as Kanban and Scrum.Reviewing and ensuring work flows through the organisation to ensure the shortest time to value and customers receive the outcomes they are looking forSupporting, coaching and line managing a team of Agile Delivery Leads instilling best practices and opportunities to grow and developLine managing and shaping a team of QAs both manual and automation to support high quality outcomes for our clients Show less

• Scrum Master

  • Jun 2021 - Sep 2021

  Facilitation of all agile events utilising scrum and kanbanSupporting teams to deliver the best outcomes for clientsRemoving impediments and blockersEmbedding ways of working collaboratively with clientsUtilising metrics to spot trends and ‘hold the mirror up’ to encourage continuous improvement Teaching and coaching agile value and principles to both the teams and the wider organisations Facilitating lunch and learns Working closely and collaboratively with the PO for the team to guide and coach story splitting techniques and backlog management principles Show less



Arco: Experts In Safety

• United Kingdom
• Business Supplies & Equipment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scrum Master

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2021

  Scrum Master, supporting and coaching software delivery teams to maximise value delivery. Teaching and coaching agile values and principles for an agile evolution across the business Supporting and guiding early adoption of agile frameworks such as scrum and Kanban Scrum Master, supporting and coaching software delivery teams to maximise value delivery. Teaching and coaching agile values and principles for an agile evolution across the business Supporting and guiding early adoption of agile frameworks such as scrum and Kanban



Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2017

  •Delivery of assigned projects to Scope, Schedule and within Resources allocated. •Ensure appropriate communication and engagement is undertaken in the relevant format to key stakeholders including the supplier and Programme Boards • Projects have included the installation of a replacement clinical system across the Trust with responsibility for five workstreams including configuration, data migration, test management, data quality and reporting. Currently working on optismising this system to realise benefits and improve processes. Other projects have included digitising GP correspondence across the patch working with external system providers and all the GPs in the area in order to meet national guidance. •Ensure all outputs are delivered on time within budget and to the agreed quality criteria •Negotiate supplier and in-house resources for all projects •Managing detailed project plans, whilst developing individual work packages for work stream leads as appropriate •Monitoring project progress and performance. Show less



Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Quality Assurance Lead

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2012

  To define and deliver the Test Scope for each validation cycle including data migration and configuration. To ensure the new system was fit for purpose by testing the application using a variety of techniques including volumetrics and patient pathways. Managing and developing work packages for the Testing Team Production of the End of Cycle Reports, Exception Reports and Highlight Reports as well as the Test Plan Leading the testing process for all aspects of the system ensuring the brief was delivered on time, with the resources allocated and within scope. Managing Status, risks and issues through weekly project checkpoints with key stakeholders Show less



NHS HULL

• Project Officer

  • Jan 2007 - Mar 2012

  Delivering project management support to multiple projects including coordinating large scale procurements (value of £2m) involving several partner organisations to full EU Regulations The facilitation and support of a city wide public consultation ‘Local Healthcare: Building for the Future’ Production of project documentation e.g. risk registers, communication plans and project plans Events management – arranging ‘Bidder Information’ days, conferences and Protected Time For Learning events involving all of the city’s GP’s and Practice staff. Show less