Programme Manager - Local Public Services and Nations & Regions

• Aug 2022 - Present

Programmes Management

• Nov 2019 - Jul 2022

• National Networks Programmes Coordinator responsible for managing a variety of programmes which include organisations within academia, industry and government facilitating knowledge transfer to support the transition to Net Zero. • Working cross-functionally across the organisation by engaging all the internal departments and maintaining effective communication to align business strategies and objectives. • Creating key metrics through the analysis of data and research insights from different programmes and presenting at Executive level. • Developed business process mapping templates and supported internal stakeholders with data collation. • Created and implemented a finance process, managing budgets and tracking KPIs. •Using effective business networking strategies at conferences and cross-sector events to expand the networks and engage with experts in technological fields. • Organising technical workshops to bring together industry experts and academics to align research to industry challenges. • Organising online and physical events from the “Future of Technology” series which included aligning the themes of the events to the strategic objectives of the organisation, identifying key speakers, assigning roles and responsibilities to deliver the events. • Engaging with Governmental departments to discuss strategies, policies and budgets to achieve Net Zero targets. • Conducting research activities in different technological areas for multiple programmes, addressing holistic Life Cycle Assessment concepts to support the transition to a circular economy. • Developed excellent presentation skills achieved by speaking at events organised by the APC, as well as regularly leading company-wide presentations with an audience including Executive level up to CEO. • Technical assessor for projects that apply for different funding streams. • Part of a diversity and inclusion working group, being an advocate for diversity in engineering. Show less

R&D Programmes Management

• Jul 2018 - Sep 2019

• Project managed major issues on 5 programmes - Electric Vehicle and ICE programmes • Responsible for chairing daily meetings for multiple programmes to define ownership, action plans, timings, agreement of the issues and confirm engineering changes in terms of time, cost and quality, ensuring parts are in line with the bill of material • Facilitate discussions between departments (R&D, Launch, Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, New Model Operations) and enabling effective communication • Managing programme teams to ensure timings of the programmes and requirements were defined and correctly achieved in line with the milestones • Liaising daily or weekly with the Directors (R&D, Launch, Manufacturing, Quality) to design and implement solutions for definition of quality, issues output and overall support • Liaising with the Transformation Director to support process improvements ensuring adoption of appropriate business change management practices • Creating, distributing and presenting daily and weekly metrics to summarise and reflect the status of the current issues to CVE, Directors for start-up and programme steering meetings Show less

Telecoms Technical Project Coordinator

• Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

• Managed queries from clients and liaised with teams in KTL, BT and EE • Worked with various software tools such as Citrix, Google Earth and other online platforms • Reviewed technical drawings and created technical documentation • Managed queries from clients and liaised with teams in KTL, BT and EE • Worked with various software tools such as Citrix, Google Earth and other online platforms • Reviewed technical drawings and created technical documentation

Software Engineer

• Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

Used software tools to update the infotainment system • Working with a dedicated software tools to conduct software testing and correct software errors • Managed software tracking details of vehicles Used software tools to update the infotainment system • Working with a dedicated software tools to conduct software testing and correct software errors • Managed software tracking details of vehicles

Senior Rep Chair

• Feb 2017 - Jul 2017

• Chaired Student Forum meetings with students and lecturers • Collated feedback from students, solved the issues and kept track of the updates on those issues • Attended Board of Study and School meetings • Chaired Student Forum meetings with students and lecturers • Collated feedback from students, solved the issues and kept track of the updates on those issues • Attended Board of Study and School meetings

IT Implementation Consultant

• Jun 2015 - Oct 2015

Provided technical support for the software products created by the company • Conducted testing and debugging of several software products, including websites and e-learning platforms • Creating user manuals for the software products Provided technical support for the software products created by the company • Conducted testing and debugging of several software products, including websites and e-learning platforms • Creating user manuals for the software products