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Ann Smith

Broxburn,West Lothian

Summary

A dynamic, proactive senior professional with extensive experience leading multidisciplinary teams, supporting a strategic change team within Sky. Supporting the delivery of large-scale transformational programmes, through managing and leading an enterprise level PMO department. A strong leader, coach, and skilful negotiator. Seeking to make a significant contribution within a similar and challenging Senior Leadership role.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work history

Principal PMO Manager

Sky
Livingston, West Lothian
01.2024 - Current
  • Defined PMO operating model, scope, milestones and task allocation to establish and maintain clear progress plans to support our Business area.
  • Controlled resources by department and project and tracked use with effective scheduling and resourcing (141 FTE)
  • Analysed and resolved complex resource management issues for optimised scheduling.
  • Organised financial and operational data to help with yearly budgeting and planning.
  • Led hiring, recruitment and training strategies to build successful team's across my Business Unit.
  • Led and motivated talented PMO team, achieving targets within stipulated deadlines.
  • Trained and mentored junior team members, leveraging previous experiences in boosting project progress.
  • Built relationships with stakeholders through outstanding client management skills.
  • Established clear budgets and cost controls strategies to meet objectives for £9.5m budget.
  • Developed organisational policies for administrative oversight and internal controls.
  • Defined and ran Graduate & Associate Business Analyst programme for Business area.

Programme Manager - Development Assignment

Sky
Livingston, West Lothian
01.2023 - 12.2023
  • Led transformation programmes, establishing clear vision and standards for success.
  • Evaluated programme outcomes against predefined objectives, providing insights for future planning.
  • Collaborated with senior stakeholders and external partners, influencing direction in complex environments.
  • Established consensus across diverse stakeholder group for alignment with programme goals.
  • Drove team performance and improvements in diverse, inclusive working culture.
  • Monitored project budgets, scrutinising expenditures and recommending cost-effective measures.
  • Defined project scope, milestones and task allocation to establish and maintain clear progress plans.
  • Drove culture of continuous improvement, optimising processes for organisational value.
  • Tracked and communicated project status, timelines and action items from project inception to delivery.

Principal PMO Manager

Sky
Livingston , West Lothian
12.2019 - 12.2023
  • Defined PMO operating model, scope, milestones and task allocation to establish and maintain clear progress plans to support our Business area.
  • Controlled resources by department and project and tracked use with effective scheduling and resourcing (141 FTE)
  • Analysed and resolved complex resource management issues for optimised scheduling.
  • Organised financial and operational data to help with yearly budgeting and planning.
  • Led hiring, recruitment, training & talent strategies to build successful team's across my Business Unit (180FTE)
  • Led and motivated talented PMO team, achieving targets within stipulated deadlines.
  • Trained and mentored junior team members, leveraging previous experiences in boosting project progress.
  • Built relationships with stakeholders through outstanding client management skills.
  • Established clear budgets and cost controls strategies to meet objectives for £9m budget.
  • Defined and ran Graduate & Associate Business Analyst programme for Business area.

Education

APM - Project Management

APMP
United Kingdom
10.2023 -

Associate member - People Management, Learning & Development

Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD
01.2011 -

P3O® Foundation certificate - Project Management

BCS IT
United Kingdom
03.2017 -

P3O® Practitioner certificate - Project Management

BCS IT
United Kingdom
03.2017 -

Skills

  • Agile & Waterfall project management
  • Portfolio & Programme governance
  • Process improvement
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Risk, issue and dependency management
  • Microsoft Teams & Excel proficiency
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Key stakeholder engagement
  • Inspiring leader
  • Strong commercial awareness
  • Talent management
  • Performance management
  • Analytical problem solver
  • Employee recruitment and resourcing

Affiliations

  • Scottish Youth football introduction to coaching 1.1 qualified coach - I coach a team of 11 under 11's boys at football
  • Children's and Wellbeing Office for Broxburn United Colts football club
  • Club secretary for Broxburn United Sports Club
  • Assistant secretary for Broxburn Colts Football Club
  • Body Pump & Running

Timeline

Principal PMO Manager

Sky
01.2024 - Current

APM - Project Management

APMP
10.2023 -

Programme Manager - Development Assignment

Sky
01.2023 - 12.2023

Principal PMO Manager

Sky
12.2019 - 12.2023

P3O® Foundation certificate - Project Management

BCS IT
03.2017 -

P3O® Practitioner certificate - Project Management

BCS IT
03.2017 -

Associate member - People Management, Learning & Development

Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD
01.2011 -

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