Jack Deakin

At Outcomes first i worked as a Commercial Project Manager within the Project Portfolio team, directly working with the Portfolio Director and Managing Directors to allocate and progress new pieces of work.

• Directed integration of schools into group portfolio to enhance overall business strategy.
• Oversaw alignment of TUPE processes and staff contracts to optimise resource allocation.
• Engaged with business analysts and school representatives to refine feedback and implement IT solutions effectively.
• Oversaw budget allocation, resulting in optimal resource utilisation.
• Defined project scope, milestones and task allocation to establish and maintain clear progress plans.

Such work as integration an online tutoring platform into the group, creating plans for changes to over 12 schools simultaneously and implementing a new dashboard to be used by over 90 schools.

As Project Manager at Inspired Entertainment, i was in charge of delivering Virtual Sports Software products and environments to clients across the globe.

• Collaborated with global clients from Italy, Morocco, Turkey, and the USA, including major gaming industry leaders such as Betfred, Bet365, and Ladbrokes.
• Developed Project Scope documents and allocated relevant JIRA Master Issues/Documents to appropriate development teams while leading Project Kick-off , Test Kick-off , Product Review, and Client Review Meetings
• Conducted weekly status reporting for each ongoing project.
• Managed an average of approximately 10 active projects simultaneously.

Examples of work will be the implementation of Morocco's first every virtual Horses Product, new language requirements for Bet 365 in Serbia and also regulatory requirements for Italian betting.

At Barclays I worked as a Technical Delivery Manger within the Self Service Team.

The Self Service team were responsible for all internal and external Machines (ATMs and Deposit machines for example) as well as in branch Counter terminals.

• Assessed impact of incoming work and aligned resource, dates and project budgets as well as priority order.
• Managed over 1000 Change requests per year into UAT and Production environments.
• Performed risk assessments to develop response strategies.
• Initiated, reviewed, and approved modifications to project plans.
• Managed project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Collaborated with Branch staff to deliver best results with limited impact to customers.

At my time at Barclays, I have worked on many huge projects along the way. A Key release that most people will know about is the release of all the new Polymer notes (£5, £10, £20 and £50 notes) throughout the branch network in the UK, consisting of ATM machine capability as well as recycling capability for the self service machines working closely with the Bank of England's mandatory deadlines.

Another notable piece of work was the requirement to move from legacy WAS infrastructure to the new APAAS AWS infrastructure for the container level within the self service team - Collaborating with all of the MCA (Multi Channel Application) teams throughout Barclays - and then continuing to be the POC knowledge base for all things related.

As well as this, my usual duties involved BAU updates and hotfixes, Major incident diagnosis and monthly mandatory Microsoft hotfix requirements.