Richard Bayliss
Berkhamsted,Hertfordshire
Summary
A safe hands consultant with over 20 years of consulting experience in Portfolio, Programme, and Project Management, and Change Management. Proven track record in delivering programme structure and business change across complex business transformations within diverse sectors including Oil and Gas, Energy, and Financial Services. Proven to be adaptable through extensive experience working in multicultural environments across the UK, US, UAE, Bahrain, Russia, and Australia.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
26
26
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Interim Ireland and China Change Lead
AstraZeneca - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
Luton, CBF
06.2024 - 06.2025
- Responsible for implementing SAP S/4HANA to Ireland and China manufacturing green-field sites.
- Development of integrated change delivery plan to ensure that end users were trained ahead of go live, and stakeholders understood what was expected of them.
- Identification of global and local change impact assessments within Procurement and Accounts Payable functions.
End User Support Model Lead
AstraZeneca - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
Luton, Central Bedfordshire
02.2024 - 05.2024
- Identified and established ‘As Is' and ‘To Be' end user support model for employees, contractors and suppliers across Finance and Operations based teams consisting of over 20,000 end users.
Interim PMO Lead
AstraZeneca - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
Luton, Central Bedfordshire
08.2023 - 02.2024
- Interim PMO Lead for $1bn+ global SAP S/4HANA implementation programme.
- Mobilised in-house AZ PMO team.
- Worked closely with strategic implementation partner, defining scope, processes, controls and tools required to manage highly complex and fast-moving programme within Global Design phase, followed by implementation across four pioneer sites spread across Ireland, UK Mexico and China.
Small business transformation assignments
UK Home Office - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
03.2023 - 07.2023
- Provided change management guidance, coaching and support to various assignments within UK Home Office.
Programme manager
UK Home Office - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
London
12.2021 - 02.2023
- Performed Programme Manager role for “Optimus”, key IT transformation initiative to replace contractors and outsourced service providers with civil servants, and to increase number of portfolio applications managed in-house.
- In addition to providing challenge and strategic advisory support, key outputs included development of PMO Framework with enhanced suite of deliverables including programme governance, integrated programme plan supported by dependency map, RAID management, change control and reporting.
Change management leader
UK Home Office - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
London
01.2019 - 12.2021
- Richard designed national rollout plan for implementation of Border Crossing software at 50+ Border Force sites consisting of 4,500 users.
- Plan included scheduling, recognising periodic challenges, supported by change management approach based on 12-week business readiness period. It was hugely successful with implementation approach embraced by wider business.
- Development of stakeholder engagement and communications strategy, which was shared across Home Office for other teams to adopt.
Change management leader
BP - (Practicus Consulting and Contractor)
Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey
05.2016 - 12.2018
- Supported global finance technology solution and corporate card programme to over fifty countries and 50,000 employees, primarily within Asia Pacific region.
- Led implementation of business readiness approach and plan for c. 10,000 employees located in seventeen countries within Asia Pacific region.
- Collaborated with key finance stakeholders to identify best approach for landing change, recognising various cultural nuances.
- Provided front line training support to end users based in UK, as well has early life support from go live.
PMO Lead
Thomas Cook - Consultant at Practicus Consulting
London
11.2014 - 04.2016
- PMO Lead role in service management, telephony and end user computing transformation, impacting all employees and high street branches.
- Identification and implementation of programme PMO framework including approach for planning, RAID management and stakeholder engagement.
- Supported implementation of KeyedIn PPPM software replacing legacy tools for enhanced programme management delivery, analysis and reporting.
Business Transformation Consultant
Chaucer Consulting
Various
01.2004 - 07.2014
- IT Project Manager – Operational Integrity: developed of a remediation plan for business applications reaching end of serviceable life.
- Portfolio Planning Manager: primary responsibility of managing annual investment planning process for a portfolio of IT projects ($100m> investment) on behalf of Group's functions.
- IT Transformation PMO Analyst: delivered a PMO role within a global SAP finance business warehouse implementation programme ($85m), reporting into Programme Director. Richard's key responsibilities included integrated programme scheduling, programme status reporting, costs tracking & reporting, change requests management and risk & issue management, all in line with client best practices.
- HR Project Manager: led a data cleansing team to improve data integrity for a strategic global HR organisation chart application.
- Benchmarking Manager: delivered a benchmarking scoping assignment whereby, as part of a strategic initiative, national energy organisation wanted to compare specifically defined areas with other global organisations.
- Business Process and Performance Improvement Analyst: developed a management study to create leaner processes and a “fit for purpose” organisation structure for a public and privately funded European Science & Technology Centre.
- Business Process Improvement Analyst: provided Business Process Re-engineering and mapping of “To Be” core processes, in liaison with subject matter experts, for a new card portfolio for a global financial services company covering 17 operating entities in Middle East and North Africa region.
- IT Transformation PMO Analyst: supported a project turnaround initiative for a failing ERP implementation project in which key responsibilities involved development of a Project Management Office with a standardised operating framework, which was implemented into in-house project team.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English Studies and Geography
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford 09.1998 - 06.2021
A-Levels - English, Geography, Graphic Design
Ashlyns School
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire 09.1995 - 07.1997
GCSEs - English, Maths, Science, French, Geography, History, Graphic Design
Ashlyns School
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire 09.1993 - 07.1995
Skills
- Mobilising programme office frameworks
- Change management
- Strategic planning
- Problem-solving
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Accomplished knowledge of MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint
Affiliations
- In my spare time, I love to travel and experience new cultures and food.
- Golf, racquet sports and following my football team, Watford.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Interim Ireland and China Change Lead
AstraZeneca - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
06.2024 - 06.2025
End User Support Model Lead
AstraZeneca - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
02.2024 - 05.2024
Interim PMO Lead
AstraZeneca - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
08.2023 - 02.2024
Small business transformation assignments
UK Home Office - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
03.2023 - 07.2023
Programme manager
UK Home Office - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
12.2021 - 02.2023
Change management leader
UK Home Office - Contractor at Marlowe Consulting
01.2019 - 12.2021
Change management leader
BP - (Practicus Consulting and Contractor)
05.2016 - 12.2018
PMO Lead
Thomas Cook - Consultant at Practicus Consulting
11.2014 - 04.2016
Business Transformation Consultant
Chaucer Consulting
01.2004 - 07.2014
Bachelor of Arts - English Studies and Geography
Oxford Brookes University
09.1998 - 06.2021
A-Levels - English, Geography, Graphic Design
Ashlyns School
09.1995 - 07.1997
GCSEs - English, Maths, Science, French, Geography, History, Graphic Design
Ashlyns School
09.1993 - 07.1995
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