Project & Programme Delivery Manager

Complex change delivery across cloud, infrastructure, software, identity & regulated environments

I deliver complex programmes and projects in environments where scale, risk, and interdependency matter.

With over 10 years’ experience leading technology and digital change, I specialise in end-to-end delivery across cloud, infrastructure, software platforms, identity and access management, and compliance-driven programmes.

I’m known for bringing structure and momentum to challenging delivery contexts — owning roadmaps, managing cross-system dependencies, coordinating vendors, and ensuring programmes land successfully, even when timelines and constraints shift.

Education & Certifications

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)® - PMI (2018)

  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)® - Scrum Alliance (2017)

  • Generative AI Overview for Project Managers - PMI (2025)

  • Azure Fundamentals - Microsoft (2020) | ID: 989873744

  • CompTIA IT+ - CompTIA (2022)

  • Bachelor of Commerce: Law & Management - University of South Africa (2008 - 2011)

Delivery strengths

  • Programme & Project Delivery (Agile, Hybrid, Waterfall)

  • Roadmap Planning & Dependency Management

  • Vendor & Third-Party Coordination

  • Financial Control & Delivery Forecasting

  • Risk, Issue & Escalation Management

  • Production Readiness & Go-Live Assurance

Professional Experience

Virgin Media O2 - Programme Delivery
July 2025 - June 2026

  • Led delivery of a multi-phase enterprise identity transformation programme, integrating Oracle HCM, Okta, Active Directory and Azure services to modernise employee onboarding, identity lifecycle management and access provisioning across a large enterprise.

  • Managed end-to-end project delivery including roadmap planning, RAID management, governance, financial tracking, executive reporting, milestone planning and cross-workstream dependencies across multiple technical teams and third-party suppliers.

  • Coordinated complex technical integration activities spanning identity management, cloud services, middleware, MFT, Active Directory, Azure, data migration and enterprise infrastructure, ensuring alignment across architecture, engineering and operational teams.

  • Directed delivery across multiple delivery partners, including offshore suppliers, managing stakeholder expectations, issue resolution and programme governance while maintaining momentum through changing priorities and delivery constraints.

  • Led operational readiness and deployment planning, including cutover coordination, hypercare planning, communications, support model readiness and transition into BAU for business-critical identity services.

  • Managed risks associated with large-scale data quality, identity reconciliation, duplicate user remediation, workforce onboarding processes and enterprise security, driving technical and business decisions to support successful programme outcomes.

Savage Project Consulting
Freelance IT Project Manager & Delivery Consultant
March 2025 - June 2025

  • Established a personal consulting brand to provide IT project management and delivery advisory services to businesses in cloud infrastructure, SaaS migrations and agile delivery. Website design and development.

  • Actively engaging with industry networks and staying current on emerging technologies and delivery methodologies.

Domestic & General
Project Manager
2021

  • Project managed a ServiceNow pilot implementation, supporting the rollout of CMDB, IT Asset Management (ITAM) and Software Asset Management (SAM) capabilities, including discovery tooling investigations, technical proof of concepts and coordination of infrastructure, security and technical SMEs.

  • Led delivery of key cyber security initiatives aligned to the top five SANS Critical Security Controls, including CMDB implementation, remediation of security vulnerability backlogs, privileged access improvements and security configuration reviews across enterprise infrastructure.

  • Delivered enterprise infrastructure and network change, managing the replacement of a legacy MPLS WAN with a modern connectivity solution, coordinating cross-functional teams and third-party suppliers while ensuring effective planning, risk management and successful transition into operational support.

Board Intelligence
Technical Project Manager | Site Reliability Engineering
October 2022 - January 2025

  • Delivered a portfolio of cloud platform, infrastructure and engineering initiatives, partnering with Platform Engineering, SRE, Security and Product teams to improve the scalability, resilience and operational maturity of a SaaS platform hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

  • Provided delivery leadership during a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) leadership transition, maintaining programme momentum, coordinating priorities across engineering teams and ensuring continuity of delivery through organisational change.

  • Managed technical initiatives spanning Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, platform engineering, observability, infrastructure automation and production reliability, balancing delivery priorities with operational stability.

  • Introduced structured delivery governance including roadmap planning, RAID management, sprint and milestone reporting, executive dashboards and dependency management, significantly improving stakeholder visibility and delivery confidence.

  • Coordinated cross-functional teams across Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, Security and Operations, managing technical dependencies, risks and releases to support successful delivery of business-critical platform enhancements.

Derivco Group — Infrastructure & Platform Delivery
2016 - 2021

  • Delivered a portfolio of global infrastructure, cloud and platform programmes across multiple international locations, managing budgets, risks, governance and cross-functional technical teams to deliver strategic technology change.

  • Led complex infrastructure initiatives including global office build-outs and relocations, enterprise network upgrades, data centre and cloud projects, and end-user technology deployments, coordinating internal teams and third-party suppliers across multiple time zones.

  • Managed delivery of identity and access management (IAM) initiatives, Active Directory services, security enhancements and enterprise platform upgrades, ensuring alignment with operational and regulatory requirements.

  • Coordinated large-scale infrastructure change across networking, cloud platforms, servers, storage, virtualisation and enterprise applications, balancing business priorities with technical dependencies and service continuity.

  • Established structured governance, RAID management, executive reporting and stakeholder engagement across global programmes, improving delivery predictability and decision-making.

  • Successfully transitioned completed projects into BAU through operational readiness planning, documentation, support model definition, knowledge transfer and post-implementation handover.

Product Madness
Technical Project Manager | Technology Production
September 2021 - September 2022

  • Managed a portfolio of 15+ concurrent technology and business change initiatives, balancing priorities, budgets, risks and dependencies across infrastructure, cloud, security, workplace technology and M&A workstreams.

  • Led the migration of core infrastructure and services from on-premises to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), coordinating infrastructure, application and security teams to deliver cloud landing zones, migration planning and production cutovers with minimal business disruption.

  • Delivered the post-acquisition Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace migration, managing technical workstreams, stakeholder communications, identity integration and user transition activities following an M&A programme.

  • Project managed a containerisation and modernisation programme, coordinating engineering teams as applications were prepared for cloud-native deployment and supporting the wider cloud transformation strategy.

  • Managed the build-out of new office locations in Poland, coordinating end-to-end IT readiness including network connectivity, end-user technology, infrastructure, suppliers and operational handover to support business expansion.

  • Delivered initiatives supporting SOC 2 compliance, coordinating security, infrastructure and engineering teams to implement technical controls, evidence gathering and governance activities required for certification.

  • Coordinated cross-functional delivery across engineering, infrastructure, security, workplace technology, vendors and business stakeholders distributed across multiple international locations, using structured governance, RAID management and executive reporting.

Contact Me

Available for outside-IR35 contract roles including Programme Manager, Project Manager, and Delivery Lead engagements across enterprise and scale-up environments.