Alasdair Dunlop

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ABOUT ALASDAIR DUNLOP

I’m a delivery-focused Project Manager and Scrum Master with 18+ years’ experience leading complex technology, cloud, and data initiatives across Financial Services and global technology environments.I’m typically brought in to deliver high-risk or business-critical work — from multi-terabyte data migrations and infrastructure deployments to regulatory change and platform modernisation, where strong delivery leadership, stakeholder alignment, and technical credibility are essential.My background includes leading cross-functional teams across engineering, DevOps, security, and data functions to deliver controlled change in highly regulated environments. As a former network engineer, I’m comfortable working across architecture and engineering teams, enabling pragmatic decision-making and smooth delivery.I focus on creating clarity in complex environments, maintaining strong governance, and ensuring delivery momentum, whether leading Agile Release Train execution as a Scrum Master or managing end-to-end delivery as a Project Manager.Selected delivery highlights- Delivered multi-terabyte migrations of sensitive financial datasets into secure cloud environments- Led deployment of 10PB infrastructure into a European data centre, reducing operating costs by 30%- Migrated platforms supporting users to Azure- Delivered enterprise data initiatives, including data catalogue implementation using AWS- Supported regulatory programmes, including ISO 20022 and Central Bank reporting- Led application and microservices migrations across secure banking environmentsCore areas of focus:Cloud migrations • Data platforms • Regulatory change • Infrastructure deliveryAgile and hybrid delivery • Stakeholder leadership • RAID and governanceCross-functional team leadership • Delivery recovery • Complex programme environmentsOpen to contract roles where I can help teams deliver complex change with clarity and pace.