Maria Papadaki

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ABOUT MARIA PAPADAKI

Digital Transformation Programme Manager / Agile Delivery Lead with 15+ years experience of leading and delivering successfully high risk/complex Transformation, Infrastructure and IT programmes globally in Telecomms and IT industries working with big multinationals. Expert knowledge of Waterfall and Scaled Agile delivery methodologies. Passion for results and delivery excellence. Very strong communication and organization skills. Effectively driving and motivating project teams (virtual or co-located) resulting in consistent timely and quality project deliveries. • 15+ years Telco/IT experience• Agile Delivery/Programme/Portfolio Management: 15+ years driving successfully a demanding portfolio of Infrastructure, IT & complex Business Transformation programmes, with waterfall as well as agile delivery methodologies; budget management of £3m - £7m. Providing consultancy on Project Management and Agile delivery practices • Strong Leadership and People Management skills: Functional manager of a team of Project Managers/Project support resources c10 FTE’s; leading project teams of 80+ FTE’s; selecting and recruiting Project Manager resources; training and coaching new Project Managers; Line manager for 5 resources• Strong Customer focus. Scoring high on customer satisfaction surveys. Strong stakeholder management skills• Commercial & contract negotiations with the client and a variety of 3rd parties, capitalising on new business opportunities; leading large scale proposals £1m - £16m. • Certifications: SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager, Scaled Agile Programme Consultant (SPC), SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), PMI, Prince 2