Michael Foster
Head of Portfolio Management @Genus PLC
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Portfolio Management @Genus PLC
Cheshire East, GB
The Head of Portfolio role is a pivotal role on the IT Leadership team in Genus. The role covers a broad remit including operation of the Value Management Office (VMO), Portfolio Planning and Reporting, Vendor Management, oversight of discrete Projects/Programmes and sponsorship of the Lean and Agile Coe (LACE).
EDUCATION
Sheffield
BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology
ABOUT MICHAEL FOSTER
Mike is an experienced Business Change Leader with broad delivery exposure in diverse, global environments over the last 25 years. Proven experience in Project/Programme/Portfolio Management, Operating Model Design and Implementation, Architecture Leadership, Infrastructure Management, Product Management, Resource/Line Management, Strategy implementation, Commercial Negotiation and Change Management. Exposure to Joint Ventures, Franchises and Commercial Product/Service development. Engagement with CxO\'s in FTSE 100s/Fortune 500s, working cross functionally via Senior roles held in IT and People functions. Recent experiences driving Agile Transformation, Technology Business Management, Finance transformation, PPM tooling and Product ManagementKey capabilities - Head of Projects/PMO- Project/Programme Management- Portfolio Management - Asana, Dashboarding, OKR\'s, PI Planning- HR/People Operating Model transformation- DevOps - Kanban boards, Product Management- IS Strategy Definition and Implementation via Architecture Blueprints and Road-mapping- Dynamics 365 FO/HR.CE, Microsoft Power BI and Power Platform- Cross functional working : Sales and Marketing, Retail, HR, Legal, Finance, HR, R&D, Logistics business functions; industry exposure - Pharma, Banking, Utilities, Retail, Construction, Biotech- Package implementation - FICO Debt Manager 6/9/10; Microsoft Dynamics CE, F&O and HR; iCIMS, LMS365, Reward- Large scale Supplier Management - on / offshore models; consulting companies and large product vendors - Service Orientated Architecture with Oracle Fusion and SA WebLogic\'s (setup, service development, configuration mgmt. and governance)- Workplace Technology : Completed work on 2 large EUC programmes - deployment of multiple devices and OS\' cross Enterprise using Microsoft SCCM 2012, 1E, Active Directory and Computacenter technologies- Document Management : First Docs and bespoke web viewers- Portfolio Management Tools (Clarity, Planisware5, PPM Express, Asana)- RFI/RFP/Tendering Management - Line management (30+), Resource Deployment and Recruitment- Senior stakeholder management to Board Level, cross enterprise- LEAN Leadership, Culture and Management- Scaled Agile- SCRUM and KANBAN- Lean Portfolio Manager- Product Owner of Lean and Agile Centre of Excellence- LUCID Brainstorming and Charting
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