Paul Westhead

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ABOUT PAUL WESTHEAD

Programme Manager with 30-years project experience and a strong track record of successful delivery on complex transformations. Worked across a variety of sectors including pharma, energy/utilities and financial services, with transferable PM/PMO and data analysis skills.Covered all aspects of scoping, planning & delivery of system implementations and associated business change management, as well as strategy & assurance reviews and project recovery.Life-cycle knowledge covers all stages from initial proposals & Business Cases, through to benefits realisation, both at hands-on and management levels. Skilled in all aspects of governance establishment, resourcing, budgeting, data insights, continuous improvements, and identification and reporting of key KPIs and interdependencies across a portfolio. Substantial experience of team management and external vendor contract controls, built on numerous years of providing high-quality consulting services to clients.Typically reports to senior Business or IT leaders, and comfortable working with CxOs and Division Heads, including matrix organisations, to build strong and collaborative relationships.Specialties- Project and Programme Management delivery for Business and IT transformations- Governance establishment, project planning, decision making through data analysis and insights- Strategy reviews, project recovery, large scale system changes (SAP, Workday), PMO setup- Expert user (VBA / Python) of MS-Excel, MS-Project, Visio, PowerPoint & SharePoint- Team management, matrix organisations, external vendor management, change & comms- Commercial, regulatory and compliance programmes- Experienced user of PMM tools such as CA Clarity, Clarizen, Project Centre.