Simon Harrison
Solutions & Strategy Manager @Worldline
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WORK HISTORY
Solutions & Strategy Manager @Worldline
Darlington, GB
I am an experienced Digital & Operations Solution Manager, Business Analyst, and Product Owner with a passion for emerging technologies and system optimisation and improvement. I’m always seeking the next opportunity to make life better for people.StrengthsLeading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex, high-value programs across rail, fuel, hospitality, and FinTech.Strategic product ownership for key services (e.g, Rail Settlement Allocation Service handling multi-billion-pound industry revenue).Strong collaboration with Portfolio/Product Managers, 3rd-party suppliers (including Government), and Solution Engineers to align on objectives, architecture, and roadmaps.Proven ability to translate business needs into actionable solutions, with compelling proposals and risk/benefit analyses.Expertise in governance, security, and compliance, ensuring alignment with corporate standards and data protection requirements.Facilitation of workshops, stakeholder communication, and delivery planning; removal of blockers and management of dependencies.Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on interoperability, shared components, and system modernization.Core responsibilities (summary)Manage senior development teams and align delivery with strategic objectives and system interfaces.Partner with external suppliers and internal stakeholders to gather requirements and shape solution architectures.Lead solution discussions with Scrum teams, BAs, and POs to identify best-fit deliverables.Create business cases, assess risks/benefits, and document outcomes from workshops for stakeholders.Work with Solution Engineers on architecture, modernization, and integration across systems.Ensure compliance with security and data protection standards in collaboration with CTO, Technical Directors, and security/compliance teams.Track business impact, mitigate risks, and drive cross-domain synergies across transport, retail, and payments domains.
EDUCATION
Teesside Tertiary College
BTEC ND, Audio Visual Design
Staffordshire University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Film, Television and Radio
Huntcliff School, Saltburn
GCSEs
ABOUT SIMON HARRISON
I am a creatively minded Solutions Manager with experience in the Transport, FinTech and Utilities sectors. I have over 14 years experience in solutions consultancy and management, business analysis, change delivery, product ownership and customer communications at international companies with multi million pound turnovers. • Extensive experience of change managing large, multi-million £ IT infrastructure and engineering projects in utilities and transport and have also worked as a Business Analyst on finance (banking, mortgages and payments) and hospitality projects. • Certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM) • BCS qualification in Stakeholder Engagement • Learns quickly and strives to be the best. • Friendly and approachable and fits easily into a team. • Comprehensive experience of Solutions delivery, technical change, correspondence and stakeholder management, contract and Agile project management. • Passion for delivering change which is beneficial to the business and the customer while remaining mindful of all regulatory considerations. Capable of thinking outside the box where required, but also knowing how and when to push for the technical solution when it is the right thing to do. • Equally at home in front of a computer as in front of a meeting and gets involved with the legwork of IT projects. Has been the business lead on incidents. • Able to assess needs and identify gaps and manage end to end change and integration • Reports on findings and issues in a consistently transparent, traceable and accountable way • Manages relationships with testers, drawing up and agreeing scopes, reviewing output and signing off when the criteria are met.Core Competencies:UK Rail Operations - Strategic Management - Solutions Consultancy – Agile Project Management – Change – Correspondence – Contract Management – Business Analysis – Stakeholder Management – Engagement – MI – Document Composition – Presentations
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