Bruce Waters

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT BRUCE WATERS

Commercially astute and APMP certified engineering Project Manager (Agile PM Practitioner) with extensive experience delivering projects ranging in value, scale and complexity for wide range of global organisations. Orchestrated full lifecycle of mission-critical business transformation, Merger and Acquisitions (M&A), IT and engineering projects across Defence, Security, Legal, Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Government, Finance and Retail sectors. • Managed portfolio of multiple simultaneous projects, encompassing new product development, IT, engineering, change implementation and cloud migrations. • Enhanced awareness of lean best practices (including Kanban) in response to unanticipated change. • Recognised for experience in project management while defining operational processes in alignment with both structured and agile methodologies (PRINCE2 Practitioner). • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-up, iteration planning, reviews and retrospectives. • Collaborated with all levels of technical, management and executive teams – playing key roles in big picture planning and decision-making during often complex Software Development Lifecycles (SDLC). • Optimised team readiness and acceptance of systems / methodologies via training, mentoring and support. • Embedded culture of continuous improvements, rolled out best practices and completed successful audits. Project and Change Management • Agile Methodologies • Vendor Management • Budgeting • ITIL Service Management • Consulting • Cost Control • Design Reviews • Solutions Proposals • Data Centres • Cloud Migrations • Reporting • Programme Implementation • Project Plans • Stakeholder Engagement • Risk Management / Mitigation • Contract Compliance • Financial Management • Assurance & Governance • Negotiations • Relationship-Building