Casiana Stama

Senior PMO leader with 15+ years directing large, complex, multi-market portfolios and building the governance that keeps them on track. Has built a PMO function and its gated governance framework from scratch as Head of PMO, directed portfolios up to £375M across 40+ locations, and led the systems-integration side of a major ERP–MIS transformation that replaced manual financial processing with real-time, integrated reporting. Combines integrated programme planning, resourcing and RAID-based risk/dependency management with full governance-forum ownership and senior, crossfunctional stakeholder partnership up to Board and Ministerial level.

Experienced in leading enterprise systems-integration partners and running the same category of gated, stage-based delivery control that SAP Activate formalises.

Head of PMO & Digital Transformation Delivery - UNOPS - United Kingdom-managed / Afghanistan

(2025-12)

£375M+ portfolio · 40+ locations · multi-jurisdiction

• Lead portfolio strategy, PMO governance and resourcing across a £375M+ portfolio in 40+ locations — setting consistent methodologies, capability forecasting and delivery metrics across geographically distributed teams.
• Built the PMO function and its gated governance framework from scratch — monitoring project health, risk, escalations and financial performance — and act as senior escalation point on complex, high-risk engagements.
• Led an ERP–MIS (MuleSoft) systems-integration programme end to end, managing the integration partner and delivering AI-enabled dashboards that cut financial processing from two weeks to one day, giving real-time portfolio and financial visibility.
• Delivered two digital platforms (£29M and £15M) end to end — implementation planning, go-live and postimplementation support — partnering across technology and operations functions.

Partnership & Programme Management Specialist - UNOPS - Kabul

(2023-10 - 2025-12)

£312M and £29M programmes · £112M ADB investment

• Owned portfolio governance, performance metrics and value for money across £312M and £29M programmes under significant operational and financial risk.
• Partnered commercially to secure £112M institutional investment (ADB) — scoping delivery models and aligning senior stakeholders.
• Co-authored strategy and SOPs embedding governance and portfolio performance management into day-to-day delivery.

Digital Transformation Director - Val Mont Events - Remote

(2020-01 - 2023-10)

full P&L · cross-functional teams of 15+ · (remote, concurrent with UNICEF)

• Ran full P&L and led operational transformation and supplier management; built and led distributed, cross-functional teams of 15+ entirely remotely.

Senior Programme & Commercial Partnerships Lead - UNICEF - Geneva / Remote

(2022-04 - 2023-07)

£2.5M portfolio · (remote, concurrent with Valmont)

• Owned a £2.5M portfolio; launched a real-time digital monitoring platform and negotiated commercial partnerships (NORCAP, War Child) to expand delivery capability.

Project & Client Manager, Digital Campaigns - Invibes Advertising - Remote

(2020-12 - 2021-04)

Lexus, Chanel, Toyota, Dyson · (remote, concurrent with Valmont)

• Owned end-to-end client delivery for premium consumer brands — scoping, implementation and account management — and introduced monitoring tools that improved delivery performance.

Programme & Project Leadership, Digital Transformation - UNOPS - Myanmar / DR Congo / Copenhagen

(2015 - 2019)

£42M budget · 2,500+ personnel · 40+ locations

• Led global delivery and change for 400+ users across 14 departments and 40+ locations — geographically distributed, multi-layered teams; cloud-migrated 70,000+ documents with full adoption support.
• Built and scaled digital services with automated workflows for 5,000+ users — driving delivery scalability and adoption of new tools and methodologies; managed HR/payroll and recruitment for 2,500+ staff.

Operations & Project Manager - Booking.com - Austria / France

(2011 - 2015)

5 regions · £40M+ regional oversight

• Owned P&L and commercial operations across five French regions (£42M+) — performance management and valuefor-money delivery.
• Implemented a national ERP integration from pilot to full rollout across regional teams — systems-integration delivery and adoption at scale.

Project Manager - Andutu Distribution - Romania

(2008 - 2011)

FMCG · procurement & supply chain

• Led procurement, supply-chain optimisation and process improvement in an FMCG distribution business; coordinated international delivery partners.

MBA - Public Management & Governance - MODUL University Vienna

BA - Public Administration & Business - University of Bucharest

BA - Public Relations & Communication - SNSPA Bucharest