Clive Dolby

Certified SAFe® 6.0 Agilist, AgilePM® Practitioner, PRINCE2®, MSP® trained, PMI PMP.

Results-driven client-facing Senior Digital Programme / Portfolio Manager with a proven track record delivering IT/Digital transformation initiatives in telecoms, financial services (insurance / wealth management), utilities, retail/leisure/sport and public sector. Extensive delivery management background within IT system integrator/consultancy/digital agency organisations (Atos Origin, Detica, SapientRazorfish, Cognizant Digital Experience, Atos/Eviden), together with recent end-user experience (Domestic & General). In depth knowledge of the full systems development lifecycle from feasibility / concept / design thinking, through development to handover to service management, utilising both agile, hybrid and waterfall delivery approaches.

Demonstrated expertise in:

• Programme, portfolio and project management (Agile, PRINCE2, PMI PMP) – IT / Business Change Delivery workstreams from 5-100 team members within fixed price / T&M and capacity-based delivery models with P&L budget responsibility for projects/portfolios up to £20M,
• Bid / capture management (Pursuit management including planning/budget/resource details, proposal development / production, contracts),
• Medium scale systems integration (incl. offshore, agile / hybrid / waterfall and delivery assurance), with more recent deployments being to public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS),
• Senior level stakeholder management, relationship-building and negotiation (CxO level),
• Procurement (subcontractor/supplier management, commercial negotiation),
• Resource management and recruitment (team leadership, training, mentoring, coaching),
• Consulting (communicator, problem-solving, bid management, P&L budget accountability).

In leading on-shore delivery projects I have directly led both in-house and off-shore IT service providers (Atos/Eviden, Cognizant, Tata, Salmon, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, NTT DATA, HCL, SapientRazorfish & Wipro).

15 years experience in Digital Project/Programme Management

Current

• Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist, Credential ID 87688451-5660, Scaled Agile, Inc.

  Certification Date: Apr 2023 – Apr 2024

• SC Security Cleared – valid until Jun 2033
• BSc (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Eng.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies (DMS)

• AgilePM® Practitioner, License 200508743, APMG International

  Certification Date: Nov 2016 – Nov 2021

• PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner qualified
• Formal training in the OGC’s Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) methodology
• Member of Project Management Institute (PMI) - Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Member of Institution of Electrical Engineers (MIEE); Chartered Engineer (CEng)