Leila Hoseini

Enterprise Programme and Transformation Leader with 15+ years' experience directing complex, multi-year transformation programmes across Consumer Products, Utilities, Charity, and Pharmaceutical sectors. Trusted advisor to Board and C-suite leaders, recognised for bringing structure to ambiguity through commercial planning, governance design, executive alignment and proactive risk management. Proven track record leading £500k–£5M programmes, influencing investment decisions exceeding £200M, and orchestrating cross-functional teams to deliver strategic business outcomes.

Known for building scalable programme delivery capability adopted across 40+ enterprise transformation programmes, improving organisational capability and delivery consistency. Recipient of EY's Top Women Leaders Award in Technology, selected from over 1,000 nominated leaders.

Senior Manager - Technology Consulting - EY - London, UK

(2024-05 - 2026-04)

• Directed commercial planning for £5M global transformation proposal, validating 50+ client rate cards with Procurement, aligning resources across 3 regions, and securing 45% margin for $65B Consumer client.
• Directed scoping, effort estimation, and commercial planning for £2M SAP Signavio transformation proposal, aligning global teams and securing 40% margin for $28B Consumer client.
• Directed programme delivery for strategic S/4HANA business case supporting £200M investment decision, leading CAPEX / OPEX and benefit modelling to secure Board approval for Design phase.
• Established global operating processes across 60+ senior stakeholders for global Charity reaching 40M+ children, owning £1.5M budget and delivery commitments across 4 functions for Dynamics 365 implementation.
• Directed programme execution across 5 delivery leads, coordinating milestones, dependencies and resource allocation to achieve on-time delivery and 100% sponsor satisfaction for $28B Consumer client's S/4HANA migration.
• Established performance metrics and governance across 9 business functions, driving 95% adoption of bespoke transformation assets for $28B Consumer client's S/4HANA migration.
• Built trusted executive relationships across 8 strategic global accounts, strengthening client retention and growth through proactive governance and executive engagement.
• Scaled programme delivery capability by designing governance frameworks, delivery methods and reusable templates adopted across 40+ enterprise transformation programmes.

Manager - Technology Consulting - EY - London, UK

(2021-10 - 2024-05)

• Established programme governance, escalation pathways, and RAID management for £2B UK Water Utility simplification programme, aligning 60+ stakeholders across 9 end-to-end processes.
• Managed £500k programme across 5 workstreams for £9B Energy client, driving Agile delivery, budget forecasting, billing and executive reporting to enable timely decision-making.
• Developed capability-assessment framework across 6 functions for S/4HANA Discover phase, achieving 100% client satisfaction by improving delivery consistency across Consumer and Utilities sectors.
• Led continuous improvement initiatives with offshore delivery and AI product teams, increasing adoption of EY delivery assets, methods, and processes by 30%.
• Led customer journey workshops, identifying pain points and improvement opportunities, securing SteerCo approval to enhance CRM and ERP solutions.

Senior - Technology Consulting - EY - San Francisco, USA and London, UK

(2017-10 - 2021-10)

• Managed £800k global Record-to-Report workstream for $46B Pharmaceutical client, coordinating dependencies across 30+ design decisions under tight deadlines and complex stakeholder dynamics.
• Developed IT asset rationalisation roadmap for top-ranked university, aligning with digital-campus vision and securing Board approval for implementation.

Staff - Technology Consulting - EY - San Francisco, USA

(2015-09 - 2017-10)

• Managed planning and delivery of $500k workstream for New Revenue Standard (NRS) implementation, ensuring end-to-end traceability across 300+ business requirements and IT solutions for $50B tech client.

Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant - PennState - State College, USA

(2013-08 - 2015-08)

• Researched big-data implementation challenges and the role of Enterprise Architecture in mitigating them, receiving highest grade from 3 reviewers.
• Evaluated project assignments for 120+ students across 2 semesters of IT Project Management undergraduate course, earning quality award for excellence in teaching support.

Lead ERP Analyst - DPA - Middle East

• Designed and deployed core ERP modules using Visual FoxPro across Manufacturing clients, aligning business processes with ERP workflows, enabling data-driven decision-making and seamless adoption.

MSc - Information Sciences & Technology - Pennsylvania State University

MSc - Engineering & Management of Information Systems - KTH Royal Institute of Technology

BEng - Software Engineering - Azad University Middle East