Anne Lacey

A project management, PMO, quality assurance professional with an IT operations and application support background, and wide ranging experience covering project management from creation of business cases to successful implementation using Agile and Waterfall methodologies; set-up and day-to-day running of an effective global PMO functions and Centres of Excellence running worldwide transformation initiatives; Experienced senior stakeholder and communications manager.

Excellent track record across both “run the bank” and “change the bank” functions with the ability to communicate at all levels from technologists to senior business executives. With a ‘hands –on' approach that focuses on efficient use of tools, clear frameworks and processes, and support for successful multi-disciplinary delivery

Industry Experience

• Financial Services - Investment Banking (Front-to-Back), Insurance and Exchanges; IT Consultancy
• Engagement Types - Business and digital transformations, system selection, global greenfield implementations and upgrades (cross asset / products), new product implementations, regulatory compliance, infrastructure and enterprise architecture initiatives; platform migrations; bespoke development; service management and service improvement; audit and process improvement; Vendor methodologies (Mx.3, MxPress, FEM)
• Structured Frameworks and Methodologies Certifications - P3o (Portfolio, Programme and Offices - Practitioner), MSP (Managing Successful Programmes - Foundation), Scrum (Internal Training), Prince2 (Projects in Controlled Environments - Practitioner); ITIL v3 (Foundation)
• SDLC – In depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (processes, controls and supporting collateral) 
• Agile delivery – Scrum, JIRA / Confluence, Kanban, MS Team Foundation Server (TFS) 

Skills

• Portfolio, Programme and Project governance and delivery
• Establishing efficient status reporting, program road maps and RAID reporting
• Collation and analysis and presentation of critical MI for senior management and board level stakeholders
• MS Project and Project Server, Clarity, Open Workbench, ALM, JIRA, Advanced Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint, and SharePoint 
• Quality assurance and test management
• Waterfall and Agile framework training delivery for Project Managers and graduates
• Oversight of key areas of IT – requirements gathering, solution design, build, testing, implementation, and service management
• Senior stakeholder engagement and communication at C-Level Executive level

Prince 2 Practitioner: October 2008

ITIL v3 Foundation Course: November 2008

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Practitioner: January 2015

Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Foundation: January 2015