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Alastair Hare

Management & Strategy Consultant | Project Manager

£600/day
London, GB
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Alastair

I'm a versatile management consultant and project manager with over a decade of experience leading large-scale digital transformation, cloud migration, and modernisation programmes across complex, multi-stakeholder environments.

My recent work has spanned some of the most ambitious IT transformation initiatives in the Canadian federal government, including a government-wide cloud consolidation covering 42 departments and $450M in cloud spending, a $130M digital platform modernisation at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, and a $90M data centre workload migration described as the most complex IT modernisation in Canadian history. Across these programmes I have delivered measurable outcomes: reduced migration timelines, significant cost savings, zero-downtime cutovers, and sustained stakeholder confidence at the executive level.

Alongside technical programme delivery, I bring deep expertise in change management, business analysis, procurement, and organisational design. I am comfortable operating from strategy to execution and equally at ease briefing a steering committee or rolling up my sleeves on a RACI matrix or risk register.

My background is rounded by an MA in Design from the Royal College of Art, which informs how I approach complex problems: with structured thinking, user-centred design principles, and a habit of making the abstract tangible for decision-makers.

I hold PMP and MSP certifications and have worked across both private and public sector clients. I am based in London and available for remote or hybrid engagements.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Fluent

Can work on-site
London (up to 10km)

Experience

  • Shared Services Canada
    Senior Management Consultant and Project Manager
    January 2021 - August 2024 (3 years and 7 months)
    Led multiple initiatives across Chief Information Office and Hosting Services Branch, delivering enterprise-wide hosting strategy, hybrid work IT strategy, interdepartmental migrations, and workload migration.
    Change Management Project Management
  • Indigenous Services Canada
    Senior Management Consultant
    November 2022 - August 2024 (1 year and 9 months)
    Canada
    Led procurement strategy and payment modernization initiatives for the Trust Money, Estates and Treaty Annuities Directorate, delivering comprehensive RFP development and market research that broadened vendor options and enhanced financial inclusion.
    Project Management Strategic planning Business analysis
  • Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada
    Senior Management Consultant and Project Manager
    July 2021 - November 2023 (2 years and 4 months)
    Managed programme planning and requirements analysis for the $130M+ Digital Platform Modernization Programme, supporting enterprise-wide cloud transformation. Developed critical programme artifacts including project charter and gating documentation, coordinating contributions from nine business units and securing timely approval through structured review cycles that advanced the programme through governance gates. Created integrated programme schedules enabling on-time milestone delivery and designed detailed project artifacts (scope, WBS, schedule, cost estimates) providing controlled governance baselines for accurate forecasting and budgetary control. Led cross-functional workshops to elicit requirements and establish consensus on scope and priorities for multi-phase implementation roadmaps, reducing requirement rework by consolidating diverse information sources and translating stakeholder requests into core business needs. Developed comprehensive risk management solutions including risk plans, registers, and mitigation strategies, reducing project exposure while advising programme authority on complex challenges to enhance decision-making and enable timely issue resolution.
    Project Management Business analysis

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Education

  • Master of Design Products
    Royal College of Art
    2025
  • Bachelor of Industrial Design, Minor in Business
    Carleton University
    2009

Certifications

  • Project Management Professional
    Project Management Institute
    2020
  • Managing Succesful Programmes - Foundation
    Axelos
    2023

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