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Azhar ZaidiAZ

Azhar Zaidi

Project Delivery Lead

£297/day
Temasek, SG
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Azhar

Project, Programme & Delivery Manager | PRINCE2 | MSP | Agile
18+ years delivering complex, high-value projects for global brands across retail, banking, Government, tech, and e-commerce. Expert in digital transformation, CMS/CRM/CDP implementation, cloud migration, and large-scale Agile delivery.

I specialise in turning complex programmes into business value – from strategy to launch – across:
• Agile & Waterfall Delivery (Scaled/Enterprise Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban)
• CMS/CRM/CDP: Drupal, Contentstack, MS Dynamics 365, Salesforce, Pega, Bloomreach, Sitecore CDP
• Tech Delivery: Cybersecurity (CyberArk, Splunk, SailPoint), Data Migrations, Cloud (AWS/Azure)
• Digital & Mobile: E-commerce, omni-channel, iOS/Android apps, COTS customisation
• Process & Vendor Management: Procurement, RFP, supplier selection, release management

Known for clear leadership, pragmatic problem-solving, and building trusted stakeholder relationships, I deliver programmes on time, on budget, and with measurable impact.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Hitachi Solutions Europe
    Project Delivery Lead
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2024 - April 2025 (1 year and 3 months)
    London, UK
    Appointed by Hitachi Solutions (A class leading Microsoft Cloud Partner) as a Project Delivery Lead consultant, offering Project management expertise to their client (HM Valuation Office) in delivering the BST Programme utilising MS
    Dynamics 365 Project Management Public Sector Microsoft Power BI Leadership
  • Alshaya Group
    Customer Loyalty & CRM Project Lead
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    February 2023 - November 2023 (9 months)
    Kuwait City, KU, Kuwait
    Headhunted to lead the development and implementation of the next generation of Customer Loyalty & Rewards (Mobile App and Website Portal) across a number of Markets and Brands in the Middle East. This included but not limited to:
    • The successful migration of the backend architecture/tech stack
    • Working with Design Agencies and the Product teams to deliver a refreshed UI/UX and improved User Journeys.
    • Successful development of Integration APIs including API's to Drupal (CMS) and Exponea (CRM)
    Customer Loyalty/ Retention Leadership Project Management Mobile development Agile method
  • Nationwide Building Society
    Senior Delivery Manager
    March 2022 - March 2023 (1 year)
    London, UK
    Playing a key part within the Security & Resilience (S&R) team at Nationwide, my role was to provide leadership and expertise in order to progress a number of Security initiatives across the PAM and IAM space. These included but not limited to the Identification, planning, scheduling and onboarding of all Service Accounts across the NBS estate to CyberArk, onboarding all applications/ Services across Nationwide to Sail point' Access controls solution IIQ, and
    working with stakeholders across the business to devise a security roadmap to ensure adherence/compliance to Nationwide's PAM standards.

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Education

  • MSP Training course
    MSP Training course
  • BSc Software Engineering
    The University of Hull
    BSc Software Engineering

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