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- The People's PartnershipBusiness Readiness Lead (Contract)October 2025 - Today (8 months)Crawley, UK• • Led and managed a multi-grade team of Business Specialists, setting operating standards, overseeing performance, and developing capability across requirements elicitation, user story creation, and UAT delivery.• • Provided senior business readiness leadership across the change portfolio, ensuring operational impact assessments were completed, controls were embedded, and operational areas were fully prepared for change adoption.• • Championed best practice in operational change management, ensuring all business requirements were captured, validated, and aligned with regulatory, customer service, and risk management expectations.• • Improved cross-portfolio visibility by identifying dependencies and duplications, interpreting complex operational information, and using insights to strengthen project delivery and customer outcomes.
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)Change Business PartnerOctober 2024 - October 2025 (1 year)London, UK• • Internal Change Consultant partnering across multiple teams, including Digital, Finance, and Data functions.• • Led change strategy and readiness across AWS, AI, and data interoperability programmes.• • Embedded PMO function and governance, developed benefits maps, and stakeholder alignment.• • Created comprehensive knowledge assets—including quick-reference guides, FAQs, and training materials—to support global user readiness. These materials formed a foundational component of the organisation's internal Change Centre of Excellence, supporting capability uplift and knowledge transfer.• • Coordinated with regional change agents and super-users to cascade training, gather feedback, and tailor readiness plans.• • Evaluated training effectiveness via post-session surveys and adoption KPIs; adjusted programme content to improve uptake.• • Integrated training plans with delivery milestones, ensuring readiness checkpoints aligned to deployment waves.
- People Operations Carnival UK (P&O Cruises and Cunard)Senior Manager – Programme & Change, FleetFebruary 2022 - October 2024 (2 years and 8 months)Southampton, UK• • Defined and implemented change strategy across over 100 initiatives, supporting process redesign, global resourcing, and operating model alignment.• • Created a scalable train-the-trainer framework to embed capability and enable BAU adoption across fleet, port, and regional operations.• • Led behavioural change assessments and regional stakeholder engagement to identify resistance drivers and shape targeted interventions.• • Designed and rolled out messaging and feedback mechanisms in partnership with internal comms, strengthening engagement and change visibility.• • Produced structured handover plans and adoption tools to ensure programme benefits were sustained and measurable post-transition.
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Education
- APMG Change Management Practitioner2022APMG Change Management Practitioner
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Practitioner2021Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Practitioner
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