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Senior Delivery Manager<\/h3>

Scrum Master<\/h3>

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Security Cleared (SC) Senior IT Project Manager \/ Delivery Manager with over 20 years of experience in delivering full end-to-end SDLC, multi-channelled e-commerce and data repository-based projects across multiple platforms and industries. Specializing in cross-functional project management, with a proven record of leading high-impact initiatives aligned with business goals. Successful at translating complex concepts into actionable roadmaps and building relationships with senior leadership to achieve buy-in on key objectives. Proficient in project governance coaching, known for a flexible approach and a strong ability to manage projects and teams of varying scopes and sizes, on or off-shore. Consistently meets demanding deadlines and thrives under pressure, with a strong service and customer quality-orientation, and excellent client-facing and communication skills.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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CAREER HISTORY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Example Solutions Ltd\u00a0 <\/strong>Director \/ Feb 2010 – Present<\/p>

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CLIENTS & PROJECTS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Scrum Master \u25aa <\/strong>UK Government Agency (security cleared), direct client contract (contract: 4x extended)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>2024 – present<\/strong><\/p>

Scrum Master \u25aa <\/strong>UK Government Agency (security cleared),<\/em> <\/strong>Tecknuovo (contract: 6x extended)<\/em><\/strong> 2020 – 2024<\/strong><\/p>

Led two fully remote cross-functional teams and coordinated third-party delivery teams across a multi-million-pound Government-backed Critical National Infrastructure programme.<\/em><\/p>

key achievements <\/strong><\/p>

  • Championed the adoption of Agile best practices, improving delivery flow across teams developing a greenfield digital platform integrating new and existing public-facing services using microservices architecture on AWS.<\/li>
  • Partnered effectively with suppliers to deliver Phase 1 functionality on time and on budget, despite an aggressive, immovable deadline, whilst upholding high standards of quality code.<\/li>
  • Completed aftercare six weeks ahead of schedule, generating significant cost savings for the client and achieving a live production defect rate of less than 10%.<\/li>
  • Collaborated with the Programme Manager to improve governance structures, delivery processes, and cross-team release coordination.<\/li>
  • Improved sprint predictability and team collaboration through structured Agile delivery practices supporting a large-scale public-facing government platform.<\/li>
  • Strengthened cross-team coordination and reduced delivery friction by building strong relationships with suppliers, technical leads, and programme stakeholders.<\/li><\/ul>

    responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>

    • Communicated regularly across the business, facilitated stakeholder demos and delivery showcases for technical and non-technical audiences, and maintained project documentation including RAID logs to support governance.<\/li>
    • Sustained sprint momentum within a high-pressure government programme through proactive impediment resolution and cross-team dependency management.<\/li>
    • Enhanced delivery transparency and governance reporting through the use of Jira and Confluence.<\/li>
    • Shielded teams from external disruption and maintained strong team engagement within a remote-first environment.<\/li>
    • Integrated NFR considerations into sprint planning and backlog refinement to support successful production releases and ensure operational readiness.<\/li>
    • Ensured governance standards and delivery assurance were maintained within a highly regulated government environment.<\/li><\/ul>

      Scrum Master \u25aa The Law Society (fixed term contract)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2020<\/strong><\/p>

      Project Manager \u25aa The Law Society (contract: extended)\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2019 – 2020<\/strong><\/p>

      Managed a 25+ cross-functional team (including external third-party suppliers) to rapidly transition the Law Society\u2019s events schedule online during the Covid-19 pandemic (budget: \u00a3100k) and deliver two phases of a new gated content website.<\/em><\/p>

      key achievements<\/strong><\/p>

      • Delivered an online webinar system to an aggressive deadline (three weeks). Successfully doubled the capacity of events and completed under budget.<\/li>
      • Streamlined all Agile ceremonies to plan and deliver two phases of the Law Society’s new gated content (membership-tiered) website on a SiteCore platform, on time and under budget.<\/li><\/ul>

        responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>

        • Day-to-day management of a team across different internal departments.<\/li>
        • Managed forecast and actual finances (\u00a33.6m), SOWs, invoices, RAID log, project documentation and processes using Confluence and JIRA.<\/li><\/ul>

          Maintained time-critical correspondence with suppliers and internal Law Society stakeholders up to Board level.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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          Drax Plc \/ Haven Power \/ Opus Energy<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

          Scrum Master \/ Project Manager\u00a0(Apr 2018 to April 2019 – Contract – extended)<\/b><\/p>

          Large ‘Systems of Intelligence’ project (\u00a33m) across Drax Plc, Haven Power Ltd and Opus Energy to establish a single Data Repository. The repository infrastructure was built using AWS with a Data Lake (S3), Matillion, RedShift (Data Warehouse) and used QuickSight for visualisations\/dashboards. Team of 18 was spread over 4 office locations (Ipswich, Oxford, Northampton & St. Pauls). Waterfall project with sprints.\u00a0
          \u2022 Strict Prince2 project governance required across all 3 companies. Used Agile for daily scrums, prioritising, reviewing and re-planning work every 2 weeks with the aid of Confluence and JIRA tools.\u00a0<\/p>

          Project Manager \/ Scrum Master \u25aa Drax (contract: extended)<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2018 \u2013 2019\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>

          Led a team of 18 across four UK offices to deliver a \u00a33m multi-client project (Drax, Haven Power, and Opus Energy) developing a unified data repository.<\/em><\/p>

          key achievements<\/strong><\/p>

          • Successfully led a cohesive team utilising a waterfall project management approach combined with sprints, ensuring effective collaboration and timely project delivery. Oversaw and maintained adherence to strict PRINCE2 project governance across the three client companies.<\/li>
          • Facilitated Agile ceremonies to support delivery flow, stakeholder visibility, key project update presentations to senior management and tracking progress against strategic milestones and team alignment using Jira and Confluence.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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            CACI <\/strong>Scrum Master \/ Delivery Manager\u00a0(Mar 2015 to Feb 2018 – Contract – 7x extended)<\/strong><\/p>

            \u2022 Introduced Agile practises to new cross functional teams and departments. Provided coaching and mentoring and ran workshops to show benefits and principles of Agile.\u00a0
            \u2022 Presented and communicated to all areas of the business and client on a regular basis including Director level and regularly presented to the Executive VP and Managing Director at the Project Board.\u00a0
            \u2022 Managed and set all project processes, reports, Confluence and JIRA standards.\u00a0
            \u2022 Managed the actuals and forecasted budget on all projects.\u00a0
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            CallSmart
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            Spatial Modeller 4
            Coached\/Mentored the first cross functional team in Agile Scrum practises to enable them to successfully meet quality and schedule goals of a\u00a0\u00a3750k<\/b>\u00a0re-design of CACI\u2019s proprietary scenario modelling software from MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) to WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) with a team of 9 and 4 Product Owners.\u00a0<\/p>

            Government Website\u00a0
            Responsible for managing a team of 8 (on and off-shore in UK and India) to deliver successfully on time an aggressive 12 week schedule, to produce a customer facing website (\u00a3400k-\u00a3600k<\/b>\u00a0including hosting). Written in Java, it was hosted by Skyscape on IL3 (Elevated OFFICIAL) and IL2 (Assured OFFICIAL) virtual environments as service platforms using a Cross Domain Guard as a managed connection between the two security zones. It received security accreditation.\u00a0<\/p>

            Responsible for managing the following Live websites, concurrently, through the Change Request process:\u00a0
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            – DLG (Direct Line Group)\u00a0
            – INTO\u00a0
            – NIG (National Insurance Group)\u00a0
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            Scrum Master \/ Delivery Manager\u00a0(Apr 2018 to April 2019 – Contract – extended)<\/strong><\/p>

            Delhaize\u00a0
            Responsible for\u00a0\u00a31.8m<\/b>\u00a0re-platforming project to replace the existing eCommerce solution with Hybris Multi-Channel Commerce Suite for one of Belgium’s top 3 grocery retailers. This template was to be used as the operating model and starting point to roll-out Hybris to various countries and brands owned by Delhaize.\u00a0
            Left project half way through UAT phase after a lengthy handover, due to going on Maternity Leave.\u00a0
            \u2022 Solely managed\/coached the team of ~20 on and off-shore in UK and India in Agile practises.\u00a0
            \u2022 Responsible for direct client relationship.\u00a0
            \u2022 Managed the actuals and forecasted budget, 3rd party relationships and all Change Requests from estimations, to scheduling and delivery.\u00a0
            \u2022 Presented and communicated regularly to all areas of the business and client including Director and Partner level.\u00a0
            \u2022 Managed and set all project processes, reports, Confluence and JIRA standards.\u00a0
            \u2022 Worked with Portaltech partners to create a Roadmap for implementing future projects for Delhaize.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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            Mulberry.com\u00a0<\/strong>
            \u2022 Assisted Tacit in setting up a \u201crecovery\u201d project for a new client. Stayed on client site to setup Agile for an international eCommerce website on a new Hybris platform.\u00a0
            \u2022 Mobilised and drove the project team, on and off-shore (UK, Moldova and Guadalajara), to get them in a position where they were comfortable working together.\u00a0
            \u2022 Solely organised all meetings and communication within the team and client.\u00a0
            \u2022 Protected the team from outside distractions, managed 3rd parties with the client, took away and worked to solve impediments, facilitated discussion and conflict resolutions.\u00a0
            \u2022 Managed the project documentation and wiki pages to Tacit best practices.\u00a0
            \u2022 Presented and communicated regularly to all areas of the business including Director level.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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            Project Manager (May 2012 to Aug 2012 – Contract)<\/strong><\/p>

            \u2022 Using Prince2 methodology, solely managed several internal projects from replacing the procurement system to a CRM configuration investigation.\u00a0
            \u2022 Presented and communicated regularly to all areas of the business including Director level.\u00a0
            \u2022 Managed the actuals and forecasted budgets on each project.\u00a0

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            Salmon Ltd\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Feb 2010 to Apr 2012 (Contract – 2x extended)<\/strong><\/p>

            Argos.co.uk (5 months)\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0Project Manager\u00a0<\/strong>
            \u2022 Successfully migrated the existing website from Websphere Commerce 5.6.1 to 7.\u00a0
            \u2022 Solely managed 5 Servers to enable all had the latest database upgrades, Microsoft Fix Packs and catalogue launches.\u00a0
            \u2022 Coordinated the releases, builds, and deployments across all 5 servers.\u00a0
            \u2022 Coordinated with the other PMs to make sure all code, defects, patches and Change Requests in their release were captured and included within the latest migrated release.\u00a0
            \u2022 Managed all Change Requests, from estimations, to scheduling and delivery.\u00a0
            \u2022 Presented and communicated to all areas of the business on a regular basis including Director level.\u00a0<\/p>

            Game.co.uk \/ GameStation.co.uk (19 months) Scrum Master\u00a0<\/strong>
            \u2022 Implemented Salmon\u2019s first project using Agile practises.\u00a0
            \u2022 Mentored\/Coached the team (~35 people), both on and off-shore (UK, China, India and Australia), to successfully meet tight deadlines to migrate in parallel two existing websites to new technology and develop and implement their new websites onto an \u2018out of the box\u2019 Salmon modified Websphere Commerce 7 platform to business requirements.\u00a0
            \u2022 Divided the team into many self-managing units with their own task boards.\u00a0
            \u2022 First point of contact for Programme Manager who stayed on site with the client.\u00a0
            \u2022 Managed the team from setting resource levels to HR objectives for permanent members.\u00a0
            \u2022 Solely responsible for organising all patching, branching, deployments, builds and releases across 4 servers.\u00a0
            \u2022 Managed all Change Requests from estimations, to scheduling and delivery.\u00a0
            \u2022 Liaised with 3rd party suppliers to enable their systems worked correctly on the new environment.\u00a0
            \u2022 Assisted maintaining and recording all actuals for the project budget.\u00a0
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            ASOS.com (Perm) Project Manager \/ Scrum Master April 2007 \u2013 Feb 2010 <\/strong><\/p>\n

            Unisys Ltd (Perm) Project Manager \/ Programmer Sept 2000 – April 2007 <\/strong><\/p>\n


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            \u2022 Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)\u00a0
            \u2022 Agile Methodology\u00a0
            \u2022 Scrum\u00a0
            \u2022 Prince2\/Waterfall\u00a0
            \u2022 Project Management\u00a0
            \u2022 Web \/ Digital Development\u00a0
            \u2022 eCommerce\u00a0
            \u2022 Multi channel\u00a0
            \u2022 Public\u00a0
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            \u2022 Release Management\u00a0
            \u2022 3rd party suppliers\u00a0
            \u2022 End to End (full stack) Delivery\u00a0
            \u2022 Organisation\u00a0
            \u2022 Communication up to CEO level\u00a0
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            \u2022 Jira\u00a0
            \u2022 Confluence\u00a0
            \u2022 Azure DevOps\u00a0
            \u2022 Trello\u00a0
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            Leeds Beckett University<\/strong><\/p>

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            Certified Scrum Master<\/strong><\/p>

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            Prince2 Practitioner<\/strong><\/p>

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            ACHIEVEMENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>

            \u2022 During weekends and evenings around my contract with Salmon, I assisted and advised the Owner of TheClothesParlour.com in setting up the website from scratch as well as attending key financial and design meetings (3 months).\u00a0<\/p>

            \u2022 Contributed to winning Retail Technology Week Award for IT Team 2009 at ASOS.com.\u00a0<\/p>

            \u2022 Outstanding Job Performance enabled the team to win the Retail Technology Week Award for Home Delivery Supply Chain Excellence Project 2009 at ASOS.com.\u00a0<\/p>

            \u2022 Received 5 achievement awards for various contributions on projects at Unisys Ltd.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Erin Gray Senior Delivery Manager Scrum Master IT Project Manager Email Me LinkedIn Security Cleared (SC) Senior IT Project Manager \/ Delivery Manager with over 20 years of experience in delivering full end-to-end SDLC, multi-channelled e-commerce and data repository-based projects across multiple platforms and industries. Specializing in cross-functional project management, with a proven record of … <\/p>\n

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