Jenny Pollard

Background

About Jenny Pollard

PRINCE2 & Agile Certified Senior Project/Program Manager & PMO Lead with 20+ years’ experience of delivering complex IT projects to time, cost and quality within cloud computing, professional services, logistics and automotive industries. Working closely with major clients on multiple, large scale global IT implementations. Full life-cycle knowledge from Initiation and Requirements gathering, Solution Design and Build, through to Test, Train, Implementation, Service Transition and Support.Extensive Project Management experience of software applications, infrastructure and SaaS implementations including SAP, AWS, WMS, TMS, SAP B1, Salesforce, ELK, Machine Learning, Secret Server (PAM), O365, bespoke web-based applications, APIs / interfaces with eCommerce and digital marketing experience. Strong working knowledge of Project Management methodologies (Waterfall/Agile/Hybrid) and robust Governance and Controls ensuring Best Practice and effective Delivery. As Head of IT PMO for Unipart Logistics and PMO Lead for Lemongrass Global Ops, I established a fully operational PMO capability, driving consistent standards, processes and PPM tooling into IT Project Delivery. Management of overall Strategy and Roadmap, setting the direction for PMO, including implementation of a robust PM Framework and improved Governance and Controls. Ensuring compliance via effective audit processes and assessing PM capabilities, providing guidance and training and mentoring.