Maria Taylor

Background

About Maria Taylor

I am an accredited Project Change/Specialist with extensive experience in delivering proven results through the management and application of recognised change methodologies, within time and budget constraints in both Operational and Technical arenas. Experienced in covering the roles of Project Manager and PMO guiding and providing support to teams and stakeholders in a collaborative style to ensure safe and timely delivery of objectives and goals. Adept at identifying problem areas and the implementation of corrective actions providing clear and concise communication to sponsors and other stakeholders with accurate and sound planning and tracking. Key Competencies-Leadership and Management -Stakeholder Management -Project Management -Project Coordinating -Strategic Planning and Implementation -Change Management -Process and Performance Optimisation -Risk Management -Regulatory and Transformation Management -Customer Service Technologies-MS (Project, Visio, Teams, SharePoint, Access, Excel, Word), Intranet, JIRA. Methodologies-APMP (Association for Project Managers Professional), Waterfall, Agile, Scrum. Key Achievements-Led cross-functional teams of up to 50 people located in UK and offshore, India-Managed high profile program for major establishment with a £5m budget-Executed and implemented new IT systems and networks across multiple areas-Managed the delivery of Regulatory and Legal change initiatives across global teams-Managed divestments and acquisitions-Coordinated the delivery of projects supporting Programme Managers and Teams.