Phil Mears

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About Phil Mears

An MSP & PRINCE2 qualified and highly experienced IT Professional with an excellent track record for consistently delivering strategic enterprise wide digital transformations (£20million+) to both Public and Private sector organisations. Has over 10 years solid programme management and over 20 years project management experience leading cross functional teams of 50+ employees for high profile clients such as; Defra, Ministry of Justice, Vodafone, NHS, Centrica, Welsh Government, Home Office, DWP, Phones4u, Sage. • Over 10 years Senior Management experience (Programme, PMO, IT, Service, Compliance).• Over 20 years Project Management/Business Change Management experience. • Over 25 years IT experience (incl. Business Analyst, ERP, CRM, BI, Security, Data Migration).• Qualified to industry/government standards and methodologies: MSP, PRINCE2, Project Online.• Line/Matrix Management experience of 50+ employees (incl. recruitment & selection).• Extensive senior Stakeholder and 3rd Party Management expertise.• Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills, to all organisational levels.• Full End-to-End project life cycle management expertise (using both Agile & Waterfall).• Extensive Business Change Management experience in challenging environments.• Quality Management and Configuration Management expertise.• Commercial negotiation expertise (incl. contract, ITT, OJEU, third party selection, SLAs,).• Excellent interpersonal client facing and business analytical skills.• Extensive experience using an on/offshore operating model (in a multicultural environment).