Executive Summary
Sydney-based Senior Project Manager with extensive experience directing complex technology and business transformation programmes within corporate environments.
Demonstrated track record of delivering multi-million dollar portfolios on time and within budget, combining rigorous governance standards with pragmatic stakeholder communication.
Professional Experience
Vanguard Apex Solutions
Sydney, Australia
Senior Project Manager
Mar 2021 – Present
- Direct cross-functional programmes delivering cloud migrations and enterprise workflow transformations for tier-one financial clients, overseeing portfolios valued at up to AUD 14M.
- Lead a team of 8 project managers, business analysts, and iteration managers, establishing unified delivery governance across concurrent workstreams.
- Consolidated third-party vendor contracts across three parallel workstreams, cutting annual external procurement expenditure by 12%.
- Present fortnightly progress, executive risk dashboards, and regulatory compliance milestones directly to client steering committees and executive sponsors.
Kallima Technology Partners
Sydney, Australia
Project Manager
Aug 2016 – Feb 2021
- Managed end-to-end delivery of digital operations platforms and CRM integration projects with typical budgets ranging from AUD 2M to 6M.
- Adopted hybrid Agile-Waterfall frameworks to align regulatory sign-offs with bi-weekly software release cadences, improving on-schedule milestone delivery by 18%.
- Facilitated quarterly capacity planning and risk mitigation workshops across engineering, product management, and customer operations teams.
- Maintained transparent variance tracking in Jira and Power BI, ensuring project budgets remained within 4% of baselined forecasts across four successive financial years.
Meridian Pacific Logistics
Sydney, Australia
Assistant Project Manager
Jan 2013 – July 2016
- Coordinated deployment of transport management software across six regional distribution facilities, standardising freight reporting.
- Drafted business cases, project charters, resource allocation plans, and formal change requests under senior project director guidance.
- Supervised weekly issue triage sessions, resolving operational bottlenecks alongside depot managers and field technicians.
Education & Qualifications
University of Sydney
Master of Project Management · Project Management · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Distinction · Mar 2011 – Nov 2012
Focused on enterprise risk governance, multi-stakeholder engagement models, and complex programme delivery frameworks.
University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Commerce · Commerce and Information Systems · Kensington, NSW, Australia · Credit · Mar 2004 – Nov 2007
Completed dual major in commercial management and business information systems with coursework in financial accounting and systems analysis.
Key Projects
Core Identity Access Overhaul
Feb 2023 – Nov 2023
- Oversaw end-to-end rollout of an integrated identity management gateway across 4,200 internal users, completing implementation 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
- Coordinated cutover plans, roll-back scenarios, and post-go-live hypercare support, maintaining system availability without business disruption.
Enterprise Billing Consolidation
Oct 2019 – Sept 2020
- Spearheaded consolidation of redundant billing engines into a single automated billing platform across three business units.
- Reduced month-end financial reconciliation turnaround times from 7 days to 2 days while meeting strict internal audit benchmarks.
Core Competencies
Programme Governance
Budget Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Risk & Issue Mitigation
Hybrid Delivery Frameworks
Vendor & Contract Management
Resource Planning
Business Change Management
Jira & Confluence
Executive Reporting
Languages
English
C2
French
B1
Certifications & Accreditations
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute · Apr 2016
PRINCE2 Practitioner
AXELOS · Nov 2019
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance · Aug 2021
Community Leadership
Women in Project Delivery Network
Sydney, Australia · May 2022 – Present
- Industry Mentor
- Mentor emerging project professionals on career transition, stakeholder communication tactics, and industry certification paths.
- Facilitate bi-monthly group discussion circles on practical delivery challenges and project governance best practices.