Danny Williams
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since May 26, 2022
Danny is a Certified Agile Leader with experience delivering large-scale programs and technology products. He managed the delivery of GDPR across 51 products and 124 domains for a large UK client, created the product roadmap of the Virgin Media app, and built a Metaverse experience, minting NFTs and semi- and fungible tokens. He assesses operational environments and articulates complex technical findings while engaging executive- and board-level stakeholders with business reports and strategies.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Change Management
- Delivery Management
- Product Delivery
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Software Implementation
- User-centered Design (UCD)
Work Experience
Project Manager
Woven by Toyota
- Managed operations consolidation M&A activities and achieved $5,000,000+ savings per annum. Established reduction in systems, lowering ongoing maintenance efforts for EnTec by efficiently migrating tools and office equipment of four organizations.
- Spearheaded the rebranding activities of three public-facing websites in the UK, USA, Canada, and Japan. Led a team of five project managers with a regular updates reporting framework.
- Played a consulting role in setting up a PMO function for Enterprise Technology by standardizing the processes, tools, and methodologies. Helped the team document a runbook containing a guide for assimilating new additions to the teams.
- Developed and managed cross-functional programs, facilitating relationships across external partners to identify risks, manage dependencies, and optimize resources.
- Drove internal process improvements across multiple teams and functions, removed roadblocks, and delivered high-impact projects on efficiency, performance, and quality.
- Assessed business impact, prioritized initiatives, and drove accountability in a fast-paced environment through project planning and strong interpersonal skills.
- Defined roadmaps and long-term strategies for the IT teams. Managed global M&A programs for four organizations in Woven by Toyota. Estimated for the project or program management and or technical effort to drive scope and produce deliverables.
- Managed projects to deliver reports in Microsoft BI by integrating the datasets from ServiceNow via Snowflake.
- Delivered multiple workstreams by working closely with a team of project and product managers. Devised a user-centered agile process that works for all delivery teams and is scalable organization-wide.
- Managed workstreams involving cybersecurity and InfoSec. Formed ways of working for the teams in their security review and remediation.
Project Manager
Elsevier
- Planned and managed the delivery of two teams for Reaction Workbench and FAIR data as a service. Spearheaded the teams on OKR setting and measuring key results.
- Streamlined the inefficient ways of working to a value-based model. Managed the end-to-end delivery of AstraZeneca FAIR DaaS and four datasets. Facilitated and drove all sprint ceremonies for both teams in Scrum and Kanban.
- Supported eight global customers' sales, revenue, and expenditure of RWB environments.
- Delivered an infographic tool presenting the datasets driven by AI and NLP.
Program Delivery Manager
NHSx
- Managed multiple projects and workstreams for the COVID-19 clinical program. Had PMO responsibilities in recruitment, contract renewals, and onboarding of 58 members.
- Collaborated with operations, finance, third-party and cross-government teams on processes.
- Planned and executed local spend control and antibody testing with digital user journeys adhering to GDS (Government Design Principles) standards.
Agile Delivery Lead
Unilever
- Collaborated in the Spotify squad model with about 30 members in a cross-functional tribe.
- Planned the digital product roadmap for authoring experience and delivered an innovative Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solution from the concept to the go-to-market (GTM) strategy.
- Served as a product owner for the support team and deployment on continuous integration and DevOps.
Project Manager
News UK
- Managed the delivery of GDPR changes across a large scale of 51 products and 124 domains.
- Coordinated ways of working with partners, directors, scrum masters, and development teams.
- Managed a cross-functional team including Salesforce, an SAP team, DevOps, and CI/CD.
- Planned and executed the customer journey changes before the deadline. I leveraged various management tools, including Microsoft Project.
Agile Delivery Lead
Virgin Media
- Played a key role as an AEM (adobe experience manager) consultant during migration activities for home, entertainment, NewsCred, and shop sections of virginmedia.com, supporting multiple devices.
- Conceptualized and designed the page architecture for the three new domains with a page template, responsive and adaptive components for an omnichannel experience, and configuration for polling.
- Facilitated sessions for reviewing deliverables with distributed teams in India, London, and Romania.
- Conducted various workshops for scoping requirements and prioritizing desired and positive outcomes.
- Created training materials for the content creators who are the end business users of AEM.
- Defined and delivered the Product Roadmap of My VM Mobile App for 2016 – 2017.
- Worked closely with the mobile app development team to define the scope and technical requirements and managed the delivery end to end.
Project History
GDPR for NewsUK
https://www.thesun.co.uk/Managed the delivery of GDPR across a large scale of 51 products and 124 domains.
Mobile App for Virgin Media
https://www.virginmedia.com/Defined and delivered the product roadmap of the Virgin Media mobile app for iOS and Android.
Metaverse
Built a metaverse experience in Unity. Minted NFTs and Semi and Fungible tokens in Solidity, creating a decentralized application (DApp).
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
University 18 Business School - Haryana, India
Certifications
Monday.com Core Builder
monday.com
Stable Teams® Practitioner
Stable Teams Ltd
Professional Agile Leadership
Scrum.org
Skills
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Salesforce, Slack, Adobe Target, Atlassian Suite, Trello, Google Analytics, Project Management & Work Tracking Tools, GitHub, Office 365, Jupyter, Google Workspace, 3ds Max, Kafka Streams, Adobe, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Power BI, Asana
Paradigms
Agile, Agile Product Management, Agile Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Scrum, Change Management, B2B, B2C, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Kanban, Agile Leadership, Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC), Agile Workflow, Agile Delivery, UX Design, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Platforms
Adobe Marketing Cloud, Adobe Audience Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Monday.com, Jupyter Notebook, Google Analytics 4, Blockchain, Android, iOS, Azure, Google Ads
Industry Expertise
Digital Marketing, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME), Professional Services
Other
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Frameworks, Best Practices, Delivery Management, Program Management, Project Management, Data Science, FAIR data, Life Science, IT Operations Management (ITOM), Recruitment, Crisis Management, Product Delivery, Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS), User-centered Design (UCD), Product Management, Product Roadmaps, Value Stream Mapping, Digital Publishing, SaaS, Product Development, Project Planning, Project Reporting, Project Timelines, Stakeholder Management, Product Strategy, Discovery Workshops, IT Project Management, Workflow, PMO, Project Management Office (PMO), Research, Software Integration, APIs, JSON REST APIs, Project Scoping, Technical Requirements, Estimation & Planning, eCommerce, Operations Management, Jira Administrator, Jira Administration, Communication Management, Remote Team Leadership, Documentation, Project Leadership, Scrum Master, Content Management Systems (CMS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Data Warehousing, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Estimations, Data Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Staffing, Cloud Architecture, Healthcare IT, Digital Health, Public Health, PMO Development, Data, Consent Management, GDPR, Data Protection, User Stories, Mobile App Development, React Native, Personalization, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Web Applications, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Project Management & Delivery, Web Development, Software Project Management, Continuous Improvement, Technical Project Management, Data Analysis, Risk Management, Data Migration, Data Integration, Cloud, Technical Program Management, Organizational Design, Teams, Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), Leadership, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Waterfall Methodology, Data Management Platforms, Data Delivery Management, IT Program Management, Localization, Internationalization, Software Implementation, Business Analysis, Implementation, Hybrid Project Management, Project Delivery, Sprint Planning, Sprint Ceremonies, Project Tracking, Mobile/Web Project Management, User Experience (UX), Process Improvement Project Management, Procurement, Consulting, Digital Project Management, Web Project Management, Strategic Planning & Execution, Communication, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Digital Transformation, Web & Mobile Applications, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Digital Asset Management, Website Management, IT, Web Analytics, Work Breakdown Structure, Project Coordination, Atlassian Plugins, Delivery, Discovery, Planning, Agile Program Management, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Content Production, Videos, Projects, Web Content, Ticketing, Software Development, Status Updates, Team Management, Global Project Management, Migration, Enterprise Project Management, Executive Reporting, Corporate Planning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Blockchain as a Service, Scala, Relational Databases, Product Information Management (PIM), Biotechnology, Vendor Management, Internet of Things (IoT), Apache Kafka, SAP ERP, System Requirements, System Migration, Agile Coaching, Machine Learning, Training, Customer Success, Operations, Analytics, ERP Implementation, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Google Tag Manager, Startups, Management Consulting, Third-party Logistics, Data Analytics, Project Budget Management, Mobile Applications, Technical Product Management, Agency, Financial Transformation, Business Communication, Product Owner, Service Delivery Project Management, Scope of Work (SOW), Business Processes, Quality Assurance (QA), Technical Leadership, Dashboards, Back-end, Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Mobile Apps, Backlog Management, Data Visualization, Quality Control (QC), Digital Marketing Strategy, Social Media, Fintech, AAD, Core, Storage, Sales, Chief of Staff
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