Services

PMO Architecture. Project & Programme Management. Portfolio Governance. Organisational Transformation. Interim Leadership - CDMO Projects. CMC / External Manufacturing. Strategic Initiatives. Transformation Projects.

Read on if any of these challenges sound familiar...

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Strategy, Governance & Organisational Maturity

  • Ineffective PMO? Or no PMO in place yet?
  • Too many projects and no effective prioritisation?
  • No single source of truth?
  • Lack of project/portfolio visibility?
  • Unclear roles and accountability?
  • Ineffective governance?
  • Frequent unresolved escalations?
  • No structured decision-making?
  • Inconsistent tools and processes?
  • Low project management maturity? 
  • Communication / leadership below expectations?

Project Execution & Performance

  • Customer satisfaction lower than desired?
  • Project performance problems?
  • Temporary leadership gap?
  • Strategic initiative without an internal lead?
  • External manufacturing challenges?
  • Processes or productivity in need of improvement?
  • Low project win rate?
  • Need to implement a transformation?
  • Need to manage a technology transfer?









SERVICES

Project, Program & Portfolio Excellence

From strategy and governance to effective project delivery. 

Drawing on experience ranging from hands-on project delivery to the global and strategic development of project management functions and PMOs, I support organisations at every level of project management maturity — from developing PM capabilities and building effective project organisations to establishing PMOs, governance frameworks and portfolio strategy.

I can also join your team on an interim basis, supporting customer programmes, external manufacturing projects or internal strategic initiatives.

PMO Setup & Development

  • PMO design, setup and implementation
  • PMO assessment, maturity and gap analysis
  • PM methodologies, standards and best practices
  • PM tool standardisation and digitalisation 
  • Project reporting and visibility - single source of truth
  • Training and coaching of PMOs                                    

Portfolio Management & Governance

  • Portfolio assessment and optimisation
  • Project selection and prioritisation
  • Portfolio performance and reporting
  • Strategic alignment
  • S&OP and resource planning
  • Decision-making and escalation mechanisms 

Project & Programme Management

  • Project/programme methodologies and processes
  • Project planning and execution, including scope, schedule, cost, risk and resources
  • Project monitoring and control, dashboards
  • Governance and escalation
  • Training and coaching of project/programme managers

Project Organisation & Culture

  • Customer-centricity and project culture
  • Roles and responsibilities, accountability
  • Project organisation and operating models
  • PM and PMO leadership capabilities
  • CDMO mindset. Multi-customer agility.

Transformation & Operational Improvement

Turning strategic objectives into sustainable improvements through transformation, process optimisation, digitalisation and effective organisational change.

Transformation & Strategic Initiatives

  • Transformation programme management 
  • Cross-functional / cross-site transformation
  • Change management
  • Organisational integration
  • Operating model improvement 

Process & Performance Improvement

  • Process analysis and optimisation
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Workflow optimisation
  • Performance and root cause analysis
  • Productivity and efficiency improvement
  • Right First Time improvement
  • Continuous improvement

Sales & Operations Planning

  • S&OP process design and implementation
  • Roles and responsibilities / RACI
  • Data structures and visibility
  • Decision-making processes
  • Short-/mid-term planning; strategic forecasting
  • Integration with lifecycle, capacity and investment planning

Interim Leadership & Hands-on Project Delivery

Experienced leadership when you need it — whether for a critical project, a temporary leadership gap or a strategic initiative. I can step into an existing organisation and take responsibility for project, programme or PMO delivery, provide temporary functional leadership or lead a defined initiative through a critical phase.

Interim Project & Programme Management

  • Interim Project / Programme Manager
  • Complex or critical projects
  • Project recovery, performance improvement
  • Cross-functional and cross-site delivery
  • Customer and external partner management

Interim PMO / Functional Leadership

  • PMO or Project/Programme/Portfolio leadership
  • Process Development leadership
  • Temporary department/function leadership
  • Leadership during vacancies, transitions or organisational changes

Hands-on Project Delivery

  • Strategic initiatives, transformation programmes
  • Technology transfers
  • CMC / development projects
  • External manufacturing projects
  • Governance implementation
  • Stakeholder and decision management

Selected Project Experience

Here are selected examples of projects and initiatives I have led across different CDMO environments.

PMO Build, PM Harmonisation & Digitalisation

Aligning project management across an 11-site / >70 PM organisation.

  • Implemented PMI®-aligned project, programme and portfolio management methodologies.
  • Designed and deployed a scalable, tailored PM software, incorporating toolkits for project, programme and product management and oversight, real-time customer dashboards, and executive-level performance reporting. 
  • Integrated portfolio governance concepts and tools, including financial reporting and S&OP.
  • Comprehensive enablement and stakeholder management activities.

Created a consistent framework for project and programme visibility, governance and decision-making. Transformed business processes and ways of working across the organisation. 

Portfolio Governance - Project Selection

Aligning project selection and prioritisation with business strategy.

  • Developed and implemented criteria and tools to guide project selection and prioritisation in alignment with strategic objectives.
  • Established methods for data-based assessment of project attractiveness, effort/impact aspects and lifecycle management objectives.
  • Aligned service offers with customer needs and business strategy.

Improved project selection and prioritisation decision-making, business fit and project outcomes.

Business & Programme Portfolio Transformation 

Turning a Pharma organisation into a CDMO site and building a portfolio.

  • Interim leadership for the PM/technology transfer organisation and pipeline build-up. 
  • Managed a strategic sterile fill & finish technology transfer project into a newly built production line for more than 20 million units per year.                 
  • Established the organisation, governance and processes for effective management of new product introductions and commercial operations. 
  • Supported the organisational integration in the global site network and governance and development of CDMO capabilities and culture.       

From zero new CDMO products and customers to a portfolio and PM organisation.                              

How we work together...

Understand 

I study your strategy, listen to your needs and challenges, and translate them into clearly defined priorities.

Plan

I develop recommendations and together, we develop a practical and tangible roadmap with clear objectives, responsibilities and actions.

Deliver

I lead the implementation, provide hands-on support and help you build sustainable capability beyond delivery.

Let's build the solution together

If my experience and expertise could address a challenge in your organisation, let's talk:

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