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Shun Mak

Senior Project/Programme Manager

Verified email Founding Contractor · 2026

Contractor snapshot

Primary specialism Project & Programme Management
Location / working location London
Current availability Available now Confirmed 14 Aug 2026
Profile status Active contractor profile

Professional profile

Senior Project Manager with 18 years' experience delivering technology programmes across software application development, infrastructure transformation and cloud migration. Managed portfolios from £500k to €2m+ across financial services, insurance and higher education in regulated environments. Led cross-functional teams of 40+ through Agile and Waterfall delivery, consistently achieving 30 - 50% improvements in performance, capacity and cost reduction. AI, vibe coding and automation aficionado.

Core skills

Project Lifecycle Management Project Governance Digital Transformation Agile & Waterfall Delivery Infrastructure Transformation Cloud Migration Software Delivery (SDLC) DevOps & CI/CD Requirements Engineering Stakeholder Engagement Risk & RAID/RACI Management Budget & Resource Control Change Management Vendor & Contract Management Benefits Realisation

What I’m looking for next

Target roles: Senior Project Manager · Programme Manager · Programme Lead · Technical Project Manager

Contract preferences

Working preferenceRemote · Hybrid
Will workLondon, Hertfordshire, Remote UK
IR35 preferenceOutside IR35 · Inside IR35
Contract lengthAny contract length
IT experience18 years

Relevant work experience

Infrastructure Transformation Programme, a global nutrition group, Ireland (€2m) • Headed end-to-end infrastructure refresh across 7 virtual workstreams: network upgrades, server virtualisation, SAP/Oracle/Dynamics stack improvements and data centre consolidation in regulated environments. • Managed relationships with vendor HPE and euNetworks, and C-suite stakeholders across Ireland and the UK. • Implemented ITIL-aligned governance, maintained RAID logs and RACI matrices. • Delivered: 50% capacity improvement, 30% cost reduction, 100% uptime maintained. SRMS/SIS Platform Transformation, EduCampus SaaS Platform, Ireland (£2m) • Led 2 virtual Agile Scrum teams and 40+ stakeholders to transform & upgrade functions for mergers on the Student Records Management System (SRMS) and Ellucian Banner, the Student Information Systems (SIS). • Supervised end-to-end SDLC: requirements gathering, sprint planning, retrospectives, UAT, deployment. • Directed program and data platform migration with 5+ parties, including service providers, vendors and clients. • Delivered: On time, on budget, with 30% performance improvement, expanding capacity for 10+ institutions. Azure Cloud Migration, the London Market Joint Venture, Lloyd's of London, UK (€2m) • Mobilised 2 virtual project teams through Azure migration of SAP, Dynamics, RPA and other legacy server workloads in a regulated environment. • Led stakeholder collaborations among the JV, external vendors and internal project teams across 40+ members. • Managed data lake migrations, server relocations and capacity extension in the new server farm. • Results: On-time, on-budget delivery with 50% system performance improvement.

Experience & credentials

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Sector experience

Financial Services · Retail

Certifications

PMP · Agile Scrum Master · Scrum Master Accredited Certification · Azure AI Engineer Associate AI-102 · Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 · Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt · ITIL Foundation

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