Programme, project & vendor management

PMP-certified programme and project delivery, Agile and Scrum, procurement, partners and portfolios.

27 contributions across 6 experiences

Where this skill was applied

Often together withInnovation & change management Team leadership & talent development Machine learning, deep learning & MLOps Semantic engineering & knowledge management Business value & financial management AI governance, risk & regulatory compliance

2019–20247 contributions

DSM-Firmenich

Managed a cross-disciplinary team of data scientists, PhD students, contractors and cloud developers (15+ FTEs), delivering commercial and R&D projects with over €70 million in projected value, recognised by DSM’s scientific community and leadership; nurtured international R&D partnerships with client partners up to C-level.
Founded and led the Digital Hub in Poland, an agile, start-up-like AI research group with proven cost savings of €650,000 per year, and designed its Talent Acquisition Strategy for Digital and Data Science with retention guidelines, cutting AI team turnover by 80%.
Coordinated international Corporate Research Program (CRP) activities in Digital Transformation and the Digital Twin Lab — agile pilots for digital disruption, competence development and continuous improvement.
Established mentoring, technical career paths, communities of practice, internal learning programmes and leadership coaching for AI practitioners, improving retention, engagement, promotion readiness and technical consistency.
Led R&D on a new data-science model automating the identification and quantification of chemical compounds in chromatograms with neural networks, outperforming lab analysts in accuracy and precision, in partnership with Loughborough University (UK).
Managed collaborations with Contract Research Organisations (CROs) for digital projects, establishing strategic partnerships for external AI/ML development and research.
Created and coordinated a network of European academic partnerships for research in digital technologies applied to DSM business and marketing cases.

20266 contributions

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Aligns the Innovation Lab architecture and experimentation portfolio to Gavi 6 Strategy 2026–2030 “Data Visibility & Use”, so every experiment traces to programmatic impact on global immunisation delivery.
Skills and technologies: Azure solution and security architecture (App Service, Static Web Apps, Functions, SQL, Blob, Key Vault, API Management, Data Factory, Machine Learning, AI Foundry, AI Search, Monitor) · Snowflake · Azure OpenAI, RAG, multi-agent and agentic AI · MLOps/LLMOps and AI evaluation · AI governance, Responsible AI and EU-aligned AI risk management · Entra ID, RLS, TDE/CMK, PIM, managed identities, TLS · C4 and TOGAF · Power BI, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Purview, Sentinel · confidential-data governance · innovation portfolio governance, vendor selection and procurement · Design Thinking and rapid prototyping facilitation.
Principal AI Architect and Innovation Lab Coordinator consultant at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, leading the AI architecture practice behind global vaccination programmes; owns the end-to-end innovation lifecycle — idea, experimentation, outcomes, stabilisation, operationalisation — as operational deputy to the Innovation Lab Lead, and leads architecture definition and deployment across the AI portfolio.
Manages the Innovation Lab governance model, structuring innovation into three stepped streams (Ideation → Experimentation → Stabilisation) with five accountable roles, RACI ownership per activity, entry and exit criteria, and a rhythm of weekly experiment reviews, monthly idea reviews and quarterly approval sessions.
Manages dual-mode execution governance for experiments: in-house delivery with mandatory Platform Architect validation of capacity, skills, security guardrails and environments, and external delivery by vendors, startups and academia through a four-phase collaborator workflow with capability-based assessment, compliance checks and post-experiment partner evaluation.
Maintains the Innovation Lab vendor capability matrix, benchmarking six global delivery partners across five domains — AI & Machine Learning, Blockchain & Digital Assets, Immersive & Emerging Tech, Automation & Data, Research & Innovation — as the mandatory input to external-executor selection.

2002–20114 contributions

United Nations CGIAR

Held full responsibility for project budgets — an annual technology and innovation budget of about USD 500,000 — and managed cross-functional teams on large-scale digital transformation, achieving USD 100,000 cost savings in a single project, presented at the UN ShareFair.
Led enterprise SharePoint programmes (2003–2010 editions), delivering governance, templates, workflows and institutional training.
Coached and managed teams on digital projects applied to plant genetics for food production in developing countries, motivating internal talent and external partners; created an Innovation Lab and innovation meetings to bring innovation into the organisation.
Built partnerships with universities, vendors and research institutes in data science, digital transformation and business intelligence.

20182 contributions

Fair Trade Handels

Restructured functions, technical teams and programmes into a digital, data-driven organisation, optimising distribution, revenue management, pharmaceuticals, decision-making and sales operations.
Built the data and reporting estate on Snowflake and implemented dashboards with KPIs for customer engagement, global supply chain, digital marketing, sales operations, change management and programme management.

2024–20251 contribution

EPAM Systems

Led the technical response to a Tier-1 Swiss bank’s enterprise AI RFI — structured on business value; technology, security and compliance; and people, operating model and governance — later reused as the technical core of a second pursuit with the same bank and the engagement behind EPAM’s preferred-vendor status.

1994–20061 contribution

CapodannoRoma, Helloitaly & Radio&Data Communications

At CapodannoRoma, established partnerships with major venues and applied early data-driven customer segmentation to optimise pricing.

Profile4 contributions

Across the career

Combines people leadership with talent development, retention, Agile delivery, Scrum, change management and corporate training, embedding inclusive hiring, team formation and career-development practices across multidisciplinary and international technical organisations.
Leads multidisciplinary teams through complex transformations involving business stakeholders, technical specialists, partners, contractors and executive sponsors.
Brings experience in R&D innovation, stakeholder management, partnership development, programme management, project management and executive decision support.
Translates ambitious strategy and complex technical possibilities into practical operating models, technology and delivery roadmaps, business cases, investment priorities, partnerships and measurable delivery outcomes.

Skills2 contributions

Skills & applied knowledge

Programme and project management, strategic direction, Agile delivery, Scrum, SDLC governance, security management, security standards and enterprise technology standards.
Twenty-plus years of enterprise-architecture ownership across public and regulated organisations, and twenty-two years of software engineering spanning architecture design, SDLC governance, Agile, Scrum and mobile-application development.

All skills

Artificial intelligence

AI governance, risk & regulatory compliance 81 Machine learning, deep learning & MLOps 53 Data Strategy for AI 44 Generative AI & LLM solutions 43 Agentic AI & AI-native engineering 29

Architecture & data platforms

Solution & enterprise architecture 62 Data architecture, engineering & governance 54 Semantic engineering & knowledge management 50 Cloud & multi-tenant SaaS platforms 41

Leadership & business

Innovation & change management 42 Team leadership & talent development 31 Business value & financial management 29 Programme, project & vendor management 27 Executive advisory & pre-sales 19 Entrepreneurship & venture building 13

Product, marketing & communication

Digital marketing & customer analytics 27 Product & full-stack engineering 23 Communication & thought leadership 10