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Transformation, Change Management and Employee Experience Consultant

Epsom, United Kingdom
Worldwide
Masters Degree (Media)
Epsom, United Kingdom
Worldwide
Masters Degree (Media)

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CV - Mark Nielson

User Experience (UX)Change ManagementMake decisionsConsultingDesign ThinkingEmployee MotivationEnergy TechnologyFinancesGovernanceLeadershipPharmaceuticalsProgram ManagementPublic ServiceStrategic CommunicationTraining ActivitiesCulture Change
A leader driving connected experience (EX/CX/UX) outcomes, with a versatile skillset gained through major people change initiatives - from landing global and UK-wide culture change campaigns to setting up end-to-end EX, functional and programme teams. Proven results for financial services, insurance, energy, pharmaceutical and public sector clients. Empathic collaborator, agile decision maker, trusted adviser. Demonstrable experience in harnessing the power that self-aware, purpose-driven, connected and diverse teams can bring to transformation.  

Skills include: leadership and leadership advisory, planning, programme management, PMO setup and management, experience design, Design Thinking, workshop facilitation, strategic communications, communications strategy, change management, change planning, culture strategy, culture change, governance

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2005

Languages

EnglishNative speaker

Project history

Employee Experience Consultant

Novartis AG - Swiss Pharmaceuticals
* Established a new People Experience function to drive a step-change in employee experience
(EX) adoption. Using deep global EXI survey insights, baselined and improved EX journey
touchpoint KPIs. Pioneered EX business case by addressing key global program pain points.
* Led the EX agenda on global HR programme replacing performance management at Novartis,
with outcome-focused performance criteria. Launched with improved 'moments that matter'
journey touchpoints. All underpinned by journey maps, personas, empathy maps and EX KPIs.
* Product Owned evolution of industry-first digital Experience Town platform, combining
research, design thinking and gamified learning. Drove enterprise-wide awareness & buy-in.
* Managed a UX platform team through 30 sprint cycles, implementing an innovative roadmap
of product feature launches, each promoted by team-led global marketing campaigns.
* KPIs: 180 global research studies; 90 projects; 2000 learning journeys; 7000 registrations.

People Change & Engagement Lead

Direct Line Group (DLG)
* Led UK-wide change & engagement agenda for DLG's most high-profile strategic programme,
designing & implementing the campaign to replace its entire customer technology system.
* Partnered with CIO to invest in culture transformation after deep HR operating model changes.
Introduced a more EQ-informed culture of accountability and transparency within Technology,
which led to record employee engagement scores, after steering team through TUPE change.
* Achieved employee buy-in by crafting a single, inclusive narrative for the future based around
modernizing technology to make insurance much easier and better value for customers.
* Successfully landed a countdown/launch/embed campaign on behalf of the COO, partnering
with change SMEs within HR, internal comms, training, business transition, external agencies,
and investor relations. Implemented integrated campaign using digital channels.

Head of PMO, EFG Programme

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
* Implemented radically improved change discipline, structure and control into PMO of a
complex c£45m customer remediation programme, under intense government scrutiny.
* Created a programme office operating framework to ensure delivery leads could achieve the
accelerated plan at pace - within appropriate governance and risk appetite. Managed a team
of four, creating senior buy-in by providing visibility for programme 'single source of truth'.

Programme Change Lead, Global HRIS Portal

BP
* Successfully led the design, management and implementation of the change management
campaign which launched a new HR Portal to 73,000 people across 80 countries, in 12
languages. Built a global team of regional champions, owning the change management plan.
* Created the communications strategy (HR pilot, global and then country launches), partnering
with key technical, delivery and HR SME partners including internal engagement and training.

Head of Change PMO, Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB)

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
* Led the Corporate Change PMO within COO, setting up a 'centre of excellence', portfolio office
- directly accountable for £100m annual budget across c45 change projects, with 12 reports.
* Accountable for strategic IT 9+3 budget cycle, owning chain from business case submissions,
budget approval, resourcing, consultancy contract management, 'run the bank' costs and
supplier engagement - tightly governed via divisionally compliant risk structure.

ERP Change & Engagement Lead , Information Management

* Project managed Change and Engagement workstream for TfL-wide ERP SAP integration
programme, replacing Oracle & integrating former suppliers via TUPE organisation restructure.
* Managed the technology change communications agenda, responsible for a series of TfL-wide
strategic change programmes.

Business Analyst, Wealth Management

UBS
* Evolved from technology support BA into global banking systems Access Control specialist,
before focusing on security privileges management to protect client data integrity.

Certificates

Change Management Practitioner

APMG International

2010

Programme, Portfolio and Project Management Practitioner

APMG International

2009

Project Management Practitioner (PRINCE2)

APMG International

2009


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