# Kate Morris

Kate Morris is a remote worker on Himalayas, Head of PMO at Woolworths 360, based in Australia.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@katemorris

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Enterprise transformation executive at Woolworths 360, improving operating models and investment outcomes across a $1B portfolio.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Australia |
| Authorized to work in | Australia |
| Salary expectations | 280k+ AUD |
| Job categories | Business Transformation Executive, Head Of PMO, Strategic Portfolio Manager, Director Of Strategic Program Management |
| Skills | Enterprise Transformation, Operational Transformation, Strategic Portfolio Management, Program Management, PMO, Organisational Change Management, Portfolio Governance, Strategy To Execution, Value Realization, Performance Improvement, Risk Management, Operational Resilience, Workforce Planning, OKRs, Agile Program Management |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/kateemorris |

## About

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At Woolworths 360, I lead enterprise transformation, operating model improvement and strategic portfolio execution. I implemented the Woolworths Risk Framework, increasing risk visibility by 50%, and co-designed a value prioritisation framework that improved strategic investment alignment by 35%.

At Retirement Solutions at MUFG (previously known as Link Group), I held executive accountability for a $100M transformation portfolio across Australia, the UK and India. I introduced an OKR framework across eight portfolios and established a Portfolio Review Board that accelerated approvals by 40%.

At Mastercard, I led strategic programme management across global payment platforms and prepaid services. My work included governance transformation for the MEA Mobile Payments Gateway, which drove a 200% increase in transaction volume, and delivery of a secure digital payment wallet for the Egyptian Government during COVID.
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## Experience

### Head of PMO (current)

Woolworths 360. Oct 2025 - Present

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Lead enterprise transformation, operating model improvement and strategic portfolio execution across Woolworths 360, partnering with executives to redesign operating rhythms, strengthen workforce capability, improve investment outcomes and lift organisational effectiveness.
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Skills: Enterprise-Transformation, Operating-Model-Design, Strategic-Portfolio-Management, Risk-Frameworks, Value-Prioritisation, Workforce-Planning, PMO-Transformation, Organisational-Change, Data-Accuracy, Dashboard-Adoption

### Head of Strategic Portfolio Management

MUFG Retirement Solutions. Oct 2023 - Jun 2025

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Executive accountability for a $100M transformation portfolio across Australia, the UK and India, leading organisational transformation, strategic prioritisation and operating model improvement initiatives that strengthened execution and enterprise capability.
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Skills: Portfolio-Management, OKR-Framework, Strategic-alignment, Forecasting, Capacity-Planning, Value-Realization, Governance, Performance-Metrics, Portfolio-Review, Executive-Stakeholder-Management

### Director, Strategic Programme Management

[Mastercard](https://himalayas.app/companies/mastercard). Jan 2021 - Oct 2023

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Led transformation of global payment platform delivery performance, operating model effectiveness, operational resilience and portfolio execution across a complex multi-region technology environment.
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Skills: Strategy-To-Execution, Throughput, OKR-Alignment, Agile-Delivery, Technology-Resilience, Cyber-Risk, Operational-Governance, Release-Readiness, Integrated-Planning

### Performance Lead Retail & Wealth

[Commonwealth Bank of Australia](https://himalayas.app/companies/commonwealth-bank). Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

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Produced Board, Executive and APRA insights across Retail & Wealth technology portfolios, improving visibility of performance, risk, delivery health and operational resilience in a highly regulated environment.
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Skills: Risk-Reporting, Executive-Visibility, Governance, Agile-Practices, Stakeholder-Reporting

### Manager, Project Assurance & Advisory

[Commonwealth Bank of Australia](https://himalayas.app/companies/commonwealth-bank). Jun 2016 - Aug 2017

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Delivered independent transformation assurance, performance reviews and executive advisory services for C-suite sponsors, improving execution confidence, business outcomes and investment decision-making.
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Skills: Project-Assurance, Performance-Reviews, Executive-Advisory, Recovery-Assessment, Schedules, Resource-Models, Approval-Cycle-Reduction

### Business Program Manager

CommSec. Jan 2010 - Dec 2016

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Managed business programs and projects, leveraging early experience in program and project management.
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Skills: Program-Management, Project-Management

### Senior Project & Marketing Manager

Business Smart Solutions. Jan 2009 - Dec 2010

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Managed projects and marketing initiatives, applying project management and marketing expertise.
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Skills: Project-Management, Marketing

### IT Project Manager

St George Bank. Jan 2007 - Dec 2008

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Managed IT projects, ensuring successful delivery and implementation.
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Skills: IT-Project-Management

### IT Implementation Manager

St George Bank. Jan 2005 - Dec 2007

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Managed IT implementations, coordinating delivery and execution.
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Skills: IT-Implementation

### Implementation Co-ordinator

St George Bank. Jan 2004 - Dec 2006

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Coordinated implementation activities, supporting project delivery.
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Skills: Implementation-Coordination

## Education

### APMG International

Managing Successful Programs - Advanced Practitioner, Project Management

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Completed professional development in program and portfolio management, including advanced practitioner and foundation certifications.
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### APMG International

Management of Portfolios - Foundation, Project Management

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Completed professional development in portfolio management, achieving foundation certification.
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### APMG International

Agile Program Management, Project Management

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Completed professional development in agile program management.
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### HIT Global

Humanising IT™ Foundation Certification, Information Technology

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Completed certification in humanising IT foundation.
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### Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Master, Project Management

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Completed certification as a Certified Scrum Master.
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### Measure What Matters

OKR Certification: Leadership and Goal Setting, Business

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Completed certification in OKR leadership and goal setting.
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### Jack Welch Mgt Institute

Operations Management Professional Certificate, Operations Management

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Completed professional certificate in operations management.
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### LinkedIn Learning

Change Management Professional Certificate, Change Management

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Completed professional certificate in change management.
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### CSCMP

Supply Chain Foundations: The Essentials Professional Certificate, Supply Chain

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Completed professional certificate in supply chain foundations.
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### SimpliLearn

Lean Management, Six Sigma Green Belt & SAFe Fundamentals, Business

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Completed training in lean management, Six Sigma Green Belt, and SAFe fundamentals.
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### LinkedIn

NIST AI Risk Management Framework, Artificial Intelligence

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Completed training on the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
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### Corporate Finance Institute

Corporate Finance Foundations Professional Certificate, Finance

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Completed professional certificate in corporate finance foundations.
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### IBM

Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders - Specialisation, Artificial Intelligence

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Completed specialisation in generative AI for executives and business leaders.
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### Seek Learning

Prince2 Fundamentals, Project Management

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Completed fundamentals training in Prince2 project management.
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## Tech stack

- Google Analytics
- HTML5

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