
Shaun Phillips
@shaunphillips
PMO and portfolio manager in banking and insurance who established PMO services for Bank of America's T+1 Settlement programme.
What I'm looking for
At Citi, I led a UK team on the regulatory Data Tracing initiative, overseeing programme governance and executive reporting for an OCC exercise. I also facilitated daily cross-region situation rooms to support issue resolution and delivery transparency.
Across NatWest, Bank of America, Network Rail and other organisations, I’ve established PMO services and provided portfolio governance and delivery assurance for regulatory and transformation programmes. At Network Rail, I provided assurance across a £3.3bn transformation programme and managed an Oracle Financials rollout to 500+ users.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Freelance PMO Consultant
Gradis
Jan 2026 - Present (10 months)
Produced RFPs, extended the prioritisation framework and strengthened delivery controls alongside key business stakeholders.
Provided senior portfolio and project management consultancy and delivery assurance across complex banking data and regulatory change engagements. Led an eight-person UK team delivering Citigroup's Data Tracing project in support of an OCC regulatory exercise.
Provided portfolio oversight and programme and project assurance across LIBOR, Customers in Vulnerable Situations (CiVS), Connected Clients, the entire Lending Project Implementation Portfolio and, subsequently, the Trade Transformation Portfolio.
PMO Lead
X-Consulting (X-Co)
Jan 2020 - Apr 2021 (1 year 3 months)
Developed and implemented new enterprise standards and PMO processes, including managing the rewrite of onboarding procedures. Ensured time-bound process-metrics reporting and operational-risk quality assurance.
Provided delivery assurance of the CCAR manual for submission to the Federal Reserve as part of the mandatory regulatory requirement for stress testing of the bank. Produced weekly toll-gate status reports for senior stakeholders.
Oversaw day-to-day management of risks and issues across Direct Line Group's B4C programme, engaging stakeholders proactively to identify emerging issues before they occurred. Represented B4C RAID at workstream and cross-release-train meetings.
PMO Manager / Lead
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Feb 2015 - Oct 2017 (2 years 8 months)
Provided governance and assurance oversight to Enabler programmes and the newly established Digital Portfolio within the Change Franchise. Delivered monthly senior executive reporting into the Bank Wide Delivery Committee (BWDC) and Executive Committee (EXCO).
Senior PMO
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Sep 2014 - Feb 2015 (5 months)
Owned the function's weekly 'Golden Source' reporting of forecast opportunities and risks until handover into BAU; reviewed Spend to Save initiatives and Top 25 contract reduction initiatives. Helped establish and run Change Control Review.
Led PMO activities across the Transformation portfolio during the divestment of RBS Insurance into Direct Line Group (DLG), covering Conduct Risk, Aggregator and Scanning Image and Workflow Migration (SIWM) programmes.
PMO Lead
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Feb 2011 - Oct 2012 (1 year 8 months)
Provided senior PMO and programme resourcing coordination for Business Technology Services (BTS). Set up a new Shaping and Target Operating Model to transition offshore vendor management from India onshore to the UK.
Created and set up the Global PMO to facilitate worldwide rollout of the Elektron Edge product, embedding tools, processes, roles and responsibilities. Created the PMO Handbook, governance model and standard templates.
Programme Management Controller
Network Rail
Aug 2010 - Nov 2010 (3 months)
Provided delivery assurance insight across a £3.3bn transformation programme, recommending corrective actions and measurable improvements by project size, criticality and risk. Created templates and best practices for the newly established delivery assurance function.
Project Controls Consultant
British Airports Authority (BAA)
Apr 2010 - Jul 2010 (3 months)
Coordinated monthly project and Earned Value reporting for the T4 Steps 9 Baggage, T1 Prolongation and T2A SCADA projects. Liaised with Complex Build Integrators (CBIs) including Siemens and Mace.
Project Manager
SPS Solutions UK Ltd
Feb 2009 - Mar 2010 (1 year 1 month)
Oversaw all client-site project activity to ensure projects were completed on schedule, within budget and in line with requirements and specification.
Project Manager
Network Rail
Jul 2006 - Dec 2008 (2 years 5 months)
Project Manager (PM3) across Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) workstreams, including the Oracle Financials rollout to the IM Directorate, PMCS migration, OFA 3, More4Apps and Oracle Time and Labour (OTL). Produced approval documentation including Business Case, Detailed Plans, Phase Definition Report and Investment Paper.
Provided project support services for banking operations.
Junior Project Manager
Business Systems (Surveillance) Ltd
Sep 2003 - Jun 2004 (9 months)
Managed project activities for surveillance systems.
Project Support Engineer
Business Systems UK Ltd
Feb 2001 - Sep 2003 (2 years 7 months)
Provided project support engineering services.
Business Support Analyst
British Airways
Jun 1998 - Sep 1999 (1 year 3 months)
Provided business support analysis for airline operations.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
PRINCE2 Practitioner
PRINCE2 Practitioner, Project Management
Certification in PRINCE2 project management methodology.
CompTIA
CompTIA Network+, Network+
Certification in network infrastructure and troubleshooting.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
Skills
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