Simon Mckenzie

Senior Project Manager

Hawkhurst, England, United Kingdom

About

I am a highly experienced and versatile senior project and programme manager with a proven track record of success in delivering complex and high profile projects, focusing on IT delivery. I am innovative and pragmatic, with notable achievements in health and the private sector aligning IT resource to achieve organisational objectives. I have enjoyed the variety of experience that my contracting has allowed within both the NHS and private sector. This has allowed me to spend more time with my family, broaden my experience and to continue to develop in a wide variety of roles. I have extensive experience grounded in IT and assurance which means I am well versed in the technical aspects of IT operational delivery. I have strong interpersonal skills and can communicate clearly my ability to engage with a wide variety of people through finding common ground is what makes me successful in what I do. I build effective and long standing relationships that are trusted. I do this through establishing credibility quickly and on an ongoing basis. I always act with integrity and in a transparent manner. I have a direct style which leaves little room for ambiguity. I am well versed in working to tight deadlines with changing demands and I am able to demonstrate agility in what I do and how I respond. I am able to think laterally and if the initial course of action is not progressing, I can adapt and bring the team with me to gain a successful solution. I am able to step back and see the big picture, thinking strategically and to the long term for the good of the business or the project. I am an excellent planner and information gatherer to enable effective decisions to be made that may be hard in the short term in order to achieve the strategic aim.

Experience

  • Southdown (Contract · 1 yr 9 mos)
    • Project Manager
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Project Manager
      Oct 2024 - Apr 2025 · 7 mos

      • Rescued a program of work for HR, Payroll, and Training departments at Southdown, successfully delivering Workforce Scheduling across 30 sites in Sussex. • Led evaluation, tender, and award for Learning Management System (LMS) implementation. • Produced requirements for the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the new HRIS system.

  • Project Manager at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Mar 2025 - Jul 2025 · 5 mos

    Project Manager of the Investigations Workstream for the Nervecentre EPR programme

  • Project Manager at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
    Oct 2023 - Apr 2024 · 7 mos

    • Surface device replacement for the entire estate • Concept and Feasibility for the MMD Service replacement

  • Project Manager at London Gatwick
    Apr 2023 - Sep 2023 · 6 mos

    • Design, build and deliver a Nutanix HCI Test, Production and Management Clusters • Racking and Cabling of 3 sites • Assessment of existing applications suitability for Cloud / HCI Migration • Integration with Core Network • Successfully delivered to tight timescales to enable a critical application deployment on the new infrastructure

  • Project Manager at ICB Humber and North Yorkshire
    Jun 2022 - Dec 2022 · 7 mos

    Patient Portal - PKB Community Digital Strategy Virtual Wards