Programme manager · moving into product
Sixteen years inside telecom networks, finding what nobody had scoped.
I'm a Technical Programme Manager at Vodafone in Newbury. I've removed over £6M of recurring third-party cost from a live core network, and I'm bringing the same discovery habit to product work.
£6M+recurring third-party opex removed
700+core network devices upgraded
500+transmission sites delivered
−45%core and access backhaul links
9direct reports
SCsecurity clearance, active
I start by watching the work.
I sat with an engineer, separated what varied from what never changed, and cut script time from 20–25 minutes to under 5.
Product case studies →Hiring a technical programme managerLarge estates, many vendors, no outages.
700+ core devices upgraded, 500+ sites delivered with BT and Cisco, 9 direct reports, active SC clearance.
Programme case studies →Case studies
What I'm building now →| Case study | What changed | Result | Relevant to |
|---|---|---|---|
| The £6M Thread Pull | Turned a small circuit migration into an audit of Vodafone's whole third-party link inventory | Over £6M recurring opex | PMTPM |
| The Macro | Watched an engineer write per-site scripts by hand, then automated the parts that never changed | 20–25 min → under 5 min | PM |
| Huawei out of the Core | Moved core traffic onto Vodafone's own Ciena network and ended the dark-fibre contract | £3.6M of the £6M | TPM |
| Vendor incentives | Payment tied to validated completion at each site, agreed directly with the vendor's director | Per-site sign-off | PMTPM |