Bo Noibi

Senior Service Architect | ITIL & Service Transformation

Salary / Daily rate

London, UK

Mobility: Dubai - United Arab Emirat, ...

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Consulting ITStrategy & ConsultingConsulting CybersecurityAIDevOpsKnowledge ManagementAzureTesting & QAGoogle Cloud PlatformSAP CloudSAP HANASnowflakeAmazon RedshiftHardwareProject Management (PMO)OracleCustomer SuccessProject OwnerERPSAP ERPWorkdayCybersecurityAWS

Languages

English

About me

Intro

Portfolio/Programme Manager with 10+ years optimizing service transformations across SAP, cloud, and cyber security. Led £millions worth of enterprise programmes including RISE with SAP implementations and global ITSM transitions. Expert in ITIL, DevOps, and digital transformation with proven ability to deliver complex service architectures on time and budget.

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Work experience

Service Transformation Delivery Lead - (SAP, Service Frameworks/TOM/Architecture, SD&T, BAU CSI)

Al Tayer Group

Jan 2025 - Jul 2025

7 months

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

- Full end-to-end business process transformation programme (RISE with SAP, S/4HANA Cloud, ALM) for retail, procurement and finance BUs - including Oracle ORPOS to Xstore POS migration - Strategically, tasked with leading programme definition, design and delivery of new service (operating) models, governance frameworks and catalogues to integrate/transition to BAU - plus establish and mature the continual service improvement (CSI) roadmap with success criteria, SLAs, OLAs, XLAs and KPIs - Tactically, collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders (project/technical/data/organisational change/operational) and multiple vendors/consultancies to define and map service requirements, dependencies and priorities for delivery plan integration/execution - Assessed and determined service and support models, RASCI, processes and tooling – ultimately, to achieve minimal viable product (MVP) outcomes for standardisation and maturity. Key engagement delivery sample: - Focus: First workstream deliverables for new Xstore POS transition/go-live/RUN states - Ownership: vendor contracts assessments (SLAs, constraints, escalation models, KPIs etc.) to determine service and support non-functional requirements (NFRs) to define testing (OAT) and operational readiness and handover acceptance criteria - Results/Outcomes: Construction through to sign-off of new service and support definition package (SDP) – with new service design and transition process definition/alignment and interface integrations with existing BAU team (retained organisation and MSP), ITSM processes and tooling. ITSM processes scope: Service Desk, (Major) Incident, Request Fulfilment, Problem, Change, Configuration (CMDB), Knowledge, Security, ITSC/DR/Availability (RTO/RPO), Service Level and Vendor Management.

Senior IT Services Architect and Delivery Manager - (DevOps CSI - Design & Transition)

The Workshop

Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

4 months

London, UK

- FinTech/Crypto/Blockchain development house delivering B2B and IT products & services - Delivering operational service designs & transitions of business projects into IT functions - Responsible for the definition/integration of new and maturing ITIL processes and KPIs incl. Incident/Problem/Change/Request/Knowledge/Asset/Service Catalogue (SCat) teams - Defined and implemented new SCat governance and engagement SIAM framework and processes for Service Assurance, Delivery and Management functions incl. ITSM tooling - Designed/deployed operational debt discovery and prioritisation criteria analysis initiative - Mentored and coached junior team members and wider prog. delivery/engineering groups Key engagement delivery sample: - Focus: first-time design/deployment of global service catalogue with process integrations - Ownership: definition, design and delivery of support model framework for service ownership/RASCI and governance model interfaces between required process integrations - Results/Outcomes: Handover acceptance by Service Delivery and Service Assurance Heads of Function for onward embedding within organisational teams and business comms.

Service Architecture, Design and Transition Manager

RS Group plc

Aug 2023 - May 2024

10 months

- Delivery pipeline profile/scope of services: Cloud/Saas, Cyber-security, DevOps, SAP ERP, tech debt refresh etc. - Responsible for operating model impact/gap assessments, review and definition of NFRs/AiS criteria, service designs, support models, processes and tools for seamless/successful transition of project lifecycle changes into Ops - incl. SoW definitions and contractual reviews - Team improvement initiatives achieved for SD&T artefacts including SDPs, transition planning and support modelling handover needs analysis (KT, SOPs and onboarding) - with PMs, TDAs, Product/Service Mgrs and multi-supplier outsource partners and third-parties - Stakeholder collaboration for sign-off across all levels/disciplines, ensuring effective alignment and compliance to business/technical/security/product and service policy standards, practices, processses, KPIs and SLAs. Key engagement delivery sample: - Focus: new strategic enterprise-wide initiation of SaaS DevOps SAP integration TOM - Ownership: definition, design and delivery of business service-oriented functional governance capability, end-to-end operational services modelling/mapping with supporting processes, RASCI (business and IT), third-party supplier support and tooling integration - Results/Outcomes: scope and approach plan definition with business case/SoW sign-offs.

Sysco

Sep 2021 - Jul 2023

1 year 11 months

Service Design and Transition Manager (SIAM TOM BAU handover)

Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

10 months

- Delivery against a pipeline profile of various progs/projects covering: Finance, HR and Legal services, Corporate Central apps and infra services incl. eCommerce, network re-IP, MDM, call-center telephony, Data sciences/BI, SaaS (Salesforce) etc. - Land multiple new cyber-security global operational services – as mandated by global HQ for EU regions; as well as, guide Top 4 consultancy on definition, design and delivery of service standards, planning, NFRs, design/support models etc. - Interim team management of SD&T managers before permanent (FTE) Service Architect Lead take-on due to global TOM re-org - SD&T capability improvements achieved for engagement management process with business/programme delivery function (resource demand management) and MI reporting with key KPIs

Service Architect, Transition & Transformation Manager (SAP Cloud migration/TOM)

Sep 2021 - Oct 2022

1 year 2 months

- Definition, design and integration of new service and support operating models (SIAM TOM) - for first-time migration of core business services (SAP) to Azure with AWS interfaces and legacy BAU teams (local/global/matrix), on-prem systems and SIAM enterprise processes - Achieving successful transition into go-live/ELS/BAU states with global technology partners - Involving identification of ITIL v4 practices scope to initially determine minimum viable product (MVP) outcomes, before baselining target maturity roadmap and wider scope for implementing new BAU processes/roles/responsibilities to embed within wider organisation - Established on-going governance framework and acceptance criteria to align with programme delivery lifecycle (utilising quality gates focused on upstream dependencies) - supporting leadership MI RAID reports, mitigation/continual service improvement (CSI) plans and contract change reviews (i.e. schedule descriptions, KPIs, OLAs and SLAs etc.) - Primary service interface role serving Programme Director and Manager, and Service Director.

Global Service Transformation & Business Change Lead

Dyson

Jun 2020 - Oct 2021

1 year 5 months

Hoyland, Barnsley S74, UK

- First-time, cross-functional, global service transformation role - leading the identification (strategic and tactical), definition (service architecture/design) and agile delivery of integrated service improvement initiatives (25+), for ITSM/SIAM processes using ServiceNow and CSI maturity roadmaps; driving execution via internal stakeholders/third-parties - Working within the Global Service Integration (Strategy, Platforms and Enablement) function, as one of the primary Business Change Leads, delivering against new TOM evolution/transformation objectives and priorities - across Global Data, Digital Business Apps, Cyber-Security, Digital Workspace and Platform Service Ops functions ("service pillars") - Steering service architecture dev/design, mitigation, resolution and QA of deliverables for cross-org service improvement/maturity and operational optimisation gains - Achieved timely setup and implementation of governance framework to ensure compliance with ITSM/SIAM best practice standards and policies, rigorously monitoring supplier commercials, performance and VfM - Additional key achievements: > implementation of new MI Trend Analytics capability for real-time metric and KPI service level monitoring and dashboards (incl. operational performance baselining/levels with CIO/board analysis and reporting) > IT service catalogue (collation of information sources/repositories register) > CMDB/CI data dictionary definition for governance, ownership and data classification (e.g. GDPR, PCI-DSS compliance) - Direct stakeholder engagement: technical domain SMEs/product/service and process owners through to heads of function, executives and CIO levels - Team management/mentoring of supplier consultants and resources, along with global matrix-management to achieve delivery outcomes to tight quality, time and budget constraints

Security Service Introduction Lead / Architect

Whitbread

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

7 months

Hoyland, Barnsley S74, UK

- Portfolio service delivery responsibilities for Cyber-Security/InfoSec workstreams and packages, covering security ops (SOC) SIAM roadmap transformation, Digital DevOps and Cloud (AWS/Azure) transitions to BAU - Responsible for service design, planning and demand management - constructing and assessing each projects’ functional and non-functional requirements (national and international markets), to deliver successful outcomes balancing resources, costs, impact assessments and risk profiles against the existing service model to achieve required TOM compliance and benefits - Additional delivery areas of work covered third-party supplier contract reviews and RFPs, to ensure supplier designs and implementations would ultimately, meet desired best-practice standards, security policies, CSFs and KPIs

Portfolio Lead Service Architect (Policing and Public Protection Technology)

UK Home Office

Aug 2016 - May 2019

2 years 10 months

London, UK

- Responsible for the entirety of new business portfolio service demand of IT services (critical national infrastructure, systems and business applications), being delivered into the enterprise operational service estate; covering all national police forces (43), law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and the office of security and counter-terrorism (OSCT) – classified services - Programme / project financial cost profiles up to tens of £millions, multi-year and multi-sourced - Accountable for service pipeline demand management and definition of end-to-end service design packages (SDPs) - from aligning strategy principles and architectural standards to process/tool (ServiceNow) integration, supplier onboarding, testing, training, BAU acceptance - Initiated strategic service architectural/design capabilities for legacy system/application estate transformations to (G-)cloud-based (AWS ‘x-as-a-service’) environments with cyber-security operations centre (CSOC), protective monitoring, IDAM and event management competencies - Team management, training and mentoring of Snr/Jnr Service Design & Transition Managers

Project Manager / ITIL Design & Process Consultant (Self-service portal)

RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC

May 2016 - Aug 2016

4 months

Hoyland, Barnsley S74, UK

- Global transformation programme supporting the consolidation and outsourcing of IT support services and processes from multiple incumbent suppliers to a new single international outsource provider (target operating model) incl. toolset migration (Remedy to ServiceNow) - Provided service architectural standards, operational acceptance criteria and QA sign-off for the new global self-service portal / service catalogue; alongside SACM & CMDB refresh/implementation - Accountable SPOC for in-country process owners and third-party technical teams to resolve emerging organisational change, governance and RASCI roles and responsibilities structures - Mentored new supplier’s PMs/PMO to achieve valid and integrated end-to-end delivery plans

Senior Service Architect / Designer (Cloud Hosting & Cyber Security)

Vodafone

Jan 2016 - May 2016

5 months

Hoyland, Barnsley S74, UK

- Delivered Europe-wide ITIL service architecture, designs and processes to integrate cyber-security services, support models, systems and tools – expanding multi-supplier Private Cloud Hosting (AWS) service offerings to new and existing customers; thereby, establishing matured service catalogue and improved cyber-security operations centre (CSOC) process framework - Achieved definition, design and delivery of the cyber-security service specifications in line with the governance model, service catalogue and integration within the Target Operating Model

Programme Manager (eCommerce / Digital Transformation / ITIL)

Harrods

May 2014 - Jul 2015

1 year 3 months

Hoyland, Barnsley S74, UK

- Definition, transition and delivery of the eCommerce/Digital Service Portfolio transformation of Harrods.com website (SAP tech stack: e2e business process change, supply chain, business app dev (web/mobile/BI/CRM), payments/fraud detection/PCI, omni-channel campaigns etc.) - Responsible for the definition and management of ITSM programme plan activities between FrontEnd and BackEnd (own function) requirements, processes and systems design/delivery - Constructed guidance with Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to determine security audit requirements and compliance for service architecture, design and delivery outcomes - Due to deep dual-skill competencies, also supported definition of the new ITSM Strategy and TOM to facilitate five-year service improvement roadmap; focused on the pragmatic translation of ITSM best practices into Year-0 ‘quick-win’ initiatives with benefits realisation


Education

University of the West of England

Bachelor of Science - BSc (Hons)

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