
Elizabeth Corney
Experienced PMO and Programme Professional
Salary / Daily rate
London, UK
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
I am an experienced PMO and programme professional with a strong track record of supporting complex business and technology transformations across energy, finance and global media organisations. I specialise in programme governance, executive reporting and integrated planning, with hands-on experience coordinating large, multi-workstream environments through high-risk transitions. I bring a structured, detail-driven approach to project management, and producing clear, decision-focused materials for senior leadership. I am comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and combine strong analytical capability with pragmatic communication, align stakeholders, manage risk and improve PMO processes.
Work experience
PMO Consultant
Viaro/RockRose Energy
May 2025 - Feb 2026
10 months
– Managed PMO processes for the transition of Shell and Exxon North Sea Oil and Gas assets to Viaro (18 assets, 650 personnel). I coordinated multiple workstreams (Technical, SAP, IT, Finance, Commercial) focused on delivering safe, efficient operations from Day 1. – Project Planning and Scheduling - Developed a 90 day lookahead to Completion, ensuring accurate sequencing and visibility of critical activities across 14 workstreams. – Workshop Facilitation and Delivery - Organised and facilitated 3 workshops with up to 50 participants. Preparing and coordinating presentation materials and follow-up deliverables. – Governance and Reporting - Produced monthly readiness updates covering 30 KPIs and Steering Committee executive summaries to support leadership decision-making. – Transition and TSA Support - Aligned TSA requirements across all project workstreams. – Lessons Learned and Project Closeout - Delivered the lessons learned process; collation, internal and stakeholder engagement and closeout reporting
Programme PMO Lead & Project Management Consultant
WPP
Nov 2023 - May 2025
1 year 7 months
– Managed key stakeholders and key systems (Maconomy Programme and integrated Resource Management tool), streamlining day-to-day operations and implementing effective governance. – Stakeholder Management - Managed key executive stakeholders within WPP and its agencies, fostering collaboration across companies and throughout mergers. – Governance - Oversight of governance for five ERP programmes across multiple agencies and global regions, providing escalation for actions and key risks as needed. – Funding Support - Worked with the Integrated Risk & Controls Team to secure funding and align governance with the Global ERP Transformation Committee. – Data Analysis – Data gathering and analysis of matrixed environments to support strategic decision-making and utilised Jira for real-time risk tracking and reporting during – Strategic Planning - Provided strategic oversight on portfolio performance, ensuring alignment with benefits realisation and financial targets.
Junior Project Management & Business Analyst
Hays
Aug 2023 - May 2025
1 year 10 months
– Top performer of 1300 applicants, securing 1 of 21 places on the Project Management & Business Analysis Academy. The Academy was an immersive 10-week boot camp covering Business Analysis and Project Management skills. – Project Management - In-depth knowledge and practical skills in project management methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall. – Data management and analytics - Expertise in essential tools for data management and analysis. – Project Planning - Developed a comprehensive understanding of the business change cycle, project scoping, budget management, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies. – Stakeholder management – developed techniques for effective stakeholder mapping, management, and influencing throughout project lifecycles.
Digital Strategy Analyst
Citi Private Bank
Feb 2021 - Apr 2023
2 years 3 months
New York, NY, USA
– Two-year assignment as part of the Mountbatten Program with one year based in CPB US Headquarters. Working within PEGA, ServiceNow, and UAT Testing programmes. – Data Analysis & Reporting – Responsible for the analysis of institutional usage and adoption trends of Citi Private Bank's Digital Assist tool. Designed and produced the monthly reporting, including balanced scorecards for 140 Citi PB bankers. This resulted in a 30% usage increase of the Digital Assist tool set. – KPI Management & Reporting - Contributed to the success of Data Driven Onboarding roadshow by delivering KPI and reporting metrics that identified the optimum target roadshow locations. This resulted in 150% increase in the digital adoption of Citi PB's Data Driven Onboarding tool. – Business Requirements Management - Created, managed, and prioritised a business requirements backlog for a Target Market Wizard. Worked with the Product Manager, working in partnership with an agile development team, to deliver a programme via sprint-based releases. – Production Support - Provided first-level support to users for issues with internal applications, navigational training, and system errors utilising Service Now. – Training - Created training documents and provided virtual training sessions via Zoom for colleagues and team members on any undocumented projects and procedures.
Operational Support Analyst
Utilita Energy
Aug 2019 - Feb 2021
1 year 7 months
– Provided first line support to users, working with development teams on operational issues and bugs, and working with external vendors to support our printing and newly established Utilita Mobile scheme. – Production Support - Responsible for resolution of time critical customer enquiries escalated to third line of support and sending coded regulatory information to and from other energy suppliers – Supplier Management - Managed and worked with third party suppliers to undertake root cause analysis and resolve major operational service incidents. – Analysis & Problem Solving - Identified system fixes to resolve incidents to ensure operational services met agreed SLA. Informed key business stakeholders on system incidents and outages. – UX Design - Assisted in the design and development of essential external and internal portals.
Education
University of Reading
BA, Accounting and Management
2016 - 2019
3 years 1 month
– 2.2
Queen Mary's College
A Levels, History, Business Studies, Sociology
2013 - 2015
2 years 1 month
– AAB
Licenses & certifications
Business Analyst Level 4
Issued: Jan 2024
Personal Finance IFS Level 2
Issued: Jan 2015