HAMZAT ABU
PROFILE
An experienced Agile practitioner and PRINCE2-certified Project Manager with over a decade of
experience delivering complex digital transformation projects across the public and private sectors. Skilled
in translating strategic objectives into clear delivery plans, managing risk, and working collaboratively with
stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes. Known for working effectively with cross-functional teams
and senior leaders to deliver meaningful, measurable results.
KEY SKILLS
Project Management: Expertise in PRINCE2, Agile, and Waterfall project management techniques to
ensure completion of projects according to budget limitations and scheduled deadlines.
Delivery Management: Skilled in coordinating end-to-end delivery activities, ensuring resources,
timelines, and scopes are aligned while driving successful delivery outcomes across teams and
workstreams.
Project Analysis & Reporting: Expert tracking of project progress while analysing risks and
providing corrective actions.
Stakeholder Engagement: Capable of working with cross-functional teams while influencing senior
stakeholders effectively.
Risk & Dependency Management: Experienced in RAID log management while proficient in
analysing risk, dependencies and escalating critical issues.
Strategic Communication: Proficient in developing executive briefs and presentations which deliver
program updates including progress tracking, risk assessment and opportunity identification.
Business Analysis & Data Insights: Ability to map business processes, conduct gap analysis, gather
requirements, analysing and visualising data for business and project improvement.
WORK EXPERIENCE
NHS, Digital Project Manager, United Kingdom
September 2024 - Present
Directed digital transformation projects worth over £2M through Agile and Waterfall methodologies
to achieve results on time and budget with a delivery success rate of 95%.
Collaborated with Project Leads to establish governance structures and launch projects that aligned
with organizational goals and decreased project setup time by 20%.
Developed and maintained comprehensive project plans that integrated risk management and
dependency tracking.
Implemented proactive mitigation strategies, which led to a 30% reduction in project risks.
Guided engagement with over 50 senior stakeholders to obtain feedback and make strategic
decisions, which enhanced stakeholder satisfaction scores by 15%.
Maintained RAID log through documentation and updates to ensure critical issues received timely
escalation and resolution which cut issue resolution time by 25%.
TeliyTech LTD, IT Project Manager, United Kingdom
May 2021 - September 2024
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Managed delivery of 6 successful transformation projects which achieved full compliance with PMO
standards by addressing both system and non-system changes.
Implemented and carried out project plans which included risk management and quality assurance
methods that resulted in a 20% reduction of project overruns.
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Facilitated stakeholder engagement and provided change management support, leading to a 20%
increase in the adoption of new systems.
Led cross-functional teams in development testing and user acceptance testing (UAT) which resulted
in a 98% UAT sign-off success rate.
Completed gap analysis and business process mapping which led to solutions implementation and
25% enhancement in process efficiency.
Vector Medical Group, Market Research Analyst, United States of America
February 2018 - April 2021
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Completed detailed market research and analysis work which identified business opportunities that
generated a 15% rise in client ROI.
The analysis of market trends and delivery of actionable insights to stakeholders resulted in a 10%
increase in client acquisition.
Supported business requirement development and communicated requirements to management with
a 90% success rate in requirement elicitation.
EDUCATION
Ulster University, Masters in International Business with Data Analytics (2023)
University of Ibadan, Masters in Economics (2017)
University of Ibadan, Bachelor of Economics (2014)
Tekedia Institute, Advanced Diploma in AI Technical Design and Deployment (2025)
Tekedia Institute, Advanced Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Business (2025)
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Agile Project Management Foundation and Practitioner
PRINCE2 Foundations
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI Associate
BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis
ITIL Service Management Foundation
Product Management Nano Degree
BCS Business Process Modelling Practitioner
BCS Foundation and Practitioner Certificates in Business Analysis
BCS Requirement Engineering Practitioner
