Nathan Fay

Professional Profile: 

A highly experienced IT professional with a wealth of expertise in managing complex E2E delivery programmes and digital transformations within multi-national and start-up organisations, consistently bridging business strategy with tech delivery. Proven track record in leading £25m programmes of work within Agile, Waterfall and hybrid methodologies. Skilled in stakeholder management, vendor collaboration.

Key Strengths:  

• Programme & Delivery Leadership: Extensive experience in end-to-end programme delivery, from requirements definition to operational readiness and launch

• Business & Technology Alignment: Proven ability to bridge communication gaps between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring shared understanding, seamless collaboration, and delivery of solutions that meet strategic goals

• Agile & Waterfall Expertise: Exceptional understanding and application of both methodologies, with  focus and vast experience of helping teams seamlessly transition from Waterfall to Agile 

• Stakeholder Management: Strong ability to engage and manage relationships with technical and business stakeholders, including C-level executives

• Technical & Soft Skills: Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Cucumber, Ruby, GitHub, Jenkins, iPerf, Jira, Slack, Confluence, Trello, MS Project, MS Powerpoint, Change Management, CI/CD, DevOps, DevSecOps

• Budget & Vendor Management: Managed budgets up to £25m and successfully led third-party vendor collaborations

• Test & Quality Assurance: Extensive experience in defining and implementing test strategies, automation testing, and performance testing

• AI: Currently focused on extensive training on technical aspects including workflows, data preprocessing, model training, and deployment and non-technical aspects including AI strategy delivery, ethics and societal impacts including bias, transparency and accountability