Liam Wickham

A seasoned executive leader with over 25 years of experience in the Video Gaming, Software Development, and Pharma industries. Proven expertise in leading business transformation, scaling organizations, and managing complex multi-million-dollar initiatives. Adept at aligning business strategy with operational goals to drive large-scale initiatives, increase profitability and optimize organizational efficiency. Skilled in lean and agile transformations, process optimization, and cross-functional team alignment. A results-driven leader recognized for business turnaround, stakeholder management, and empowering teams to deliver high-quality outcomes. Passionate about mentoring and supporting teams to achieve strategic objectives and foster collaboration across senior leadership, developers, and product teams.

Selected Achievements

• Successfully restructured dozens of teams, establishing a PMO that improved workflow efficiency by 30% and aligned operational processes with strategic goals.
• Led the implementation of a Lean/Kanban methodology across multiple teams, optimizing processes and reducing product time-to-ship by 1.5 years, significantly improving delivery timelines and team velocity.
• Directed an Agile transformation and introduced Enterprise Kanban at the portfolio level, aligning initiatives with strategic goals, improving cross-functional collaboration, and providing transparency across leadership teams.

Key Skills

Business transformation | programme management | cost savings | revenue growth | ROI | complex projects | budget management | partnerships and collaboration | product management | go-to-market strategy | operational improvement | high performing teams | change management | talent development | process mapping | performance optimisation | new product development | risk reduction | market share increase | scale-up | operational strategy | quality assurance | policies and procedures | workflow management | service excellence | CRM | portfolio management | PMO | business turnaround | digital transformation | training and mentoring | operational efficiencies | financial analysis | system innovation | new business development | international markets | global expansion | outsourcing | governance | Prince2

MSP Foundation & Practitioner | Scaled Agile SAFE 4.0 Agilist Certification | PRINCE2 Certified Foundation & Practitioner | Enterprise Kanban Management Professional | Kanban Management Professional | Professional Scrum Product Owner / Scrum Master | MBA in Business Analytics, from OP Jindal Global University (Pursuing) | PostGrad Certificate, Business Administration - Open University | Bachelor’s Degree in Social Psychology w/Computing - University of Kent.