Head of Digital Strategy & Services at The Law Firm Group
London, United Kingdom
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- Head of Digital Strategy & Services at The Law Firm Group
- Programme Manager at Carphone Warehouse
- Programme Manager at Bartle Bogle Hegarty
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Leon Benjamin’s Summary
Programme Manager with a 20 year track record of complex multi-project delivery, the management of change and formulation of technology strategy, in financial services, telecommunications, travel and retail. . Passionate about value driven performance cultures, leadership, the power of community and the culturally sensitive treatment of people.
Attributes; Fresh ideas with the ability to translate them into the art of the practical, deliver and complete. Experienced both sides of supply and demand, felt the challenges at the customer end. The ability to listen. Civility
Passionate about social software and online community. Web 2.0 practitioner - the art of communicating with stakeholders at scale, using social software and online communities.
e: leon@winningbysharing.net
Leon Benjamin’s Specialties:
Programme and project management
Offshore operations & development
Business case development
Fixed Income trading systems
Social media marketing & community design
Leon Benjamin’s Experience
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Head of Digital Strategy & Services
The Law Firm Group
(Privately Held; Law Practice industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Design and delivery of social media and web commerce solutions for a diverse range of brands
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Programme Manager
Carphone Warehouse
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CPW; Telecommunications industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Business change & transformation. New business launch.
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Programme Manager
Bartle Bogle Hegarty
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Managing a social media project for a BBH client. More soon!
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Programme Manager
Passado
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Managing a programme of work to deliver a series of functional step changes to Passado's social media offering to its European user base in Spain, Italy and France.
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Senior Project Manager
Tesco
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Managing a series of sub-projects within a large programme of change to support Tesco's worldwide expansion to establish a presence in a number of new countries (TOM).
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eCommerce Programme Consultant
Argos Ltd
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
An interim assignment to write the programme plan for a step change in eCommerce functionality on Argos web properties spanning 2 years. Responsible for translating the board’s business requirements into working specifications, programme costs, business cases and risk assessments for executive sign off. Designed the programme office structure, governance regime and specified the skill sets and resources required for programme execution. Led the first phase of the programme responsible for managing business process and skill changes and the relationship with IT.
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Leon Benjamin’s Interests:
Social software, Web 2.0, Freetown, Malta, Italy, Gambia, Aquarius, Philosophy, People, Travel, Banks, Castaneda, Toffler, Bembridge, Muswell Hill, Emergence, Searching, Truth, Race, Science, Knowledge, Excellence, Family, Bianca, "winning by sharing", Emergence, Networks, Anthropology, BladeRunner, Excalibur, "Tales of Power", Toltec, Web Services, Spiral Dynamics, Synchronicity
