Julia Billington has over 20 years of experience managing complex IT projects across multiple industries. She has delivered large-scale projects involving application development, business transformations, and process changes. She is proficient in project planning tools and methodologies like Prince 2, PMP, ITIL, and Agile. Her experience spans industries like banking, insurance, automotive, and facilities management.

1. Julia Billington
SUMMARY:
An accomplished IT professional, experienced in successful management and coordination of large,
high profile and complex IT application development, migration, business transformation, service
management and process change projects.
o In-depth project/programme management experience.
o Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)/Prince 2
o Experienced in the full project and systems life cycles (Waterfall and Agile techniques,
SLC/SDLC, SMDM1)
o Significant implementation experience in high-pressure environments
o Excellent communication skills, working successfully with stakeholders at all levels of an
organisation to establish long-term, positive relationships
o Experienced in working with multi-national, multi-sited teams
o Experienced in project and programme processes, procedures and delivery.
o Proficient in project planning:
Microsoft Project (MSP), Primavera v5.0 (Enterprise) and Primavera v6.0.
o Familiar with Service Management Procedures (ITIL)
o Fluent German
Industry/Application Area Experience:
Delivery of IT application and business change projects across a range of internet/intranet ecommerce
and mainframe applications
 eBanking/mobile banking – Retail & Corporate
Sales Process: Identification and Verification (ID&V), On-line applications (OLA).
Portals: Sales and Servicing, CIC.
Personal Accounts: Savings, Current, Bonds, Loans, Cards (credit & debit).
Payments: BACS, CHAPS, Bulk, Faster & International payments, Direct Debits,
Standing Orders etc.
Risk, Collections and Recoveries, Fraud, Disputes.
 Pensions and Annuities,
Pension administration, quotations, general insurance
 Automotive Finance
Vehicle finance, Contract Management Systems (CMS), wholesale funding, Asset
Backed Securitisation (ABS).
 Automotive general
Multiple aspects of vehicle build/sales lifecycle:
Warehousing, Supplier Management, Sales Forecasting and Order Generation, Order
tracking, Logistics, Central Storage Compounds, Servicing and Retailer applications.
Parts & Accessories, Dealer Management Systems (DMS).

2. Julia Billington
CAREER/CONTRACT HISTORY:
Santander/ISBAN UK ltd (Contract) Oct 2009 – Date
Contract Project Manager, Process Consultant
o Design and planning of the customer migration activities required to divide Santander
operations (500+ systems) into “Ring Fenced” and “Non-Ring Fenced” activities in line
with current Banking Reform legislation.
o Managing multiple projects and initiatives to enhance the governance and control of
Santander Retail and Corporate banking applications.
o Delivering organisational changes in line with the Isban/Santander strategic programme.
Aviva Life (Norwich Union) (Contract) Jun 2008 – May 2009
Contract Project Manager - Corporate Program
o Project Manager as part of a programme to deliver a market leading Aviva ecommerce
proposition (controlyourpension.com).
Work Package Manager - Pensions and Annuities
o Full project life-cycle for 5+ work packages, coordinating onshore and offshore
resources.
Volkswagen Group UK (Permanent) Feb 2002 – Feb 2008
Volkswagen Financial Services Ltd.
Manager Project Services (Sept 2005 – Feb 2008)
o Coaching and mentoring a team of project managers (6+), delivering a portfolio of
medium and large-scale, finance-related, business and application, development projects.
(ca. £4-6 million p.a.) Project Management subject matter expert for strategic move to
Primavera Enterprise.
gedas United Kingdom Limited
Senior Project Manager (Feb 2002 – Sept 2005)
o Germany: Working closely with the gedas Board and VWAG business leaders to align
gedas global resource to VW strategy. (Co-operation Contract - EUR 8 million p.a.)
o UK: Managing the delivery of high profile automotive projects (£3-5 million) from
proposal stage through development and implementation to ongoing-support.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young GmbH (CGE&Y) Nov 2000 – Nov 2001
Contract - Managing Consultant - GM Edison Project
o Based in Rüsselsheim, Germany. Senior Project Manager as part of a large European
programme to transition systems support for circa. forty automotive systems from the
current service supplier to the Cap Gemini Group.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC.) (Contract) Nov 1999 – Nov 2000
Contract - Global Programme Manager
o Based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Successfully established a Global Project Office
for PwC firm-wide, IT-based, Learning and Education initiatives to boost the efficiency
and capability of learning material design, development and implementation.
EDS. Facilities Management/System Integration Apr 1990 – Oct 1999
Systems Engineer, Project Manager (Permanent)
o Full project lifecycle experience for large complex IT automotive initiatives, across 4+
countries.
o 5 years analysis, design, development and implementation of varied mainframe
applications for the European automotive industry.