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Cilla Kajang

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Senior Enterprise PMO Lead | Portfolio Governance

$875/day
6 projects
Dubai City, AE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Cilla

Senior PMO and portfolio governance specialist with 12+ years across global transformation programmes spanning Pharma, Automotive, Mining, Defence, Government, and Telecommunications.

Recent engagements include leading programme governance for Sanofi's global Talent Transformation across 15 markets and 7 strategic workstreams, and raising portfolio governance maturity from 0% to 40% in six months at Inchcape while aligning 100% of the HR portfolio to strategic objectives.
I help organisations design enterprise PMOs, strengthen portfolio governance, and bring structure to complex transformation programmes - from frameworks and operating models to executive reporting, decision forums, and stakeholder engagement at C-suite level. My focus is on translating strategic priorities into accountable, well-governed delivery.

Specialist areas include enterprise PMO design, PMO maturity, portfolio governance, transformation governance, RAID and dependency management, SAP SuccessFactors and ServiceNow delivery, and executive reporting structures.

Available for interim PMO leadership, transformation governance, and portfolio advisory engagements- fully remote, globally.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Dubai City (up to 50km)

Experience

  • SANOFI
    Global Transformation Programme Governance Lead
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    April 2025 - May 2026 (1 year and 1 month)
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    Led programme governance and delivery enablement for Sanofi's global Talent Transformation & Talent Operating Model (TOM) across 15 markets and 7 strategic workstreams.

    Designed and implemented the programme governance framework from the ground up - embedding delivery standards, reporting structures, and ways of working that moved the programme from fragmented updates toward structured, executive-ready oversight.

    Key outcomes:
    • Launched the Talent Transformation Leadership Forum (agreed in principle but never running) as the senior escalation and solutioning point ahead of SteerCo
    • Reshaped the cross-workstream cadence from status reporting into proactive dependency and blocker resolution
    • Built centralised reporting as a single source of truth, improving leadership visibility of programme health
    • Gave the Chief Talent Officer and SteerCo clear visibility on risks, blockers, and decisions
    • Designed a BAU governance framework for handover into sustainable operational governance
    Digital Transformation PMO Change Management Risk Management
  • Inchcape PLC
    Global People PMO Manager
    AUTOMOBILE
    September 2023 - January 2025 (1 year and 4 months)
    London, UK
    Established and led the PMO framework and strategy for Inchcape's Global People (HR) function - building the PMO capability from scratch to strengthen governance, enable portfolio-level prioritisation, and support programme and project delivery.

    Key outcomes:
    • Raised portfolio prioritisation maturity from 0% to 40% in six months, sharpening strategic focus and decision-making
    • Aligned 100% of projects to group and business strategic objectives
    • Raised PMO maturity to Level 1 within eight months through foundational governance, processes, and controls
    • Designed and embedded the PMO framework, governance structure, and delivery approach for the HR portfolio
    • Introduced assurance reviews, gate reviews, and health checks to improve oversight, risk visibility, and delivery quality
    • Implemented a formal resource request process, improving resource planning and reducing over-utilisation
    Digital Transformation Change Management PMO Human Resources
  • ANGLO AMERICAN
    PMO Lead – Global Technology Team
    June 2022 - May 2023 (11 months)
    London, UK
    Led PMO governance and delivery support for the Global Technology team on a large-scale global HR transformation programme (ServiceNow and SuccessFactors), driving delivery controls and governance across the technology workstream and regional deployments.

    Key outcomes:
    • Redesigned UAT approaches across LATAM and APAC, increasing test script coverage by 30% and improving testing effectiveness
    • Designed and implemented a structured scope and requirements change control process (post process-map sign-off), strengthening governance discipline and alignment to strategic priorities
    • Drove PMO governance across the technology workstream within a complex, multi-region transformation environment
    • Supported ServiceNow implementation and technology integrations across multiple regions and stakeholder groups
    ServiceNow sap PMO Digital Transformation Human Resources

Reviews

5.0

Out of 1 rating

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Sarah

Talent Management - Sanofi WI UK (billing SWI)

Reviewed on 27/05/2026

Cilla worked with us for over a year on the Talent Transformation globally. She designed and embedded comprehensive governance frameworks, reporting structures, RAID management, and decision-making forums across multiple workstreams and markets, establishing a single source of truth that significantly improved visibility and accountability. She excelled at joining an already in-progress programme and built the PMO maturity and ways of working without impeding momentum or delivery speed. A key strength was her proactive approach to implement structures and reporting mechanisms that surfaced blockers, risks, and issues early, enabling preventive action rather than reactive responses. She managed senior stakeholders effectively by engaging leadership, cross-functional teams, and global workstreams across a complex international environment. She consistently drove consistency and transparency throughout the programme, providing clear visibility of programme risks, issues and dependencies from one forum to another. She provided what I call a 'red thread' to the program making sure everything was connected, escalated and resolved. This enabled more informed and timely decision-making. Her transformation delivery leadership brought much-needed structure to governance and delivery processes. Overall, Cilla made a positive impact on programme maturity, risk management, and delivery effectiveness.

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Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology
    Goldsmiths, University of London
    2011
    Bachelor's Degree (Hons) in Psychology

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