Summary
James Watling is a Benefits Realisation Manager and experienced project professional with 13 years delivering projects across healthcare, local government and private sectors, and eight years’ experience producing actionable MI and reports. PRINCE2 Practitioner and ITIL Foundation certified, he has led multi-disciplinary teams and managed budgets in excess of £750k while decommissioning legacy systems and implementing Office 365 and bespoke solutions. He combines hands-on systems design (HTML, JavaScript, C#, SQL, Oracle, Qlik) with advanced Excel, Access and Power Platform skills to turn complex data into governance-ready insight. Comfortable in both ICT and HR environments, James bridges technical and business stakeholders to translate requirements into measurable benefits and sustained change. Notably, he has repeatedly moved between analyst, designer and project lead roles, giving him a rare end-to-end view of solution delivery from requirements to realisation. Based in Norwich, he is adept at rapidly learning internal systems and producing high-quality MI that informs senior decision-making.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Kett 6th Form