Areas Of Expertise:

• Project and Program Delivery
• Stakeholder Management
• Waterfall/Agile Delivery
• PMO Practice Leadership
• Resource Management
• Financial and Commercial Management
• Governance 

Education:

• Master of Commerce, Finance and Accounting, University of New South Wales 
• Aeronautical Engineering, University of New South Wales 
• MSP Practitioner Certified; SAFe® 5 Agilist
• ITIL v4 Foundation Certified
• AZ-900 Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals 

About Natesh Bharadwaj 

Natesh is a dynamic PMO and Program Leader with more than 15 years of experience, he specialises in Consulting, Portfolio, and Program Management, driving large-scale Digital and Technology transformations. He excels in building high-performing teams, implementing governance frameworks, and ensuring delivery excellence for portfolios up to $500M using MSP, SAFe Agile, and PRINCE2. With strong stakeholder engagement, financial governance, and vendor management skills, Natesh thrives in high-pressure environments, fostering best practices, optimizing resources, and driving continuous improvement. 

What Natesh brings

• Expertise in building, leading, and mentoring high-performing PMO and delivery teams. 
• Proven commercial expertise with a history of leading financial governance, vendor management, and resource optimisation, supported by outstanding communication skills. 
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with proven experience in coaching and developing high-performing project professionals. 

Key Clients:

• Woolworths 
• Greencross/Pet Barn 
• Suncorp 
• Department of Defence 
• SBS 
• Transport for NSW 

Key Achievements:

As Head of PMO for Portfolio Management at Woolworths, Natesh led a $110M Cloud Migration and Application Uplift, transitioning EOL infrastructure to cloud platforms while enhancing automation and modern toolsets. He uplifted PMO maturity from ad-hoc to standardised levels enabling repeatable and successful project delivery, improving project governance compliance from 70% to 95% through assurance checks and coaching. By implementing real-time dashboards, agile teams and RAG status tracking, he enabled proactive governance and risk management and reduced budget overruns by 20% through financial governance and resource optimisation. Managing 10 projects/programs supported by five direct reports, 90+ FTEs, and key stakeholders, he ensured effective portfolio performance and delivery excellence. 

As Head of PMO at Woolworths, Natesh led the Service Transformation program per the Enterprise Service Management uplift strategy implementing tools, knowledge resources, a chatbot, a mobile app, ServiceHub, and dashboards to enhance efficiency and monitoring. He established and managed PMO operations, ensuring successful delivery through a ‘lite’ version of the Woolworths delivery framework. Overseeing a $5M budget, he managed 2 projects/programs and led 2 direct reports, driving operational improvements and service excellence. 

As Senior PMO Manager at Greencross/Pet Barn, Natesh led the IT PMO Uplift, conducting a current state assessment and implementing a tactical improvement plan by introducing standardized tools, templates and practices, robust governance framework and controls as the principal consultant. He designed and delivered an uplift roadmap to elevate the Enterprise IT PMO to Gold Standard service delivery. Managing a $150K budget and one direct report, he successfully enhanced PMO capabilities and Transformation Delivery capability. 

As Senior PMO Manager at Suncorp, Natesh led the IT PMO Uplift within the $9M EUC Refresh program, establishing governance frameworks, reporting templates, program plans, financial trackers, and RAID management tools. His implementation of consistent reporting, dashboards, and financial management improved issue resolution times by 15% and enhanced executive visibility. Managing a $100K budget, he strengthened PMO efficiency and program oversight. 

As Program Manager at the Department of Defence, Natesh led the cloud establishment, modernisation, and migration of a 35K-user application from on-premises to Microsoft Azure, integrating SaaS-based Microsoft 365 services. He spearheaded the Azure cloud landing zone establishment, ensured seamless application uplift and data migration, and managed SIT/UAT testing per Commonwealth standards. Ensuring a cohesive user experience, he collaborated with the Product Owner and business to agree the customer journey mapping. Through strategic leadership, he expanded the fixed-price contract from $5M to $8M managing the P&L, optimised pricing strategies, and enhanced BAU service delivery. Managing a $8.2M budget, 18 direct reports, and 4 delivery teams, he ensured 99.999% uptime while driving change management and customer success. 

As Senior Project Manager/Program Lead at Woolworths, Natesh led the Windows 10 Transformation, successfully delivering an enterprise-wide upgrade for 10,000 users across multiple business units. Managing 50+ FTEs, he completed the program on time, under budget, and without disruption, achieving $3M in hardware benefits and $800K in cost savings through financial oversight. He drove application lifecycle management, security compliance, and continuous improvement while overseeing six projects/programs, six direct reports, and a $9M budget, ensuring seamless execution and operational excellence. 

As Senior Project Manager at Woolworths, Natesh led the Technology Implementation of a Virtual Desktop Environment, transitioning from private to a newly established public cloud in collaboration with Dell, Microsoft, and Wipro. Managing three delivery teams and four direct reports, he achieved a 90% pilot success rate, resolved residual issues within five days, and optimised public cloud hosting, targeting $2M in first-year savings. He streamlined EUC management via Intune integration, standardised security, and enhanced alerting, monitoring, and reporting within a $1.7M budget, ensuring cost efficiency and operational success. 

As Senior Project Manager at Woolworths, Natesh led the Information Security posture uplift with the Information and Systems Security – Governance, Risk, and Compliance audit, addressing security risks following the Optus and MyDeal data breaches. Collaborating with senior executives, product managers, and IT security teams, he audited ~870 systems, prioritised 170 with PI data, and implemented remediation plans. He designed a Criticality Assessment framework, ensuring a smooth BAU transition and future information security readiness. Managing one team and five PwC FTEs, he successfully delivered within a $0.5M budget while strengthening governance and compliance. 

As Senior Project Manager at Woolworths, Natesh led ServiceNow upgrades, leveraging Agile methodologies to enhance customer service and operational efficiency. He collaborated with product and architecture teams to uplift functionalities across physical and virtual environments including application lifecycle, implement workflow improvements, enhance CMDB record-keeping, and automate fixes/changes via Intune’s remote support capabilities. Managing a $0.4M budget and overseeing two direct reports, he successfully implemented streamlined processes for hardware/software requests, form creation, and automated email workflows. 

As Senior Project Manager at SBS, Natesh led the uplift of Active Directory (AD) domain services and Azure AD, enabling Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR), Single Sign-On (SSO) migration, and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). He managed the project from business case creation to governance, estimation, tracking, and reporting, ensuring delivery on time and within budget. Overseeing a $0.2M budget with one direct report, he successfully delivered the project on time and on budget thus contributed to enhancing security and user authentication capabilities. 

As Portfolio Manager / Head of PMO at Transport for NSW, Natesh led the Technology Refresh and IT Sourcing Rationalisation initiative, modernising technology and restructuring IT sourcing across the Transport Cluster. He re-established PMO governance frameworks, managed a circa $500M portfolio, and collaborated with the Group CIO and Executives to reset portfolio scope and strategy. His leadership resulted in $8M in cost savings, secured $7M in additional funding, and enhanced workforce management for 150+ resources. He introduced a structured pipeline prioritization model that reduced investment backlog and optimized funding allocation underpinned by implementation of robust change control framework. He also uplifted SharePoint for consolidated reporting whilst spearheading the implementation of TM1 for financial reporting efficiency and optimized IT service charge-back models in collaboration with KPMG. Overseeing five programs and 12 direct reports, he ensured value-driven delivery and governance excellence.