The Proven Project Solution

The Proven Project Solution

Steven Nobes CFO

The Proven Project Solution.You are growing. You are expanding your technologicalor change capabilities. You’re embarking on a newproject and need to build a high performing team orfind a senior hire to deliver your strategy.

This is what UA Projects is designed for. It is a partnership approach that takes ownership of hard to find talent, delivering individual roles and scalable IT teams as one simple package.

From start ups to large scale enterprises, it has been proven successful by over 500 of our clients.

An accountable extension of your business that is proven to:

A ProvenProcess.

UA Projects is a specialised programme thattakes ownership of your niche talent needs.

At the heart of the process is a Director levelproject leader. They draw on their experienceand expertise to build a talent strategy that’sbespoke to your business.

They will be accountable for outcomes, takeownership of the entire project and delivertalent that solves your biggest challenges.

Over 160 5 Star Google Reviews

Peter Donlon CTO

UA Projects has led over 500 businesses through technological change, delivering an accountable talent solution every single time.

This partnership approach is why 86% of our growth has come from referrals. But don’t take our word for it, find out what clients think in our case studies.

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) are a global FMCG business renowned for producing a number of health,

hygiene and home products including Dettol, Durex, Air Wick, Nurofen, Vanish, Harpic, Strepsils

and Clearasil amongst others.

These products are sold in over 200 locations worldwide. RB are dedicated to investing heavily

in research and development to find new ways for people to look after themselves, their families

and homes. With a Central Headquarters in Slough, RB truly are a global business with over

37,000 staff across 60 locations and a turnover of over £10 billion.

The Client

Over a period of time RB strategically acquired a number of businesses globally, resulting in an

extremely fragmented IS function. The CIO was tasked with driving innovation and transforming

IS into one shared service to support the Global business.

Uniting Ambition were retained by RB’s IS Director to initially support the creation of an

Enterprise Architecture function, allowing the rationalisation of its outsource partners to one key

supplier.

Due to the size and scale of RB, Uniting Ambition were presented with a number of challenges

around culture, integration of existing business units and availability of talent.

The Brief

Uniting Ambition initially worked closely with the IS Director and HR Business Partner to

help build a highly influential Enterprise Architecture function. Following the success of this

partnership, we delivered a number of key interim and permanent roles within RB. This has

included the placements of:

RB’s strategic programmes are still in flight and we continue to support their talent strategy.

The Solution

• IS Supply Chain Directors

• IS R&D Directors

• IS Technical Services Directors

• Programme Managers

• Architects

• Project Managers

• Business Analysts

• Service Delivery Managers

• Global Licensing Managers

• PMO Managers

Reckitt Benckiser take advantage of UA

Projects to support a transformation

programme of their IS function

NEXT is a UK based retailer offering exciting, beautifully designed, excellent quality fashion and

accessories for men, women and children together with a full range of homewares.

NEXT distributes through three main channels. NEXT Retail, a chain of more than 500 stores in

the UK and Eire NEXT Directory, a home shopping catalogue and website with almost 4 million

active customers & international websites serving around 70 countries NEXT International, with

almost 200 mainly franchised stores around the world.

The Client

NEXT came to Uniting Ambition with a business critical project, it needed a team of people to

work on its in-store Technology Refresh Project; a £11million programme to upgrade both the

software and hardware of every single in-store POS system across the whole of the NEXT estate.

As NEXT were changing its project delivery method from Waterfall / Prince 2 to an AGILE

approach, Uniting Ambition was tasked with finding a new team of experienced IT contract, and

permanent talent to develop, install and configure the new systems. The roles included:

The Brief

Uniting Ambition provided a fully managed service to NEXT, and as such was responsible for

researching and sourcing the right candidates, undertaking all assessments in accordance with a

strict test framework, conducting telephone and face to face interviews, supporting NEXT with

inductions as well as carrying out all regulatory checks.

The entire recruitment project, from initial scope to the start date of the final candidate, was

delivered in 3 months. The partnership has been a huge success and Uniting Ambition has been

instrumental in helping NEXT reach its next stage of growth.

Uniting Ambition has continued to provide regular consultation and support, managing contract

employees and further resource demands.

The Solution

• 3 x Lead/Scrum Master

• 30 x Developers (C#. .net)

• 4 x Architect/ Designers

• 7 x Testers

• 3 x Business Analysts

• 7 x Build Manager

• 7 x Database Administrator

• 3 x UX Designers

UA Projects helps NEXT plc

to build a scalable IT transformation

solution to support retail growth


I used Uniting Ambition for turning around a specialist Oracle Fusion Cloud Programme, which had extremely challenging timescales.

I required a large amount of highly specialist contractors to quickly help meet our objectives. Uniting Ambition clearly understood our resourcing requirements and quickly responded with a high caliber of potential candidates.

The candidates added considerable value and I would definitely use the candidates on future programmes. I would highly recommend Uniting Ambition as a preferred recruitment agency.

They provided quick response, understood our requirements, had a deep network of suitable and available candidates and also provided great talent insight which really helped us benchmarking day rates and salaries.

Kevin McGinley Programme Director

Proven Success Stories


“They helped us grow by giving us key talent insight into the North West, helping support our decision to open a tech hub in a Manchester.”Peter Donlon CTO

“UA had a deep network of tech talent and provided insights that helped us benchmark day rates and salaries. They’re now our first choice talent partner.”Kevin McGinley Programme Director

“By taking the time to understand our businesses’ culture, they find the right people to suit our businesses ambitions. ”

“I would highly recommend Uniting Ambition and their UA Projects solution to help deliver the hard to find, niche technology talent that you need.”Nathan Rourke Test Manager

“I recommend UA to any prospective organisation as a professional and consistent recruiting partner who exceed their customers’ expectations.”Louisa Tattersall Programme Manager

A Consultative Approach

Delivering Niche Talent

Exceeding Expectations

Unique Talent Pools

Unrivalled Market Insight

Understanding Your Business“They deliver due to their almost supernatural understanding of what our team (and wider business needs). UA do things differently.”Daniel Pass CTO

Proven Successful By 500 Brands


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