Karen Clements
About Karen Clements
Karen Clements is a PMO Analyst Lead at Legal & General, where she has worked since 2019, managing project governance and collaborating on inter-dependencies within Group IT. She has extensive experience in project management roles across various organizations, including XL Catlin, DIRECT LINE GROUP, and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Work at Legal & General
Karen Clements has served as PMO Analyst Lead at Legal & General since 2019. In this role, she organizes weekly project meetings with workstream leads to monitor issues, risks, dependencies, project plans, resource allocation, and budget information. She collaborates with the Transition Lead to track inter-dependencies with other programmes within Group IT and assesses their impact on the Cobalt Programme, which consists of eight workstreams. Additionally, she engages with the Programme Planner to produce weekly milestone reports and liaises with the Finance Business Partner to establish regular meetings with workstream leads for budget reviews.
Previous Experience in Project Management
Prior to her current role, Karen Clements held various positions in project management. She worked at XL Catlin as a PMO Analyst from 2016 to 2018, and at DIRECT LINE GROUP as a PMO Support Analyst for Claims Transformation from 2010 to 2013. She also served as a PMO Analyst at AXA XL for five months in 2019 and contributed to the DIRECT LINE GROUP as a PMO Analyst for the Business Intelligent Competence Centre from 2013 to 2015. These roles provided her with extensive experience in managing PMO processes and supporting project initiatives.
Education and Background
Karen Clements studied at St. Michael Grammar School. Her educational background has contributed to her career in project management and analysis. She began her professional journey at the Royal Bank of Scotland, where she worked as an Executive Assistant to the Head of Sales Excellence from 2008 to 2010 and as a Personal Assistant to the Head of Home Repair & Investigation from 2005 to 2008. This experience laid the foundation for her subsequent roles in project management.
Governance and Process Implementation
In her role as PMO Analyst Lead, Karen Clements has managed and implemented PMO governance processes for the Cobalt Programme. She produced a PMO handbook for resources as part of the Cyber Security programme, demonstrating her commitment to establishing structured processes within project management. Her focus on governance ensures that projects remain aligned with organizational objectives and maintain compliance with established standards.