Interim programme manager · digital transformation and AI

I get programmes moving: the sequence clear, the conditions in place, and the people on board.

Twenty years of programme leadership, digital delivery and operational improvement. From ambition to working result.

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What I match

Three focus areas

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Programmes that run

For strategic programmes that must move from plan to delivery.

Interim programme managerInterim manager

Operating model

Where the operation has to grow with what the organisation wants, from process to headcount.

Change consultantDigital strategist

AI in the process

For AI adoption that has to land in the real process. With the people who work in it.

Programme manager, AI transition

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What I do

Three areas of work

Programme leadership

Transformation programmes that need direction, from the board table to delivery.

Programme plan with sequence, dependencies and decision points
Governance that works: who decides what, and when
A steering group that gets the right question in time

Digital delivery

The technical side made real, with the teams you already have.

Working proof that the chosen direction is feasible, built before the decision falls and the money is committed
Platform step or migration, delivered with your own teams
A handover pack the team can carry on with

Operational excellence and innovation

Work that measurably runs better.

Process measurement: where your time goes today and where the errors are made
Redesign that puts the work back with its owner, with the technology underneath repaired
AI in the real process

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What I bring

Skills

programme management
digital transformation
operating model
enterprise governance
stakeholder management
make-or-buy
AI implementation

Mindset

fresh eyes, with a stake in adding value
holding the whole complexity
seeing the friction before it comes
bringing interests together
support before speed
evidence over assumption
handing over, not holding on

Experience

twenty years of programmes and projects, enterprises and their markets (from a few to 53)
250+ apps under one way of working
from 7+ to 2.5 FTE through process improvement
from 80 person-days to a few hours
leading 5 to sometimes more than 30 people, including in a matrix
20+ engagements with board-level dialogue

Career

Four tracks

1996 – 2006 Media Marketing and business development
2006 – 2009 Consultancy Strategy consultant
2009 – present Interim Interim programme manager
2025 – present AI AI delivery and governance

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Eric-Jan Achten

I am Eric-Jan Achten, interim programme manager. Twenty years of strategic programmes. From the board table to delivery, at Philips, Signify, AkzoNobel, IceMobile and an insurance intermediary.

Four tracks that run into one another: media, consultancy, interim programme management and AI. The same thread runs through all of them. Hold the complexity, build support, and make sure what we build keeps working.

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