About Loreto
I help companies lead change, manage complexity, and deliver strategic impact through project excellence, digital transformation, and agile leadership.
I'm Loreto, a freelance consultant with 15+ years of experience in project and programme management, PMO creation, IT governance, and agile transformation. My mission is to empower organisations to achieve lasting results by combining structured methodologies with a people-centric approach. I’m driven by the belief that change is only sustainable when embraced by people and aligned with business goals.
🎯 How can I help you?
- End-to-end project and programme management with a focus on results, risk control, and meeting deadlines.
- Design and deployment of operational and strategic PMOs tailored to your organisation's context and maturity.
- Implementation of IT governance models to ensure value, compliance, and strategic alignment.
- Advisory as an Agile Coach and Change Manager to drive adoption of agile methodologies (SAFe, Scrum, PRINCE2).
- Application of AI solutions to optimise processes, automate tasks, and support data-driven decisions.
🔍 My areas of interest
- Digital transformation and technological solutions
- Business development and portfolio management
- Cultural and organisational change
- Agile methodologies and continuous improvement
📬 Let’s talk!
🔗 Más sobre mí ➪
Spanish
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Madrid (up to 50km), Sevilla (up to 50km)
Experience
- SGS - SuisseHead of IT Governance & Processes - PMO DirectorRAW MATERIALS INDUSTRYJanuary 2023 - March 2025 (2 years and 2 months)Madrid, SpainResponsibilities and Key Achievements:IT Governance & Processes• IT Governance Framework: establish integrated governance models based on industry best practices• Enhance IT Value: optimize IT management to generate measurable business value and improve IT investments• Strategic Alignment & Compliance: ensure IT strategy aligns with organizational goals while meeting regulatory and risk management requirements.• IT Governance Domains: Business-IT Strategic alignment, value delivery, performance management, resource management and risk management.• Risk & Performance Management: manage IT risks effectively, ensure IT initiatives deliver measurable business results and foster stakeholder confidence.• IT Business Management (ITBM/SPM): define and oversee demand, project, program and portfolio management processes along with application development.• IT Service Management (ITSM): design, deliver, manage and improve IT services, focusing on application maintenance and support (service requests, incidents, problems and changes).IT Delivery Management Office• IT Delivery Excellence: establish clear roles, responsibilities and accountability for seamless IT Execution.• Methodology & Continuous improvement: define standars, deliver training and monitor teams, conduct post-implementation reviews, process audits and mature IT governance frameworks.• Consistencia & Standardization: ensure IT Processes are implemented and adopted uniformly.• Maximize IT Initiative Value: drive the successful adoption of ITBM and ITSM best practices across business demands application development and projects.• Strategic Management: enable strategic IT Planning and value realization.• Monitoring & Compliance: track project status, ensure process adherence and drive improvements through action plans.IT Contract Service Management Office• IT Services Contract Management: monitor partners performance on a regular basis monitoring KPIs and service satisfaction
- IZERTIS S.A.Governance & Strategic Portfolio Management Lead - IT Senior ConsultantBANKING AND INSURANCEJanuary 2019 - December 2022 (3 years and 11 months)Madrid, SpainResponsibilities and Key Achievements:Izertis SA: Governance & Strategic Portfolio Management Lead: internally within the Company, I am responsible for helping the Director of Governance driving the strategy of the department:• Member of the Governance Committee• Drafting proposal for new clients.• Supporting the Sales Team with the presentation of our Governance services to new clients.• Managing the contracts within the SPM area.• Coaching team members• Improving the Governance Offering
- Acciona GroupCorporative PMO Director - Business Engagement ManagerENERGY AND UTILITIESJanuary 2019 - December 2022 (3 years and 11 months)Madrid, SpainResponsible for the design from scratch of a new Corporative Project Management Office which plays a central role in helping Acciona Group deliver key department and corporate-level IT programs and initiatives across all the Business and countries; managing a team of 21 people:• Developing and building out the Corporative PMO function in an international and multicultural environment.• Implementing and governing demand, project and program management processes, dashboards, templates, policies, and metrics.• Identifying opportunities and building plans to make processes, collaboration, and analysis more efficient and effective.• Setting and effectively communicating the progress of the IT Projects Annual Plan on a regular basis in collaboration with senior leadership across all Business functions and countries.• Ensuring strategic initiatives are prioritised and delivered successfully• Building a strong relationship with key stakeholders to help drive initiatives to completion.• Working with the Program and Project Managers within the Information Technology Team to assure standards and methodologies are followed and corroborate regular project status reporting into IT and the Business.• Conduct project health checks to continuously evaluate them to ensure they are meeting company standards, adhering to budgets and predefined deadlines.• Collaborating with the finance controlling team to monitor financial KPIs.• Coaching and enabling the Demand Manager, Program Manager and Project Manager Communities to deliver business outcomes aligned with Acciona´s IT goals.• Designing and setting up a PMO Collaboration Portal in SharePoint to help share information and spread the status of the IT Projects Annual Plan across all the IT Community and to storage the project documents.• Responsible for transforming the PMO into a service: PMO as a Service (PMOaaS) and managing both, the BAU Team and the Program Managers and Project Managers Team.
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Education
- MSc – Environmental Engineering Management,EOI Business School2011MSc – Environmental Engineering Management,
- Master of Science in ManagementInieco Ecology Research Institute2010MSc - Oil Spills Management,
Certifications
- ITIL 4 Leader Digital & IT StrategyAgile CoachIT Institute2022