The bench

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Dee Alvarez

Programme Lead

Plans her own exit before she plans anything else.

Available nowCardiffAsk for Dee

The short version

Dee builds programme teams that hand themselves over. Twelve of twelve milestones on a three-year national programme, and four permanent roles created from it.

Best for

Programme rescueEmbedded teamsHandover

Skills

  • Embedded teams
  • Programme delivery
  • PMO
  • Public sector

Industries

Public sector · Energy

Pathways

Open > InsideOpen > Change

Work Dee ran

Helix Health/Healthcare/2025

A £14m platform that clinicians finally use

84%
Daily active use
-61%
Support tickets
120
Clinician champions
What changed
Civic Trust/Public sector/2025

A national programme, staffed in ten days

10
Days to a team
12/12
Milestones hit
4
Roles made permanent
What changed

Work with them for less

Products they built or run. Cheaper than a day rate, same thinking.

Diagnostic
£2,400

Adoption Diagnostic

Find out why your rollout stalled. In eight days.

8 days · remote
Playbook
£290

The Merger Playbook

The first 100 days of an integration, written down.

Digital · instant
Workshop
£6,800

Leadership Rhythm Workshop

Give your top 40 one way of running the week.

2 days · on site

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