Alan Jones

Senior Project Manager

Alan manages projects and Agile development in the COSMIC team and has worked at Sanger as a Project Manager since 2014.

I have been managing projects for 20 years. I have been in the Institute’s PMO since early 2014, where I have successfully delivered a wide range of projects across teams and campus including:

• The implementation of the HiSeq X sequencing fleet
• The new Sanger Institute website
• The first release of Aker, an ordering system to enable our scientists to electronically order sequencing for our scientific pipelines.

I joined the COSMIC team in 2019 and implemented an Agile approach to software development.

My timeline

• Joined COSMIC team as Senior Project Manager

• Delivered phase 1 of the Aker project - To create a self-service system to order scientific services.

• Delivered project to provide re-designed website to the Sanger Institute.

• Joined the Sanger Institute as Project Manager in the PMO (Programme Management Office)

• Responsible for global £10m programme to supply, deliver and install robotic broadcast systems for Vitec plc.

• Responsible for global £10m build and supply programme of automated cell culture platforms for supply to the life sciences industry for TAP Biosystems.

• Graduated with Honours Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering