Helen Walker

As Global Operations Director, Helen leads RM’s software development, operations and business administration services. She’s passionate about technology - its potential to improve teaching, learning and assessment; to remove barriers to learning and to increase access to education. With a career that started in teaching, several government education agencies, a senior civil servant in Department for Education (DfE) and now a leading global edtech provider, she’s focused on improving educational outcomes.

As a leader, she has record of securing Board level engagement to innovate business models, to secure efficiencies and to improve user services. She’s experienced in digital transformation at scale - exploiting and optimising cloud environments, designing great user services and building digital capability. She is committed to building diverse teams and creating an inclusive culture. She’s experienced in building capability across security operations, cloud engineering and architecture, DevOps and programme and project delivery and creates strategic partnerships with suppliers and externals. With a sharp focus on achieving commercial outcomes and value for money, she secures efficiencies and reduces the cost to serve.

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