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Program & Project Leadership
Hands-on leadership for complex initiatives that need experienced coordination, accountability, and execution.
Senior Program & Portfolio Leader · Fractional Advisor · Change Management · Speaker
Strategy gets delivered. Adoption is the hard part.
I’m Daniella J. McCarthy. I help leaders turn strategy into coordinated execution, and execution into adoption, across transformation, AI adoption, and change management.
Closing the gap between delivery & adoption.
MBA · Prosci® · SAFe® 6.0 LPM · CSM®
The problem
When the strategy is clear, but the execution isn’t.
- 01Too many initiatives competing for attention
- 02No clear portfolio priorities
- 03Projects moving without enough governance
- 04Leaders lack visibility into portfolio health
- 05Transformation initiatives are not translating into adoption
- 06Teams are overwhelmed by disconnected work
- 07New technology is implemented but not fully adopted
- 08Business processes have not kept pace with organizational needs
- 09Leaders are carrying too much operational decision-making themselves
- 10Change management and adoption are treated as afterthoughts instead of part of the plan
This is where experienced program and transformation leadership makes a difference.
How I help
I step into the work that needs structure, leadership, and momentum.
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Portfolio Governance & Operating Systems
The structures leaders need to prioritize work, make decisions, and see what is actually happening across the portfolio.
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Transformation, Change Management and Adoption
Transformation delivery connected to the people, processes, and behaviors required to make change stick.
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AI-Enabled Business Operations
Practical ways AI and automation can improve workflows, reduce operational friction, and help teams work differently.
Upcoming speaking
Change Management as a Practice: Closing the Gap Between Delivery & Adoption
ABWIPPM Conference 2026
October 5–6, 2026 · Hotel at Arundel Preserve, Hanover, Maryland
Is Your Business AI-Ready? From Overwhelmed to AI-Empowered
DC Startup & Tech Week 2026 · Panel Session
Thursday, October 22, 2026 · 2:00–2:40pm · International Square, 5th Floor, Expo Hall, Washington, DC
The difference
Strategy is only the beginning.
A strategy can be brilliant and still fail to create value if the organization can’t execute it.
A project can launch successfully and still fail if people don’t adopt it.
I work across that entire gap, from strategy and governance through execution, change, adoption, and results.
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Strategy
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Governance
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Execution
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Change
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Adoption
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Results
Work with me