Portfolio Manager/Senior Programme Manager

Portfolio Manager/Senior Programme Manager

£86,000 - £96,000 plus Car Allowance, excellent benefits, bonus and career opportunities/Worthing based with flexible hybrid working (flexible on 2 days per week office based - Worthing or Brighton)

A leading utilities company working within Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), seek an experienced forward thinking Portfolio Manager/Senior Programme Manager, to lead either a division within Business/Corporate (HR/Finance/Procurement) and/or, IT/Digital Transformation - ideally with experience of highly regulated environments.

Please note this role can come from the various industries including:

• Utilities.
• Telecoms.
• Engineering.
• Manufacturing.
• Financial Services.
• But ideally you will have a strong understanding of working within a highly regulated environment.
• Demonstrable experience in managing enterprise scale programmes and portfolio/programme deliveries.

This role will encompass an interesting variety of projects within the portfolio, including leadership and management of a team committed to delivery of the company's key business objectives.

Core focus - attributes they are looking for:

• Strategic Focus.
• Creative thinking.
• Credible senior leadership experience/vision.
• Capable of technical oversight.
• Nurturing personality.
• Experience with C-suite level relationship building.
• Portfolio experience, where you are focused on looking out, rather than in - this role is not being the Programme Manager, but looking at the overall picture with 3 stages of engagement - 1) Strategic focus, then 2) Delivery oversight, and finally 3) Love your team.

You will be reporting into the Head of Programme delivery and have 6 - 7 direct reports Dependent on scale of portfolio. As the Portfolio Manager/Senior Programme Manager you will lead/manage your team of Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and Project Analysts, including objective setting, performance reviews, development planning and general line management support.

To be successful in this role you will need to combine strong leadership and technical skills, along with excellent relationship skills in order to build trust and confidence across our key business and technical stakeholders. There is opportunity for this position to develop to a more senior role as programme delivery dictates.

Each portfolio team works across the Business and IT organisation - working with Business Owners, Product Owners and technical specialists to define programme scope, agree and set budgets, acquire resources then form and lead project delivery teams. They will deliver projects from early scoping through design/procurement, build/integration, testing, deployment and transition to support.

Scope of the Portfolio Manager/Senior Programme Manager position:

• Work with senior business and technical stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into clearly defined delivery programmes with agreed scope, budget and timeline expectations.
• Provide leadership in forming the appropriate project teams in order to meet the strategic objectives for change within the domain.
• Communicate a clear vision of change objectives and leads the project/programme teams in achieving them.
• Own, manage and take full accountability for the successful delivery of programmes and projects within your functional domain in line with agreed quality, time and cost criteria.
• Develop and maintain enduring relationships with all key business and technical stakeholders becoming a trusted and recognised authority for delivery in your domain.
• Ensure necessary controls and governance oversight is in place to assure quality of project delivery, including but not limited to quality of estimates, plans, cost management, resource management, schedule, scope, requirements, solutions and deliverables.
• Act as a point of escalation for the resolution of project and programme issues.
• Take full accountability for the effective management of interdependencies both within your domain and across domains.
• Tracks risks and issues across projects and programmes ensuring that effective communication and mitigation plans are in place.

Experience required for the Portfolio Manager/Senior Programme Manager position:

You will enjoy leading on a diversity of projects, developing relationships, supporting your team and managing a diversity of challenges. You will be well versed in a variety of delivery methods from traditional to more agile. You will need to demonstrate extensive project delivery experience and an ability to build rapport and become a trusted authority with Business Stakeholders.

• Average 10+ years prior experience in Senior Programme Management, or ideally as a Portfolio Manager.
• Demonstrable experience in managing enterprise scale programmes and portfolio/programme deliveries.
• People management experience including performance reviews, career development, coaching and mentoring.
• PMP, Prince 2 or equivalent certification.
• Agile qualification or experience.
• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Strong stakeholder management (IT and Business).
• Ability to influence and motivate others in IT and Business.

Portfolio Manager/Senior Programme Manager

£86,000 - £96,000 plus Car Allowance, excellent benefits, bonus and career opportunities/Worthing based with flexible hybrid working (flexible on 2 days per week office based - Worthing or Brighton)