Head of Portfolio Management

Salary: £95,000 - 95,000 per year

Requirements:

• Programme/portfolio management qualification or equivalent experience, with successful strategic portfolio management and benefits realisation experience.
• Detailed knowledge and experience of portfolio management methodologies, including demand management, prioritisation, investment governance, risk management and dependency mapping.
• Technology strategy and roadmap planning experience, with the ability to align Technology priorities to corporate plans, strategic programmes and business outcomes.
• Strong understanding of IT governance, IT performance, audit and compliance, including controls, assurance, reporting and escalation.
• Working knowledge of ITIL and detailed experience in service management, including service portfolio management, change management and operational governance.
• Good knowledge of budgeting, resource allocation, financial planning and workforce planning.
• Experience of strategic supplier and vendor management activities.
• Working experience of Agile, Scrum, DevOps and ServiceNow or equivalent.
• Strong leadership and matrix management skills, with experience of working across organisational boundaries.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and be accountable for supporting delivery of our Technology strategy on behalf of the Group CIO, working with Heads of Service to align Technology roadmaps, priorities and plans to our business goals and outcomes.
• Manage and lead our Technology portfolio and delivery function, ensuring demand, investment, delivery, risks, dependencies, benefits and performance are visible, understood and governed through appropriate reporting and decision-making forums.
• Provide leadership and oversight of Architecture and Information Security, ensuring enterprise architecture, solution design, cyber security, information security, risk and compliance considerations are embedded into our Technology planning, delivery and governance.
• Develop and operate effective IT governance, IT performance reporting, audit and compliance oversight, ensuring Technology operates within agreed standards, policies, controls and assurance requirements.
• Work in a business partnering model with senior stakeholders to support enterprise transformation and change management, ensuring Technology activity is aligned to business priorities, strategic programmes, affordability, capacity and agreed outcomes.
• Provide dotted line leadership to Finance, HR and Procurement business partners supporting the Technology Directorate, ensuring financial planning, workforce planning, talent development, procurement activity and supplier management are aligned to our Technology strategy and portfolio.
• Manage the Technology portfolio, ensuring alignment to corporate plans, strategic programmes and our Technology strategy across transformational change and BAU activity.
• Develop a robust portfolio strategy, planning and reporting rhythm, ensuring priorities, dependencies, risks, costs, benefits and outcomes are clearly governed and reported.
• Oversee our Technology roadmap across infrastructure, applications, digital, data, service improvement, architecture, information security and business change.
• Oversee Technology demand and delivery management, ensuring projects and change are assessed against business value, strategic alignment, architecture, information security, capacity, cost and risk.
• Ensure appropriate architecture and information security governance is in place across Technology planning, delivery and operations, aligned to wider IT governance, audit and compliance requirements.
• Manage our IT service portfolio to ensure we have the right mix of services to meet business outcomes at the right level of investment, risk and performance.
• Manage IT performance, controls, assurance, reporting and escalation across Technology, ensuring activity is co-ordinated and delivered to agreed timescales, budgets, standards and outcomes.
• Support enterprise transformation, change management and Technology communications, ensuring Technology priorities, performance, risks and achievements are clearly understood across our organisation.
• Manage central budget reporting with Finance business partners, supporting planning, forecasting, investment tracking, business cases and value for money reporting.
• Work with HR and Procurement business partners to support workforce planning, talent development, capability planning, succession planning, supplier management, sourcing, contract management, supplier performance and renewals.

Technologies:

• DevOps
• Embedded
• Support
• ITIL
• Matrix
• Security
• ServiceNow

More:

We are recruiting a Head of Portfolio Management and Project Delivery for our Technology Leadership Team, based in London or Nottingham. This is a key leadership role overseeing our contribution to MTVH 2030 strategic programmes and ensuring alignment across change, strategy, governance, communication and delivery within our Technology Directorate. The role works closely with senior stakeholders and business partners across Finance, HR and Procurement to support enterprise transformation, portfolio governance, performance reporting and strategic delivery.

last updated 31 week of 2026