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Role: Strategic Portfolio Manager
Duration: 12 Months
Location: London Hybrid (2 days a week in office)
Rate: £550 - £750 per day (umbrella)
Our client, a leading organisation in the Utilities industry, is seeking a talented and experienced Strategic Portfolio Manager to join their team. This is a temporary position for a period of 12 months, offering the opportunity to make a significant impact on the organisation's strategic planning and investment management.
As the Strategic Portfolio Manager, you will play a crucial role in the development and execution of the Business/IT Strategy. Collaborating closely with the Business Entity and IT Delivery Centres, you will drive sustainable change and ensure the delivery of reliable and secure services and solutions.
Key Accountabilities:
- Strategic Planning: Create and maintain a strategy that aligns organisational actions, plans, and resources with business objectives. Provide support and guidance to stakeholders, developing and communicating plans to drive forward the strategy and related change planning.
- Enterprise and Business Architecture: Align the organisation's technology strategy with its business mission, strategy, and processes. Determine effective business processes and specify improvements in technology, information, data practises, and more.
- Innovation: Identify, prioritise, incubate, and exploit opportunities provided by information, communication, and digital technologies. Manage the innovation pipeline, develop innovation tools and processes, and encourage creative ideas and learning from failures.
- Demand Management: Analyse and proactively manage business demand for new services or modifications. Implement demand management analysis and planning activities, maintain a register of business requests, and review new business proposals.
- Portfolio Management: Develop and apply a management framework to define and deliver a portfolio of programmes, projects, and ongoing services. Engage and influence senior managers, provide leadership in planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting on portfolio-related activities.
- Stakeholder Relationship Management: Influence stakeholder attitudes, decisions, and actions for mutual benefit. Identify communications and relationship needs, facilitate open communication, and act as a single point of contact.
- Investment Appraisal: Assess the attractiveness of possible investments or projects. Lead investment appraisal activities and advise on investment appraisal approaches.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Can successfully operate at 'C' level and form strong relationships across all levels of the Business Entity.
- Excellent leadership, relationship, communication, and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated track record of developing IT programmes and driving business change.
- Experience in IT strategic planning, investment management, and programme planning.
- Good understanding of current and emerging technology best practises and trends.
- Ability to thrive in a heavily matrixed organisation and deliver results.
- Strong understanding of financial management, benefits management, and realisation linked to business results.
Essential Qualifications:
- Degree-level qualification in an analytical or business-oriented discipline.
- Relevant industry certification such as Managing Successful Programmes or Prince 2.
- MBA or equivalent graduate degree preferred.
If you are passionate about driving strategic initiatives, influencing change, and shaping the future of the Utilities industry, then this is the opportunity for you. Join our client's team and make a difference!
Apply now and take the next step in your career as a Strategic Portfolio Manager.
Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.
Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.