An exciting opportunity has become available for a Portfolio Business Partner to work with an innovative energy technology company in Central London has become available.
The business is on a significant growth trajectory and the Portfolio Business Partner will play a critical role in enabling the company to achieve its strategic ambitions.
With an ever-increasing pace and evolving customer needs, the business needs to ensure that its product and change portfolio is delivered effectively and efficiently.
As a result, a new Enterprise Portfolio Management capability is being established to plan, monitor, report on and assure the delivery of all initiatives across the business.
The Role
The Enterprise Portfolio Management Office will be responsible for improving the strategic alignment and. value for money for the organisation's change portfolio and help to drive the transition of the business to a greater product mindset and outcome-based organisation.
The EPMO will also provide the objective of a "single source of truth" view for the portfolio delivery performance as well as the central custodian for information and knowledge management.
This is a hybrid working role with two days per week required in the office.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
Reporting to the Head of Enterprise Planning the Portfolio Business Partner will work closely with the organisation's Directors and their teams to support functional activity planning and integrate such plans into an end-to-end enterprise planning process.
- Provide oversight and assurance to drive delivery performance
- Conduct monthly reviews and identify opportunities for improvement
- Ensure compliance with the company's delivery methodologies
- Keep accurate records of initiatives, projects and programmes on company systems
- Provide delivery leads with guidance and. support to address issues
- Early identification and proactive management of risks with mitigations
- Identify and share of areas of delivery excellence to support an overall increase in capability across the organisation
- Act as liaison between the EMMO functions ensuring that initiatives are managed and controlled to enable successful delivery
- Facilitate cross functional engagement across all planning activities
- Maintain an in-depth understating of all initiatives in their area of the portfolio
- Ensure accurate reporting of the status of portfolio initiatives
Experience Required
- Degree educated with a recognised PPM certification preferred, eg MoP, PRINCE2, MSP
- Portfolio, Programme or Project Managment Expertise, with no less than 10 years experience
- Experience working within the telecoms, utilities or other regulated sectors is desirable
- Strong understanding of a range of managment methodologies and best practices
- Demonstrable experience of operating in a business partnering capacity within a complex organisation
- Significant practical experience in delivery of assurance for programmes and projects, with a working understanding of a 3LOD model.
- Analytical mindset
- Experience operating in a product driven and outcome based organisation
- First class Stakeholder Management and communication skills are imperative to this role
- Change Management, ability to influence, shape and drive improvement initiatives and lead and delivery change in a large, fast paced organisation
- Proactive and resilient approach with high level self-motivation and aptitude to work well under pressure with a great deal of autonomy.
Intersect Global is an equal opportunities employer, we embrace diversity in the work place.
For further information on this Portfolio Business Partner role please send in your application today.