Senior Manager, Portfolio Management - Interim

Pandora; København; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Pandora, headquartered in Copenhagen, seeks an Interim Senior Manager of Portfolio Management to lead the Portfolio Management function within Digital & Technology. You will enable decision-making, drive strategy, and ensure value delivery across initiatives, projects and programmes.

This maternity cover role spans approximately nine months and involves leading a four-person team, shaping options with insights, and aligning capacity and investments to strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Seven+ years of experience in Portfolio/Product/Project Management for large, complex portfolios.
• Proven track record of leading and enabling high-performance teams.
• Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders at leadership level.
• Deep understanding of business models, strategic priorities and value drivers.
• Ability to collaborate across EA, PMO, Product Management and Engineering leadership.
• Experience delivering using both agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Knowledge of technology development lifecycles and portfolio governance best practices.
• Experience with outcome-based planning and measurement, including OKRs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of four to sustain high performance.
• Facilitate cross-domain discussions and shape options with insights and scenarios.
• Enable portfolio-level capacity planning in partnership with Finance and HR.
• Develop and maintain the portfolio strategy and value-realisation framework.
• Establish prioritisation mechanisms and cross-portfolio alignment for technology initiatives.
• Conduct portfolio analysis including risk, dependencies, conflicts and financials.
• Maintain a strategic technology roadmap and monitor portfolio health and value.
• Continuously optimise portfolio management processes, data and tools with Delivery Enablement.

Skills

Portfolio management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

OKRs

PowerPoint

Excel

Confluence

Jira

Agile / Waterfall

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Do you want to be a part of the world’s leading jewellery company while putting your experience within Strategic Portfolio Management in Digital & Technology into use? If yes, then we might have an exciting opportunity for you!

You will be part of an exciting and growing business area and work in an international organisation of can-do spirited, passionate, and performance-driven people. We value flexibility, an energised atmosphere and treasure our informal, independent working style. You are trusted to deliver in a setting where answers are not already given but can be found in collaboration with others.

Join the Team Behind the Portfolio

In 2027, we continue to strengthen the larger Delivery & Planning team, a passionate team of thinkers, makers and doers focused on strategy development, portfolio management and delivery excellence across Pandora’s Digital & Technology, linking Pandora’s strategy to execution.

Our portfolio spans initiatives, projects and programmes delivered through agile and traditional methodologies. We work directly with business colleagues, senior stakeholders and digital teams to develop and maintain our portfolio strategy and governance framework, ensuring alignment with Pandora’s strategic priorities.

We are on a mission to provide leadership with clear insights on investments, capacity, risks and dependencies, and facilitate complex cross-domain decisions to mitigate risks and optimise for the best business outcomes.

As our new Interim Senior Manager, Portfolio Management, you will lead the Portfolio Management function and enable decision-making processes that help Pandora’s Digital & Technology portfolio deliver measurable business value.

This is a maternity cover role, expected to run for approximately nine months.

Help Write Our Next Chapter:

• Lead and develop a team of four, fostering a high-performance culture and continuous capability growth.
• Facilitate cross-domain discussions and shape options by providing insights, scenarios and recommendations that support informed decisions.
• Enable portfolio-level capacity planning and workforce alignment in partnership with Finance and HR.
• Develop and maintain the portfolio strategy and value-realisation framework, ensuring investments connect to strategic priorities and OKRs.
• Establish mechanisms for prioritising and planning technology initiatives and facilitate cross-portfolio alignment.
• Conduct portfolio analysis, including early risk identification, dependency management, conflict resolution and financial analysis.
• Maintain a strategic roadmap across the technology portfolio and provide continuous insights into portfolio health, progress and value realisation.
• Continuously optimise portfolio management processes, data and tools in collaboration with the Delivery Enablement team.

We would love if you could bring:

• At least seven years’ experience in Portfolio Management, Product Management or Project Management, supporting large and complex portfolios.
• A strong track record of leading and enabling teams, fostering high performance and capability growth.
• Proven experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including presenting portfolio insights, scenarios and recommendations to leadership.
• A deep understanding of business models, strategic priorities and value drivers.
• The ability to collaborate effectively across Enterprise Architecture, PMO, Product Management and Engineering leadership.
• Experience delivering through both agile and waterfall methodologies.
• In-depth knowledge of technology development lifecycles and portfolio governance best practices.
• Experience in outcome-based planning and measurement, including OKRs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel, as well as tools such as Confluence and Jira.

We know that great talent comes from different backgrounds and experiences. If this role excites you and you can see yourself bringing many of these skills to the team, we would love to hear your story.

The Additional Sparkle

You’ll be based at our Digital & Technology building at Havneholmen in Copenhagen, working alongside talented colleagues in an international and collaborative environment.

Our LEED Gold-certified building is designed to bring people together and provides a modern workplace where you can connect, collaborate and share ideas.

Let’s Craft the Incredible

Pandora is the world’s largest jewellery brand, specialising in the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxury jewellery made from high-quality materials. Each piece is created to inspire self-expression, helping people share their stories and passions through meaningful jewellery.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Pandora brings together craftsmanship, innovation and responsible business practices. Join us and bring your expertise, ideas and unique contribution as we continue to craft what comes next