Chief Enterprise Transformation & Portfolio Leader

Standard Life; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 170,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

12x salary life assurance

Career breaks

Income protection

Volunteering days

Job summary

Standard Life, a retirement specialist, is seeking a Director-level transformation leader in a hybrid role across Edinburgh, Birmingham or London. You will shape the enterprise change portfolio, govern delivery and report to senior executives.

The role demands strategic thinking, delivery leadership, and the ability to influence at the highest levels. A demanding but rewarding opportunity with extensive change governance and benefits realisation.

Qualifications

• A collaborative and credible leader who can balance pace, control and strategic ambition.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and making pragmatic recommendations.
• Enterprise-wide perspective and the confidence to challenge constructively.
• Support a culture of accountability, inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• A relevant degree or equivalent senior-level professional experience is required.
• MoP, MSP, PRINCE2, APM or PMI qualifications would be advantageous.
• A relevant leadership, finance, risk or transformation qualification would also be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise-wide view of the change portfolio, including milestones, risks, and delivery confidence.
• Lead high-quality reporting for Executive and Board-level audiences.
• Establish and improve frameworks, standards, controls, and management information.
• Ensure portfolio tools and data provide transparent oversight of enterprise change.
• Lead assurance activity for priority programmes during mobilisation or high-risk periods.
• Support the Annual Operating Plan and project approval lifecycle, clarifying benefits and capacity.
• Track strategic outcomes from ideas through delivery and benefits realisation.
• Coordinate across portfolios to resolve dependencies and resource conflicts.

Skills

Collaborative leadership

Delivery judgement

Stakeholder influencing

Ambiguity tolerance

Strategic thinking

Education

Relevant degree or senior-level professional experience

MoP, MSP, PRINCE2, APM or PMI qualification

Leadership/finance/risk/transformation qualification

Job description

Standard Life, a retirement specialist, is seeking a Director-level transformation leader in a hybrid role across Edinburgh, Birmingham or London. You will shape the enterprise change portfolio, govern delivery and report to senior executives.

The role demands strategic thinking, delivery leadership, and the ability to influence at the highest levels. A demanding but rewarding opportunity with extensive change governance and benefits realisation.