Delivery Portfolio Manager

Currys-; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Currys is seeking a senior technology leader to drive the Core Platforms behind iD Mobile, Currys Mobile and Multiplay, partnering across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, Security and Commercial teams.

You’ll coach and grow delivery teams, shape the portfolio strategy, and own the domain roadmap and governance. The role balances customer value, regulatory obligations, resilience and cost, with a focus on predictable delivery in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technology domains with investment accountability.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Financial acumen across planning, tracking and forecasting.
• Knowledge of cloud-native/SaaS delivery, DevOps, CI/CD and SRE.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate portfolio prioritisation, planning and delivery in a complex matrix environment.
• Act as senior tech representative across governance forums; engage stakeholders for alignment.
• Own domain delivery strategy and roadmap translating business strategy into tech outcomes and OKRs.
• Lead portfolio and value-stream planning with transparent calls on value, capacity and risk.
• Maintain governance and executive reporting using outcome, flow, financial, and DORA measures.
• Own domain financial performance across £10-20m of investment and ROI forecasting.
• Lead delivery risk and compliance management, including security and data privacy obligations.

Skills

Leadership

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Cloud-native/SaaS delivery

DevOps/CI-CD/SRE

Financial acumen

OKRs/DORA metrics

Job description

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At Currys we're united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As one of the best-known retailers of tech, we're proud of the service our customers receive - and it's all down to our team of caring and committed colleagues. Join us and bring your experience and personality to a great team.

You'll lead the team driving consistency across delivery of the Core Platforms behind iD Mobile, Currys Mobile and Multiplay, partnering with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, Security and Commercial teams to set clear accountabilities and tech priorities for colleagues, customers and shareholders.

With line management responsibility, you'll coach Lead, Senior and Delivery Managers and wider portfolio teams - building high-performing teams and planning resource allocation . In brief, you'll create the conditions for predictable delivery in a complex matrix environment - championing DevOps, CI/CD, SRE and cloud-native delivery.

As a senior technology leader and trusted advisor, you'll also facilitate domain-level prioritisation, shape investment and operating-model decisions, and balance customer value, regulatory obligations, resilience, cost and delivery risk across run and change.

Role overview:

• Facilitate portfolio prioritisation, planning and delivery, resolving conflicts and escalations
• Act as the senior Tech representative across governance forums, engaging stakeholders to ensure alignment
• Own the domain delivery strategy and roadmap, translating business strategy into prioritised tech outcomes and OKRs
• Lead portfolio and value-stream planning, making transparent calls based on value, capacity, dependencies and risk
• Maintain governance and executive reporting using outcome, flow, financial and DORA measures
• Own domain financial performance across £10-20m of investment - business cases, forecasting, ROI and cost optimisation
• Lead delivery risk and compliance management, embedding security, resilience, data privacy, PCI DSS, DMCC and Telecoms Security Act obligations
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture and Operations leaders on delivery strategy and live-service performance
• Lead supplier governance and strengthen in-house SME capability
• Build high-performing multidisciplinary teams, bolster recruitment, coaching and succession

Required Skills & Experience:

• Demonstrable leadership of a technology domain with investment accountability of at least £10m, ideally in mobile, telecoms or digital commerce
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Delivery and Operations
• Strong knowledge of portfolio management methodologies and a track record delivering technology-enabled change
• Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, comfortable with ambiguity
• Financial acumen across planning, tracking, reporting and forecasting
• Strong technical literacy across cloud-native/SaaS delivery, DevOps, CI/CD, SRE and operational excellence
• Proven experience transitioning work from suppliers to in-house teams
• Ability to shape operating models and investment around customer journeys and domain boundaries
• Data-driven leadership using OKRs, flow measures and DORA metrics
• Working knowledge of relevant compliance obligations, Telco regulatory bodies and experience delivering compliance related projects.

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [e-mail] and we'll do our best to help.