Digital & AI Portfolio Manager

Frazer-Nash Consultancy

Irlam

Hybrid

GBP 59,000 - 69,000

Full time

9 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Competitive salary

25 days holiday

Holiday purchase scheme

Company pension

Job summary

Frazer-Nash Consultancy is seeking a Digital & AI Portfolio Manager to govern a complex portfolio of digital, data, automation and AI initiatives. You will align investment decisions with strategic objectives, manage risks and dependencies, and provide evidence-based recommendations to senior leadership.

In this senior role you will lead governance, performance reporting and benefits realisation while partnering with product owners, delivery teams and business stakeholders to drive value across

Qualifications

Significant experience leading portfolios or programmes in digital, technology, data, automation, AI or business change.
Experience managing integrated portfolios with demand intake, prioritisation and sequencing.
Experience developing value cases and benefits tracking.
Experience preparing governance materials and presenting to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Shape and govern the integrated Digital & AI portfolio to deliver strategic value.
Provide evidence-led advice on investment, risks, dependencies and benefits realisation.
Lead governance, reporting and decision-support across multiple initiatives.
Collaborate with product owners, delivery teams and business stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

Skills

Portfolio leadership

Demand prioritisation

Value realisation

Stakeholder management

Governance

Agile delivery

Education

Portfolio/Programme/Project management qualifications

Job description

Title

Digital & AI Portfolio Manager

Salary: £59,000 - £69,000

Location: Any Frazer-Nash office location with flexible hybrid working between office, client sites and home.

Closing date: 16th September 2026

At Frazer-Nash, we empower endeavour for great results. Our Digital & AI team helps clients and the wider business deliver sustainable progress through digital innovation, data-driven decision making, automation and artificial intelligence. We are looking for an experienced Digital & AI Portfolio Manager to play a key role in shaping and governing our integrated Digital & AI portfolio in a complex, regulated and assurance-led environment.

This is a senior position responsible for ensuring Digital products, Data MI initiatives, Automation and AI programmes are prioritised, sequenced and governed effectively to deliver value and support strategic business objectives. You will provide evidence-led advice to senior stakeholders, helping them make informed decisions around investment, risk, dependencies, capacity and benefits realisation.

Working across a diverse portfolio of Digital & AI initiatives, you will shape business priorities, oversee governance excellence and provide leadership for portfolio management practices across the function. This is an exciting opportunity to guide the future direction of Digital & AI delivery within Frazer-Nash and help realise the value of strategic technology investments.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have a Strong Portfolio, Programme Or Business Change Leadership Background, With Experience That Should Include Several Of The Following

Managing and governing complex digital, technology, data, automation or AI portfolios.
Managing portfolio demand, prioritisation, sequencing and investment decisions.
Developing value cases, benefits realisation frameworks and performance reporting.
Managing capacity, dependencies, risks and competing priorities across multiple initiatives.
Producing decision-ready governance packs and recommendations for senior leadership teams.
Working closely with product owners, delivery teams, technical leads and business stakeholders to ensure good outcomes.
Providing guidance and direction where business cases, delivery readiness or benefits assumptions require improvement.
Supporting portfolio-level planning, governance and continuous improvement activities.
Helping to deliver transparency, accountability and value-focused decision making across a portfolio.
Building and embedding effective portfolio management practices, frameworks and ways of working.

Essential Requirements

Significant experience in portfolio or programme leadership within digital, technology, data, automation, AI or business change environments.
Demonstrated experience managing integrated portfolios, including demand intake, prioritisation, sequencing, capacity management and dependency management.
Demonstrated experience developing value cases, benefits tracking approaches and delivery confidence reporting.
Experience preparing governance materials and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Good analytical skills with the ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities and complex dependencies.
Experience operating within agile, product, programme and governance delivery environments.
Solid communication, reporting and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to engage senior stakeholders constructively using evidence, insight and clear recommendations.
Experience developing portfolio management capability, governance routines and best practice.
Strategic mindset with a clear focus on value, outcomes, risk management and delivery confidence.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable Requirements

Experience working within regulated or assurance-led environments.
Experience managing Digital, Data, AI or enterprise transformation portfolios.
Knowledge of portfolio management methodologies, frameworks and governance models.
Experience tracking and reporting benefits realisation at portfolio level.
Experience supporting investment planning and business case development.
Understanding of Digital, Data, Automation and AI delivery lifecycles.
Experience developing portfolio dashboards, reporting frameworks and decision-support tools.
Exposure to risk, security and assurance processes within complex organisations.
Professional qualifications in portfolio, programme or project management.
Experience coaching and mentoring colleagues on portfolio management principles and best practice.

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Benefits

We provide our people with a comprehensive benefits package that comprises: