Digital Portfolio & Delivery Lead — Aberdeen

Public Sector Resourcing; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Great British Energy seeks a Digital Portfolio and Delivery Lead for a 6‑month, on‑site contract in Aberdeen. The role sits Inside IR35 and will drive digital delivery across complex programmes, coordinating internal teams and external suppliers to meet milestones and benefits realisation.

The successful candidate will establish delivery standards for a small organisation, report status to the CDIO and Investment Governance Committee, and transition delivered work into ongoing ownership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading digital/IT delivery across complex environments.
• Ability to establish delivery standards for small to mid-size orgs.
• Proven track record of managing third-party and internal delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Take prioritised demand from the digital front door and define it as deliverable work — scope, outcome, business owner, cost and timeline.
• Plan and run delivery, whether ICS, supplier or internal, owning milestones and critical path.
• Manage supplier and ICS delivery against scope, cost and timescale, including change control and sign-off.
• Track delivery against estimate and identify constraints to inform operating model decisions.
• Provide delivery status, risks and spend to the CDIO and Investment Governance Committee.
• Establish delivery standards and templates proportionate to a small organisation.
• Transition completed work into business ownership and hand over a running delivery function.
• Track record delivering digital/IT change end to end, including third-party delivery.
• Communicate delivery status to executive audiences and the investment committee.

Skills

Portfolio management

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance

Job description

Great British Energy seeks a Digital Portfolio and Delivery Lead for a 6‑month, on‑site contract in Aberdeen. The role sits Inside IR35 and will drive digital delivery across complex programmes, coordinating internal teams and external suppliers to meet milestones and benefits realisation.

The successful candidate will establish delivery standards for a small organisation, report status to the CDIO and Investment Governance Committee, and transition delivered work into ongoing ownership.