Digital Portfolio Manager

SmartSourcing Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

SmartSourcing Ltd. seeks a Digital Portfolio Manager for a 3-month initial contract, with hybrid or remote work options across the UK. The role focuses on governance, reporting and MI across multiple disciplines within a public sector context.

You will apply agile/lean practices to ensure governance, prioritisation and delivery oversight, while using Jira and Confluence to provide clear insight to the PMO and senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in complex programme, portfolio or transformation environments.
• Ability to analyse delivery, financial and performance information.
• Strong governance, reporting and MI skills.

Responsibilities

• Support team delivery and embed tracking for reporting to PMO.
• Establish and maintain portfolio governance and MI processes.
• Provide insight for monthly, quarterly and annual planning.

Skills

Portfolio management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Reporting

Agile/Lean practices

Delivery governance

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Digital Portfolio Manager – 3mths initially – £(Apply online only) – hybrid/remote)

Our public sector client are seeking an experienced Digital Portfolio Manager for 3 months initially on a hybrid or fully remote basis – with a base of either London, Manchester or Bristol. Can work remotely predominantly and the current team is spread out. May be asked to attend occasional team days in person, these can be held across the three locations

You will have a sound knowledge and experience of using tracking software, particularly Jira, as well as an excellent understanding of operational delivery, organisational governance and management information reporting.

Support of our central mission to provide people across the public sector with the skills, tools, guidance, and knowledge they need to build better public services.

Play a key role in supporting team delivery, embedding appropriate tracking, and reporting to our central PMO across multiple disciplines.

Establish and maintain portfolio governance, reporting and management information processes, providing accurate insight to support monthly, quarterly and annual business planning and decision making.

Experience required:

• Have a sound knowledge and experience of using tracking software, particularly Jira and Confluence as well as an excellent understanding of operational delivery, organisational governance and management information reporting
• Experience working in complex programme, portfolio or transformation environments, applying agile and lean practices to support governance, prioritisation, dependency management, workforce planning and delivery oversight
• The ability to be comfortable operating in ambiguous and changing environments, helping teams and senior leaders adapt to evolving priorities while maintaining focus on delivery outcomes
• Experience developing and embedding portfolio management processes, tooling and reporting that improve visibility, consistency and delivery confidence across multidisciplinary teams
• Experience to analyse complex delivery, financial, workforce and performance information, providing clear and evidence-based recommendations to support effective decision making
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, building productive relationships across delivery, product, policy, finance, commercial and operational teams to resolve issues and drive alignment
• Experience of portfolio financial management and assurance, including forecasting, budget oversight, spend monitoring, risk management and ensuring value for money across a programme or portfolio