Portfolio Manager

Sopra Steria Ltd; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Technical Assurance & Solution Portfolio Manager to oversee technical assurance and solution management activities. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to drive efficiencies and manage service support across multiple functions. The position offers a hybrid working environment and requires strong interpersonal and risk management skills.

Benefits

Car Allowance

25 Days Annual Leave

Private Medical

Life Assurance

Pension

Flexible Benefits Fund

Qualifications

• Experience in test execution and management.
• Knowledge of Oracle Platforms maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Manage risks and issues with third parties and customers.
• Accountable for live service support across functions.
• Liaise with Directors to drive internal initiatives.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Initiative Driving

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Assurance & Solution Portfolio Manager to join our dynamic Solutions Development Team. In this pivotal role, you will be accountable for the delivery of all technical assurance and solution management activities within SSCL Government.

You will collaborate with Directors and Heads of Functions to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and drive efficiencies. Your responsibilities will include managing the pipeline of tasks, overseeing technical assurance of change requests, CI projects, live support services, and quarterly releases across all platforms. Additionally, you will over see the technical and changes teams, ensuring they align with our organisational goals.

This is a Hybrid working role, with travel to either one of the following UK sites: Newcastle, Newport or York.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage risks and issues with third parties and customers, ensuring full impact is understood and mitigations are agreed upon.
• Take accountability for the delivery of initiatives across all functions within Government.
• Take accountability for live service support across all functions such as HR, Payroll, Finance, and Expenses.
• Ensure any proof of concept has been test assured and proven prior to implementation, with all formal documentation in place.
• Ensure live service support is provided to all service lines on initiatives developed and implemented by the solution manager.
• Liaise with Directors and Heads of service to drive forward internal initiatives and quantify efficiencies.
• Liaise with change portfolio managers to ensure customer priorities for delivery of change are planned accordingly in each release.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience in test execution and test management
• Sound knowledge of test release schedules and planned maintenance of all Oracle Platforms
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective risk and issue management
• Proficiency in managing and maintaining excellent stakeholder relationships
• Capability to drive forward new initiatives
• Passion for developing and leading a diverse and high-performing team to deliver results at pace

Employment Type:Full Time, Permanent
Location:Newcastle (ideally) York or Newport
Security Clearance Level:SC or eligible to obtain
Internal Recruiter:Carolyne
Salary:£60K
Benefits:£5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?
SSCL is the market leader in critical business support services for the UK public sector. Operating at size and scale since 2013, SSCL has delivered over £750 million of savings - providing more funds for front line public services. We transform services using digital solutions and innovative technology, developing platforms that enable flexibility to meet the changing needs of our Government, Defence and Police clients.
We employ around 3,000 people who sit at the heart of our business strategy. Their passion and connection to our values and our purpose is what sets us apart and puts SSCL in the Top 20 of GPTW large workplaces. ‘Living SSCL’ means we deliver social value within our services and work with our clients and community partners to support programmes such as education and employability initiatives across the UK.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.