Portfolio Management Specialist

TN United Kingdom; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a skilled portfolio manager to oversee planning processes and enhance stakeholder communication. The role involves coordinating with senior management, analyzing risks, and improving portfolio transparency. Flexible working arrangements are available, and diverse applicants are encouraged.

Benefits

10% on target bonus

Private Health Care

Car Allowance

BT Pension scheme

Equal family leave

Enhanced women’s health support

25 days annual leave

24/7 private virtual GP appointments

2 weeks carer’s leave

World-class training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Knowledge of business strategy and drivers of organisational performance.
• Use data insights to navigate priorities and make trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate portfolio planning processes with Senior Managers.
• Track and report overall portfolio progress aligned with OKRs.
• Identify and escalate portfolio risks and opportunities.

Skills

Business Strategy

Data Insights

Human-Centered Approach

Communication

Risk Analysis

Process Design

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Posted:

17.05.2025

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01.07.2025

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Job Description:

What you'll be doing

• Coordinate portfolio planning processes, including managing various planning cycles and communications in collaboration with Senior Managers in Portfolio Management.
• Oversee portfolio refinement, prioritisation, and governance processes against evaluation criteria, escalating capacity management impacts as needed.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, supporting Senior Managers in aligning interdependencies and trade-offs across teams, and preparing for ad-hoc portfolio reviews.
• Track and report overall portfolio progress to relevant leadership, aligned with OKRs and budgets.
• Leverage data and analytics to improve portfolio communications, storytelling, and transparency.
• Identify, analyse, and escalate portfolio risks and opportunities, providing recommendations and maintaining risk logs.
• Develop technical tools to automate and streamline workflows, including analytics and reporting.
• Review and maintain portfolio frameworks to ensure consistent methodologies, including Knowledge Hub administration.

The skills you'll need to succeed

• Knowledge of business strategy and drivers of organisational performance, including financial literacy and KPIs.
• Use data insights to navigate priorities, make trade-offs, and deliver recommendations or decisions.
• Apply a human-centred approach to diagnose problems and find solutions within resource constraints.
• Act as a trusted advisor, building relationships and understanding business needs.
• Communicate clearly to manage expectations and outline required actions.
• Synthesise benefits and costs to secure resources and justify budgets.
• Analyze risks and opportunities, providing practical recommendations.
• Design efficient, scalable processes aligned with business objectives.
• Continuously develop skills and promote inclusive thinking.

Benefits

• 10% on target bonus
• Private Health Care
• Car Allowance
• BT Pension scheme (minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%)
• From January 2025, equal family leave: 18 weeks full pay, 8 weeks half pay, 26 weeks statutory rate.
• Enhanced women’s health support including menopause, screenings, and period care.
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with service.
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues.
• 2 weeks carer’s leave.
• World-class training and development opportunities.
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.

A Few Points To Note:

• Roles are listed as full-time, but flexible working arrangements are welcome; please contact us.
• We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, even if you do not meet every requirement; you may be the right fit for this or other roles.