Client Portfolio Value Manager

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

Job summary

A leading company in the engineering sector is seeking a Client Portfolio Value Manager to oversee a portfolio of nuclear decommissioning projects. The role involves stakeholder management, implementing efficiency improvements, and fostering collaboration across teams. Ideal candidates will have a strong programme management background and excellent leadership skills.

Benefits

Free single medical cover

Enhanced parental leave pay

Reimbursement for professional development

Flexible working hours

Paid volunteering time

Qualifications

• Strong background in programme management or similar.
• Excellent leadership and influencing skills.
• Experience in transformation and change management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a portfolio of projects related to nuclear decommissioning.
• Identify and implement opportunities for efficiency and value.
• Lead the Portfolio Review Meeting and prepare reports for senior leadership.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Change management

Collaboration

Commercial creativity

Outcome focus

Job description

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21.05.2025

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05.07.2025

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Job Description:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

We are currently looking for a ClientPortfolio Value Manager to oversee a portfolio of projects and frameworks related to a single nuclear decommissioning client that sit within multiple P&Ls across the business.

You will report to the a Group Director and work closely with the relevant Business Development Director, Framework Directors, Project Directors, and senior leadership to identify and implement portfolio delivery improvements. This role will not have accountability or responsibility for managing individual tasks and projects – existing project managers will retain this accountability.

Key responsibilities:

• Identify and implement opportunities to deliver more efficiently and/or create additional billable value with a target of increasing the portfolio GM by 3% (5% stretch target). A benefits realisation approach should be taken to defining the action plan, and areas may include: Master resource schedule / Digital delivery / Supply chain engagement / Learning & Development / Staff engagement / IDS Delivery
• Identify areas of best practice delivery and implement across the portfolio, creating a consistent ‘brand’ of Jacobs delivery that aligns with strategic intent. Areas may include: Environmental sustainability/ Social impact / Innovation in delivery / Digital delivery
• Establish and coordinate a portfolio threat and opportunity review process that includes bottom-up and top-down communications with individual framework threat and opportunity processes
• Lead the Portfolio Review Meeting, providing a monthly forum for contract and framework leads to progress actions related to integrated portfolio delivery
• Prepare regular reports and presentations for senior leadership, providing updates on portfolio improvement actions, benefits delivered and a portfolio balanced scorecard containing appropriate and meaningful metrics
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across the wider portfolio framework and contract leadership team

Here's What You'll Need:

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in programme management or similar, excellent leadership and influencing skills, experience in transformation and change management and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Good networker – ability to engage and manage internal and external stakeholders
• Influencing skills
• Naturally collaborative
• Ability to cut through individual agendas and drive a ‘best for CMS’ mindset
• Commercially creative
• Outcome focussed
• Portfolio management and change management skills