Enterprise Portfolio Planning Manager

easyJet Airline Company PLC; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Enterprise Portfolio Planning Manager at easyJet plays a crucial role in leading the integration of strategic objectives within the portfolio management framework. This position requires collaboration across departments, ensuring alignment with easyJet's goals through effective planning and oversight of various initiatives. Candidates should have a proven track record in portfolio management, strong leadership, and the ability to handle complex change initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to impact a leading airline's strategic outcomes significantly.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Up to 20% bonus

25 days holiday

7% pension scheme

Life Assurance

Flexible benefits package

Excellent staff travel benefits

Qualifications

• 4-6 years in Portfolio Office/PMO management.
• Experience managing portfolios of projects up to £10m.
• Conversant with portfolio management standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee strategic investment portfolio aligned with objectives.
• Manage resource capacity and allocation effectively.
• Develop tracking mechanisms for performance monitoring.

Skills

Portfolio Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Change Management

Agile Methodologies

Financial Literacy

Leadership

Tools

Prince2

MSP

MoP

Job description

JOB PURPOSE

The Enterprise Portfolio Planning Manager at easyJet plays a vital role in shaping an integrated business plan that bridges strategy and operational teams, focusing on top strategic outcomes as highlighted against AMB priorities. This position is key to guiding the transition towards achieving these outcomes, emphasising flexibility and adaptability across various delivery methods.

In this role, you will oversee the strategic investment portfolio, ensuring that all initiatives are aligned with easyJet's strategic priorities and that the planning process accommodates a mix of delivery approaches. Your responsibilities include streamlining processes to support strategic transitions and managing change requests effectively.

You will collaborate closely with key stakeholders to ensure a seamless integration of new methods and maintain a clear vision for future initiatives. By fostering collaboration across departments, you will promote innovative practices and align all parties with the strategic plan, reinforcing a unified approach to achieving organisational goals.

Moreover, you will develop and implement tracking mechanisms to monitor value and performance, ensuring that outcomes are data-driven and support the strategic direction. This role is crucial in maintaining transparency across the portfolio and ensuring that the organisation's strategic objectives are met efficiently and effectively.

REPORTING LINE

The Enterprise Portfolio Planning Manager reports to the Head of Enterprise Portfolio Management Office

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES

Strategic Alignment and Integration:
• Ensure that all portfolio initiatives are fully aligned with easyJets strategic objectives as outlined by the AMB (Airline Management Board).
• Integrate cross-functional and cross-delivery method planning to support seamless strategic transitions and outcomes.

Portfolio Oversight and Management:
• Oversee the strategic investment portfolio, ensuring optimal balance and alignment with long-term goals.
• Manage the development and implementation of portfolio management processes that accommodate both traditional and agile delivery methods.

Resource Capacity Planning:
• Assess and manage resource capacity and allocation across all portfolio initiatives to ensure efficient use of resources and timely delivery of projects.
• Identify resource gaps and collaborate with resource owners to address staffing needs, ensuring the right skills are available for strategic initiatives.

Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration:
• Foster strong relationships with Heads of Portfolios, L50, AMB, and technology teams to ensure consistent operational methods and strategic alignment.
• Facilitate cross-departmental collaboration to enhance innovation and unified strategic execution.

Change Management and Initiative Oversight:
• Handle requests for new change initiatives, ensuring they are evaluated, prioritised, and aligned with strategic and funding requirements.
• Monitor the lifecycle of all portfolio initiatives, from conception through to delivery, ensuring they meet the planned strategic outcomes.

Performance Tracking and Analytics:
• Develop and maintain value and performance tracking mechanisms for all portfolio initiatives.
• Leverage analytical tools to provide actionable insights and maintain transparency across the portfolio.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation:
• Continuously seek and implement improvements in planning and execution processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Champion innovative practices that support the strategic objectives and operational needs of easyJet.

Decision Support and Reporting:
• Provide decision support to senior management, ensuring that key decisions are made with a clear understanding of their impact on the strategic portfolio.
• Regularly report on portfolio status, challenges, and achievements to senior management and relevant stakeholders.

COMPETENCIES
In line with the Competency Framework for job family MP (Management Professional) which cover:

> Business Performance: Understands business and external environment, is cost conscious and understands the longer-term perspective and implications of decisions.
> Innovation and Change: Is open to new ways of doing things and questions existing approaches, views change as an opportunity and is comfortable working in a dynamic and ambiguous environment.
> Building Relationships: Expresses ideas confidently and clearly, builds positive and constructive relationships with others, gets to know colleagues within their own team and supports them to ensure team goals are achieved.
> Inspirational leadership: Has the ability to influence, inspire, lead and direct others, can work autonomously as well as in a team.

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED

> A minimum of 4-6 years’ experience in Portfolio Office/PMO management with a strong track record ensuring the highest value projects are prioritised and delivered to achieve the strategic goals of programmes and organisations
> Minimum of 3 years managing a portfolio of multiple projects of up to £10m/annum
> Proven track record of delivering business transformation and change enabled through technology
> Conversant with Prince2, MSP, MoP and other relevant portfolio and programme management standards
> Experience of managing agile, waterfall and hybrid methods
> Good understanding of the aviation industry and low-cost carrier business model is preferred and appreciation of easyJet’s competitive landscape
> Experience of designing change projects and programmes which align both the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ elements of the organisation e.g. strategy, processes, systems, structure, values, behaviour, skills, engagement and communication
> Proven ability to lead, engage, and influence up to and including board level
> Strong coaching skills and ability to transfer knowledge and techniques. Line management of up to 5 direct reports.
> Strong commercial acumen
> Resilient and able to work under pressure
> Financial literacy (budgeting, reporting, interpretation) and managed £multi-million budgets
> Brings sense and clarity to uncertainty and conflicting priorities
> Ability to broker pragmatic solutions that strike the right balance between competing requirements

BENEFITS:

> Competitive base salary
> Up to 20% bonus
> 25 days holiday
> BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes
> 7% pension
> Life Assurance
> Flexible benefits package
> Excellent staff travel benefits

LOCATION & HOURS OF WORK
This full-time hybrid role, based in Luton, and will be 40 hours per week, with some occasional travel required.

At easyJet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds.
If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at [e-mail]. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation

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