European Technical Portfolio Manager

Elavon; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Elavon is seeking a Technical Portfolio Manager to lead the European Technology Portfolio, focusing on product development, governance, risk, compliance, and stakeholder engagement. This role involves driving delivery excellence across teams while ensuring all initiatives align with business goals. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software delivery environments and strong communication skills.

Benefits

Diverse working environment

Health and financial security benefits

Career growth development resources

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in technical programme, project, or portfolio management.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and delivery frameworks.
• Proven track record in payments, fintech, or financial services is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the European technology portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Monitor the execution of software development initiatives across multiple teams.
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional leaders in various functions.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Compliance

Exceptional communication

Education

Background in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often—that’s what we call the courage to thrive. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals—no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other.

Job Description

We are seeking a Technical Portfolio Manager to lead and support the European Technology Portfolio, with a focus on product development, delivery governance, risk and compliance, and strategic stakeholder engagement. This is a high-impact role that will work closely with senior leaders across Technology, Product, Risk, and Operations to ensure the successful execution of annual portfolio initiatives.

You will be instrumental in driving delivery excellence, aligning technology investments with business priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio Leadership: Oversee the European technology portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and regulatory requirements.
• Delivery Oversight: Monitor and support the execution of complex software development initiatives across multiple teams and geographies.
• Governance & Reporting: Represent the portfolio in forums such as ITGS, ORC, and European Portfolio Reviews. Provide clear, data-driven updates to senior stakeholders.
• Risk & Compliance: Ensure all initiatives meet internal and external compliance standards, proactively managing risks and audit readiness.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with cross-functional leaders across Product, Engineering, Risk, and Business Operations.
• Programme Recovery: Identify and resolve delivery challenges, including turning around underperforming programmes.
• Agile Enablement: Champion Agile delivery practices and continuous improvement across teams.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in technical programme, project, or portfolio management within large-scale software delivery environments.
• Proven track record in payments, fintech, or financial services is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, delivery frameworks.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex stakeholder landscapes and drive consensus.
• Experience with risk management, compliance, and regulatory frameworks in a financial context.
• Background in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is a strong plus.
• Highly self-directed, detail-oriented, and capable of managing ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants .

Benefits:

We offer an exciting, fast-paced and diverse working environment with employees of many different nationalities. We provide benefits to help you protect your health and financial security; and give you peace of mind. We also invest in your career growth with development resources that give you the opportunity to stretch and shine.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.