Hybrid IT Portfolio & Delivery Leader

WRK Digital; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working

Rail travel for you and family

25 days annual leave + bank holidays +

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 4x salary

Pension scheme

EV & cycle-to-work schemes

Discount programme

Job summary

WRK digital is partnering with a well-known organisation to recruit a Head of IT Portfolio. You will lead a significant technology change portfolio, delivering projects and programmes across a large, complex environment.

As Head of IT Portfolio, you will oversee a team of Project Managers, govern portfolio performance, and align resources to demand while influencing senior stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery and business benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a complex IT project or programme portfolio.
• Proven ability to develop and mentor Project Managers.
• Strong governance, demand management and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management with senior leaders.
• Experience delivering large-scale technology change and transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Project Managers and delivery professionals.
• Own portfolio governance, reporting, prioritisation and resource planning.
• Drive best practice across project and programme delivery.
• Manage stakeholder relationships across technology, business leadership and third-party suppliers.
• Oversee project budgets, risks, change control and delivery performance.
• Ensure projects are initiated effectively with clear scope, requirements and accountability.
• Champion continuous improvement and a high-performance delivery culture.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Change delivery

Risk & budget

Job description

WRK digital is partnering with a well-known organisation to recruit a Head of IT Portfolio. You will lead a significant technology change portfolio, delivering projects and programmes across a large, complex environment.

As Head of IT Portfolio, you will oversee a team of Project Managers, govern portfolio performance, and align resources to demand while influencing senior stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery and business benefits.