Hybrid Portfolio Planner: Major Infrastructure Investment

Pontoon Solutions; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pontoon Solutions is hiring a Portfolio Planner in the UK, working from Warwick or Bristol with hybrid arrangements (3 days onsite). You will own a large-scale capital investment portfolio, coordinating with Project Managers, Sponsors and engineering teams to ensure deliverability and value alignment with business priorities.

The role focuses on developing and maintaining integrated portfolio plans, driving continuous improvement and providing governance information to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in portfolio/project/programme/investment planning roles.
• Ability to develop and maintain complex project schedules.
• Strong resource planning and capacity management experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Analytical mindset with large datasets and reporting capabilities.
• Proven track record in facilitating planning discussions and influencing delivery decisions.
• High attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining integrated portfolio plans for capital investment programmes.
• Creating and optimising long-term investment schedules across a complex portfolio.
• Defining project scopes, requirements and delivery constraints with PMs, Sponsors and engineers.
• Managing portfolio risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges.
• Supporting outage planning and coordinating investment activities to minimise disruption.
• Analyzing large datasets to improve portfolio performance and decision-making.
• Producing performance reports, scorecards and governance information for senior stakeholders.
• Facilitating stakeholder workshops and planning meetings to align priorities.
• Driving continuous improvement across planning and portfolio governance.

Skills

Portfolio planning

Project planning

Programme planning

Investment planning

Schedule development

Stakeholder management

Analytical data analysis

Decision influence

Detail orientation

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel (advanced)

Investment planning tools

Job description

Pontoon Solutions is hiring a Portfolio Planner in the UK, working from Warwick or Bristol with hybrid arrangements (3 days onsite). You will own a large-scale capital investment portfolio, coordinating with Project Managers, Sponsors and engineering teams to ensure deliverability and value alignment with business priorities.

The role focuses on developing and maintaining integrated portfolio plans, driving continuous improvement and providing governance information to senior stakeholders.