Portfolio Manager

Hybrid; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm seeks an experienced Portfolio Manager in London to lead strategic programmes and projects. You will ensure successful delivery, manage stakeholder communications, and drive team performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, with proven leadership skills and the ability to adapt in a dynamic environment. This role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• 2+ years as a portfolio manager.
• Experience in change management initiatives.
• Highly organized and skilled at coordinating across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the portfolio strategy.
• Oversee portfolio delivery and alignment with business objectives.
• Ensure governance standards are established and enforced.

Skills

Strong leadership skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Change management

Project management skills

Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Job description

As Portfolio Manager you will be part of the Strategic Projects Group servicing our clients on programme and project delivery. You will take ownership of a portfolio of strategic programmes and projects. You will be accountable for a team of Project and Programme managers that will successfully deliver these initiatives, ensuring a consistent approach to best practices and ways of working.

You will act as a key point of contact for all Portfolio matters, and will ensure that stakeholders up to executive level have the information they need for informed decision-making. Visibility of project statuses across the Portfolio will be provided by you and your team. You will collaborate with clients and stakeholders to deliver impactful outcomes across the portfolio to realise business benefits.

You will partner with the relevant leadership team contributing to their success in delivery of the Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). You will demonstrate a growth mindset and will be willing to take on new challenges.

This role requires an experienced Portfolio Manager with a depth of experience in implementing strategy delivery, and creating a high performing team.

You are comfortable collaborating with, and managing teams in various locations, time zones and overseeing several concurrent programmes. You will be an excellent communicator, experienced leader, and have the confidence to challenge stakeholders where necessary.

Key responsibilities include:

Work closely with leadership to define and execute the portfolio strategy.

Oversee portfolio delivery, ensuring that programs and projects are aligned with client needs, business objectives, and the broader organizational vision.

Align portfolio delivery with enterprise-level goals, business needs, and customer priorities.

Be accountable for producing and maintaining a Portfolio Roadmap that clearly shows in-flight and planned activities; and available capacityat team level.

Facilitate decision-making and prioritization to ensure the most strategic initiatives are being executed according to agreed objectives

Lead the delivery of key strategic programs within the portfolio, ensuring successful execution and value realization for the organization

Ensure cross portfolio dependencies and risks are understood, communicated and managed

Proactively challenge stakeholders to ensure all initiatives in the portfolio remain in line with business goals

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:

Serve as the primary point of contact for all portfolio-related communications, ensuring senior stakeholders are kept informed of developments, risks, and dependencies.

Lead regular portfolio reviews with internal and external stakeholders (where relevant), providing clear updates on key developments and ensuring the alignment of stakeholder expectations.

Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, advising and influencing key decisions across the organization.

Ensure clients and stakeholders are aware of ways of working within project management and serve as a source of education on our project management frameworks and best practices

Governance, Risk & Performance Oversight:

Establish and enforce governance standards for portfolio, program, and project activities.

Oversee RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) management across the portfolio.

Monitor portfolio performance using KPIs/metrics and take action as necessary to optimize outcomes.

Provide portfolio reporting on projects and programmestatus, highlightingdependencies and shared risk

Manage and coach project and program managers to ensure successful delivery within the portfolio.

Foster a culture of continuous improvement, identifying and implementing efficiencies and enhancements to portfolio management practices.

Ensure the team has the capacity and skills required to meet the portfolio demands, promoting learning and development.

Set and drive team OKR’s in line with organizational goals and individual development

Drive innovation in project management through continuously updating frameworks to account for organizational changes as well as industry best practice

Job requirements

Requirements:

Strong Experience of relevant programme and project management experience, ideally with 2+ years as a portfolio manager

Strong leadership skills, with a focus on ensuring cross portfolio understanding and delivery

Experience in change management initiatives and conflict resolution

Personable character and exceptional communicator – ability to communicate at the highest level (Written, Spoken and Presentation), provide empathetic feedback, challenge and influence others.

Line management experience leading and coaching a team of Project and Programme Managers.

Very strong stakeholder management skills. Credible and persuasive, with a focus on collaboration and influence

Proven ability to proactively manage time effectively, to switch context and be adaptable to change.

Ability to learn quickly, work independently and in a team setting

Highly organised and skilled at coordinating efforts between multiple teams across multiple time zones

Ability to build strong relationships across the business, with clients, project teams, and 3rd party vendors

Exceptional project management skills, extremely organized

Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Experience working with 3rd party vendors

Strategic and creative thinking is valued

Willingness to travel on an ad hoc basis – as required

The above list of duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake tasks that are reasonably expected within the scope and grading of the post.