Portfolio Manager/Delivery Manager

Experis; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services brand is seeking an experienced Portfolio Manager/Delivery Manager for a contract role until year end. This hybrid position focuses on ensuring efficiency and consistency in software feature development through collaboration with internal teams, tracking progress, and producing best practice documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in large scale Portfolio management.
• Proficient in JIRA.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Track all product features in progress with engineering.
• Ensure aligned methodology on feature creation.
• Produce documentation on best practices for raising features in JIRA.
• Partner with engineering to improve development cycle effectiveness.
• Align initiatives with strategic company goals.

Skills

Portfolio Management

Communication

Stakeholder Management

JIRA

Job description

My client, a large global financial services brand is looking for an experienced Portfolio Manager/Delivery Manager on a contract until year end. The role is Inside IR35 and Hybrid (on–site 3 days).

The main purpose of the role is to ensure consistency and efficiency amongst teams whilst software features are being developed amongst engineering. Collaboration amongst internal teams is vitally important.

• Responsibility for tracking all product features in progress with engineering and highlighting any blockages/risks
• Ensure team follows aligned methodology on feature creation
• Produce documentation on best practise for raising features in JIRA
• Partner with engineering colleagues to improve effectiveness of the end–to–end development cycle
• Partner with ongoing planning cycles, ensuring initiatives are scoped, resourced, and aligned with strategic company goals

Must have experience in large scale Portfolio management and experience of using JIRA. Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management is required for this role. Key Words: JIRA, Portfolio Management, Engineering