Portfolio, Programme & Change Manager

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an senior leader to establish and mature an enterprise-wide portfolio management capability in London. You will enable the Executive Committee and senior leadership to make data-driven, prioritised investment decisions and lead the Portfolio pipeline development across Lines of Business or DBS Functions.

You will deliver integrated portfolio insights, governance, evaluation, and prioritisation of projects based on business value, capacity, and risk, acting as a trusted

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in portfolio / transformation / change leadership within Insurance (Life, Reinsurance preferred) or Financial Services (Banking, Asset Management).
• Proven track record of establishing or maturing Portfolio / Transformation Offices (PMO++, EPMO, Portfolio Office).
• Deep expertise and qualifications in portfolio management frameworks (e.g. MoP, P3O, enterprise PMO models).
• Investment prioritisation and business case evaluation.
• Portfolio analytics, reporting, and tools (Planview, Clarity, Power BI).
• Strong understanding of delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).

Responsibilities

• Establish and run an enterprise-wide portfolio management capability.
• Enable executives to make data-driven, prioritised investment decisions.
• Lead development of the Project Portfolio pipeline for Lines of Business or DBS Functions.
• Deliver integrated portfolio insight, governance, evaluation and prioritisation of projects.
• Act as trusted advisor to divisional leadership and senior stakeholders.
• Implement planning processes across strategy, budgets, and delivery.
• Challenge and shape demand to align with business priorities.
• Translate strategy into a coherent change pipeline.
• Create a single integrated view of the change portfolio.
• Help redefine governance for prioritising, sequencing and pausing change initiatives.
• Deliver forward-looking portfolio insights including delivery health, strategic alignment, capacity, interdependencies and risk.
• Upskill Business Change function in portfolio thinking and disciplines.

Skills

Portfolio Management Frameworks

Investment Prioritization

Portfolio Analytics

Change Leadership

Delivery Methodologies

Tools

Planview

Clarity

Power BI

Job description

• Establish and run a mature, enterprise-wide portfolio management capability
• Enable the Executive Committee and senior leadership to make data driven, prioritised, and strategically aligned investment decisions
• Lead the development of the Project Portfolio pipeline for Lines of Business or DBS Functions
• Deliver integrated portfolio insight, governance, evaluation and prioritisation of projects based on business value, organizational capacity, and risk
• Act as a trusted advisor to various divisional leadership and senior stakeholders
• Implement integrated planning processes across strategy, budgets, and delivery
• Challenge and shape demand to ensure alignment with business priorities
• Translate business strategy into coherent and prioritised change pipelines
• Create and maintain a single integrated view of the change portfolio
• Help redefine the governance framework(s) for prioritizing, sequencing, and pausing change initiatives
• Deliver forward-looking portfolio insights including: Delivery health and performance; Strategic alignment; Capacity and resource constraints; Interdependencies and risk hotspots
• Upskill the Business Change function and Business areas in portfolio thinking and disciplines

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in portfolio / transformation / change leadership within; Insurance (Life, Reinsurance preferred), or Financial Services (Banking, Asset Management)
• Proven track record of establishing or maturing Portfolio / Transformation Offices (PMO++, EPMO, Portfolio Office)
• Deep expertise and qualifications in: Portfolio management frameworks (e.g. MoP, P3O, enterprise PMO models)
• Investment prioritisation and business case evaluation
• Portfolio analytics, reporting, and tools (e.g. Planview, Clarity, Power BI)
• Strong understanding of delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in portfolio management frameworks and investment prioritization, with a strong ability to translate business strategy into actionable change pipelines. Proven leadership in establishing and maturing Portfolio Management Offices while delivering integrated insights and governance across organizational functions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Portfolio Management Frameworks
• Investment Prioritization
• Portfolio Analytics
• Change Leadership
• Delivery Methodologies

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Portfolio Management
• Transformation Leadership
• Business Case Evaluation
• Governance Frameworks
• Integrated Planning Processes

Soft Skills

• Trusted Advisor
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Alignment

Industry Keywords

• Insurance
• Financial Services
• Banking
• Asset Management
• Reinsurance

Tools & Technologies

• Planview
• Clarity
• Power BI