Programme & Portfolio Manager

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

26 days' annual leave

Flexible working culture

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Company bonus scheme

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Family leave package

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. is seeking a Senior Portfolio Delivery Manager to join the Capital Delivery PMO in Peterborough with flexible working.

The role leads complex portfolio activity, coordinating planning, performance, risk and governance to support confident decisions and successful delivery. You will collaborate across project, programme and portfolio teams, engage senior stakeholders, translate delivery information into clear messages, and help develop the PMO capability while

Qualifications

• Experience in portfolio, programme or project management within complex capital delivery.
• Ability to connect information across projects to a clear portfolio view.
• Strong planning, governance and risk management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Bring together portfolio plans, priorities, milestones and dependencies for delivery.
• Monitor delivery performance and identify risks, issues and opportunities.
• Coordinate across project, programme and portfolio teams for effective governance.
• Support Portfolio Boards with clear, evidence-based decisions.
• Translate complex delivery information into concise messages for senior leaders.
• Lead complex portfolio activity and coordinate across multiple teams.

Skills

Portfolio delivery

Governance & risk management

Stakeholder management

Analytical planning

Power BI

Microsoft 365

Strategic leadership

Education

Degree in portfolio, programme or project management

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft 365

Reporting tools

Job description

Circa £75,000 per annum (Senior - Salary Dependent on Skills & Experience) Permanent or Fixed Term Opportunities Available Full time, 37 hours per week (Flexible working opportunities are available) Thorpe Wood House, Peterborough (with Flexible Working) Help shape the delivery of our biggest-ever capital investment programme Anglian Water is delivering an AMP8 capital programme of approximately £11 billion. It will improve resilience and protect the environment while supporting regional growth and delivering better outcomes for customers and communities.

We are looking to appoint a Portfolio Delivery Manager or Senior Portfolio Delivery Manager to join our Capital Delivery PMO. We are particularly interested in candidates with the experience to operate at Senior level, although the level of appointment will reflect the successful candidate’s experience and capability. We welcome applications from established portfolio leaders as well as experienced capital delivery professionals who are ready to take on a broader portfolio role. You will help bring together planning, performance, risk, governance and delivery insight across complex investment portfolios. Working with internal teams, delivery vehicles and partners, you will provide the coordination, challenge and forward-looking visibility needed to support confident decisions and successful delivery. The scope and level of accountability will reflect the level of appointment. You will take ownership of complex portfolio activity, work across organisational boundaries and influence delivery decisions. At Senior level, this will include greater leadership responsibility, engagement with senior stakeholders and coordination across multiple teams and delivery interfaces. What matters most is your ability to collaborate, think critically and use evidence to drive action. You will bring credible capital delivery experience and the confidence to improve performance in a complex environment.

Key responsibilities

• Bring together portfolio plans, priorities, milestones and dependencies to support safe, efficient and timely delivery.
• Monitor delivery performance and use forward-looking insight to identify emerging risks, issues and opportunities.
• Work across project, programme and portfolio teams to strengthen planning, coordination and decision-making.
• Support the effective operation of Portfolio Boards and other governance forums, ensuring decisions are clear, evidence-based and followed through.
• Maintain oversight of portfolio risks, issues and mitigations, escalating material concerns at the right time.
• Translate complex delivery information into clear messages, recommendations and actions for senior leaders.
• Challenge delivery confidence, forecasts and assumptions constructively, helping teams identify practical interventions.
• Build strong working relationships across Capital Delivery, Finance, Commercial, Strategic Investment Management, operational teams and delivery partners.
• Promote consistent standards, continuous improvement and effective use of lessons learned across the portfolio.
• Help maintain clear links between investment, regulatory commitments, customer outcomes and delivery priorities.
• Lead complex portfolio activity, provide strategic advice and coordinate action across multiple teams and delivery interfaces.
• Contribute to the continued development of Capital Delivery PMO capability, ways of working and portfolio maturity.

What does it take?

We are looking for a credible capital delivery professional who can demonstrate many of the following:

• Experience in portfolio, programme or project management within a complex capital delivery, infrastructure, construction, engineering or utilities environment.
• A track record of improving capital delivery through effective planning, governance, risk management, performance insight or intervention.
• The ability to connect information across projects and programmes and turn it into a clear portfolio view.
• Confidence working with a range of stakeholders, aligning different teams around shared priorities and outcomes.
• Strong analytical, planning and prioritisation skills, supported by sound judgement.
• The ability to communicate complex information clearly and influence decisions at an appropriate level.
• Relevant capital delivery experience is essential.
• This role is not aimed at candidates whose experience is solely in IT or digital project management without substantial transferable capital delivery experience.
• Experience of water, infrastructure, utilities or another regulated capital environment is desirable.
• Knowledge of commercial and contract environments, including NEC contracts, would be advantageous.
• A relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience in portfolio, programme or project management.
• Confidence using Microsoft 365, Power BI or other reporting and visualisation tools.
• You do not need to meet every requirement.
• Strong capital delivery experience and the ability to work across complex programmes or portfolios are important.

What we offer

• Private healthcare with no excess.
• 26 days' annual leave, rising with service, plus bank holidays.
• A flexible working culture.
• A competitive pension scheme, with employee contributions double-matched up to 7%.
• Life assurance at eight times your salary.
• Personal accident cover.
• A company bonus scheme.
• A wide range of employee discounts and flexible benefits.
• Paid time off when you are physically or mentally unwell.
• An excellent family leave package.
• Access to wellbeing and financial support services.

Why Anglian Water?

We care about our people, our environment and our customers. You will join a collaborative and ambitious team with the opportunity to influence how one of the UK’s largest capital investment programmes is prioritised, governed and delivered. This is an opportunity to work across a varied and high-profile portfolio, build your experience and help deliver lasting benefits for customers, communities and the environment.

Closing date: 25/10/26

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We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, you will support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.