Senior Portfolio Programme Manager - £5M Budget, Hybrid

Addition; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Addition is seeking a senior leader to unify multiple delivery teams and drive strategic priorities across a complex product portfolio. You will provide oversight, commercial control and direction to keep delivery moving forward, with hybrid onsite work in Reading.

You will coordinate across Agile squads, Product Owners and Delivery Leads, maintaining RAID governance, budgeting and benefit tracking while influencing senior stakeholders to resolve competing priorities.

Qualifications

• Senior programme/portfolio management experience in a complex tech/product environment.
• Experience leading multiple delivery squads, PO peers and delivery leads.
• Proven track record managing multi-million pound budgets (e.g., £5m+).
• Strong forecasting, business case development and benefits tracking.
• Experience with third-party suppliers, SOWs and performance metrics.
• Leadership of annual and quarterly planning cycles, prioritisation and resource planning.
• Governance discipline including RAID, dependencies and delivery reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management and senior executive influence.

Responsibilities

• Provide programme-level leadership and delivery oversight for a large portfolio.
• Act as the central integration point across Agile squads, Product Owners and Delivery Leads.
• Maintain progress visibility across milestones, risks, dependencies and performance.
• Lead annual planning and quarterly OKR exercises ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Own a portfolio budget (approx. £5m) with forecasting and commercial controls.
• Develop business cases and ongoing benefits tracking for budgeting cycles.
• Manage supplier relationships, SOWs, timesheets and commercial deliverables.
• Oversee resource and capacity planning across multiple squads.
• Ensure robust RAID management and portfolio governance for senior stakeholders.
• Build relationships with senior leaders to influence priorities and resolve conflicts.
• Onboard quickly to each product and identify opportunities to improve coordination.

Skills

Senior programme management

Delivery team leadership

Agile & DevOps coordination

Budget management

Forecasting

Vendor & supplier management

Portfolio governance

Stakeholder management

RAID management

Change management

Utilities industry knowledge

Job description

Addition is seeking a senior leader to unify multiple delivery teams and drive strategic priorities across a complex product portfolio. You will provide oversight, commercial control and direction to keep delivery moving forward, with hybrid onsite work in Reading.

You will coordinate across Agile squads, Product Owners and Delivery Leads, maintaining RAID governance, budgeting and benefit tracking while influencing senior stakeholders to resolve competing priorities.