Strategic Portfolio Lead — Cross-Functional Programs

Ball Aerospace; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Luton is seeking a Portfolio Manager, Strategy & Commercial Operations on a maternity cover basis. You will join the EMEA Strategy & Agenda team, supporting cross-functional initiatives across commercial, analytics and operations, translating data into clear business recommendations.

The role emphasizes programme management, stakeholder coordination, and governance, with responsibility for keeping the portfolio visible, aligned with strategic priorities and delivering on time

Qualifications

• Degree-level education in business, science, engineering, analytics or related discipline.
• Experience leading programmes or cross-functional projects in global/complex environments.
• Experience coordinating multicultural and geographically dispersed teams and senior stakeholders.
• Experience turning data into business recommendations and communications.
• Experience across commercial, strategy, operations, supply chain, finance or analytics.
• Experience supporting executive reviews, strategic projects or business planning.
• Desirable: Commercial, Strategy, Analytics, Finance, Supply Chain, Logistics or Procurement.
• Strong data literacy and ability to interpret outputs.
• PM tools and governance for complex initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end strategic initiatives and complex cross-functional programmes and projects.
• Coordinate internal and third-party resources to deliver outcomes on time, within scope and within budget.
• Develop clear project scopes, objectives, plans, milestones and governance with relevant stakeholders.
• Manage dependencies, resources, risks, issues, changes and decisions across workstreams.
• Monitor performance, maintain project documentation and report or escalate to management as required.
• Support strategy deployment by driving key initiatives that contribute to sustainable business growth.
• Help maintain portfolio visibility, including progress, risks, dependencies, decisions and resource requirements.
• Support the Director Strategy & Agenda with programme management processes, tools and templates that enable regional and global collaboration
• Analyse and interpret data from multiple business sources to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Translate analytical outputs into clear business insights, recommendations and compelling narratives for business stakeholders.
• Support the preparation of business reviews, presentations, management updates and strategic discussions.
• Work with analytics, commercial, operations and finance teams to convert data into actionable business decisions.

Skills

Programme management

Cross-functional leadership

Data literacy

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Excel

PowerPoint

Analytical storytelling

Communication

Multicultural collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Analytics/Engineering

Tools

Power BI

SharePoint

Project management tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Ball Corporation in Luton is seeking a Portfolio Manager, Strategy & Commercial Operations on a maternity cover basis. You will join the EMEA Strategy & Agenda team, supporting cross-functional initiatives across commercial, analytics and operations, translating data into clear business recommendations.

The role emphasizes programme management, stakeholder coordination, and governance, with responsibility for keeping the portfolio visible, aligned with strategic priorities and delivering on time