Strategic Portfolio Manager

Wiltshire Police; Devizes; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual leave entitlement

Learning and development opportunities

On-site gym

Employee Assistance Programme

On-site parking

Blue Light Card discounts

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Wiltshire Police is seeking an experienced Strategic Portfolio Manager to shape, assure and lead strategic change across the organisation in collaboration with the OPCC. You will provide portfolio oversight across significant programmes, ensuring governance, risks and delivery confidence are well managed and reported to senior leaders.

We value the ability to influence senior stakeholders, translate complex information into actionable insights and drive continuous improvement of portfolio

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading programmes or portfolios in demanding environments.
• Experience designing or improving governance, reporting and assurance.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear insights and actions.
• Evidence of influencing senior stakeholders with judgement and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio oversight and assurance arrangements across strategic change activity, maintaining visibility of progress, risks, dependencies and delivery confidence.
• Assess programme health, benefits realisation and delivery performance with clear recommendations.
• Design and maintain governance, reporting and assurance for effective decision-making.
• Lead major OPCC programmes and cross-cutting workstreams from mobilisation through benefits realisation.
• Identify, manage and escalate risks, issues and barriers to delivery.
• Prepare briefs, reports and assurance products for senior leaders and boards.
• Provide challenge and support to strengthen delivery confidence and accountability.
• Support continuous improvement of programme and portfolio management disciplines.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Risks and issues management

Stakeholder engagement

Public sector experience

Programme/Project management

Reporting and assurance

Tools

MSP/PRINCE2/MoP/APM qualifications

Job description

DSE use (for a substantial part of work)

18/09/2026, 23:55

About the role

Shape, Assure and Lead Strategic Change

Are you an experienced programme, project or portfolio professional who enjoys turning strategic ambition into successful delivery?

Join Wiltshire and Swindon's newly transformed Strategy, Performance and Oversight team and help shape, assure and lead strategic change across the organisation.

As our Strategic Portfolio Manager, you will play a key role in strengthening how strategic priorities are planned, governed and delivered across the organisation. Working closely with senior leaders across the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) and Wiltshire Police, you will provide portfolio oversight and assurance while leading significant programmes, projects and improvement initiatives.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of strategic decision-making, helping leaders maintain visibility, confidence and organisational grip across a diverse portfolio of change activity.

What you will be doing

• Lead portfolio oversight and assurance arrangements across strategic change activity, maintaining visibility of progress, risks, dependencies and delivery confidence.
• Assess programme and project health, organisational readiness, benefits realisation and delivery performance, providing clear recommendations where action is required.
• Design and maintain proportionate governance, reporting and assurance arrangements that support effective decision-making.
• Lead significant OPCC programmes, projects and cross-cutting workstreams from mobilisation and planning through to implementation and benefits realisation.
• Identify, manage and escalates risks, issues, dependencies and barriers to successful delivery.
• Prepare high-quality briefings, reports and assurance products for senior leaders, boards and governance forums.
• Provide constructive challenge, advice and support to programme and project leads to strengthen delivery confidence and accountability.
• Support the continuous improvement of programme, project and portfolio management disciplines, tools and standards across the organisation.

About you and your experience

• Significant experience leading programmes, projects or complex workstreams within a public sector, regulatory or similarly demanding environment.
• Strong portfolio, programme and project management skills, including governance, assurance, planning, risk and issue management.
• Experience of developing or improving reporting, assurance, governance or oversight arrangements that strengthen organisational performance and accountability.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear insight, recommendations and actions.
• Experience of influencing, advising and constructively challenging senior stakeholders using evidence, judgement and professionalism.
• A recognised project, programme or portfolio management qualification such as MSP, PRINCE2, MoP or APM, or equivalent experience, would be advantageous.

At the Wiltshire and Swindon OPCC, you'll have the opportunity to work on issues that matter to communities across Wiltshire and Swindon. You'll be part of a collaborative team committed to improving services, strengthening accountability and delivering positive outcomes for the public.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible and agile working
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Dedicated learning and development opportunities
• Occupational health and wellbeing support and a free on-site gym
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free onsite parkingBlue Light Card discounts
• Cycle to Work and salary sacrifice schemes

Our Commitment

Wiltshire Police and the OPCC are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and will support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment.

Depending on the number of applications received, we reserve the right to close this role early.