Strategic Transformation & Portfolio Director

University of Essex; Colchester; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 125.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

University of Essex, Infrastructure and Digital Services (IDS), seeks a Transformation and Portfolio Director to join the senior leadership team. You will lead the transformation portfolio, ensuring investment focuses on high-impact priorities that deliver measurable benefits for students and staff.

You will establish governance and delivery standards, shaping complex initiatives, and driving continuous improvement with data, automation and AI to reimagine services across the University.

Formación

• Experience leading large-scale transformation portfolios and programmes.
• Strong governance, prioritisation and benefits realisation skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across a complex organisation.
• Expertise in organisational change, delivery, and improvement methodologies.
• Experience using data, automation and AI to enhance services.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the University transformation portfolio and align investments with strategic objectives.
• Establish governance, prioritisation, and delivery standards across programmes.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to shape complex transformation initiatives.
• Build organisational capability for sustaining change and embedding new ways of working.

Conocimientos

Transformation leadership

Portfolio governance

Stakeholder influence

Change management

Data & AI in ops

Continuous improvement

Capability development

Descripción del empleo

University of Essex, Infrastructure and Digital Services (IDS), seeks a Transformation and Portfolio Director to join the senior leadership team. You will lead the transformation portfolio, ensuring investment focuses on high-impact priorities that deliver measurable benefits for students and staff.

You will establish governance and delivery standards, shaping complex initiatives, and driving continuous improvement with data, automation and AI to reimagine services across the University.