Transformation Portfolio Lead

GBA5 EntServ UK Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology in London is seeking an experienced Transformation Portfolio Lead to own integrated planning, governance and delivery control across four transformation roadmaps. You will ensure milestones, dependencies, resources and finances stay aligned and under control, creating a single, coherent view of delivery.

You’ll lead a matrix team of Project Managers and work-package leads, drive governance and reporting, and partner with Finance, Strategy and ISB to enable timely decisions and

Qualifications

• Strong experience within complex transformation, programme or portfolio delivery environments.
• Experience within the London Market or banking/financial services environment would be highly advantageous.
• Excellent integrated planning and dependency-management capability.
• Experience bringing multiple project, programme or workstream plans together into a coherent integrated portfolio plan.
• Strong knowledge of milestone management, baselines, risks, issues, dependencies and change control.
• Experience coordinating resources and capacity across multiple programmes or workstreams.
• Experience overseeing programme or portfolio finances.
• Strong programme and portfolio governance experience.
• Experience managing complex delivery issues, problems and escalations.
• Strong evidence-based reporting skills and the confidence to constructively challenge information.
• Experience managing SLAs and customer/supplier relationships.
• Experience coordinating matrix teams of Project Managers, work-package leads and other delivery professionals.
• Excellent stakeholder and customer relationship skills.
• Clear and credible communication skills with the ability to engage effectively at all levels.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving capability with the ability to balance competing priorities.
• A collaborative and pragmatic approach combined with the confidence to challenge when delivery moves away from agreed plans.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the integrated delivery plan across all four transformation roadmaps, bringing together individual project and work-package plans into a single, coordinated view.
• Work closely with Project Managers and work-package leads to ensure milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and delivery commitments are understood and actively managed.
• Identify dependencies across the four roadmaps, ensuring potential impacts are recognised early and appropriate action is taken to protect delivery.
• Maintain clear visibility of progress against agreed milestones and outcomes, identifying emerging challenges and areas requiring intervention.
• Manage issues, problems and escalations within delegated authority, driving timely resolution and escalating appropriately where required.
• Lead effective governance across the portfolio, ensuring forums are focused on decision-making, resolving exceptions and maintaining momentum.
• Coordinate resources across the four roadmaps, ensuring the right capability and capacity are aligned to planned activity.
• Maintain oversight and control of portfolio finances, working closely with Finance to ensure agreed activity has appropriate financial coverage.
• Manage and coordinate a matrix team of Project Managers and work-package leads, creating alignment around priorities, milestones and outcomes.
• Control delivery baselines and ensure Run changes are managed through the appropriate change-control process.
• Track SLA performance with Velonetic and the ISB, ensuring commitments, performance, exceptions and escalations are actively managed.
• Ensure portfolio reporting is based on verified data and agreed metrics, providing an accurate and evidence-based view of delivery.
• Govern and quality-check reporting before it is presented to Velonetic or the ISB.
• Drive consistency across planning, governance, reporting and delivery controls.
• Build effective relationships across the portfolio, bringing teams together around shared milestones, priorities and outcomes.

Job description

DXC Technology is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner, helping organisations modernise, secure and operate complex technology environments. Our Insurance Software business sits at the heart of the global insurance industry. DXC is the No. 1 provider of core technology to the insurance industry, combining deep insurance expertise with software, services and technology that help insurers modernise their operations, reduce complexity and accelerate transformation. Through the DXC Assure platform and wider Insurance Software & BPS portfolio, we work across Life & Annuity, Property & Casualty and specialty insurance, helping customers protect their existing technology investments while introducing new digital capability and transforming their businesses. This is an exciting time to join the business as we continue to focus on modernisation, innovation and transformation across the insurance market.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Transformation Portfolio Lead to take ownership of integrated planning, governance and delivery control across four key transformation roadmaps. This is a pivotal role within a complex transformation environment, bringing together multiple projects, workstreams and stakeholders to create one clear, integrated view of delivery. You’ll ensure that plans, milestones, dependencies, resources and finances remain aligned and under control, providing the oversight, structure and governance needed to keep the portfolio moving forward against agreed priorities, outcomes and budgets. Working closely with Transformation, Strategy, Architecture, Change and Finance teams, alongside Velonetic and the ISB, you’ll connect activity across the portfolio, identify and resolve delivery challenges and ensure stakeholders have confidence in the quality and accuracy of plans and reporting. It’s a role for someone who can see the bigger picture while remaining close enough to delivery to understand what needs attention, bringing clarity, discipline and momentum to a complex transformation portfolio.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Own and maintain the integrated delivery plan across all four transformation roadmaps, bringing together individual project and work-package plans into a single, coordinated view.
• Work closely with Project Managers and work-package leads to ensure milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and delivery commitments are understood and actively managed.
• Identify dependencies across the four roadmaps, ensuring potential impacts are recognised early and appropriate action is taken to protect delivery.
• Maintain clear visibility of progress against agreed milestones and outcomes, identifying emerging challenges and areas requiring intervention.
• Manage issues, problems and escalations within delegated authority, driving timely resolution and escalating appropriately where required.
• Lead effective governance across the portfolio, ensuring forums are focused on decision-making, resolving exceptions and maintaining momentum.
• Coordinate resources across the four roadmaps, ensuring the right capability and capacity are aligned to planned activity.
• Maintain oversight and control of portfolio finances, working closely with Finance to ensure agreed activity has appropriate financial coverage.
• Manage and coordinate a matrix team of Project Managers and work-package leads, creating alignment around priorities, milestones and outcomes.
• Control delivery baselines and ensure Run changes are managed through the appropriate change-control process.
• Track SLA performance with Velonetic and the ISB, ensuring commitments, performance, exceptions and escalations are actively managed.
• Ensure portfolio reporting is based on verified data and agreed metrics, providing an accurate and evidence-based view of delivery.
• Govern and quality-check reporting before it is presented to Velonetic or the ISB.
• Drive consistency across planning, governance, reporting and delivery controls.
• Build effective relationships across the portfolio, bringing teams together around shared milestones, priorities and outcomes.

What Success Looks Like:

• All four roadmaps are supported by milestone-based integrated plans, with dependencies clearly identified and tracked.
• Delivery can be measured against agreed plans, milestones and outcomes.
• Cross-roadmap dependencies and potential impacts are identified early and actively managed.
• Issues and escalations are handled quickly and effectively.
• Governance enables timely decisions and resolution of exceptions.
• Velonetic and ISB SLAs are actively managed and appropriately reported.
• Reporting is accurate, evidence-based and supported by verified data.
• Resources and capability are coordinated effectively across the portfolio.
• Appropriate financial coverage is in place for agreed activity.
• Changes to delivery baselines are assessed, controlled and governed.
• Stakeholders have confidence in the quality of portfolio planning, governance and reporting.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for an experienced portfolio or transformation delivery professional who can bring structure, control and clarity to a complex environment with multiple priorities and interdependencies. You’ll be comfortable moving between the detail of integrated plans, milestones and dependencies and the broader portfolio picture across resources, finances, governance and outcomes. Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Strong experience within complex transformation, programme or portfolio delivery environments.
• Experience within the London Market or banking/financial services environment would be highly advantageous.
• Excellent integrated planning and dependency-management capability.
• Experience bringing multiple project, programme or workstream plans together into a coherent integrated portfolio plan.
• Strong knowledge of milestone management, baselines, risks, issues, dependencies and change control.
• Experience coordinating resources and capacity across multiple programmes or workstreams.
• Experience overseeing programme or portfolio finances.
• Strong programme and portfolio governance experience.
• Experience managing complex delivery issues, problems and escalations.
• Strong evidence-based reporting skills and the confidence to constructively challenge information.
• Experience managing SLAs and customer/supplier relationships.
• Experience coordinating matrix teams of Project Managers, work-package leads and other delivery professionals.
• Excellent stakeholder and customer relationship skills.
• Clear and credible communication skills with the ability to engage effectively at all levels.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving capability with the ability to balance competing priorities.
• A collaborative and pragmatic approach combined with the confidence to challenge when delivery moves away from agreed plans.

Key Relationships:

• Business Transformation Lead Strategy, Roadmaps & Commercial
• Business Architect Change Manager
• Heritage Transformation Lead
• Heritage+ Transformation Lead
• Market Change Transformation Lead
• BPS Transformation Lead
• Finance Velonetic ISB

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to take a central role within a significant transformation environment, with visibility across four key roadmaps and the ability to influence how change is planned, governed and delivered. Rather than managing one individual project, you’ll sit at the centre of the portfolio, connecting people, plans, dependencies, resources and finances to create a clear and controlled approach to delivery. If you enjoy bringing structure to complexity, connecting multiple teams and priorities and creating the conditions for successful transformation delivery, this is an opportunity to make a real impact. At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner delivering software, services, and solutions to global enterprises and public sector organizations — helping them harness AI to drive outcomes at a time of exponential change with speed. With deep expertise in Managed Infrastructure Services, Application Modernization, and Industry-Specific Software Solutions, DXC modernizes, secures, and operates some of the world's most complex technology estates. Learn more on dxc.com.