About the Role
The role leads the People Change and Transformation Portfolio within Group HR Operations. It oversees the entire landscape of HR projects and programmes, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and delivery of maximum business value. The position maintains a strong collaborative global network and acts as a senior leader in the delivery of the Group HR Operations Change strategy. It requires strategic prioritisation of investments, executive stakeholder influence, and collaboration without authority across Divisions and Brands in a global federated model.
Key Responsibilities
- Work in close partnership with the PMO Manager, Project Managers, and global HR leadership to ensure the health, direction, and success of the transformation portfolio.
- Direct the overall programme roadmap, ensuring the portfolio of projects aligns with broader organisational goals and the Group HR Operations & Transformation strategy.
- Support the intake of new initiatives, evaluate business cases, and prioritise investments across the Global HR Ops community based on strategic value, risk, and organisational capacity.
- Partner with the PMO to enforce a robust governance framework for all implementations, providing executive-level visibility into portfolio health, financial performance, and cross-project dependencies.
- Provide strategic oversight of resource allocation across the federated model, ensuring teams across different Divisions and Brands are aligned to the highest-priority initiatives without being over-leveraged.
- Establish frameworks to track and measure the successful execution of projects, ensuring they enhance overall delivery efficiency and realise their intended ROI and transformational goals.
- Maintain a strong and collaborative global network and act as a senior leader in the delivery of the Group HR Operations Change strategy.
- Strategically prioritise investments and influence executive stakeholders across various Divisions and Brands.
- Foster collaboration without authority across the global federated model.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Extensive track record in portfolio management, senior programme management, or PMO leadership, specifically guiding large-scale HR, people systems, or organisational transformation portfolios.
- Deep experience operating at a strategic level within a large, highly matrixed, or federated organisation, balancing centralised strategy with decentralised execution.
- Strong experience in portfolio financial management, budget allocation, business case development, and ROI tracking.
- Proven ability to design and implement portfolio-level governance structures, stage-gating processes, and executive reporting dashboards.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence C-suite and senior leadership, drive strategic consensus, and manage conflicting priorities across different brands.
- Ability to steer global teams, secure resource commitments, and foster deep collaboration across autonomous divisions without direct reporting lines.
- Ability to look beyond individual projects to see the big picture, identifying macro-level risks and opportunities for synergy across the global network.
Preferred Skills
- Recognised portfolio management certification (e.g. PMI-PfMP, MoP) or advanced programme management certification (e.g. MSP, PgMP).
- Advanced expertise in enterprise portfolio and project management (PPM) tools (e.g. Smartsheets, JIRA).
Workplace
- Hybrid model: 2 office days per week.
Benefits & Perks
- Access to Learnerbly, Udemy, and a Self-Development Fund for upskilling.
- Career growth through Internal Mobility Programs.
- Comprehensive health insurance for the employee and dependents.
- Well-Being Fund and 24/7 Assistance Program for holistic wellness.
- Hybrid model of 2 office days per week with flexible leave policies, including maternity, paternity, and sabbaticals.
- Free meals, cab allowance, and a home office setup allowance.
- Employer PF contribution, gratuity, personal accident and life insurance.
- Sharesave Plan to purchase discounted company shares.
- Volunteering leave and team events to build connections.
- Recognition through the Kudos Platform and referral rewards.
About the Company
Flutter Entertainment is the world’s largest sports betting and iGaming operator, with 13.9 million Average Monthly Players worldwide, annual revenue of $14 Bn in 2024, and a portfolio of iconic brands including Paddy Power, Betfair, FanDuel, PokerStars, Junglee Games and Sportsbet.