Portfolio Manager

bol; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days PTO

Travel costs covered

Pension plan: 75% premium covered

Annual bonus based on sustainability

Job summary

bol is seeking a Portfolio Manager to orchestrate our product-tech-data portfolio and align initiatives with company goals, serving millions of customers and thousands of partners.

You will collaborate with Product/Tech and Data teams, oversee day-to-day portfolio operations, and advocate for new value-thinking approaches to maximize impact and efficiency across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project/portfolio management experience.
• Fluent in product, tech, and business terms.
• Able to manage stakeholders across levels with influence.
• Proven track record in product-led initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate bol's strategic portfolio across product/tech/data domains.
• Collaborate with Head of Portfolio and cross-functional teams to align bottom-up inputs with top-down goals.
• Capture, analyze, and report on portfolio performance using consistent metrics.
• Advocate for value-thinking approaches to improve efficiency and impact.

Skills

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Product leadership

Job description

Value-adding (and -understanding) orchestrator for bol's product, tech and data portfolio

How do you make our customers happy?

By turning our product-tech-data portfolio into pure customer gold. As our Portfolio Manager, you'll ensure every initiative aligns perfectly with our mission to delight 13 million customers and empower 49k partner sellers, all while providing bol with the ultimate bottom-line value. Ready to give our portfolio the Midas touch?

The biggest challenge

Portfolio managers are a rare breed of specialists who must master several complex skills. You'll need to speak the languages of diverse stakeholders, from tech gurus to business colleagues, winning hearts and minds across domains. You'll be the timekeeper for multiple concurrent processes, ensuring everything runs like a Swiss watch. And you'll tailor the portfolio to fit bol’s ambitions to deliver maximum impact.

What you'll do as Portfolio Manager

As Portfolio Manager, you'll play a crucial role in orchestrating bol's strategic ambitions. Reporting to the Head of Portfolio, you'll oversee the day-to-day operations of a subset of our portfolio. Your responsibility will be to capture and represent the bottom-up perspective across the organization and ensure it is properly aligned with the top-down ambitions. You'll gather and analyze information from various parts of the business, working closely with Product/Tech and Data teams to track and monitor sub-portfolio performance. A key part of your role will be to advocate for and implement new approaches to thinking about value, always pushing for better performance and efficiency.

• Gather high-quality inputs from across the business in a timely manner
• Collaborate on metrics to effectively report on sub-portfolio performance
• Champion and implement new value-thinking approaches
• Support various domains in their portfolio management efforts
• Tailor processes and tools to meet the specific needs of different teams

Why you can make a difference

Because you act as the vital bridge between strategic top-down ambitions and real-world bottom-up delivery. In a fast-paced retail ecosystem serving millions of customers and tens of thousands of partners, aligning complex tech, data, and business initiatives is critical to moving forward efficiently. By standardizing value-thinking frameworks and creating clarity across diverse domains, you ensure that every product and tech investment delivers tangible, maximum impact for bol.

3 reasons why this is for you

• A portfolio of solid credentials You have 5+ years of project/portfolio management experience, and you're fluent in product, tech, and business.
• Agile stakeholder whisperer You can manage stakeholders at all levels, getting them to align with your vision.
• Product-led proponent You can accelerate product-led ways of working to go faster than an F1 car.

Where you'll be working

At the heart of bol's product strategy center! You'll be working with teams across our organization, ensuring our portfolio delivers maximum value. Join 2,900 innovators passionate about serving 49,000 partner-sellers and millions of customers. Excited about optimizing a diverse product portfolio in an e-commerce environment that's always pushing boundaries?

Perks of having a blue heart

• 29 days to recharge
• Travel costs: Public transport, car, parking & charging covered
• Pension plan: 75% premium covered
• Annual bonus based on sustainability goals