Portfolio Manager

Infinity Quest; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Infinity Quest is seeking a PMO Delivery Lead for the CTO Change Portfolio Management to report to the Head of CTO Change Portfolio Management. You will coordinate with Area stakeholders and serve as the single point of contact between Areas and the Central PMO to ensure timely, high-quality portfolio delivery.

The role requires strong portfolio management expertise, stakeholder communication skills, and leadership to drive cross-functional delivery aligned with strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of portfolio management frameworks, methodologies, and best practice techniques.
• Pro-active problem-solving with negotiating, documenting and presenting recommendations.
• Critical thinking under pressure to meet tight timescales and deliver at pace.
• Excellent stakeholder management, presentation, and communication skills with senior stakeholders.
• Strong leadership to engage and align multiple teams.
• Knowledge of financial planning, forecasting, variances, and project accounting principles.
• Time management to deliver under demanding timelines.
• Experience with continuous improvement in delivery environments.
• Solid knowledge of technology infrastructure and fintech domains.
• Strong reporting skills to translate ad-hoc requests into executive-ready insights.

Responsibilities

• Report to Head of CTO Change Portfolio Management and act as PMO Delivery Lead for at least one CTO Area.
• Partner with Area stakeholders, Project Sponsors & Transformation Leads across CTO Portfolios.
• Serve as single point of contact between Areas and Central PMO.
• Support delivery of Area portfolio outcomes aligned to strategic requirements.
• Drive delivery of accurate and timely Area plans.
• Report Area portfolio health to PMO Lead, Head of PMO Change Management and ExCo.
• Identify risks and issues for the Area and escalate to Central PMO.
• Ensure Area programmes adhere to CLIENT frameworks and standards.
• Support Area annual planning and advise on resources.
• Ensure Area programmes interlock with other CLIENT Technology programmes.
• Monitor Area Programmes/Portfolios/Projects without owning them.

Skills

Portfolio management

Problem solving

Critical thinking

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Financial planning

Time management

Continuous improvement

Reporting to CTO

Fintech knowledge

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities

• The role holder will report to the Head of CTO Change Portfolio Management and will operate as the dedicated PMO Delivery Lead for at least one of the CTO Areas.
• The role holder will:
• Partner with Areas’ stakeholders, Project and Program Sponsors & Transformation Leads across all CTO Portfolios and collaborate with them on regular basis.
• Work as single point of contact between Areas and the Central PMO function.
• Support the effective delivery of the Area’s portfolio outcomes, ensuring these are aligned to the organisational strategic requirements and priorities.
• Work along with Area stakeholders to drive the delivery of accurate and timely plan.
• Report on Area’s portfolio health back to the PMO Lead, Head of PMO Change Management and ExCo.
• Identify thematic Risks and Issues for the Area and report these back to Central PMO.
• Ensure the Area’s programmes adhere to CLIENT Frameworks and standards.
• Support Area’s annual planning activities, advise on best methods and perform health checks on resource supply and demand requirements.
• Ensure Area’s programmes are well interlocked with other programmes within CLIENT Technology and are well understood and managed.
• Not own any governed programmes or projects but will be responsible for monitoring the Area’s Programmes/Portfolios/projects.

Essential Skillset/Experience:

• Very good understanding of Portfolio management frameworks, methodologies, and best practice techniques
• Pro-active problem-solving skills with strong experience of negotiating, documenting and presenting recommendations to deliver shared outcomes.
• Critical thinking, able to work to under pressure to challenging timescales and deliver at pace.
• Excellent stakeholder management, presentation, and communication skills – Proven experience of exposure to Senior stakeholders is critical.
• Very good leadership skills and ability to engage and bring different teams together.
• Strong understanding and experience of financial planning processes including forecasting, management of variances and common project accounting principles (e.g. cash, directs and P&L accounting)
• Very good time management skills and ability to work under challenging timescales to deliver at pace.
• Experience of continuous improvement.
• Strong knowledge of technology infrastructure products and platforms and fintech.
• Strong/ in-depth reporting skills as data reported to CTO level within CLIENT. Ability to turn around ad-hoc requests into high level reports from senior management