Lean Portfolio Partner

1 week ago


Reading, United Kingdom Primark Full time

Lean Portfolio Partner

**Reports to**: Lean Portfolio Manager

**Job Purpose**:

- Primark Technology is about to embark on a transformation journey to support business strategy which includes modernising our operating model as well as technology architecture. We are looking for a trusted business partner to one or more portfolio leadership teams, providing insight and challenge across all areas of delivery health - delivery metrics, costs & value/benefits. Working collaboratively within the Lean Portfolio Office team to generate a consolidated view for the Technology Strategy & Performance Office change agenda across Technology_

**Key Responsibilities**:

- _ Implementation of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) practices, leading the quarterly roadmap review process within a specific Product Domain, focusing on collaboration with all Product Domains and Shared Services - ensuring consistency and aligned ways of working_
- _ Drive and govern the Technology Roadmap prioritisation in conjunction with Product Domain Directors and Portfolio Performance Managers, ensuring alignment across the whole of Technology and Strategy & Transformation. Understand the strategic drivers & transformation themes for the Product Domains being proposed in order to participate fully in prioritisation._
- _ Implement and collaborate with Portfolio Performance Managers for each Product Domain to embed a standard methodology from across the LPM proficiencies and manage continuous and consistent alignment _
- _Ownership of the LPM model for the Product Domain including monthly and quarterly performance assessment and reporting_
- _ Responsible for ensuring that meaningful metrics for Product Domain heath, are in place and are easily accessible presenting key successes, key challenges and to drive improvements for action_
- _ Responsible for driving and implementing consistent ways of working for the Technology Governance Structure by becoming embedded within the Product Domain generating commentary and challenge on health and quality for discussion at Reviews, highlight risks, exceptions and actions required _
- _Lead an agenda of automating processes and reporting wherever practicable_
- _ Contribute, as part of the Lean Portfolio Office, towards the design and implementation of agreed changes in framework/processes including leading the implementation and governance within the Product Domain_

**Knowledge & Experience**:

- _5+ years of experience within a PMO, organisational design and transformation within a large-scale enterprise environment preferred;_
- _ Prior experience of implementing Lean Portfolio Management at an enterprise level beneficial;_
- _ Experience in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies is mandatory _
- _An appropriate degree, equivalent qualification or experience_
- _ Be a passionate and visionary technologist able to inspire others to challenge and disrupt the current reality to co-create a compelling technology-orientated future business by:_
- _ Being able to scan potential technologies (established, emerging and emergent)_
- _ Finding ways to translate that into business opportunities_
- _ Be able to take people along with you, empowering new ways of working and successfully executing on those opportunities_
- _ Demonstrable experience in managing complex relationships_
- _ Expertise in project/programme management and associated tools and techniques_
- _ Ability to understand, support and articulate complex change processes, data-sets and governance_
- _ Ability to understand budgets and business cases and support teams through the project lifecycle process_
- _ Effective collaboration skills; working within a matrix-structured organisation focussed on Lean Portfolio Management_
- _ Experience in identifying and implementing continuous improvement efforts and coach teams in best LPM practices_



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