Digital Transformation Lead Portfolio Management

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Ad Warrior Full time

**Digital Transformation Lead - Portfolio Management (Private Equity)**

**Location**: Hybrid Remote - 2 days minimum in the London Victoria Office with exotic travel for 1 week in every 2 month period minimum, potentially 1 week in every 1 month period if required

**Salary**: Competitive Salary (Mid to Senior Management Level) + Bonus + generous Benefits Package

The company is the UK's development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. They invest with the aim of solving the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation.

They have over 70 years of experience successfully supporting the sustainable, long-term growth of businesses in Africa and Asia, and have recently expanded to invest in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean.

**The Role**

The Portfolio Management team sits within the central Office of the Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) function and works across the entire investment portfolio. They are focused on direct investments (e.g., direct equity and debt) as well as fund of fund investments.The primary aim of the Portfolio Management team is to support deal teams with targeted value creation interventions at a portfolio company level. Initiatives range from strategic and operational improvements, to Board and Management effectiveness, assessexit planning, and digital transformation.

**Purpose**

The person in this role will define and lead the organisation's end-to-end approach towards digital transformation initiatives in their portfolio companies. This will include setting an overall framework, identifying and prioritising opportunities, and supportingportfolio companies with execution and implementation.

The ultimate ambition is to offer a valuable service to their portfolio companies, which can materially improve financial returns and development impact.

**Responsibilities**
- Establish an overarching approach and framework to supporting the digital transformation of the portfolio companies
- Assess and opine on portfolio companies' existing digital transformation strategies, using expertise to enhance and improve approaches where possible
- Assess the potential for value creation through digital transformation on an individual portfolio company basis
- Prioritise efforts on portfolio companies with whom the organisation has the ability to influence significant change, and where transformation aligns with their investment thesis
- Develop digital transformation plans for companies that have not initiated the journey
- Partner with internal deal teams in the creation of a portfolio-wide approach and on individual portfolio company interactions. Ensure internal stakeholders are consulted and informed throughout
- Create and utilise a network of specialist advisors to supplement hands on company engagements
- Allocate time to spend on the ground with portfolio companies to build relationships with management, and develop a strong understanding of digital transformation challenges and opportunities

**Background**

This role is business-facing and is not an engineering role.

**Essential skills**
- Suitable external consulting experience, leading digital strategy and transformation initiatives, (with an exposure to variety of client sectors), working for a leading consultancy
- A demonstrable passion for the impact and value that digitalisation can bring to companies, markets and individuals
- Demonstratable ability to design and set up a framework that can be replicated across different companies and sectors
- Communicating complex ideas in a simple and compelling way, with the ability to engage and influence a range of stakeholders to Board and shareholder level
- Ability to work independently and in a hands-on manner
- A self-starter, able to identify opportunities to use expertise to create value for the organisation and its portfolio companies
- Strong project management skills, able to determine and drive towards an agreed upon goal for portfolio company engagements
- Collaborative, able to engage with and manage a wide group of stakeholders

**Desirable skills**
- Deep technical understanding of at least one of big data and analytics, AI/ML, process automation and robotics, IoT, cloud, or IT architecture
- Experience interacting with Private Equity deal teams on an investment portfolio

**Their cultural values**

The company look for team members who aspire, as they do, to work at their best and to be:

- Impact-led, commercially rigorous
- Tenacious in the face of challenges
- Collaborative and caring

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