Lead Digital Portfolio Manager

1 week ago

Marton Lancashire, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Pay up to £72,664, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

As our new Lead Digital Portfolio Manager joining our Data and Analytics team you will, lead your team and a complex pool of stakeholders to deliver a portfolio of digital projects which will change the way millions of people interact with government, look for work and claim benefits.

You will lead in managing new work demand, advising and producing planning strategies and setting up new projects.

You will take a strategic view of new work, shaping our portfolio and working across the department and with service teams to prioritise projects, based on reliable assessment of the value that they will bring to DWP and our users.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the UK's largest government department that helps people into work and makes payments worth over £195bn a year to support millions of daily users.

Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and ground-breaking technologies to create innovative, scalable, and user-centric digital solutions that are changing how government works.

Our scale and purpose is extraordinary and our portfolio of projects solve diverse, complex and unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

Broad Portfolio Leader experience - Exceptional leadership skills with demonstratable experience of leading large-scale digital portfolios within a complex organisation, setting portfolio standards and providing independent portfolio assurance to senior executive leaders.
Strategic Planning - Proven experience of working with organisational objectives and ambitions to shape and influence Digital strategic planning and priorities.
Developing and improving Portfolio frameworks and controls - Established track record of developing and implementing portfolio frameworks, including taking accountability for delivering critical improvement activity to strengthen and ensure compliance with portfolio controls and standards.
Delivery knowledge and issue resolution - Experience of working in both waterfall and agile environments. Leading and supporting multiple teams to resolve issues and impediments and maintain the delivery momentum across the portfolio.
Data Analysis and decision making - Experience of providing independent interpretation of portfolio data, to provide Executives and stakeholders with analytics and recommendations to aid strategic decision making.
Engagement, Relationships - Experience in building successful relationships across organisational boundaries with diverse senior stakeholders using strong leadership and communication skills to build, manage and influence key strategic relationships.

Qualifications

You must have at least one of the following professional qualifications and state that explicitly in your application:

* Management of Portfolios (Practitioner)
* Prince2
* Portfolio Management Institute

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £72,664.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
Time off volunteering and charitable giving
Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
Sports and social activities
Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process:

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
Interview: a single stage interview online.CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application

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