Senior Portfolio Manager

2 months ago

Sheffield UK, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom FDM Group Full time

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Portfolio Strategy and Planning Lead in Sheffield to work for our client within the Financial Services sector.


As the Portfolio Strategy and Planning Lead you will be working within the Chief Technology Office (CTO). The COO function supports the evolving needs of CTO organisation through expert financial, business and resource management. You will be responsible for the overall delivery of the strategic portfolio outcome and support the business vison and purpose through complex and global change portfolios. This role will report to the Head of CTO Change Portfolio Management and work closely with the CTO Transformation and Change Leads and wider teams/stakeholders to deliver common objectives.


You must be proactive, result oriented, structured and able to operate under pressure in a changing environment.


Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the overall delivery of strategic portfolio outcomes supporting business vision and purpose through complex and global change portfolios.
  • Own CTO portfolio strategy and ensure organisational strategic requirements and priorities are understood, documented, and are supported by technology architecture roadmaps and vendor strategy.
  • Ownership and delivery of strategic planning cycles across change portfolios to ensure financial investment decisions supports CTO long term strategy, risk appetite and aligns to the client’s strategy and future business / customer needs.
  • Development of business cases and benefit validation to support transformation, strategic initiatives and to support fast paced business responses to emerging threats and opportunities
  • Develop and drive regular engagement with senior stakeholders at C-suite and director level, to influence and deliver CTO vision and strategy.
  • Support the management of risks across CTO by ensuring portfolio risks, issues and dependencies are managed effectively and senior stakeholders are informed / updated where appropriate.
  • Supporting leadership development within the CTO Change portfolio management team.
  • Supporting management of portfolio budgets to help CTO meet its annual operating plan of approx.
  • Ensuring that CTO is able to meet committed outcomes by working with engineering teams to align supply to meet forecasted demand pipelines.


Requirements

  • 8 years plus strategic portfolio management or relevant experience, ideally within Financial Services technology functions and working with C-level executives.
  • Strong emotional intelligence and leadership: Navigate organisational complexities, foster a positive work culture, and lead teams effectively.
  • Proven experience of large-scale transformation.
  • Knowledge of portfolio management principles and practices.
  • Excellent communication/presentation skills required.
  • Pro-active problem-solving skills, able to work to under pressure to challenging timescales and deliver at pace.
  • Strong stakeholder management capability and excellent communication at all levels of seniority.
  • Detailed understanding of the financial & strategy planning.
  • Experience working with annual operations plans and multi-million-dollar global programs and initiatives.
  • Sound knowledge and understanding of the infrastructure technology landscape and industry.
  • Experience of continuous improvement.


Why join us?

  • Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career.
  • Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad.
  • Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field.
  • Annual leave, work-place pension and BAYE share scheme.


About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 4,000 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.


Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

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