Portfolio Sector Director

Salary: £114,000 – £132,000 per year

The Client 

Our client is a well established systems integrator and outscourcer, with a a global presence. An open, transparent and collaborative culture exists, where people are encouraged to challenge, develop and progress.

The Role of Portfolio Sector Director

As Portfolio Director for Multi Industry, you will be responsible for the entire programme & project portfolio, within a muti-client environment, across a range of sectors, including Government.

• Management of the entire pipeline of work within a multi-client portfolio 
• Responsible for overall delivery management and appropriate governance 
• Provide leadership for the portfolio team, whilst maintaining personal delivery focus, through active engagement on one or more project or programme deliveries
• Provide project & programme assurance to the Change Director and Head of PMO for their portfolio of projects, including providing oversight and challenge, effective reporting and pro-active safeguarding of portfolio-critical items such as budget, client-expectations, dependencies, etc
• Ensure programmes are delivered in line with the PMO Framework and appropriate best practices
• Create and maintain a long-range plan of client and account-driven change so as to enable the portfolio to be able to pro-actively be prepared to meet the future delivery challenge at the right time, in the right way

Skills & Expereince 

• Proven Project & Programme Management track record gained within a commercial environment
• Good communication and negotiation skills including effective stakeholder management expertise, both internally at all levels and with third parties
• The ability to communicate appropriate, concise and accurate information in both written and verbal formats 
• Ability to convince others to your own point of view, to gain acceptance, support and commitment from stakeholders
• Experience of managing people directly or within a matrix management environment, along with strong leadership, mentoring & coaching skills
• Able to apply commercial focus to all decisions, proactively identifying areas for commercial and/or strategic advantage
• Able to cope with varying workload pressures and to prioritise effectively, being resilient in the face of adversity