Portfolio Manager - London, United Kingdom - Inspire People

Inspire People

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Reporting to the Head of Property, the Portfolio Lead is a unique opportunity to work across the varied property portfolio of the Bank of England which includes a Grade I listed premises in London, together with cash centres and regional sites.

Your focus will be to carefully manage the portfolio of change required across all properties. You will ensure successful delivery through 8 project managers and senior engineers.

The role holder will have experience of direct line management, including themanagement of contractors, and be able to lead, direct and inspire.

The portfolio manager will ensure that team members are productive, engaged and motivated to deliver the division's and portfolio's objectives.

This will include setting clear goals and stretch objectives that are aligned to those of the team, division anddirectorate.

Accountabilities for the Portfolio Manager include:

Portfolio Pipeline:
_ Managing demands of the 20 year property plan, and new emerging property requirements, working with the support of Property Design Authority

Governance & Reporting:_ Ensuring that the governance and reporting framework is applied pragmatically, providing MI on performance, driving effective decision making and accountability.

People & Leadership:_ Communicating and building commitment to a shared vision and sense of purpose.

Planning, Scheduling and Resourcing:_ Producing and maintaining the portfolio delivery plan, monitoring the critical path to delivery, identifying and tracking dependencies across Property and the wider Bank, proposing the allocation of funding andother resources across change initiatives to optimise the portfolio's investment.

Risk &

Opportunity Management:
_ Identifying, mitigating and monitoring portfolio risks (threats & opportunities) at project, programme and portfolio level. Leading the resolution of issues at project, programme or portfolio level as necessary.

Stakeholder Management:
_ Mapping stakeholder interest and influence to determine priorities for engagement, communicating appropriately and challenging assumptions where necessary.

Benefits Management:
_ Supporting the business to develop benefits plans, establishing ownership for benefits realisation. Develop, review and critique business cases to assess do-ability and to monitor progress towards benefits realisation.

Being a role model and ambassador for the Property Division, committed to the purpose of the Bank and providing a supportive, diverse and inclusive team environment.

Essential Skills and Experience:

Significant experience within an organisation of portfolio definition and delivery, understanding business priorities, supporting business change and managing successful business partnerships.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence business decisions and command credibility at senior management level, managing complex relationships across an organisation.
Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous situations and to build consensus towards a common goal.

Desirable Criteria:

Expert knowledge of the project, programme and change management lifecycle, ideally working with the RIBA Framework
Experience of public procurement and managing third party contractors
A recognised Change Management, Project Management or Portfolio Management qualification, e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, MoP, APMG or PMI

The Bank takes pride in its people, with backgrounds and experiences as diverse as the solutions they provide.

You'll enjoy flexible working opportunities, a strong sense of community and well-being, and a collective mission to promote the good of the peopleof the UK.

All of which add up to make the Bank a hugely rewarding place to work.