Portfolio Manager - Manchester, United Kingdom - Atlanta Group

    Atlanta Group
    Atlanta Group Manchester, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    Reporting to the Head of PMO the Portfolio Manager will maximise business value delivery through the selection, optimisation, and oversight of project investments which align to business goals and strategies.

    The Portfolio Manager applies the tools and discipline to define, optimise, protect and deliver the portfolio and continually analyses the performance of the portfolio to facilitate effective decision making.

    How will you do this?

  • Establishing and maintaining the governance arrangements for the approval, prioritisation and initiation of projects and programmes within the portfolio. Defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities that align with organisational practice.
  • Ensuring that projects and programmes within the portfolio are aligned with the businesses goals and there is a viable mix and a balance of projects, which is capable of meeting these goals.
  • Continuous review and improvement of the Change framework in partnership with the PMO and Delivery Manager to ensure management of projects and programmes within the portfolios are comprehensive and consistent across different initiatives.
  • Developing and maintaining the portfolio delivery plan, including dependencies and resource requirements, which avoids bottlenecks and conflicting demands, to enable the efficient realisation of benefits.
  • Line management of a small team of portfolio analysts, including performance management and development
  • Essential skills required for the role:

  • Experienced in building the PMO from scratch in a complex programme/portfolio environment.
  • Proven experience in PMO and portfolio management in acquisition integration
  • Line management experience.
  • P3O practitioner or equivalent
  • Change Management practitioner.
  • Resource and capacity planning
  • Portfolio planning and scheduling.
  • Risk management experience.
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