Director of Infrastructure Portfolio – Hybrid / London – £150K + 20% Bonus & Excellent Benefits
Overview:
A excellent opportunity has arisen within one of the world’s leading financial institutions for a Portfolio Director to manage all infrastructure programmes of work.
In this position, you will manage a team of experienced Project Managers, overseeing their performance and development. The successful candidate will be responsible for the planning, directing, and managing a portfolio of technical infrastructure projects, ensuring delivery meets quality, timelines, and cost requirements. This includes both IT-related initiatives (e.g., application development, database creation, system migrations) and non-IT changes (e.g., new procedures, process redesigns, regulatory assessments).
Role & Responsibilities:
Ensuring the portfolio is in line with the Infrastructure department’s budget and plans.
Managing project priorities during both annual planning and throughout the financial year as unplanned projects arise.
Detailing project outcomes to justify costs and obtaining executive buy-in at the portfolio baselining stage.
Ensuring projects meet defined quality standards, including completeness, accuracy, and currency of data.
Regularly tracking progress through PMO reports and meetings.
Monitoring project progress to confirm outcomes align with business cases.
Using expertise to challenge projects for on-time, on-budget, and in-scope delivery.
Managing baseline elements like scope, budget, and benefits.
Involvement in updating the project delivery framework.
Execute strategic projects, and supporting business plans.
Ensuring proper resource allocation, vendor management, and adherence to project methodologies.
Managing project budgets and timelines, analysing variances, and taking corrective actions.
Overseeing team performance, setting objectives, and conducting appraisals.
Maintaining strong communication with stakeholders and steering committees.
Essential Skills & Requirements:
A minimum of 10 years of proven experience in managing and delivering programs and projects to financial institutions within agreed timelines and budgets.
Expertise in financial management, including cost categorisation.
Extensive experience in project, program, and portfolio management, including implementing change control processes.
Proven track record of end-to-end project/program/programme/portfolio delivery, covering annual planning, prioritisation, execution, and closure.
Expertise in change and risk management.
Experience in preparing and presenting executive-level reports.
Strong background in risk and issue management.
Package:
£150,000 basic salary
20% bonus
Hybrid – 3 days per week in London
Private medical
Excellent pension (up to 12%)
Additional excellent lifestyle, wealth and wellbeing benefits
