At a glance

This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home and the London/ Head Office. However, there will also be an expectation to visit other locations as the need arises.

The salary range for this role is set at £68,500 - £128,000. We are looking for candidates within the salary range of up to £100,000.

This position is Permanent, there are three positions within the organisation reflecting the three “brands” (Waitrose, John Lewis & Pan Partnership), of which one is left to be filled - to cover the John Lewis brand.

Key Responsibilities

You will be accountable for providing accurate information and insight, including early-warning indicators, on the progress and health of the delivery of the Brand portfolio to the Brand Leadership Team and beyond. This will be supported, in collaboration with the PMO Lead, by the leadership and assurance you provide to the PMO teams delivering across the Brand portfolio to ensure effective ways of working.

You will be responsible for the management, at Brand level, of the portfolio plan, portfolio governance forums, risk & issue management and effective portfolio change control, including trade-offs and tracking of financial risks and opportunities. You will make recommendations on interventions to the Head of Brand Transformation to maximise the chances of successful delivery and the realisation of benefits.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the brand portfolio plan and approach to portfolio management links effectively with the Transformation Office and with your counterparts in the other brands, looking for opportunities to drive consistency and efficiency wherever possible.

As part of this role you will also work with the overall PMO Lead to develop the PMO sub profession, providing advice and insight into the running and evolution of the overall team.

In order to do this, it will be critical for you to constructively challenge, agitate and have a relentless approach to high standards; act quickly and decisively; deal with significant ambiguity, and drive an empowered and empowering culture.

Essential skills you’ll need

Extensive experience as a Portfolio or PMO Manager working across a large, multi-disciplinary portfolio of work.
Working with senior stakeholders to build constructive, trusted relationships
Evidencing exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to analyse and present complex delivery information and insight
Managing portfolio finances (costs and benefits) and demonstrating commercial acumen
Resilience and the ability to deal with significant ambiguity
Experience of working in a fast-paced environment requiring high levels of responsiveness
Use of industry-leading tool(s) for portfolio, programme, project and product management
Team Leadership

Desirable skills you may also have

Enterprise level PMO or Portfolio Management qualification(s), e.g. P3O, MoP, AIPMO, MSP
Excellent understanding of different delivery methods including programmes, projects and product-based delivery and the implications / approaches to managing this as part of a wider hybrid portfolio
Use of Planview PPM tool and / or Jira for portfolio, programme, project and product management
Leading and delivering Enterprise level performance analysis, reporting, MI and dashboards.

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