As Portfolio Performance Lead, you will sit at the heart of organisational strategy, shaping how fundraising, marketing, and engagement performance is measured, understood, and optimised. You will build a unified, trusted view of portfolio-wide performance, translating complex data into clear insights that guide senior leadership decisions.
This is a high-impact leadership role combining people management, performance frameworks, and strategic storytelling. You will lead Senior Performance Managers, collaborate closely with finance, data, insight, and marketing teams, and help embed a culture of audience-led, outcome-focused decision-making across the organisation.
Responsibilities
* Develop and communicate a unified portfolio performance narrative across fundraising and engagement activities
* Lead portfolio-level performance frameworks, reviews, and senior leadership discussions to identify risks and opportunities
* Manage and coach a team of Senior Performance Managers, ensuring strong delivery and ownership across proposition areas
* Provide senior stakeholders with a centralised, consistent, and independent view of performance
* Lead priority and target-setting processes in partnership with finance, data, and strategy teams
* Drive innovation by reducing manual reporting and strengthening insight-led performance storytelling
* Establish best practices for performance standards, tools, and ways of working across the organisation
* Champion data literacy and continuous improvement to strengthen organisational performance culture
Qualifications
* Proven experience building and owning performance frameworks with finance, data, insight, and strategy teams
* Strong understanding of performance measurement across marketing, audience engagement, and organisational effectiveness
* Demonstrated ability to synthesise complex data into clear strategic recommendations
* Experience leading and developing senior managers in high-performing teams
* Confidence influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership
* Track record contributing to organisational change and audience-led approaches
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to present insights to non-technical audiences
An exciting leadership opportunity is now available in London for experienced performance and strategy professionals seeking to make a global impact. Cancer-focused innovation meets data-driven decision-making in this Portfolio Performance Lead role, based in Stratford, England, offering a salary of £65,000-£70,000 plus benefits and Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for eligible international candidates.
This permanent, full-time position (35 hours per week) follows a highly flexible hybrid model, with just 1–2 days per week in the office, making it an attractive option for overseas professionals relocating to the UK.
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