About the Role
As our new Head of Portfolio, you will operate across the ELT portfolio within Global Technology to ensure consistent planning and drive of delivery for strategic digital products and their enabling ecommerce and marketing priorities with Enterprise Technology Portfolio Delivery.
You will be responsible for Level 1 Portfolio Governance framework to provide holistic view of new business demand shaping, working closely with Front Office, Product and Back Office technology services teams to ensure strategic initiatives and benefits are delivered to quality, cost, and time.
The Head of Portfolio for ELT will also be accountable for providing advanced level planning input to complex assignments and projects through strong leadership to Project Managers and Business Analysts across Global Technology. The role requires a deep level of expertise in building and maintaining strong positive stakeholder relationships and portfolio planning and budgeting. Collaborate and support proactive early prioritising, scoping, and shaping of deliverables from broad high-level concepts and problem statements.
You will have line management responsibilities for a team of business analysts and project managers. Ensuring highly skilled individuals are developed and the portfolio pipeline is appropriately resourced to meet business demand in line to portfolio budget.
This role will collaborate with PMO and other SMEs across Technology and Publishing teams to ensure there is alignment and clarity of approach for all new demand and an ability to drive resolution to complex ambiguous initiatives while work collaboratively with other delivery teams is essential.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
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