IT Portfolio Manager

IT Portfolio Manager

Permanent: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (excluding Bank Holidays)

Hybrid- Luton (3 days per week)

Relevant permits to work in the UK and willingness to undergo security clearances are required.

Lucid connect have partnered with a large organisation within the aviation sector, to assist with their search for an IT Portfolio Manager.

The IT Portfolio Manager will lead a small team responsible for turning business requirements into successful projects. It's a people-centred role that requires a track-record of delivering projects, strong stakeholder relationship skills, and the ability to coach and develop other project managers.

The IT Portfolio Manager is a trusted business partner for our internal and external customers, understanding their needs and requirements, and is accountable for delivery of agreed initiatives.

You'll lead your own team of IT project professionals with contract management responsibility for several external partners who provide additional project delivery resources when required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Building trusted relationships across airport departments and external partners to understand their current and future technology needs.
• Shaping the portfolio: Turning new demand into a prioritised, deliverable roadmap of IT projects.
• Managing and developing our IT Project Managers and IT PMO to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes.
• Ensuring projects are governed effectively, delivered to time and budget, and that risks are well managed.
• Be hands-on when needed: As a small team, you'll be comfortable running your own projects or undertaking assurance reviews when needed.
• Continually evolving our project management framework, reporting and demand management approaches to strengthen delivery maturity across the IT department.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of managing a portfolio of multiple technology projects (High volume, low complexity)
• Recent experience of managing, coaching and developing IT Project Managers or PMO professionals.
• Experience within waterfall, Agile and Hybrid project management environments.
• Excellent communication, planning and stakeholder management skills, working with 3rd party suppliers, internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project governance, budgeting and portfolio reporting.
• Commercial and financial acumen with experience of building business cases.
• Experience working with or managing third-party suppliers and consultancy partners.
• A project, programme or portfolio management qualification.

Desirable

• Demonstrable CPD and self-development throughout your career.
• Exposure to Cyber Security or Information Security projects or frameworks - our portfolio has a growing number of initiatives in this space.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Power Apps and Power BI to help us reduce administrative and reporting tasks that don't add value.
• An understanding of business change principles.

You will be required to pass a range of referencing and vetting checks, including a Criminal Record Check and for certain roles a Counter Terrorism Check. You must also have lived in the UK for at least 3 years with a 5-year work history, unless in education.

If you are available and interested in this opportunity, please apply for further information. Please note due to high volumes of applications we are unable to contact every application.

If you do not hear back from us within 7 days of sending your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

At Lucid, we celebrate difference and value diverse perspectives, underpinned by our values 'Honesty, Integrity and Pragmatism'. We are proud to provide equal opportunities in line with our Diversity and Inclusion policy and welcome applications from all suitably qualified or experienced people, regardless of personal characteristics.

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