Director of Portfolio Management (PMO)
Up to £155,000 + Bonus + Car or Allowance + Benefits
Can be based from any of: Stevenage (Head Office) / St Ives / Beaconsfield / Newcastle / Leeds (1-2 days per week)
Permanent
Could you turn a technology strategy into a delivery plan that leaders trust and actually use? This Director of Portfolio Management (PMO) role reports to the CTO of a major UK infrastructure services group, with a basic salary of up to £155,000 plus bonus and other benefits.
You’ll own the single enterprise-wide view of technology change across Group IT: what gets funded, what gets delivered, and whether the benefits land.
Alongside running the PMO, you’ll personally sponsor or direct the most critical cross-functional projects, stepping in hands-on where delivery needs recovery or renewed alignment.
What You’ll Be Doing
Apply today with your CV for this Director of Portfolio Management (PMO) role and we’ll be in touch.
This role may suit candidates who have held roles including: Head of PMO, Portfolio Director, Head of Portfolio Management, Director of Strategic Delivery, Head of IT Governance, Programme Director, Director of Transformation
Up to £155,000 + Bonus + Car or Allowance + Benefits
Can be based from any of: Stevenage (Head Office) / St Ives / Beaconsfield / Newcastle / Leeds (1-2 days per week)
Permanent
Could you turn a technology strategy into a delivery plan that leaders trust and actually use? This Director of Portfolio Management (PMO) role reports to the CTO of a major UK infrastructure services group, with a basic salary of up to £155,000 plus bonus and other benefits.
You’ll own the single enterprise-wide view of technology change across Group IT: what gets funded, what gets delivered, and whether the benefits land.
Alongside running the PMO, you’ll personally sponsor or direct the most critical cross-functional projects, stepping in hands-on where delivery needs recovery or renewed alignment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Translating Group IT strategy into an integrated delivery and execution plan with clear owners, milestones and decision points
- Leading portfolio prioritisation, investment and capacity planning, with business case governance, change control and benefits realisation
- Maintaining oversight of portfolio spend, forecasts and variances, and owning the PMO budget
- Managing cross-programme dependencies and risks, and providing decision-quality reporting to the CTO and executive forums
- Sponsoring or directing priority strategic projects through mobilisation, delivery and handover into business as usual
- Building and leading the PMO team, its operating model and portfolio management capability across Group IT and delivery partners
- Senior leadership experience in portfolio, programme, governance or strategic delivery within a complex organisation
- A track record of establishing or transforming portfolio governance and PMO capability, kept proportionate rather than bureaucratic
- Strong grounding in investment prioritisation, capacity planning, assurance and benefits management
- Experience leading complex cross-functional programmes, including recovering high-risk initiatives
- A professional qualification such as APM, MSP, PRINCE2 or MoP, plus working knowledge of Agile and traditional delivery
Apply today with your CV for this Director of Portfolio Management (PMO) role and we’ll be in touch.
This role may suit candidates who have held roles including: Head of PMO, Portfolio Director, Head of Portfolio Management, Director of Strategic Delivery, Head of IT Governance, Programme Director, Director of Transformation
