Portfolio Delivery Lead

Location: Central London (Hybrid)

Salary: Up to circa £100,000 + excellent benefits

We're working with a well-established organisation undergoing significant business and technology change and are looking to appoint an experienced Portfolio Delivery Lead to play a key role within the Change function.

Reporting to the Head of Change, you'll take ownership of a portfolio of strategic change initiatives, ensuring programmes and projects are delivered successfully, risks are proactively managed, resources are effectively utilised, and business outcomes are achieved. You'll act as a trusted deputy for portfolio delivery, providing leadership across Project Managers, delivery teams and senior stakeholders.

This role combines strategic portfolio oversight with hands-on delivery leadership. You'll be responsible for driving delivery performance across multiple concurrent initiatives, intervening in complex or at-risk programmes, influencing executive decision-making and ensuring change investments deliver measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a diverse portfolio of business and technology change initiatives.
• Own portfolio planning, prioritisation, resource forecasting and delivery reporting.
• Line manage, coach and develop a team of Project Managers and delivery professionals.
• Oversee project performance, ensuring delivery against agreed scope, timelines, budget and benefits.
• Drive effective governance, stakeholder engagement and executive reporting.
• Manage portfolio-level risks, issues, dependencies and resource constraints.
• Lead recovery and intervention activity for challenged projects and programmes.
• Work closely with Business Analysts, PMO, Finance and business leaders to ensure successful outcomes.
• Support business case development, benefits realisation and transition into BAU operations.
• Embed best practice delivery methodologies across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid environments.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant experience leading large-scale portfolios of business and technology change.
• Proven experience managing multiple programmes and projects simultaneously within complex organisations.
• Strong people leadership experience, including the management, development and coaching of Project Managers.
• Expertise in portfolio planning, prioritisation, resource management and dependency management.
• Experience operating at executive level, presenting to senior leadership teams, steering committees and governance boards.
• Strong commercial and financial management skills, including budget oversight, forecasting and investment planning.
• Experience managing third-party suppliers, delivery partners and outsourced resources.
• Demonstrable success in recovering underperforming or at-risk programmes.
• Strong understanding of benefits realisation, organisational change and successful transition into BAU.
• Practical experience delivering within Agile, Waterfall and hybrid environments.

Desirable

• APM, MSP, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent programme/project delivery qualifications.
• Experience working within an Enterprise PMO environment.
• Exposure to delivery maturity improvement, governance frameworks and portfolio management practices.

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior delivery leader looking to shape and influence a significant change portfolio. You'll have visibility across the organisation, work closely with executive stakeholders and play a crucial role in driving successful business and technology transformation.