Head of Technology Portfolio and Change

Head of Technology Portfolio and Change needed to lead the technology change function at a large professional services firm in London.

This is a senior role with a small direct team, with most of the delivery team sitting with an outsourced partner. You’ll be the person with a clear view of every technology project across the firm: what’s been requested, what’s in progress, what it’s costing and whether it’s on track. That means putting a proper framework around how work comes in, how it’s prioritised and resourced, and how progress is reported to the top of the firm. You’ll also be responsible for how well the outsourced change team delivers.

What you’ll be doing

• Putting in place the standards, controls and reporting that all technology change runs under, in step with the firm’s central PMO
• Running the front door for new technology requests, from first ask through to assessment, ranking and kick-off
• Helping the business and technology teams choose between competing priorities by laying out value, cost, risk and capacity
• Keeping a live picture of what’s in flight and what’s coming next
• Planning people and capacity across projects, programmes and day-to-day work, and spotting shortfalls before they cause problems
• Managing the outsourced change team and being the first call when a project hits trouble
• Reporting to executive level on how the portfolio is performing, covering risk, dependencies and the benefits being delivered
• Raising the maturity of the function over time through better tooling, dashboards and ways of working

What you’ll bring

• You’ve led a technology portfolio office, PMO, programme or change function at a senior level
• Experience running a busy and complicated book of technology work in a large organisation
• A track record of putting governance in place and making it stick
• A firm grasp of demand management, resource planning and delivery methods, whether Agile, Waterfall or a blend
• Credibility with executives and senior leaders, and the ability to influence them
• Experience leading teams from a mix of disciplines and building up a change function
• Strong analysis and reporting skills
• The judgement to balance long-term priorities against day-to-day delivery pressure
• A relevant qualification such as PRINCE2, MSP, P3O, PMP or an Agile certification

Nice to have

• Time spent in professional services or another regulated sector

If you’ve built portfolio governance before and want to do it again in a firm that is investing in its technology function, I’d like to hear from you.

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