Senior Digital Portfolio Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

Pay up to £68,205, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose. Do you want to steer a portfolio of high-impact digital projects and influence decisions that define the future of public services? Can you drive strategy and delivery at scale and bring clarity and momentum to complex programmes? We are looking for a Senior Digital Portfolio Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We’re using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We’d love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Portfolio Frameworks & Continuous Improvement: Demonstrates experience in developing and improving portfolio frameworks, processes, and controls. Proven ability to drive continuous improvement in prioritisation, tracking, and reporting, embedding consistent ways of working and ensuring alignment with agreed portfolio standards.
• Delivery Oversight & Issue Resolution: Strong ability to anticipate and identify delivery risks or early warning signs across complex delivery landscapes. Takes decisive action to resolve issues, maintain momentum, and protect outcomes.
• Data Analysis & Decision-Making: Skilled in applying a range of data analysis tools and techniques to interpret portfolio data independently. Experienced in visualising data insights and communicating recommendations clearly to senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Relationship Management & Influence: Demonstrates ability to build and maintain successful relationships across organisational boundaries. Uses strong leadership and communication skills to manage and influence diverse senior stakeholders and strategic relationships.
• Professional Accreditation: Holds a recognised Portfolio or Programme Management qualification such as Management of Portfolios (Practitioner), P3O, MSP, or PMI.

You and your role

We’re looking for a Senior Digital Portfolio Manager to oversee a portfolio of digital projects that support DWP's strategic goals. This is a key leadership role where you’ll shape high-value initiatives, drive effective prioritisation, and provide visibility and insight to enable informed decision-making across our organisation. You’ll develop clear roadmaps and guide teams through planning and assurance. You’ll bring together delivery, financial, architectural, and service insights to mitigate risk and maintain momentum. You’ll manage multiple workstreams, unblock issues quickly, and oversee governance activities, ensuring quality assurance and Board-level decisions are implemented effectively. You’ll also identify and manage inter-project dependencies to reduce risk and keep delivery on track. As a proactive and visible leader, you’ll inspire your team, foster a culture of excellence, and embed best practices in portfolio management. You’ll contribute to our wider portfolio and digital communities through recruitment, coaching, and standard setting.

Details, Wages, Perks

• Location: You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.
• Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you’ll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.
• Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £68,205.
• Pension: You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.
• Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You’ll also get all the usual public holidays.
• Benefits: We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies, time off volunteering and charitable giving, discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more, interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, sports and social activities, and professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

And We Have An Award-winning Environment And Culture

• DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards.
• Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards.
• Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025.
• Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Digital Awards.

Process

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

• Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There’ll be full instructions when you click through.
• Interview: a single stage interview online.

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