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Job: Change Portfolio Manager
Band: 3
Location: Southwark & remote working
Salary: Circa £53k
Contract: Permanent
Take part in our biggest challenge to date and change London’s transport for the better
London is a world-class city that’s home to 8.6 million people and visited every year by 19 million more. Keeping up with its growth while modernising our organisation is a huge challenge, but one that TfL rises to every day. Our ambitious Change Portfolio plays a significant role in this, making us a more efficient, dynamic, and future-facing government body. Right now, we’re looking for experience and skills in complex Portfolio management to help make it a success.
As a Change Portfolio Manager, you will bring the strategic focus that helps us manage our multi-million-pound Change Portfolio. You will work closely with the programmes within the Change landscape providing portfolio management insight and expertise, as well as reporting at a portfolio level to influence decision making and ensure we’re focused on the right things at the right times and keeping programmes and the portfolio accountable.
To be successful in your role as a Change Portfolio Manager you will already have experience in:
- Managing effective governance decision making forums
- Translating large complex data into succinct messaging and/or reports, and presenting this to audiences at all levels – including the use of Power BI
- Experience of engaging, advising and influencing at all levels of an organisation including senior managers, whilst projecting credibility and self-assurance
- Proven track record and experience of Benefit management within a Portfolio, actively identifying, quantifying and tracking the realisation of Benefits (financial and non-financial) and working with key stakeholders to ensure these are identified and embedded
You will bring the following skills and knowledge to the role, and our existing Change Portfolio team:
- Understanding of RAID management and its application in a Change environment, with proven experience of doing this at a Portfolio level
- Ability to analyse data and draw out insight and trends that add value to the wider team and our customers
- Ability to use data to develop & baseline a Portfolio plan, identifying key milestones, dependencies and supporting the business to sequence
- Knowledge & application of both Project Management & Change Management Methodologies and the ability to improve, providing tailored recommendations to do so
- Understanding of how to align a Change Portfolio to an organisational strategy
- (Desirable) Qualifications in either Prince2, APM, P3M, Managing Successful Programmes
If you would like to hear more about the role, attend our spotlight session on
Tuesday 25th February at 12:30pm via Microsoft Teams.
Sign up
here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7606b6cb-1f08-41cf-a282-6757c1db612a@1fbd65bf-5def-4eea-a692-a089c255346b
The closing date for applications is Sunday 2nd March.
Assessments for shortlisted candidates are scheduled to commence w/c 24th March 2025.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.
Benefits
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:
Final salary pension scheme
Free travel for you on the TfL network
Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
Discounted Eurostar travel
Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4 week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.
We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.