Strategic Portfolio Lead

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments Asset Management and Life work together to provide access to balanced long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

Strategic Portfolio Lead Life Technology

We are seeking a Strategic Portfolio Lead to oversee the LIFE Technology Portfolio. This pivotal role ensures that all strategic programmes and initiatives are aligned to deliver on our business objectives with a clear focus on outcomes benefits and value creation. You will be responsible for portfolio-level reporting and analytics business case development ROI analysis financial alignment benefit identification and tracking and ensuring all activity is well organised tracked and connected to our strategic outcomes.

As Strategic Portfolio Lead you will work closely with senior stakeholders across strategy and delivery acting as the connective tissue between vision and execution. You will ensure that the LIFE Technology Portfolio is managed with discipline transparency and a relentless focus on delivering value.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Management & Alignment

• Oversee the LIFE Technology Portfolio ensuring all programmes and initiatives are strategically aligned and contribute to agreed business outcomes.
• Maintain a clear line of sight from portfolio activity to strategic objectives benefits and value delivery.
• Ensure robust portfolio governance prioritisation and resource allocation.

Planning & Agile Ways of Working

• Aid with portfolio planning cycles ensuring effective sequencing and scheduling of initiatives.
• Champion agile methodologies and foster a culture of continuous improvement adaptability and iterative delivery.
• Support delivery teams in with agile practices ensuring portfolio-level visibility of progress risks and dependencies.

Prioritisation & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Facilitate prioritisation discussions across strategy business and delivery teams ensuring resources are focused on the highest value initiatives.
• Work across a diverse stakeholder landscape to balance competing demands and align on shared priorities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the strategy and delivery organisation acting as a trusted partner and connector.

Reporting Analytics & Financials

• Lead portfolio-level reporting providing clear actionable insights to senior stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain analytics to track progress status risks and interdependencies across the portfolio.
• Oversee business case development ROI analysis and ensure financial alignment across all initiatives.

Benefits Management

• Identify define and track benefits across the portfolio ensuring all activity is connected to measurable outcomes.
• Establish and maintain benefit realisation frameworks and processes.

Organisation & Delivery Assurance

• Ensure all portfolio activity is well organised tracked and status is clearly identified.
• Drive portfolio discipline ensuring timely and effective delivery of outcomes.
• Connect delivery teams and strategic leads ensuring strong relationships and shared accountability.

What Success Looks Like

• Deliver a Well-Managed Portfolio: Ensure the LIFE Technology Portfolio is organised transparent and delivers on its strategic objectives.
• Connect Strategy to Delivery: Maintain strong alignment between strategic intent and delivery outcomes ensuring all activity is connected to value and benefits.
• Drive Benefit Realisation: Identify track and realise benefits across the portfolio demonstrating clear ROI and value creation.
• Enable Effective Decision-Making: Provide timely accurate reporting and analytics to support informed decisions at all levels.
• Champion Agile and Collaborative Ways of Working: Foster a culture of agility adaptability and collaboration across strategy and delivery teams.
• Foster Strong Relationships: Build and maintain balanced collaborative relationships across the strategy and delivery organisation acting as a trusted partner and connector.

Key Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience in portfolio management programme management or a related strategic delivery role.
• Strong understanding of business case development ROI analysis and financial management.
• Proven track record in benefits management and realisation.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage complex portfolios and multiple priorities.
• Advanced reporting and analytics capability with experience in portfolio-level dashboards and insights.
• Deep experience with agile methodologies and portfolio planning in agile environments.
• Outstanding stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Experience working in large complex organisations and navigating matrixed environments.
• Strong understanding of technology strategy and delivery ideally within digital data or transformation contexts.
  
  Recruiter : Martyn Jack
  

What we offer:

At M&G were committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18% with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.

• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy to balance your work and personal commitments.

• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity adoption surrogacy and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.

• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender ethnicity age sexual orientation nationality disability or long term condition we are looking to attract promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions disabilities or neuro-divergent conditions.

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