Change The Bank (CTB) Portfolio Manager

Join us as a Change The Bank (CTB) Portfolio Manager

This is a great opportunity to take on a role in an innovative, forward thinking environment where you’ll be able to have a tangible effect on the function

We’ll look to you to manage a rolling investment portfolio to realise the strategic objectives of an enterprise domain or platform by providing investment planning, transformation portfolio and design services

You'll be exposed to a wide range of stakeholders, putting you in a unique position to build a credible network that will open the door to excellent career opportunities

What you'll do

As a CTB Portfolio Manager, you’ll be defining and developing the portfolio structure to provide appropriate governance, control and management of the enterprise-wide portfolio, domain portfolio or platform portfolio, including any associated interdependencies.

It’s a highly collaborative role that will see you working closely with domain leads, release train managers, product owners and enterprise architects. In doing so, you’ll be conducting regular reviews of the investment portfolio and backlog, challenging the status quo and driving informed decision making about portfolio priorities, making sure that impacts on risk, stability and resilience from a customer and bank perspective are considered.

You’ll also be:

Providing platform, domain and cross-domain coordination across strategic programmes and backlogs in order to identify gaps, overlaps, interdependencies and design conflicts

Creating and managing a rolling wave strategic themed investment plan that’s aligned with the expected future business value outcomes

Working with finance stakeholders to help set the domain or platform frequent rolling spend budget based on a domain and platform rolling wave investment plan

Understanding the overall domain or platform risks, how they may impact the portfolio and reducing where possible

Tracking and reporting on portfolio costs and making sure the portfolio is completed within the agreed domain or platform spend rolling budget

The skills you'll need

To join us in this role, you’ll ideally hold an appropriate portfolio management qualification, such as Prince 2, Agile or SAFe Portfolio Management.

You'll also need:

Knowledge and experience of portfolio management theories, models and practices within an Agile or DevOps environment

The ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to your peers and management level colleagues

Excellent stakeholder and relationship management skills