Lead Digital Portfolio Manager

Lead Digital Portfolio DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP have been undertaking an ambitious technology transition over the past few years, and there is still a long way to go. Join us a Lead Digital Portfolio Manager, overseeing multiple projects so that your portfolio delivers optimal outcomes, contributes to the department's aims, and deliver against our Digital Strategy. We'll look to you to set standards for delivery, assurance and financial planning processes, identifying KPIs and OKRs to determine if we're delivering on target and to budget. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society. You'll help change the face of public services used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. Delivery. Work. Projects. As a Lead Digital Portfolio you will oversee a portfolio of digital initiatives. You will lead a team of portfolio managers, and work closely with senior stakeholders to ensure the delivery of value-driven digital solutions. You'll influence the Senior Leadership Team, including the Director and Deputy Directors, and provide updates on portfolio progress, manage risks, and ensure governance across all projects. You'll be the escalation point for application issues, collaborating with other business and technical teams to assist with the development of ongoing reliability, performance, and support. You'll track KPIs, and addressing any strategic challenges and underperformance. If we need organisational change, particularly in team restructuring, onboarding of new hires, and adapting to evolving portfolio requirements, you'll step up. You'll be working alongside a Business Manager to ensure effective management of resources, including budget and staffing. You will need the skills to: Lead large-scale digital portfolios within a complex organisation. Operate at a senior level including drafting Board level papers, reporting and influencing up to Senior Executive level. Develop and implement organisational governance, financial and assurance frameworks including taking accountability for and delivering critical improvement activity to strengthen and comply with existing governance and assurance controls. identify and respond to complex issues, using excellent stakeholder managements skills and appropriate methods to unblock and resolve. Analyse and interpret multiple data sets to create board level reports and positively influence board level stakeholders, demonstrating highly developed interpersonal and strong communications and presentation skills to tell a compelling story. Build successful relationships across organisational boundaries with diverse senior stakeholders using strong leadership and communication skills to build, manage and influence key strategic relationships.You should also have a recognised Portfolio or Project Management qualification such as: Management of Portfolios (Foundation & Practitioner) Prince2 Portfolio Management Institute Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £89,995 Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £20,000 Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process. Stage 1: Application Stage 2: Interview We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES. Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital