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Job Details
Data Portfolio Manager (Permanent)
Location: City of London Country: UK Rate: £95K + bonus and benefits
Data Portfolio Manager
£95K + bonus and benefits
London/Hybrid
Data Portfolio Manager is sought by thriving insurance organisation to help deliver their data strategy and objectives whilst overseeing the management of the data project portfolio across the group. This role sits in the Group Data function and has a global remit to support their data initiatives and adoption, co-ordinating with teams across the world. Responsibilities include managing the Portfolio budget, helping to optimise delivery resources and execution of the Group Data's strategic initiatives. Success in this role will require balancing a strategic outlook with changing business demand, through a consultative and collaborative approach, positively reacting to change.
Key Responsibilities:
- Co-ordinate the planning and execution in the project portfolio to meet business needs
- Maintain and manage the delivery roadmap
- Facilitate delivery of data-related initiatives, optimising for the best outcome
- Understand critical path activities, dependencies, risks, and mitigations across the portfolio
- Manage the agile project management team, interfacing with in-house developers and third-party suppliers
- Own the implementation of the governance model
- Facilitate effective stakeholder engagement
- Manage business review processes and Track and manage portfolio budget
- Help ensure that objectives and outcomes are achieved by tracking and taking action where appropriate
Key Requirements:
- Strong experience as a Data Portfolio Manager or in a similar role
- Demonstrable experience of large-scale Data Portfolio or Programme development and delivery
- Extensive experience coaching diverse teams to deliver business outcomes
- Effective Budget management and associated reporting & monitoring experience required
- Understanding of the Insurance industry
- Knowledge and experience of delivery in an Agile environment
- Demonstrable leadership in achieving shared objectives in a Matrix organization, managing cross-divisional initiatives, and cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
- Results-orientation with the proven ability and reputation for developing plans and implementing them successfully
- Ability to develop, articulate, and build support around a long-term strategy and implement incremental milestones in support of that strategy
- Strong team and vendor management experience
This is a new role within a high-growth organisation who hold employee development and wellbeing at the heart of what they do. For a full consultation please send your CV to Arc IT Recruitment.
Please note salaries quoted are dependent on experience.
Posted Date: 24 Apr 2024
Reference: JSRC9392
Employment Agency: ARC IT Recruitment
Contact: Rebecca Collings