Director of Infrastructure Portfolio

Director of Infrastructure Portfolio - Hybrid / London - £150K + 20% Bonus & Excellent Benefits

Overview:
A excellent opportunity has arisen within one of the world's leading financial institutions for a Portfolio Director to manage all infrastructure programmes of work.

In this position, you will manage a team of experienced Project Managers, overseeing their performance and development. The successful candidate will be responsible for the planning, directing, and managing a portfolio of technical infrastructure projects, ensuring delivery meets quality, timelines, and cost requirements. This includes both IT-related initiatives (e.g., application development, database creation, system migrations) and non-IT changes (e.g., new procedures, process redesigns, regulatory assessments).

Role & Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the portfolio is in line with the Infrastructure department's budget and plans.
• Managing project priorities during both annual planning and throughout the financial year as unplanned projects arise.
• Detailing project outcomes to justify costs and obtaining executive buy-in at the portfolio baselining stage.
• Ensuring projects meet defined quality standards, including completeness, accuracy, and currency of data.
• Regularly tracking progress through PMO reports and meetings.
• Monitoring project progress to confirm outcomes align with business cases.
• Using expertise to challenge projects for on-time, on-budget, and in-scope delivery.
• Managing baseline elements like scope, budget, and benefits.
• Involvement in updating the project delivery framework.
• Execute strategic projects, and supporting business plans.
• Ensuring proper resource allocation, vendor management, and adherence to project methodologies.
• Managing project budgets and timelines, analysing variances, and taking corrective actions.
• Overseeing team performance, setting objectives, and conducting appraisals.
• Maintaining strong communication with stakeholders and steering committees.

• A minimum of 10 years of proven experience in managing and delivering programs and projects to financial institutions within agreed timelines and budgets.
• Expertise in financial management, including cost categorisation.
• Extensive experience in project, program, and portfolio management, including implementing change control processes.
• Proven track record of end-to-end project/program/programme/portfolio delivery, covering annual planning, prioritisation, execution, and closure.
• Expertise in change and risk management.
• Experience in preparing and presenting executive-level reports.
• Strong background in risk and issue management.

• £150,000 basic salary
• 20% bonus
• Hybrid - 3 days per week in London
• Private medical
• Excellent pension (up to 12%)
• Additional excellent lifestyle, wealth and wellbeing benefits