Digital Portfolio & Delivery Lead

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REQ ID: 104450JOB TITLE: Digital Portfolio & Delivery LeadSALARY: £55,000 - £65,000POSTING END DATE: 14 October 2022LOCATION: RytonJaguar Land Rover is harnessing technology to make driving smarter, safer and cleaner. You can help create a world in which responsible, sustainable vehicles revolutionise the driving experience for generations. Our vision is to leverage the incredible potential of technology to build vehicles that not only offer a premium, all-encompassing digital experience, but that also make our customers lives better.What To ExpectThe successful candidate will be a highly motivated Digital Portfolio Manager and be an integral member of the Special Vehicle Operations team at Jaguar Land Rover.You will be an experienced Digital Portfolio Manager who will be required to plan and manage existing and new project teams to deliver the Digital capabilities required to support the functional workstreams as part of the SVO strategy. You will be expected to plan and coordinate a portfolio of projects to deliver the SVO vision, working closely with the core Customer, Industrial Operations and Programme Delivery domains as well as other supporting domains across multiple disciplines.You’ll also be responsible for the following:

• Ensuring that all SVO projects are setup to succeed from day one, with close alignment to the accountable Product manager.
• Leading the successful delivery of a Jaguar Land Rover Digital project portfolio, being responsible for the identification, planning and coordination of a portfolio of change projects within Digital, ensuring priorities, interdependencies and resources are managed effectively.
• Proactively planning and optimising resources in line with business change priorities so that a realistic delivery programme is established and maintained.
• Ensuring future processes and solutions are consistent with strategic plans.
• Leading a team of Digital Project Managers monitoring progress through regular reviews and maintaining close contact with all stakeholders.
• Applying best practices pragmatically, creating systems fit for purpose.
• Planning, directing and coordinating activities to manage and implement interrelated projects from contract/proposal initiation to the final operational stage; planning, schedules, monitoring, and reporting on activities related to the portfolio.
• Working upstream with the Product Managers to understand proposals in the pipeline and ensure a smooth transition into a new project within the portfolio, and ensuring that business stakeholders are managed on all the projects within the portfolio.
• Working downstream with the Service Delivery Managers to ensure engagement occurs at appropriate points throughout the lifecycle of the projects in the portfolio and that an effective handover to operational support is managed as projects deliver and close.
• Leading the portfolio team(s) in determining business requirements and translating requirements into operational plans.
• Determining, monitoring, and reviewing economics to include costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources, and risk.
• Ensuring that the portfolio is managed to realise business benefits and that stakeholders are informed by an awareness of current technical developments
• Responsible for ensuring the vision, goals, objectives and strategy are defined for all projects within the portfolio.
• Monitoring and reporting portfolio performance (cost, timing, resources, deliverables)

What You’ll NeedTo be successful in the role you will need the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience managing a complex portfolio of IT change projects with track record of delivery.
• Agile IT background.
• Proven experience of complex stakeholder management, managing lots of stakeholders with different views.
• Methodical detailed approach to work context.
• Strong analytical skills to identify how one issue can impact on another and put in place the required interventions through support or from own knowledge base.
• Ability to manage significant risks and issues.
• An excellent communicator.
• Proven supplier management experience.
• Commercially astute thinking
• Ability to work to tight timescales
• Negotiation and adaptability.

Additional experience and skills that would be advantageous:

• Formal Programme Management Qualification.
• Large scale business change / start up experience.

SO WHY US?Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan, private medical cover and performance related bonus scheme. As a manager, you’ll also be able to select one of our luxury premium vehicles to lease at a fraction of the cost. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.