change portfolio manager

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Bibby Financial Services have an exciting opportunity available for a collaborative Change Portfolio Manager to join our team in Banbury (hybrid working). You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £60,000 - £65,000 per annum, plus benefits.

We’ve supported small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) since 1982 and today we support more than 9000 businesses worldwide. We are proud to help businesses, both big and small to grow and thrive in domestic and international markets.

Why us?

We’re in the business of relationships. We know real value lies in real people, and it takes a motivated mindset and can-do attitude to belong here. It can be fast-paced and full-on, but we can handle it. We’re a collective of “got your back”, we collaborate together, take ownership and deliver for our clients every time. That way, everybody wins. In return, we’re all empowered to get the job done because we’re trusted to get it right. It’s why we were hired in the first place. We want you to make the choices you believe in – we’ll believe in them too.

As our Change Portfolio Manager, we will reward you and your hard work with:

• Private healthcare for you and your family
• Company pension scheme
• Wide range of flexible benefits, such as gym membership, technology, or health assessments
• Access to an online wellbeing centre
• Range of discounts from many businesses
• 25 days holiday which increases with service and options to buy or sell more
• Electric Vehicle/Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (EV/PHEV) scheme

As our Change Portfolio Manager,you'll be enabling and driving the delivery of our BFS-wide strategy and the associated programmes and projects, across the organisation, ensuring alignment to guiding principles and frameworks.

Your responsibilities as our Change Portfolio Manager will include:

• Working collaboratively with country and function teams to shape and set up their portfolio/programmes of work
• Working with the Leadership Team and senior management to actively plan, manage, and update the portfolio roadmap
• Providing ongoing quality assurance of the portfolio
• Understanding and advising on the complex series of related projects, and their interdependencies
• Listening for, uncovering, and providing advice on the resolution of potential conflicts or disagreements about project priorities
• Ensuring that BFS colleagues understand the change that will be delivered, how it impacts them and its support of the BFS Strategy
• Continuously improving and managing the set-up of the delivery framework
• Identifying, defining, and driving iterative improvements to project delivery and governance frameworks
• Providing consultancy advice or management to the delivery of BFS wide initiatives and programmes
• Managing and nurturing the BFS global change community
• Carrying out discreet pieces of work to support the delivery of the strategic portfolio of projects

What we are looking for in our ideal Change Portfolio Manager:

• Recognised project management qualifications, or equivalent experience, e.g. PRINCE2, Association of Project Management (APM), Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), Agile, Management of Portfolios (MOP)
• Technical knowledge of project and programme management approaches
• A strategic thinker with a broad perspective to see how things affect programmes/projects and organisational strategy
• Knowledge of managing project life cycles and risk
• A minimum of 5 years experience of programme and project management delivery methodologies (e.g. Prince2, MSP, Agile, APM, ITL), tools and techniques, especially project planning, and change management, within a large and complex programme/project environment
• Demonstrable experience in training and coaching others
• The ability to apply good practice in all aspects of portfolio and PMO management, with a focus on practical results rather than just process

There’s no place quite like BFS and we’re proud of that. And it’s all down to you - you make us the people with which every ambitious business loves to work.

If you would like to join us, please click ‘apply’ today to be considered as our Change Portfolio Manager– we would love to hear from you!

We're absolutely committed to being a truly inclusive place to work, where everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their true potential. Let us know if you need adjustments to support you through any stage of the recruitment process.

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