Our Telecoms client is looking for a Senior Portfolio Manager for a 3-6 months contract initially. There is a good chance of extensions.
The role will involve some travel to Warwick and Wokingham, so we are considering candidates who are reasonably close to these locations. Additionally, there may be a need for occasional visits to our Newbury site.
Please note that candidates need to either hold SC clearance or be eligible.
The rate is £460 per day outside of IR35.
As part of the Account Leadership Team, you will be accountable for our most complex change programmes from pre-sales to in-life services, planning and delivering successful outcomes for the company and our customers. Specialising in complex delivery, mission critical infrastructure and digital technology for large enterprises and Public Sector. You are able to manage complexity and work at pace with Agile delivery practices and mind set. Key for this role is the ability to lead and shape opportunities with good technical networks knowledge and excellent commercial acumen. Autonomously, setting the direction and roadmap, providing thought leadership and strategies to influence and realise the opportunities and deliver programme benefits and outcomes.
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
1) Previous Experience
- Passionate, highly motivated and driven with excellent problem-solving skills, able to deal with ambiguity and the pace of change across the sector.
- Extensive track record in delivering large/complex, multi-tower, customer facing, ICT programmes.
- Evidence of turning around programmes, using evaluation methods to perform root cause and gap analysis to formulate plans for programme recovery.
- Pre-sales experience, leading and shaping Delivery strategies to clients. Experience in responding to bid PQQs and RFPs.
2) Programme Management
- Thorough understanding and application of project/programme management methods and techniques.
- A strong understanding of the strategic, commercial and operational impacts through the complete lifecycle.
3) Leadership
- Applies a consultative approach at Executive level, internally and externally including customers and suppliers.
- Confident and comfortable with ambiguity, has skills in conflict resolution and can make decisions that improve the outcome of ongoing projects and programmes.
- An ambassador for delivery sharing knowledge and driving industry best practice across the practice.
4) Communication
- Strong and robust Programme reporting with a focus on Risk, Issues, Dependencies and impact on benefits and outcomes.
- Excellent written, oral and presentation, skills that provide insight and support decision making.
Qualifications will include:
* MSP Practitioner
* Prince 2 Practitioner and/or PMI PMP
* ITIL
* Advanced 365 Office applications inc. MS Project.
* Six Sigma experience is desirable
* Agile experience is desirable
* Eligible for SC clearance
Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.
Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
