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We are currently looking for a Portfolio Lead to oversee a portfolio of projects and frameworks related to a single nuclear decommissioning client that sit within multiple P&Ls across the business.

You will report to the a Group Director and work closely with the relevant Business Development Director, Framework Directors, Project Directors, and senior leadership to identify and implement portfolio delivery improvements. 
This role will not have accountability or responsibility for managing individual tasks and projects – existing project managers will retain this accountability. 

Key responsibilities:

• Identify and implement opportunities to deliver more efficiently and/or create additional billable value.
• Identify areas of best practice delivery and implement across the portfolio, creating a consistent ‘brand’ of Jacobs delivery that aligns with strategic intent.  
• Establish and coordinate a portfolio threat and opportunity review process that includes bottom up and top-down communications with individual framework threat and opportunity processes
• Lead the Portfolio Review Meeting, providing a monthly forum for contract and framework leads to progress actions related to integrated portfolio delivery
• Prepare regular reports and presentations for senior leadership, providing updates on portfolio improvement actions, benefits delivered and a portfolio balanced scorecard
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across the wider portfolio framework and contract leadership team

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in programme management or similar, excellent leadership and influencing skills, experience in transformation and change management and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Good networker – ability to engage and manage internal and external stakeholders
• Influencing skills
• Naturally collaborative
• Ability to cut through individual agendas and drive a ‘best for CMS’ mindset
• Commercially creative
• Outcome focussed
• Portfolio management and change management skills

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Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.