Hours:Full time permanent role - 35 hours per week - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pmHybrid working from Skipton Head OfficeClosing Date:Thu, 23 Jan 2025We are recruiting for an Enterprise Portfolio Management leader, experienced in driving portfolio efficiency and value – putting our members at the heart of this. You will have a core role in driving portfolio governance, quality assurance of portfolio delivery & performance, and ensuring alignment to strategic outcomes. You will lead a team to provide regular analysis, insight and reporting, and will be instrumental in enabling decision making across the portfolio. You will also ensure that we have the right teams in place to enable delivery, through effective capacity management (demand and supply).If you enjoy working in a fast paced and agile environment, then this may be the role for you!Who Are We?Not just another building society. Not just another job. We're the fourth largest building society in the UK and we're owned by our members.Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep members at the heart of what we do.Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better futu
re.The team you will be joining,You will join our change team as a senior leader, leading the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) team, focused on providing insight across the portfolio, as well as enabling practices and providing tools to ensure delivery is aligned to strategy and that the Society’s investment and value delivered to members and colleagues is maximised.We work closely with all teams across the business including Value Stream and ART leadership with core responsibilities in defining and driving effective portfolio governance, value delivery, resource, capacity & demand management, and performance & benefits tracking.What’s In It For You?Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.We have a range of other benefits available to you including;Annual discretionary bonus scheme25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 daysHoliday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave daysMatching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric carA commitment to training and developmentPrivate medical insurance for all our colleagues3 paid volunteering days per annumDiverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groupsWe care about your health and wellbeing – we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membershipWhat Will You Be Doing?Lead the EPMO team
to mobilise metrics and KPI tracking across the SocietyEstablish the appropriate reporting mechanisms from Portfolio to Team level e.g. quarterly planning memosImplement the agile governance framework across VS/ARTs (including transition of Savings Transformation to Agile ways of Working in H1)Create an EPMO delivery roadmap for 2025Define approach and delivery roadmap for integrated tooling suiteWhat Do We Need From You?Determine and implement appropriate governance (operational) across the portfolio e.g. VS/ ART cadences, ensuring alignment into LPM/ strategic governance.Ensure robust reporting is in place across the VS/ARTs that helps to drive progress and generate insight that ensures we are focusing on work that delivers the most value and we can make the appropriate prioritisation calls where required.Work with the rest of the Change team to refine processes and standards, and ensure the relevant tooling and templates are in place to enable the execution of Change Framework and enhance delivery.Manage the EPMO supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their roles.Overall accountability for enabling the following via the EPMO team:Governance, assurance and alignment to Strategy: Work in partnership with Group Corporate Planning Team, Change Team and Finance Team to govern and measure the effectiveness of the change portfolio and its overall performance.Establish and EPMO Standards & Governance setting and provide ongoing QA of Change approach including sharing best practice, tools and techniques.Capacity, Resource & Demand Management: understand and track capacity and resource demand and allocation across the portfolio (including Change vs BAU).Agile ways of working enablement: support and enable the EPMO team (value management incl. investment track
ing, people portfolio and planning) to deliver value across the business and ensure stakeholders are aware of the service offering.Financial management: track and report on VS/ART financial forecasts and spend, providing visibility of deviations, understanding the rationale and working with leadership to establish the appropriate course of action.Metrics, Insight and Reporting – ensure Value Streams and ARTs have established KPIs aligned to delivery. Track progress across the portfolio and provide insight into emerging risks or blockers to senior leadership. Enable effective RAIDD management so that challenges are identified, escalated and resolved.Leadership and strategy: Be a servant leader to a diverse team – both direct reports, wider Value Management team and also wider change community. Role model and champion agile leadership, helping to drive performance through stretching goals and enabling career pathways for colleagues. Actively develop and own the EPMO / Value Management team strategy and ensure the team is prioritising effectively, delivering value and providing insight across the portfolio.
