Central Government Client is seeking an IT Programme Portfolio Director to be responsible for delivery of a Portfolio of Projects to agreed specifications, to defined timescales, quality and within budget accountable to the client.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for managing delivery of a Portfolio of IT projects
• Accountable for the control of the relevant IT projects budgets.
• Responsible for commissioning and managing the delivery of IT solutions to support customer change programmes
• Management of Integrated Project and Support Teams of the order of 25 - 50 personnel, in addition to multiple supplier teams
• Managing complex relationships with stakeholders

·         Establishing and managing governance and controls and the sourcing of project personnel where required

Personal Specification:

• Significant experience of working on large scale, complex IT enabled business change programs.
• Experience of client side and integration working in an outsourced IT environment.
• Strong inter-personal skills
• Very strong analytical, presentational, strategic planning skills, interdependency management skills and ability to clearly articulate requirements succinctly to a diverse audience
• Strong ability to manage budgets effectively
• Proven experience of managing a portfolio