Head of Enterprise Portfolio Delivery
The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Head of Enterprise Portfolio Delivery
£130000
The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted today, 8 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 0bdb60a5619c4e1a8b81001f2eb3d8e3
Full Job Description
- Lead the delivery of strategic change at one of the UK's leading mutual insurers.
- Become a core member of the Group Change Leadership team.
- Hybrid role with up to 60% homeworking and 40% in Stratford-upon-Avon. It's an exciting period of change at NFU Mutual. And to ensure these changes improve experiences for our people, our customers and our business, one of the first key areas of change is the Change division itself. We're reshaping how we manage change, introducing an enterprise-led approach and restructuring the division to provide the strategic leadership that will support the whole business through major transformation. It's about setting the strategic business agenda, establishing how we approach change in the future and supporting senior stakeholders across NFU Mutual through fundamental changes. And you can play a key role.About the role As a member of the NFUM Group Change leadership team, you'll oversee Enterprise portfolio delivery to ensure change is delivered effectively across our business, with a focus on preventing risk, delivering value and meeting customer needs. As well as the vital role you'll play in developing and embedding our new Enterprise change strategy and business plans, you'll manage a wide-ranging and evolving portfolio of complex, high-value change projects and programmes. This will involve building strong working relationships with senior stakeholders to promote Group Change's brand, create opportunities and foster understanding across NFU Mutual and beyond. You'll be leading, developing and implementing a scalable enterprise-led approach to delivering change that focuses on cross-programme dependencies and risks, business case management and maximising benefits. This includes building enterprise change delivery communities of practice to ensure we always take an efficient, effective and consistent approach to change delivery by sharing experiences and learning lessons. You'll also manage capacity, demand, headcounts and budgets so we always have the capability to deliver projects and programmes smoothly and efficiently. And you'll be responsible for managing, coaching and motivating a team of project and programme managers so they're equipped to deliver change effectively across the business. Our genuinely supportive, collaborative culture gives you the opportunity to make your mark quickly, with plenty of scope to develop your career still further. This includes a healthy work-life balance that works for you, with great facilities when you want to be in an office environment, and support to work up to 60% of your hours from home.
- PRINCE2, Scaled Agile, Agile Scrum, or equivalent qualification
- Managing Successful Programmes qualification
- Experience of managing budgets in excess of £100m per annum
- Experience of leading, motivating, managing and developing a cross-functional team, including external suppliers and/or partners
- Experience developing and implementing an organisation approach to Portfolio Delivery
- Experience of Strategic leadership
- Excellent stakeholder management up to and including Executive level
We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being "a great place to work" and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only 2 companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024. We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future. - Salary - Up to £130,000 Dependant upon experience
- Annual bonus (up to 33% of salary)
- Car allowance of £7,000
- Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
- 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
- A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
- Private medical insurance family cover
- Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
- £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership - subject to T&Cs
- Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
- Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
- Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
- Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
- Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies. Working at NFU Mutual
You'll be a proven strategic leader, with a change delivery and change management or PMO background and strong relevant technical capability. With a record of successfully delivering a high-value, complex enterprise-led change portfolio of programmes, underpinned by best practices and continuous improvement, you'll be used to managing multiple stakeholders in a professional, collaborative way that's based on mutual respect and understanding. This means you'll need the ability to develop long-term strategies and communicate them effectively to people at all levels. You'll also be a confident decision-maker and persuasive negotiator, with the ability to get people onside so necessary change can happen. And, as a motivational leader, capable of inspiring your team, you'll ensure projects and programmes are delivered consistently and successfully to benefit our people, our business and our members. To succeed in this role, you must also have:
At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees. We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.Benefits and Rewards When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including: