Lean Portfolio Governance Manager

We are seeking a Lean Portfolio Governance Manager with strengths in analysis and focussed reporting. You will drive the prioritisation across projects, programmes, and rollouts across the CTO in line with strategy, benefits, and risk. You will also collaborate closely with Capital Finance on regular Capital Challenge discussions to ensure prioritisation is integral to senior decision-making. Using Lean Portfolio Management principles, you will govern performance reviews of priority projects, manage escalations, and actively maintain a Priority List. If you are skilled in strategic project management and have a keen eye for detail, we want to hear from you!

• Sufficient Lean Portfolio Management experience
• Project Management experience or awareness - including understanding of the drivers of project changes and delays
• Analytical skills and experience, the ability to gauge strategic priorities and crucially present analysis in clear and compelling way for a senior audience
The other stuff we are looking for
• Governance management and the ability to agree actions.
• Strong awareness of strategic and other drivers influencing corporate / delivery priority.
• Excellent influencing and communication skills
• Understanding of relevant project types e.g. lifecycle, upgrades, software release.
• Experience with a dashboarding or visualisation tool, such as PowerBI, Tableau, etc
• Understanding of industry terms and their use: DOCSIS, IP & Optical networks
  
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