Head of Portfolio - Professional Services - University of Warwick : Job Details

Head of Portfolio - Professional Services

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Department: Information & Digital Group - Portfolio Delivery

Position type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: Competitive

Reference: 108578-0424

About the role:

Heads of Portfolio are accountable for the planning and delivery of portfolios (groups of projects and products) which span across significant areas of University operations and services. They will be driving forward a 'digital first’ approach, championing the use of technology, transformative practices, and a culture of continuous improvement to deliver service excellence.

You will lead the Professional Services Portfolio, which includes all HR and payroll systems, applications, and projects, as well as products and projects supporting the Estates, Finance and Campus Commercial groups.

You will:

• Provide strategic leadership for the vision, development and innovation of a portfolio of digital projects and products;
• Define the portfolio roadmap, in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture, Digital Business Partners, Business Owners & Product Managers;
• Be accountable for the fulfilment of the portfolio roadmap, driving the definition, design, prioritisation, planning and execution of change and continuous improvement initiatives across the portfolio;
• Hold overall budgetary responsibility for the portfolio.

You will be a key interface with senior university leaders relevant to your portfolio, utilising the 'voice of the customer’ and University strategies to inform roadmaps and prioritisation.

About you:

You will have experience of managing portfolio’s (collections of products and projects) in the Professional Services area (e.g. covering HR, Finance and/or the built environment).

You will have significant line and matrix management experience of managing technical teams, product managers, project/delivery managers, business analysts and other change specialists, who are aligned to the Professional Services Portfolio within the Information and Digital Group.

You will use your technical expertise of leading teams through the different stages of change initiatives and agile methodologies, to develop a strategy for delivery within your portfolio, continually improving the service and looking for new ways of working that will support complex and significant products and projects.

You will be an inspirational leader, have excellent communication skills, and the ability to understand and interpret business needs, translating these into action plans and roadmaps. Your ability to influence extends to developing strong relationships across the University at a strategic level.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description via the apply button.

How to apply:

To apply please click the apply button and complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter.

Closing date: 11.55pm, 21 April 2024.

Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history.

Your cover letter should detail how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria for this post.

To streamline our hiring process, we kindly request that all candidates submit their applications through our official website. This ensures that all applications are received in a uniform format and can be processed efficiently by our HR team.

Our commitment to inclusion:

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages.

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.