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Director, Project & Portfolio Management Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at SixteenFifty
Title: Director, Project & Portfolio Management
Company: SixteenFifty
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Director, Project & Portfolio Management | 6-9 Month Contract Role | Prestigious Media Organisation |Inside IR35 | Hybrid, Remote & London
I am currently working with an exciting, forward-thinking Media Leader based in London who are looking for an Interim Director in Project & Portfolio Management to join the business and act as an extension of the VP of Portfolio Management as they go through a transition to standardise the internal Project & Portfolio process and define a new Operating Model. This means they will be responsible for transforming the ways of working, Portfolio Management and Governance. The company and senior leadership team are evolving so during this transitional phase as they grow they need someone who will be able to support this.
Key Responsibilities of the Director, Project & Portfolio Management:
- Translate strategic priorities into clear delivery plans, milestones, and actionable next steps.
- Provide a key link between technology, product, business, governance, and programme delivery teams.
- Keep major initiatives moving forward by maintaining focus, pace, and visibility across delivery activity.
- Change Management and helping the team and business evolve to the new operating model across Portfolios and Projects.
- Identify risks, blockers, or coordination gaps early and work with the relevant teams to address them.
- Support the flow of work across multiple teams, helping to remove obstacles and maintain momentum.
- Produce clear, concise progress updates for senior stakeholders in a timely manner.
- Attend and contribute to key meetings and governance forums on behalf of the VP where required.
- Act as an interim bridge between Governance, Project and Programme delivery leadership across Product and Technology teams
The Director, Project & Portfolio Management will have the following experience:
- Extensive experience operating at senior leadership level within complex, matrix-based organisations.
- Proven background in enterprise-level project portfolio management across more than one organisation and implementing Governance for portfolios spanning Digital, Product, Tech and Engineering teams.
- Change and Transformational leadership across different frameworks including Waterfall, Agile etc.
- Strong understanding of commercial drivers, financial planning and tracking, strategic investment, and portfolio decision-making.
- Successful track record of leading governance, business planning, prioritisation, and operational management functions.
- Highly developed stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with significant exposure to C-suite and executive-level audiences as well as experience with Supplier Management.
- Proven experience operating at a senior technology leadership level within large, complex organisations ideally from a Media, Publishing or E-Commerce would be ideal but not essential.
This multidimensional leadership role offers the opportunity to work closely with an inspiring leader and act as an extension of their office. If you are an experienced Director of Project & Portfolio Management and this opportunity appeals, please apply now. The role will offer a hybrid working model with the offices based in London and is an inside IR35 contract role.
