Head of Technology Portfolio Management

The Head of Technology Portfolio Management will lead the Portfolio Management & Reporting team. Reporting to the Director of Technology Change this individual will need to be a seasoned PMO/ Portfolio Management leader, have excellent stakeholder engagement skills, consulting and influencing at a senior level. Their sole function is to help deliver better business outcomes through the support, enablement and assurance of change. This is an enabling, collaborative role that uses 'just enough governance' to assure quality, timeliness and effective delivery of change.
Design, build and lead the new Technology PMO function
Work with key stakeholders to understand current and define target PMO capabilities needed to deliver technology change (within and across the Informa divisions). Evolve the PMO operating model, along with supporting processes, artefacts, tools, and behaviours
Assume line management of a small team of PMOs. Review and evolve the design,scale and remit of the PMO team, owning internal transitions and hiring. Build out and lead a team of highly skilled and experienced professionals, providing direction, and instilling a sense of team and collaboration
Create a clear Employee Value Proposition within the team, including career development pathways within the PMO and more widely across Informa
Champion the PMO discipline and its value to Informa in aligning investments, minimising cost and maximising Return on Investment
Build support for the new PMO function, proving value and managing resistance from key stakeholder groups. Role model collaboration and customer-focused ways of working
Help to ensure demand is effectively aligned with the organisation's strategy and priorities
Partner with Demand & Planning to design and facilitate 'just enough' governance to ensure demand is effectively understood, prioritised, shaped and funded
Enable smooth progression through governance forums, minimising rework and supporting fast decision-making
Enable effective resource planning and scheduling through the provision of process and tooling
Change Standards, Governance, Assurance and Reporting
Help to improve the quality of change delivery, partnering with project and programme professionals across Informa to align on, standardise and drive adoption of good practice methodologies
Promote adherence to methodologies and standards for managing projects, including processes, forums, appropriate controls and templates
Take the lead in building the overall level of project and programme management awareness and skill across Informa
Ensure stakeholders are supported in navigating change processes, understanding roles and responsibilities and how to plan and engage with decision-making forums
Chair key governance forums. Ensure meetings/forums have appropriate input documentation, to good quality and that agendas are well prepared with clear decisions and actions
Assess the demand/project reporting capability , associated data, and tooling practices and enhance and scale this across the organisation. Seek stakeholder input to evolve data and insights, ensuring usefulness for business decisions
Provide critical data and insight into the Chief Technology Strategy Officer, Director of Technology Change and key stakeholders on technology demand and project performance, including identification and escalation of critical risks and issues
Create and implement a training process for new starters in key change roles (e.g. PMs)
Lead the design and implementation of relevant (eg PPM) tooling
Value and Finance
Partner with finance teams to develop and embed a good practice for project finance management (total cost of ownership, business case, benefits and cost tracking)
Collaborate with Divisional and Technology leadership, and Finance teams, playing a lead role in coordinating data and insights around Technology change costs, benefits, risks, and opportunities as part of 3 Yr. Planning cycles (PPP) and budget requests
Change Excellence/Capability
Own, publish and continuously modernise standard PMO role definitions, job families, career paths and capabilities
Provide guidance on project standards and run related capabilities e.g. conduct project health checks, provide guidance on risk, issue and dependency management
Run a data-driven cycle of continual improvement activities, identifying lessons learned, trends and opportunities for improvement
Qualifications
Experience of and appetite to operate in a dynamic and fast-changing environment
Extensive experience leading a Central or Portfolio PMO Team supporting multiple initiatives, and in running and improving PMO/governance activities
PMO Leadership experience, with relevant qualification preferred (e.g., P3O Practitioner, MoP Practitioner)
Experience chairing senior management meetings and governance forums, as well as issuing and visualising reporting and Management Information data
Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship building skills in senior management forums. Ability to influence without authority
Experience providing leadership, and coaching to other PMO team roles
Evidence of continuously improving PMO practice and leading a PMO team through change
Leveraging strong data literacy skills, and experience of financial and Management Information, and reporting for both waterfall and more agile /iterative deliveries
Experience working with PPM/Project tools and ideally managing them
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