Portfolio Manager

About the role

The Portfolio Manager is a cross-functional, horizontal role responsible for strategic alignment, governance and portfolio management across all Product Lines and Solution Lines in the Business Unit. It connects teams and coordinates portfolio-wide decisions so that priorities, product strategies and solution visions support the Business Unit strategy while respecting the ownership of each line. The role also owns the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) framework and coordinates the annual Capital Resource Allocation (CRA) process.

Key responsibilities

• Align Product and Solution Line strategies with the Business Unit strategy, and provide a cross-portfolio view of priorities, opportunities, dependencies and risks
• Facilitate collaboration across lines, resolve cross-portfolio dependencies and conflicts, and support Business Unit leadership with portfolio insights
• Ensure business unit-wide requirements are applied consistently, incorporating regulatory, security, privacy, resilience, architecture and interoperability requirements
• Establish and maintain portfolio governance mechanisms, decision forums and reporting
• Own the PLM framework: common lifecycle stages, stage-gate reviews, entry and exit criteria, documentation standards and lifecycle decisions such as introductions, enhancements, transitions and retirements
• Coordinate the annual CRA process, building a consolidated view of investments, assessing opportunities by ROI, profitability, growth potential and strategic value, and supporting investment and prioritisation decisions
• Maintain portfolio-level reporting, dashboards and performance indicators, and drive continuous improvement of portfolio processes and tools

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Management, Technology, Engineering or a related discipline
• 2-5 years of experience in similar positions
• Advantageous: certification in Product Management, Portfolio Management, Project/Program Management or Strategy
• Advantageous: experience in technology, telecommunications, digital or other complex B2B environments, and experience working across multiple products, solutions, business units or functions
• Experience with PLM, portfolio governance, investment planning or strategic planning is highly desirable
• Advantageous: experience working with Finance and Commercial teams on investment, business cases, ROI or resource allocation

Required skills

• Analyse complex information and turn it into clear portfolio-level insights and recommendations
• Excellent collaboration and communication across business, product, technology, finance and commercial functions
• Manage multiple priorities, dependencies and competing interests
• Strong facilitation, decision-making, organisational and project management skills
• Ability to work with ambiguity in complex organisational environments

What we offer

• Competitive salary plus attractive benefits
• Development opportunities
• A challenging but friendly working environment