Foot Anstey

Overview

Job Title: Head of Portfolio Management & Delivery

Hybrid working from Bristol or Southampton. Full-time role within the Business Change team. This is a pivotal leadership opportunity to shape and deliver Foot Anstey's transformation strategy, leading governance, prioritisation and delivery oversight of strategic change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy into a clear and prioritised transformation portfolio.
• Develop and maintain transformation roadmaps, balancing short and long-term priorities.
• Oversee investment planning, resource allocation and capacity management.
• Establish governance forums, reporting frameworks and decision-making processes.
• Monitor benefits, risks, dependencies and portfolio performance.
• Build trusted relationships with Partners, senior leaders and delivery teams.
• Drive continuous improvement across portfolio management and delivery practices.
• Support the successful integration of change across the business.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team of project and delivery professionals.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex transformation portfolios.
• Strong portfolio governance, prioritisation and investment planning expertise.
• Experience delivering technology-enabled business change.
• Strong commercial, financial and benefits realisation skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Experience managing risk, dependencies and delivery performance.
• Strong communication, facilitation and decision-making skills.
• Experience developing high-performing teams.
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Collaborative leadership style with a focus on outcomes, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Relevant qualifications such as MoP, MSP, PRINCE2, PMP, Agile or equivalent would be advantageous.

Benefits & Culture

• Ambitious growth strategy and opportunities to contribute to our client base across household names, startups and enterprises.
• Culture built on being refreshingly human, entrepreneurial, inclusive and collaborative.
• Commitment to sustainability and giving back to communities.
• Comprehensive professional development and training to support career goals.
• Competitive salary and performance-linked bonus; enhanced parental leave; private healthcare and wellbeing initiatives.