Portfolio Manager - SC Cleared


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13th June 2018

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London

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£60000 - £1000000

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Permanent

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Portfolio Manager - SC Cleared

London

Negotiable Salary

We are actively looking to secure 4x Portfolio Managers (SC Cleared) to join Experis as one of our expert consultants, delivering services to our clients.

Experis Consultancy is a Global entity with a well-established team with over 1000 consultants on assignment across 20 clients globally. Our UK operation is growing and has very aggressive plans for expansion over the coming years. We form part of the Manpower group of companies that turn over $20 billion a year collectively.

Experis UK have partnerships with major clients across the UK spanning multiple industries; our approach is a very personal one, with both our clients and our own employees. We are passionate about training, technology and career development.

Company Assignment Background:

Vivace is a consortium of companies set up in 2017 (led by QinetiQ Group PLC), that is charged with delivering 'ACE' - which stands for Accelerated Capability Environment. This capability was set up by the Home Office in March 2017, to bring industry and academia closer to government and law enforcement, and stimulate the flow of innovative, agile and flexible solutions to problems in the digital communications space, delivering real impact for law enforcement agencies.

Vivace works in partnership with its Home Office and law enforcement partners, helping to identify threats, risks and areas of need, then works with the best and brightest businesses to facilitate innovative thinking, fast - to address these threats and risks, and solve not just current but future challenges posed to law enforcement by the rapidly evolving digital communications landscape.

The Vivace Consortium includes over 100 leading edge companies ranging from large system integrators like Atos & IBM through to specialist technology start- ups, SME's and academia.

Role Positioning:

The role sits within our Commission Delivery Team who are responsible for managing all aspects of our Commission delivery process for the Customer. They assess each Commission's suitability, determine the most efficient delivery route, and then manage the delivery.

Where we have multiple Commissions per single Customer, we group these into "Campaigns", and engage experienced Portfolio Managers to provide the necessary project management and project assurance.

The role carries a high degree of autonomy, with flexible working hours and offers a great working environment in our vibrant London offices on London's South Bank.

Candidate Background:

We are looking to engage up to 4 experienced Portfolio Managers who have previous experience leading Agile delivery program and project teams.

Ideal Experience:

* 5 yrs+ Defence and Security experience (managing portfolios up to £5-10m)

* Worked in a Defence & Security environment (ideally CCD - Communications Capability Development OR Home Office's OSCT, End User Computing (EUC) and Live Service Transformation (LST) Programmes in a complex, multi-supplier programme environments.)

* Accountable for account-level end-to-end delivery, financial performance, governance and client satisfaction across a multi-million £ portfolio.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Day to day responsibilities:

* Responsible for managing a Portfolio of up to 5/6 Commissions (value £1-3m)

* Accountable for structuring and delivering program plans and associated governance to ensure that Commissions are delivered efficiently, effectively and to Customer satisfaction.

* Helping mobilise members of the Vivace Community and support the appointed Community member's delivery of their Commission(s)

* Liaising with the appointed Community members to ensure that Commissions are mobilised correctly, so that they remain in good shape and can continue at pace.

* Ensure that the correct ceremonies are conducted during Sprints, so that Commissions are delivered with speed and control.

* Ensure Commissions are closed correctly, so that valuable components are documented for future re-use and that lessons learnt are fed into future Commissions.

Skills and Knowledge:

* At least 5+ Program & Project Management delivery

* Running Agile Project Teams using Scrum and LEAN principles and techniques, including: Sprint Planning, backlog management, daily Scrum stand-ups, Agile MVP Sprint-reviews and retrospectives.

* Experience of managing multiple stakeholders.

* Excellent written, visual and verbal communication skills

* Excellent team management, communication and stakeholder skills in complex multi-supplier environments.

* Able to quickly adapt to demanding and varied environments

Desirable:

* Educated to degree level.

* Experience with Law Enforcement Agencies.

* Wider experience of IoT, Big data, 5G and other emerging technologies.

Behaviours:

* Embraces the Vivace way of working and culture.

* Can work in a disruptive environment and able to adapt to new ways of working.

* Confident to be creative, innovative and has the courage to try new things.

* Disciplined, good time keeping.

* Confident working with customers and suppliers from a wide range of areas.

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