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At ScottishPower we see how IT and digital influences every aspect of our business - it's an enabler at a technology and a society level. We use a surprising breadth and variety of technologies here, with a serious investment in our people. and in our capabilities to help shape our direction and growth. And with our commitment to now produce all our energy from renewable resources, our opportunities to innovate are only just beginning.
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. ScottishPower is the first integrated energy company in the UK to generate 100% green electricity. Our focus is on wind energy, smart grids and driving the change to a cleaner, electric future and we're investing over £4m every working day to make this happen. We're committed to speeding up the transition to cleaner electric transport, improving air quality and over time, driving down bills.
We're now embarking on a major IT Transformation project to drive change throughout our businesses. Our focus is on wind energy and smart grids, working to deliver for our customers, colleagues and our business, and as part of the Iberdrola Group, working towards a green future.
Purpose
The main purpose of this role is to support the UK IT Director by optimising the investment plan to enable greater value and diversify execution approaches to reduce time to value.
Through collaborative work with the leadership team, the Portfolio Practice Manager can orchestrate successful execution of the delivery plans maximising the use of resources to optimise efficiency. Stakeholders can visualise portfolio performance against their plans/roadmaps and take priority decisions to ensure they deliver the highest value projects, scale up/down and position their function for success in the digital era.
The Portfolio Practice Manager drives and supports breaking down silos, connecting teams, integrating portfolios, and providing executive level visibility portfolio wide, allowing the UK IT function to plan and scale more effectively to deliver customer value faster.
Responsibilities
Tasks for this role will include:
Contributes to building, shaping and deploying the overall resource planning strategy
Assists the UK IT function in defining, aligning and implementing its resource plans
Predicts, prioritises, allocates and manages resource demand ensuring optimisation and leverage opportunities
Develops the systems and processes to ensure that business, project and employee needs are met in the assignment of staff to projects
Will design, implement and control efficient LEAN resource management standard operating procedures and processes
Creates a credible practice that attracts top IT talent (architecture, security, big data, IT Transformation) to build a high performing practice of consultants with superior technical depth, and outstanding customer relationship skills
Provides full line management and performance management support to resources
Co-ordinates training and CPD of team members to ensure continually improving skill-sets and limiting skills and knowledge erosion
Ensures that performance appraisals occur upon completion of projects and that skills are updated. Co-ordinates and assimilates the performance appraisal information across projects resulting in a cohesive annual appraisal of staff who support a number of projects
Assists IT and business leadership team in actualising the technology plans within their own area of responsibility, working with them to ensure that technical and resource decisions link to the overall IT strategic plan
Works with Finance and Human Resources to represent the needs of IT and understand the cost and human resources impact of those needs in creating, implementing and adjusting IT business plans
Propose new and creative approaches to the resource planning processes using WFM technologies
Skills and Requirements
We are looking for individuals with strong commercial acumen and exceptional demand planning skills.
You will need to demonstrate as a minimum:
Graduate degree, Project Management qualification OR relevant proven work experience
Extensive Practice Management experience across a large IT portfolio for a large organisation
Experience of delivering high quality outputs within a challenging environment
Successful experience of influencing a wide range of stakeholders
Demonstrable experience of delivering cost savings by consolidating services and resources
Track record of effective management, motivation and development of a team
What we offer
This is a Permanent/ full time contract. Salary for this role will be from £45,840 per annum depending on experience, 10% bonus and single person health care.
As part of our commitment to a supportive and inclusive place to work, we recognise that our employees have different personal circumstances and want a suitable work-life balance. We are working hard to support flexible and alternative ways of working where possible including: Flexible Working, Shared Parental Leave, Career Breaks, Wellbeing / Employee Assistance Programme.
You will also have access to our flexible benefits programme where you can decide what is important for you.
‘Happy to talk flexible working'
Our Selection Process
Competency Based Interview
Competencies: Develop Self & Others, Empower to Grow, Collaborate & Share, Be a Role Model, Focus to Achieve Results, Be Agile