Head of Transformation Portfolio

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About Us

The Head of Transformation Portfolio role sits within the Transformation Office Directorate.

The Transformation Office (TO) supports the senior leadership of the university in effective strategy execution, delivering a complex set of transformation initiatives and driving sustainable improvements to our core business.

About the Role

The Head of Transformation Portfolio role sits within the Transformation Office Directorate. The Transformation Office supports the senior leadership of the university in effective strategy execution, delivering a complex set of transformation initiatives and driving sustainable improvements to our core business.

The Head of Transformation Portfolio is responsible for monitoring and managing assigned portfolios by:

• Establishing and guiding the selection, prioritisation, balancing, and termination processes for portfolio components to ensure alignment with organisational strategy
• Assisting decision makers with the review, prioritisation, and optimisation of the portfolio
• Ensuring timely and consistent communication to stakeholders on progress, impacts, and changes associated with management of the portfolio
• Participating in programme and project reviews to ensure delivery to scope, time and budget.

This is a full time (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Education to degree standard and/or equivalent qualifications/experience
2. Proven experience of portfolio delivery including providing portfolio assurance and governance
3. Proven experience of translating business analysis, requirements definition and business case production into practical implementation
4. Portfolio Management qualifications/experience
5. Proven experience of project delivery
6. Good leadership skills and the ability to influence motivate and inspire others

Desirable criteria

1. PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent qualifications/experience
2. Agile Scrum Master and/or equivalent qualifications/experience

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our 'How we Recruit' pages.