Technology Retail Portfolio Manager (11 months) - NatWest Group

Join us as a Technology Retail Portfolio Manager (11 months)

• This is an opportunity for a driven Portfolio Manager to take on a new, exciting career challenge in which you'll be accountable for Technology's complex and critical portfolios
• You'll have the chance to build and maintain a strong network of stakeholders of varying seniority
• Put your existing project management skills to the test and take advantage of our fantastic development opportunities
• We're offering this role on a temporary basis until November 2027

What you'll do
You'll be accountable for the management of a Technology investment portfolio, realising strategic objectives of the business, the franchise and the function.
You'll also:

• Provide and manage investment planning, transformation portfolios and design services
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure an effective pipeline view of technology investment requirements are maintained, used, and kept under regular review
• Understand the programme and project risks and how they may impact the Technology portfolio

The skills you'll need
We're looking for an experienced Portfolio Manager with the ability to manage and analyse financial data to support effective decision-making. You'll bring experience using Excel for financial tracking and forecasting, including pivot tables, formula creation and data analysis.
You'll also need:

• Demonstrable experience managing a technology portfolio or programme governance, including RAID, milestones, dependencies, assurance and senior reporting
• Proven experience managing programme finances, including budgets of £60m, forecasts, actuals, Capex/Revex, variance analysis and resource cost
• Evidence of producing financial and delivery insight for senior decision-makers, including identifying risks, opportunities and recommended actions
• Experience supporting multiple programmes or investments concurrently, balancing competing priorities, dependencies and deadlines
• Demonstrable experience working across technology, finance, risk, business and third parties to resolve issues and maintain effective delivery controls
• Evidence of constructively challenging plans, forecasts or assumptions and driving actions through to resolution
• Experience of contract and third-party risk management, including CIOM, IRQs, BCAPs, BCP, SOC reporting and management of non-deliverable contractual obligations, associated risks and mitigations