Portfolio Manager – LTPA Maritime

Institute of Project Management; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management organization seeks a Portfolio Manager to oversee the LTPA Maritime FCAC and manage financial forecasting. Applicants should have strong business leadership experience, an ability to inspire teams, and significant senior customer relationship skills, along with an APM qualification. This role offers competitive benefits including matched pension contributions and holiday allowances.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discount portal

Volunteering Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a business leadership role.
• Significant experience of inspiring and developing cross functional teams.
• Significant experience in building customer relationships at a senior level.

Responsibilities

• Owning the LTPA Maritime FCAC and risk budget, financial forecasting, and budgeting.
• Identifying and driving cost savings and efficiencies.
• Ensuring delivery against LTPA KPIs and providing reporting.
• Delivering to cost budget profiles.
• Managing interdependencies between programme areas, functions, and sites.

Skills

Business leadership

Cross-functional team development

Senior customer relationship building

Education

APM Qualified or equivalent professional accreditation

Job description

• Location Boscombe, England, United Kingdom
• Salary Medical insurance, Dental insurance

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting‑edge defence technology to ground‑breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Portfolio Manager at any of our main UK sites, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting‑edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

Responsibilities

• Owning the LTPA Maritime FCAC and risk budget, delivering financial forecasting and budgeting in line with the corporate timetable
• Identifying and driving cost savings and efficiencies across the LTPA Maritime sites to meet financial targets, working with business leaders to veer and haul
• Ensuring delivery against LTPA KPIs, and providing reporting to support LTPA Management Information and monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the LTPA customer
• Delivering to cost budget profiles
• Managing the interdependencies between programme areas, functions and sites

About You

Essential Experience Of The Portfolio Manager

• Experience in a business leadership role
• Significant experience of inspiring and developing cross functional teams
• Significant experience in building customer relationships at a senior level

Essential Qualifications For The Portfolio Manager

• APM Qualified or an equivalent professional accreditation

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

About Company

QinetiQ operates state‑of‑the‑art facilities across the UK that focus on defence, security and technology innovation. These facilities enable QinetiQ to conduct a wide range of research, testing and development activities that support both military and civilian applications helping to advance technology and support national security.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

Our Recruitment Process

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

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