Overview

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We are looking for experienced Digital Portfolio Managers to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Base pay range

Pay of £57,946, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

What you’ll do

As a Senior Digital Portfolio Manager, you'll be responsible for shaping, guiding, and overseeing the delivery of digital initiatives in DWP, as we transform the way we work, and how customers interact with our services. You'll need deep knowledge of organisational strategy, business planning, and cross-functional collaboration. By integrating insights across delivery, finance, architecture, and service, you'll enable informed decision-making and ensure better outcomes. We need you to maintain momentum across complex programmes and ensuring governance and assurance are embedded throughout. You'll develop roadmaps and high-value initiatives, guiding teams through planning and assurance while maintaining oversight of performance. You will drive better services, reduce risk and enable DWP to achieve our goals with confidence - aligned, well-governed, and effectively prioritised.

Qualifications

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? How will this be assessed? You'll complete your employment history and a personal statement. This is your opportunity to evidence clear examples of how you meet the following:

A recognised Portfolio or Programme Management qualification such as:

• Management of Portfolios (Practitioner)


• Management of Successful Programmes (MSP)


• Project Management Institute (PMI)

And:

• Exceptional leadership skills with experience within large-scale digital portfolios in a complex organisation, setting portfolio standards and providing independent portfolio assurance to senior leaders.


• Experience of working with organisational objectives and ambitions to shape and influence Digital strategic planning and priorities.


• Experience contributing to improvements in portfolio processes, such as how work is prioritised, tracked, or reported. You take ownership of critical improvement activities, embedding consistent practices and ensuring compliance with portfolio standards across teams.


• Proven ability to anticipate and identify delivery risks or early warning signs, to take decisive action to resolve issues and maintain momentum to protect outcomes across complex delivery landscape.


• Strong analytical skills, experience of using a range of data analysis tools, techniques and providing independent interpretation of portfolio data.


• Experience of visualising the story of the data and communicate recommendations to a range of senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Experience in building successful relationships across organisational boundaries with diverse senior stakeholders using strong leadership and communication skills to build, manage and influence key strategic relationships.

Location

You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working

We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay and Pension

Pay: We offer competitive pay of £57,946. Civil Service Jobs displays the current band minimum of £55,557, which will increase to £57,946 as of September 1st.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £16,094.

Holidays

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

Benefits

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)


• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies


• Time off volunteering and charitable giving


• Bring your authentic self to work with ‘I Can Be Me in DWP’


• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more


• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it’s even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference


• Sports and social activities


• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

• Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There’ll be full instructions when you click through.


• Interview: a single stage interview online.

To start your application, please apply through Civil Service Jobs.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Government Administration