Digital PPM & IT Governance

Description

Senior Digital Project Manager responsible for governance, coordination, and continuous improvement of the Digital Project Portfolio Management (PPM) framework. The role ensures strong PMO governance, transparency, and high-quality decision support across the digital portfolio, enabling effective prioritization, disciplined execution, and alignment with business strategy, financial constraints, and resource capacity.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Governance & PPM

• Own and operate the Digital Project Portfolio Management (PPM) process across the full lifecycle: idea intake, assessment, prioritization, execution, and closure.
• Ensure robust portfolio governance, including structured intake, triage, prioritization, and approval processes aligned with strategic objectives and delivery capacity.
• Monitor portfolio execution across scope, schedule, budget, risks, benefits, and dependencies.
• Identify cross-project dependencies, conflicts, and overlaps, assessing impact on delivery and business value.
• Escalate key risks, deviations, and portfolio-level issues to governance bodies.

PMO, Reporting & Decision Support

• Deliver portfolio-level reporting, KPIs, and management dashboards covering status, risks, budget, benefits, and trends.
• Prepare executive-level portfolio summaries and decision-support materials for leadership and governance committees.
• Support prioritization decisions through scenario analysis, impact assessment, and structured recommendations.
• Facilitate portfolio governance meetings, ensuring clear agendas, documentation, decisions, and follow-ups.

PMO Process & Tooling Development

• Continuously improve PMO processes, governance standards, and portfolio management frameworks.
• Enhance PPM tooling, ensuring data quality, consistency, transparency, and usability.
• Define and enforce standards for portfolio and project data across PMO systems.
• Drive improvements based on stakeholder feedback and operational insights.

Project Delivery (Selected Initiatives)

• Lead end-to-end delivery of selected digital projects, ensuring execution within agreed scope, timeline, budget, and quality standards.
• Apply established project management methodologies and governance stage gates.

Financial, Resource & Vendor Governance

• Support portfolio-level budgeting, forecasting, and cost control in collaboration with Finance.
• Ensure alignment between PPM data and financial reporting systems.
• Support resource management, including demand, capacity, and utilization.
• Oversee governance and transparency of external vendors within the digital portfolio.

Requirements

• University degree
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Project Portfolio Management, PMO, or Digital Project Governance
• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional digital portfolios with multiple dependencies
• Strong background in portfolio governance, PMO frameworks, and project lifecycle management
• Experience delivering digital projects end-to-end
• Strong knowledge of PPM tools and advanced reporting
• Ability to translate complex portfolio data into clear executive insights
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including senior leadership exposure
• Very good PowerPoint skills
• High analytical capability and attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment across Business, Digital, Finance, and Vendors
• Fluent English, written and spoken