Portfolio Director

Summary

Join Version 1 as a Portfolio Director and lead the successful delivery of Public Sector engagements for a defined set of clients. This role involves client engagement, delivery management, and people management, with a focus on achieving growth and revenue targets. You will leverage your network to identify and create new opportunities, working closely with the sales team to drive demand and secure new projects. Accountability for successful account outcomes and high customer satisfaction is key. The position requires significant experience managing large portfolios, ideally in consultancy or systems integration for the Public Sector. Travel up to 60% of the time is expected.

Requirements

• Significant proven experience managing significant (8+ figure) portfolios of work, ideally in consultancy or systems integrator for Public Sector customers
• Significant experienced in the delivery of technology change projects and programmes to an excellent standard
• Commercial: you will understand how to drive successful outcomes against revenue and gross profit targets, as well as accurate budgeting and forecasting
• Inspiring: you will be leading a team of managers, with many strong individual contributors who will look to you to guide and lead them through times of growth and change.  You will be good at mediating through business challenges across delivery, commercial and business support
• Collaborative: you will break down silos and make connections. Whilst driving success in your own portfolio, you will work with the Heads of Public and Private Sector to ensure success across the entire delivery organisation including sharing resource where appropriate
• Driven: you will lead the growth agenda in your portfolio by developing and maintaining the right relationships across the organisation
• SC eligibility essential and willingness to undergo clearance up to DV

Responsibilities

• On time, on budget (GP) project deliverables for ‘owned’ customer projects
• Achievement of agreed UK Public Sector growth and revenue targets
• Leading customer project bids and sales activities to drive and secure Public Sector demand and the creation of further opportunities, within nominated customer engagements
• Successful delivery within their client accounts
• High levels of customer satisfaction, measured quarterly by Net Promoter Score
• Staff retention & engagement including coaching, mentoring and succession planning (measured quarterly) within your portfolio
• Working with the Capability Leads across Digital, Data and Cloud to plan resourcing, including the careful onboarding and transition of consultants between engagements
• Ensuring a smooth, seamless transition into Support / Managed Services when required
• Where necessary the ability to undertake chargeable activities

Preferred Qualifications

Ideally you will be London, Birmingham or Newcastle based (close to our clients and delivery centres)

Benefits

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more
• Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes