Portfolio Planning & Scheduling Lead

Responsibilities

Providing visible and effective leadership with respect to Portfolio Dependencies, collaborating with stakeholders to develop an integrated view of dependencies across the Compliance Portfolio to ensure timely delivery of benefits and outcomes.

Proactively leading the consistent identification, validation of assumptions, documentation, management and reporting of dependencies across the Portfolio. Analyses performance, identifies trends, and spots areas for improvement and collaboration. Uses appropriate methods and tools to address these areas.

Using digital tools to analyse data from across the Compliance Portfolio and wider HMRC Portfolio to provide insights into Dependencies that inform decision making and to identify potential risks/ delays and opportunities.

Support the development of a sound risk and planning management culture, working with TPO Planning and Risk leads, Portfolio Partners, TD Design Authority and other key stakeholders to monitor and resolve through mitigating actions and escalation as appropriate.

Leading and / or supporting the production of key reports and briefing documents for senior governance forum in relation to dependencies to support effective governance, assurance and decision making.

Promotes portfolio standards as best practice and offers expert advice throughout the End2End Change lifecycle, supporting capability building and the use of best practices in dependency management. Shares knowledge and coach others on dependency identification, recording and management best practice.

Builds strong relationship to ensure dependencies are well understood and managed effectively and maintain networks to access technical and professional best practices.

Essential Criteria

Expertise in Portfolio Dependency ManagementDemonstrated experience identifying, analysing and managing complex interdependencies across largescale transformation portfolios or programmes. Able to assess impacts, anticipate risks, and drive effective mitigation strategies in a fastmoving environment.

Strong Stakeholder Engagement & Influencing SkillsProven ability to build productive relationships and influence diverse stakeholder groups including technical specialists, delivery teams, senior leaders and external partners to ensure clear understanding and effective management of portfoliolevel dependencies.

Driving Governance, Standards & Continuous ImprovementTrack record of establishing and embedding effective governance, standards and bestpractice approaches for dependency identification, recording, tracking and management. Experience mentoring delivery teams and stakeholders to build capability in dependency identification, recording and management.

Portfolio Reporting & Insight GenerationExperience synthesising complex information into clear, accurate and actionable portfoliolevel reports and insights. Comfortable briefing senior decisionmakers and shaping strategic decisions through datadriven analysis.

Experience With Portfolio Management ToolsUnderstanding of tools such as ServiceNow, Planview, MS Project, or similar systems used for dependency mapping, risk tracking, and portfolio oversight. (ServiceNow is HMRC\'s current Enterprise Change Management Tool)

Data Analysis & Visualisation SkillsAbility to use data to identify trends, generate insights and strengthen dependencyrelated decisionmaking. Experience with tools such as Excel, Power BI, or other reporting solutions.

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Salary: GBP 48000 - 72000 per year Experience: 5 years required
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