•Estimation Coordination: Coordinate rough estimates with Engineering and vendors to support funding and prioritisation decisions.
•Business Acceptance: Define acceptance criteria and business sign-off gates for every delivery.
•Capacity & Resource Planning: Build and maintain the delivery capacity and resource plan across projects.
•Delivery Governance & Standards: Own delivery methodology, stage gates, reporting cadence and quality standards.
•Cross-Project Dependencies: Identify, sequence and resolve dependencies across the portfolio.
•Escalation & Recovery: Act as escalation point for at-risk deliveries and lead recovery plans.
•Budget & Vendor Control: Track delivery spend, forecast variance, and manage vendor and procurement engagement.
•Portfolio Planning & Scheduling: Own the integrated delivery roadmap and release calendar across concurrent projects.
•Risk & Issue Management: Maintain the portfolio risk register and drive mitigation before milestones are impacted.
•Performance Reporting: Report delivery KPIs, forecast accuracy and utilisation to the Director of Smart Automation.
•Team Development & Ways of Working: Coach Project Managers and Delivery BAs and continuously improve delivery practices.