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This senior role provides independent, bank-wide oversight of transformation portfolio health, execution risk and delivery outcomes. You will own the Change Delivery Standards and portfolio-health frameworks, working with transformation leaders, risk partners and executives across the bank. It suits an experienced portfolio or programme leader who is comfortable challenging assumptions and supporting Board and regulatory decisions.
What you'll do
Establish an independent view of portfolio health, execution risk, delivery confidence and material interdependencies across the transformation portfolio.
Aggregate programme-level risks into an enterprise view, identifying systemic themes, cumulative exposure and impacts on strategic, financial, regulatory and client outcomes.
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Set tolerances and escalation thresholds so material deviations trigger timely executive attention, corrective action and clear ownership.
Act as deputy to the Global Head, Investment Management and Portfolio Delivery on portfolio execution, governance standards and execution risk.
Own the Change Delivery Standards and drive consistent adoption across businesses, functions and transformation teams.
Define and maintain common governance structures, controls, protocols and minimum delivery requirements.
Keep standards relevant, proportionate and actionable by incorporating lessons from delivery performance, regulatory change, audit findings and emerging risks.
Partner with transformation leaders, Accountable Executives and programme teams to close gaps and strengthen delivery discipline.
Own the Execution Risk Dashboard and Portfolio Health Dashboards, ensuring indicators give forward-looking insight.
Ensure the portfolio stays aligned to Change Delivery Standards and within agreed tolerances.
Challenge weak recovery plans, unclear accountabilities and unsupported delivery assumptions, driving remedial action with Transformation Leads, Accountable Executives and Programme Managers.
Develop scalable mitigation approaches for high-impact risks and interdependencies so businesses can replan, sequence or intervene before outcomes are compromised.
Track whether interventions restore delivery confidence and reduce risk, not just whether actions were completed.
Shape the enterprise narrative on portfolio execution risk, explaining strategic, financial, regulatory, client and delivery implications.
Prepare decision-ready reports, presentations and papers for the Group Management Team, Board and executive committees.
Coordinate portfolio-execution input to audit and regulatory responses, partnering with second- and third-line teams.
Provide evidence of governance effectiveness, risk ownership, remediation progress and sustained control improvement.
Build awareness of the principal risks affecting the transformation and change portfolio.
Partner with Risk and Financial Crime Risk, Compliance and Conduct Risk and Group Internal Audit to embed risk manage
Requirements
15+ years leading complex programmes or portfolios in financial services, technology or another highly regulated environment
Proven track record establishing enterprise governance, delivery standards, risk aggregation or assurance frameworks
Experience influencing senior executives, Accountable Executives, transformation leaders and risk partners across businesses, functions and geographies
Strong understanding of project and programme lifecycles, portfolio analytics, financial management, risk and control, and Waterfall and Agile delivery methods
Ability to turn complex delivery data into clear executive insight, decisions and actions
Hands-on experience with portfolio and delivery tools, including Clarity and ideally Azure DevOps
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