PLANNING & PORTFOLIO PARTNER - ENTERPRISE PMO

This role sits within the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), accountable for the management of Primark’s portfolio management processes for all investment and change initiatives across the business. This will involve engaging with business stakeholders to define, prioritise and manage the portfolio of initiatives to drive optimal value for the organisation.
This role will be responsible for building a multiyear investment and change plan through leading the prioritisation, planning and execution of the enterprise-wide portfolio as well as tracking dependencies, issues and risks at the portfolio level.

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A PLANNING & PORTFOLIO PARTNER

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Management of Primark’s portfolio management processes for all investment and change initiatives across the business.
• Translates demand into a clear, prioritised enterprise wide, delivery portfolio and multiyear plan, driving optimal value for the organisation ensuring the enterprise portfolio is aligned to the company’s strategic goals.
• Oversight and management of planning and prioritisation processes ensuring portfolio is aligned to strategic priorities and investments.
• Support and facilitates senior business stakeholders in quality decision making. Responsible for creating periodic performance and progress reports focusing on value, strategic alignment and business outcomes
• Tracks overall portfolio progress, dependencies, issues and risks across the enterprise wide portfolio.
• Facilitates and leads monthly, quarterly and annual planning cycles in conjunction with Strategy, Technology and Finance and Senior Leadership.
• Develops and maintains ongoing oversight and monitoring of portfolio finances and benefits ensuring the overall investment of the Portfolio is staying within the planned timeline and budget.
• Defines, captures and prioritises the demand of investment and change initiatives in conjunction with business and technology stakeholders to build an effective portfolio
• Maintain an overview of updates and additions to planned work as per strategic decision making and in line with governance driven commitments
• Works with the Governance & Reporting lead to understand where each item is in the Portfolio and how the inflight Portfolio is tracking overall.
• Supports the evolution and continuous improvement of Primark’s EPMO

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Educated to degree level and have at least 7-10 years’ experience in a PMO environment.
• Formal Project Management qualification (PMP/IPMA/PRINCE 2 Practitioner).
• Significant Project Portfolio Management and or business planning experience gained through several complex and varied environments.
• Experience of working with teams using a wide variety of change frameworks and methodologies (traditional waterfall and iterative/agile delivery and process improvement methodologies).
• Experience of using PPM Tools e.g. Planisware