Defence Digital Senior Digital Portfolio Manager
| Posting date: | 22 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £59,690 per year |
| Additional salary information: | A pension contribution of 28.97% based on the listed salary. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | SN13 9NR |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Defence |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 421412 |
Summary
As a Senior Digital Portfolio Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in managing and coordinating a dynamic portfolio of projects. Your goal is to ensure the delivery of secure, resilient, and assured communications and information services that support the MOD and the Armed Forces.
You'll be at the forefront of ensuring successful outcomes by:
Establishing robust governance and assurance frameworks.
Monitoring progress and deftly managing risks and issues.
Preparing the business for seamless change.
Responsibilities:
Coordinate programme resources, programme planning processes including requirements management, product development, milestone definition, and financial profile.
Monitoring complex change delivery performance through the analysis of project and programme data, analysing trends and identifying thematic issues.
Providing control and coherence over all approvals and out-letter requirements and obligations through tracking and engagement.
Ensure compliance with acquisition safety, quality, continual service improvement and business continuity.
Providing programme assurance through conducting assurance reviews with the relevant deployed programme leaders.
You'll be the driving force behind service and program reporting—your expertise will make you the go-to person for keeping everything running smoothly. You'll lead and manage a diverse team of SSO staff, including Civil Servants, Military personnel, and contractors, ensuring seamless collaboration across all levels.
With a sharp eye on governance, you'll maintain oversight and orchestrate boards and meetings, making sure strategic goals stay on track. You'll also take charge of identifying, collecting, and bench-marking critical data on time, cost, and quality—transforming raw information into actionable insights. By spotting patterns and trends, you'll help shape smarter decisions and continuous improvement across the organisation.
Remote working within this role is something that can be discussed at interview stages or with your future line manager if you are found successful.
Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.
You'll be at the forefront of ensuring successful outcomes by:
Establishing robust governance and assurance frameworks.
Monitoring progress and deftly managing risks and issues.
Preparing the business for seamless change.
Responsibilities:
Coordinate programme resources, programme planning processes including requirements management, product development, milestone definition, and financial profile.
Monitoring complex change delivery performance through the analysis of project and programme data, analysing trends and identifying thematic issues.
Providing control and coherence over all approvals and out-letter requirements and obligations through tracking and engagement.
Ensure compliance with acquisition safety, quality, continual service improvement and business continuity.
Providing programme assurance through conducting assurance reviews with the relevant deployed programme leaders.
You'll be the driving force behind service and program reporting—your expertise will make you the go-to person for keeping everything running smoothly. You'll lead and manage a diverse team of SSO staff, including Civil Servants, Military personnel, and contractors, ensuring seamless collaboration across all levels.
With a sharp eye on governance, you'll maintain oversight and orchestrate boards and meetings, making sure strategic goals stay on track. You'll also take charge of identifying, collecting, and bench-marking critical data on time, cost, and quality—transforming raw information into actionable insights. By spotting patterns and trends, you'll help shape smarter decisions and continuous improvement across the organisation.
Remote working within this role is something that can be discussed at interview stages or with your future line manager if you are found successful.
Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.