GDT Strategy, Portfolio & Performance Lead

Title:

GDT Strategy, Portfolio & Performance Lead Reporting into:
Karla Hrabar

Location:

Kingston / 100VE Work Level: WL2C Purpose of the Role

The Strategy, Portfolio & Performance Lead will partner with senior business leaders across Europe to shape and drive the digital strategy, working closely and aligning with product domain leaders, to ensure that digital initiatives directly enable business priorities and deliver measurable value. This role will establish a coherent portfolio approach—aligning programmes and projects to strategic outcomes, defining what success looks like, and embedding consistent performance management.

The role will serve as a strategic orchestrator, bringing clarity, prioritisation, and focus to the digital agenda while identifying opportunities for optimisation, continuous improvement and driving insights into actions.

What will your main responsibilities be Strategy Development & Alignment

• Work closely with European business and functional leaders to develop the regional digital strategy roadmap by understanding and translating BU strategy and context into a comprehensive view of the requirements and opportunities.
• Identify key capabilities and programmes which will realise impact of Europe and BUs, present a view of the GDT Portfolio by BG/BU to the BU CDIO and BU LT, with cost visibility, benefits realisation & deployment timelines.
• Ensure digital strategy is tightly aligned to broader business strategy, growth priorities, and market needs.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable roadmaps, portfolio priorities, and clear value cases.

Fostering Innovation

• Collaborate with the BU and Domain Portfolio Lead to make decisions on project timings, structure and delivery. Support CDIO on Digital Transformation and Innovation.

Portfolio Management & Prioritisation

• Maintain portfolio performance, vision and strategy:
  Formulate clear vision and strategy with the BU teams to drive the Performance metrics of the Digital capabilities against the BU Priorities and goals.
• Evaluate initiatives against strategic fit, value, feasibility, and resource requirements to enable informed prioritisation with the product teams.
• Facilitate governance forums and decision‑making processes to drive alignment and resolve blockers.
• Identify synergies, gaps, interdependencies, and opportunities for consolidation or acceleration.

Performance Measurement & Value Realisation

• Create strong joined up Governance between BU and Products:
  Define success metrics and performance frameworks for digital programmes and projects, linking outputs to business impact.
• Co‑create and align measurement approach, ensuring consistent visibility of performance, risks, and dependencies.
• Partner with product owners and CDIOs to track value realisation, drive accountability, and course‑correct where needed.
• Track adoption & people dependent ROI of products deployed within the BU.
• Ensure necessary prioritisation decisions are provided on backlog.
• Use insights and data to identify opportunities to enhance delivery, remove barriers, and strengthen business outcomes.

Risk Management

• Identify and elevate risks related to digital initiatives to relevant business stakeholders. Track outcomes from now, Next and Beyond plan with BU Leadership teams.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, providing strategic guidance, insights, and challenge where required.
• Align stakeholders around shared priorities and maintain engagement across markets, categories, and functions.
• Enable a culture of transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement in how digital work is prioritised and executed.

Communication and Narrative Development

• Develop clear, compelling, and creative presentations that translate complex strategy, portfolio insights, and performance outcomes into executive‑ready narratives.
• Present confidently to senior stakeholders, ensuring clarity, influence, and engagement.

Continuous Improvement & Opportunity Identification

• Proactively identify areas where digital capabilities, processes, or operating models could enhance business performance.
• Recommend improvements to portfolio governance, strategic…