Portfolio Manager

Portfolio Manager – Cards Role Overview

A leading global financial services client is looking for a Portfolio Manager to help drive card usage, spend, and profitability through effective portfolio segmentation, targeted activities, and performance-led decision making.

This role is highly execution-focused and suited to someone with strong commercial instincts
, analytical capability, and the ability to turn insight into action. You will support the delivery of campaigns, review results, and provide clear recommendations to optimise portfolio performance.

• Support the implementation of portfolio segmentation strategies to drive increased card usage, spend, and profitability
• Assist in the design, execution, and optimisation of card campaigns and portfolio initiatives
• Monitor and review campaign and portfolio performance, using data to assess effectiveness and ROI
• Provide insights and recommendations on how to drive spend growth, engagement, and customer value
• Work closely with marketing, analytics, product, and operations teams to ensure effective execution of initiatives
• Prepare performance updates and insights for senior stakeholders, translating data into clear commercial actions

• Strong commercial mindset with a focus on growth, profitability, and performance optimisation
• Experience supporting or delivering portfolio initiatives or campaigns, ideally within cards, payments, or financial services
• Ability to analyse results, identify trends, and convert insights into practical actions
• Comfortable working in a hands-on, execution-oriented role
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to collaborate across teams
• Good analytical capability; experience working with performance data, KPIs, and reporting
• Clear and concise communication skills, both written and verbal

• Experience in cards, payments, retail banking, or portfolio management
• Exposure to customer or spend segmentation approaches
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and comfortable operating at pace
• Curious, data-driven, and motivated by driving measurable outcomes

12 months initially

Circa £500 per day inside IR35

Hybrid working - Milton Keynes