Programme Portfolio Investment Manager

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Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at HL.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We'd love to hear from you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our new Investment & Programme Office team within the Finance function as a Programme Portfolio Investment Manager. You will be responsible for co-designing, mobilising and running the Enterprise-wide Investment Management process for all complex programmes and projects covering product development, client experience, save to invest, regulatory driven initiatives, digital transformation, operating model and organisational design.

• Supporting the Head of Portfolio Planning & Investment Management to design, build and manage the Medium Term (3 year) and Annual Portfolio Planning approach as part of the Enterprise-wide Operating plan process
• Responsible for tracking and reporting HL's Programme Portfolio budget (> £50m), aligning initiatives to the business strategy and facilitating decision-making to optimise return on investment
• Responsible for underpinning the HL strategic plan by designing and managing an investment management process and lifecycle including facilitation of the Business Investment Committee
• Ownership of all new programme requests via the HL Demand Panel (Senior Leadership level)
• Adopts a high-performance culture to ensure better, simpler, faster and cheaper deliverables for HL and our clients
• Drives culture of collaboration and efficiency through team interactions, and maximising use of tools and data
• A change agent, challenging the status quo and delivers industry best in class standards
• Highly autonomous and holds peers and Senior Leadership members to account.

• Significant experience Portfolio Design and Demand Management
• Highly experienced in Portfolio, Programme and Agile delivery methodologies
• Demonstrable evidence of defining, establishing, and facilitation of programme governance structures to keep key stakeholders engaged, aligned and on track
• Significant experience and expertise outside of portfolio management that are key to delivery - Business case development, product strategy and operational readiness
• Experience of delivering highly complex change in B2B and B2C environments
• High commercial and influencing skills, demonstrated at Senior Leadership
• Flexible and adaptable; able to deliver and thrive in ambiguous situations
• Demonstrates a curious nature, exploring new ways of working and questions the details to gain full clarity on what is required to achieve goals.

The interview process will include a presentation, psychometric assessment and a competency-based interview.

We are looking for a Programme Portfolio Investment Manager to join our team, based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL
. This role is a permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office.

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

• Discretionary annual bonus* & annual pay review
• 25 days
  * holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x…