Portfolio Manager

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The Portfolio Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of large-scale, complex programmes within the Legal Services organisation. This role will oversee multiple interconnected projects and workstreams, ensuring that business objectives are achieved through effective planning, governance, stakeholder management, and execution.

The role focuses on coordinating transformation initiatives that include change management, workflow optimisation, technology implementations, systems integrations, product release management, and organizational change activities. The Portfolio Manager will work closely with Legal Services, Product Management, Engineering, Operations, and Internal and External Business Stakeholders while providing leadership and support to Project Managers responsible for delivering individual projects.

This position plays a critical role in ensuring programmes are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with strategic business outcomes.

What You Will Do

Portfolio Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex programmes consisting of multiple related projects and workstreams.
• Define programme scope, objectives, success criteria, and delivery roadmaps.
• Establish programme governance structures, reporting mechanisms, and delivery frameworks.
• Ensure alignment of programme activities with Legal Services and broader organisational strategic objectives.
• Drive accountability across project teams to achieve programme milestones and benefits realization.

Workstream Coordination

• Manage and coordinate multiple concurrent workstreams, including:
  • IQ Legal implementation projects
  • Business process and workflow transformation
  • System integrations
  • Product and platform enhancements
  • Organisational change and adoption activities
• Identify and manage interdependencies across projects and business functions.
• Proactively address programme-wide risks, issues, and constraints.

Product Release & Integration Management

• Coordinate product release schedules across multiple projects and delivery teams.
• Work with Legal Services, Engineering, Product Management and operational stakeholders to ensure successful deployment and adoption of solutions.
• Oversee integration activities between IQ Legal platforms and other systems.
• Ensure readiness of business users through appropriate planning, testing, communication and enablement activities.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across Legal Services, Technology, Operations, Product, and Business functions.
• Facilitate effective communication and decision-making across programme governance forums.
• Provide regular programme status updates, executive reporting, and escalation management.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure alignment throughout programme delivery.

Project Management Leadership

• Provide guidance, support, and mentoring to Project Managers within the programme.
• Ensure consistency in project delivery methodologies, tools, standards and reporting.
• Champion best practices in programme and project management.
• Support resource planning, prioritisation, and workload balancing across projects.

Financial & Resource Management

• Develop and manage programme budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor programme financial performance and report on budget utilisation.
• Coordinate resource planning across projects and workstreams.
• Ensure efficient allocation of resources to meet programme objectives.

Risk, Governance & Compliance

• Establish and maintain programme-level risk and issue management processes.
• Ensure compliance with organisational governance, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct programme reviews and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive quality assurance across all programme deliverables.

What You Will Have

Please note, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application.

Required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Significant experience managing large, complex programmes in a corporate or professional services environment.
• Demonstrated success delivering programmes comprising multiple projects and workstreams.
• Strong experience with project and programme governance frameworks.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams across technology, operations, and business functions.
• Proven experience managing executive stakeholders and governance boards.
• Experience managing programme budgets, risks, and resource planning.

Preferred

• Experience working within Legal Services, Legal Operations, Professional Services, or highly regulated environments.
• Programme management certification such as:
  • MSP (Managing Successful Programmes)
  • PgMP (Program Management Professional)
  • PMP (Project Management Professional)
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Experience with Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Familiarity with Legal technology platforms and workflow automation solutions.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

Leadership

• Strong leadership and influencing skills.
• Ability to lead without direct authority across matrixed organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to drive accountability and results.

Programme Management

• Advanced programme planning and execution capabilities.
• Expertise in dependency management and programme governance.
• Strong risk management and problem-solving skills.

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executives, technical teams and business stakeholders (internal and Customer).
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills.

Stakeholder Management

• Exceptional relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and conflicting stakeholder interests.

Analytical & Strategic Thinking

• Ability to translate strategic objectives into executable delivery plans.
• Data-driven decision-making capability.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.

What We Do For You

Wellbeing that means something

• 26 days’ holiday + bank holidays (and the option to buy more) plus 1 paid volunteering day every year
• Exceptional family leave, 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave
• Robust sick pay of up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support
• Private medical insurance for everyone, no medical-history exclusions

Financial benefits that have your back

• Performance-based rewards tailored to your role, from company-wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures
• Income protection: up to 75% salary for 5 years if you ever need it
• Pension with 5% matched company contributions
• Life assurance worth 4x your salary from day one
• Free financial planning session with the option to engage in more tailored financial coaching.

Grow your career with us

• SkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future-manager training, and a huge online library
• Access to external training and apprenticeships

Making a Difference

• MatchIt! Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding
• Pennies from Heaven donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger

Plus plenty other flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle on our RewardHub, including:

• ULEV car scheme with 1,000+ models
• Dental insurance, Health Cash Plan, Critical Illness Cover, Partner Life Cover, Health Assessment, Gym Membership

Who We Are

At OneAdvanced, we are at the forefront of delivering sector-focused technology solutions that simplify complexity, drive meaningful progress, and help build a fairer, more inclusive society.

We’re much more than a software company. We deliver SaaS workflow applications and IT services that power organisations across Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing, Retail, and more.

OneAdvanced is one of the UK’s largest business software and services companies. Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), operating across the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia.

Our secure, scalable platform, including OneAdvanced AI, our private AI service for UK organisations, powers connectivity and innovation across critical sectors. Alongside our software are our IT services, including hosting, managed services, and application modernisation.

We strive to create an inclusive workplace that drives innovation and collaboration, championing diverse perspectives and ideas. Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy is embedded in everything we do, guiding us to create meaningful impact for our people, our customers and the planet.

Proud to be recognised in the Financial Times’ Best Employers 2026 list for the second-year running, an independent and data led ranking based on employee feedback. Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.

Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.

Learn more at www.oneadvanced.com