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Due Diligence Manager
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Due Diligence ManagerWe are searching for an experienced Due Diligence Manager.
Make an Impact at RSM UKConsulting brings together multiple teams across Transactions, Risk & Consulting, ABA, and Outsourcing to provide client-centric solutions for RSM’s current and future clients within the middle market. Our Consulting team has a major role to play in driving forward the growth of the firm with over 1,700 people delivering almost £200m revenue.
At the heart of Consulting are the six solutions we offer our clients: business transformation, deal services, finance function support, risk and governance, forensic and investigation services, and restructuring. Our solutions create an enhanced tailored approach to support our clients in achieving their strategic goals and empower our people to make an impact and develop their own unique career path.
We are looking for an ambitious Manager to join our growing Due Diligence team that focuses on Financial Services sector deals. Our new colleague will assist in the execution of financial due diligence assignments on both buy-side and sell-side transactions and support the team in new business generation.
Our Transaction Services team is an award-winning team and highly regarded in the marketplace. The team specializes in financial due diligence, advising clients on business acquisitions and investments. Deal values are typically in the £0m to 00m range.
This role provides an opportunity for you to join the fast-moving world of Corporate Finance and Transaction Services. Working alongside a team of other professionals, you will play an integral role in leading the execution of financial due diligence projects on both buy-side and sell-side transactions, as well as contributing to the continued successful growth of the business.
Key Responsibilities:- Assisting with client acceptance and engagement take-on processes.
- Undertaking and reviewing financial analysis, interpretation of outputs.
- Identifying key deal issues and commercial observations.
- Report writing and reviewing team members’ drafting.
- Liaising with clients, target businesses, and other professional advisors.
Are you someone who thrives on variety, loves learning new things, and enjoys connecting with people? If you can spot inefficiencies in everyday life and are passionate about making improvements, this role is perfect for you!
We value diverse experiences and perspectives. Here’s what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:
- Previous experience in a Transaction Services / due diligence environment.
- Previous experience with TMT sector deals and a strong desire to focus on this sector going forward.
- Exposure to a variety of transaction types and sizes.
- A high level of accuracy, diligence, and integrity.
- Strong technical skills with a good understanding of both UK GAAP and IFRS.
- Ideally a professional accountancy qualification.
We recognize that our people are our most important assets. That’s why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package that will help you have a fulfilling experience, both in and out of work.
- Study Support.
- Hybrid and Flexible working.
- 27 Days Holiday with the option of purchasing additional days.
- Lifestyle, Health, and Wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme, and access to a virtual GP.
- Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our in-house Talent Development team.
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Senior Analyst, Portfolio Management
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The Senior Analyst is responsible for supporting all aspects of the portfolio management functions of the business including allocation decisions, hold-sell decisions, financings, equity raising, and relationship management.
The Portfolio Management team at Greystar plays a pivotal role in driving value creation for both our institutional partners and the internal business through effective collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders. This team is involved in critical allocation, financing, disposition, and structuring decisions. Additionally, they are instrumental in cultivating and maintaining robust relationships with external investors, ensuring alignment on the key targets of each venture.
This is a central and diverse role that provides support for, and input to, investment and portfolio management activities, through research, modelling and preparing analysis to support all functions of the portfolio management team. The Senior Analyst will also support the analysis and presentation of key performance information both internally and to external investment partners to drive well-informed and value-enhancing decisions on new and existing strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare financial models to support ongoing portfolio management decisions including, but not limited to, new acquisition activity, hold-sell analysis and financing decisions;
- Assess the performance of the portfolio(s) against budget and underwriting, highlighting any points of exception or opportunity;
- Work with colleagues to monitor performance of specific initiatives and deliver key performance metrics to the business covering leasing performance, income, expense and returns;
- Oversee the preparation of materials and deliverables for presentation to internal committees, current and prospective investors, and other stakeholders;
- Assist in new venture formation, including preparation of life-of-fund models and strategy papers, as well as supporting the entities’ creation, structuring and legal documentation;
- Support the annual rent and budget-setting process;
- Work with stakeholders across the business to improve our reporting systems and data capture to drive visibility and efficiency;
- Support the mobilisation of new assets and portfolios into the business;
- Monitor and report on key market, industry and competitor data;
- Complete financial, accounting, narrative, and administrative reports, as well as analyses key to the successful execution of the business plans.
About You
You’re a highly analytical and commercially minded professional with a strong academic background in finance, business, or a related analytical field (2:1 or above). With hands on experience in investment banking, private equity, or similar. You’re confident building financial models, conducting valuations, and breaking down complex data into clear insights.
Advanced in Excel and PowerPoint, you’re detail driven, numerate, and thrive under pressure. A natural communicator and team player, you build strong relationships, present ideas clearly, and stay focused on the bigger picture. Curious, organised, and solutions focused.
What We Offer
We include a range of benefits for our corporate team members, including competitive pension, healthcare, and holiday allowance, amongst others as standard. Please reach out if you are keen to know more.
About Greystar
Greystar is a leading, fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties globally. The company's business model is unique in its ability to own, operate, and develop multifamily, student, and senior housing across the globe. Building a global platform with a local presence, Greystar continues to expand its geographic reach around the world, bringing a globally interconnected professional rental housing platform and industry funded with institutional capital to countries where the sector does not yet exist. Greystar’s pan – European platform was established in 2013 and has scaled rapidly, now with investment, operational and development presence in the UK, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Spain.
One of Greystar’s core values is Equality, and as such, we continue to pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer, accounting for all protected and identifiable characteristics. We truly value diversity of thought, background and of experience. Please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team to explore opportunities at Greystar in more detail or visit our careers site at .
Senior Analyst, Portfolio Management
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About the Role
The Senior Analyst is responsible for supporting all aspects of the portfolio management functions of the business including allocation decisions, hold-sell decisions, financings, equity raising, and relationship management.
The Portfolio Management team at Greystar plays a pivotal role in driving value creation for both our institutional partners and the internal business through effective collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders. This team is involved in critical allocation, financing, disposition, and structuring decisions. Additionally, they are instrumental in cultivating and maintaining robust relationships with external investors, ensuring alignment on the key targets of each venture.
This is a central and diverse role that provides support for, and input to, investment and portfolio management activities, through research, modelling and preparing analysis to support all functions of the portfolio management team. The Senior Analyst will also support the analysis and presentation of key performance information both internally and to external investment partners to drive well-informed and value-enhancing decisions on new and existing strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare financial models to support ongoing portfolio management decisions including, but not limited to, new acquisition activity, hold-sell analysis and financing decisions;
- Assess the performance of the portfolio(s) against budget and underwriting, highlighting any points of exception or opportunity;
- Work with colleagues to monitor performance of specific initiatives and deliver key performance metrics to the business covering leasing performance, income, expense and returns;
- Oversee the preparation of materials and deliverables for presentation to internal committees, current and prospective investors, and other stakeholders;
- Assist in new venture formation, including preparation of life-of-fund models and strategy papers, as well as supporting the entities’ creation, structuring and legal documentation;
- Support the annual rent and budget-setting process;
- Work with stakeholders across the business to improve our reporting systems and data capture to drive visibility and efficiency;
- Support the mobilisation of new assets and portfolios into the business;
- Monitor and report on key market, industry and competitor data;
- Complete financial, accounting, narrative, and administrative reports, as well as analyses key to the successful execution of the business plans.
About You
You’re a highly analytical and commercially minded professional with a strong academic background in finance, business, or a related analytical field (2:1 or above). With hands on experience in investment banking, private equity, or similar. You’re confident building financial models, conducting valuations, and breaking down complex data into clear insights.
Advanced in Excel and PowerPoint, you’re detail driven, numerate, and thrive under pressure. A natural communicator and team player, you build strong relationships, present ideas clearly, and stay focused on the bigger picture. Curious, organised, and solutions focused.
What We Offer
We include a range of benefits for our corporate team members, including competitive pension, healthcare, and holiday allowance, amongst others as standard. Please reach out if you are keen to know more.
About Greystar
Greystar is a leading, fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties globally. The company's business model is unique in its ability to own, operate, and develop multifamily, student, and senior housing across the globe. Building a global platform with a local presence, Greystar continues to expand its geographic reach around the world, bringing a globally interconnected professional rental housing platform and industry funded with institutional capital to countries where the sector does not yet exist. Greystar’s pan – European platform was established in 2013 and has scaled rapidly, now with investment, operational and development presence in the UK, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Spain.
One of Greystar’s core values is Equality, and as such, we continue to pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer, accounting for all protected and identifiable characteristics. We truly value diversity of thought, background and of experience. Please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team to explore opportunities at Greystar in more detail or visit our careers site at .
Lead – Portfolio Management, Europe
Posted 7 days ago
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Job Purpose: To lead and shape the European portfolio strategy for Cipla in Europe, ensuring alignment with market needs, regulatory landscapes, and commercial objectives. This role will drive portfolio optimization, lifecycle management, and launch excellence, while fostering cross-functional collaboration and external partnerships to deliver sustainable growth and access to affordable medicines across Europe.
Accountabilities:
Portfolio Strategy & Optimization
- Conduct market intelligence and competitor benchmarking to identify portfolio gaps and opportunities.
- Develop strategic portfolio roadmaps aligned with commercial goals and regulatory pathways.
- Collaborate with country teams to tailor portfolio strategies to local market dynamics.
- Present portfolio strategy and investment cases to senior leadership and governance bodies.
- Monitor portfolio performance metrics and recommend strategic pivots as needed.
- Forecast and analyse P&L estimates of the growth initiative to understand impact on the BU P&L
Lifecycle & Pipeline Management
- Oversee product lifecycle stages: ideation, development, launch, growth, maturity, and sunset.
- Coordinate with R&D, regulatory, and supply chain teams to ensure timely development and registration.
- Implement portfolio rationalization strategies to optimize resource allocation and profitability.
- Maintain a dynamic pipeline tracker and regularly review progress against milestones.
- Ensure compliance with pharmacovigilance and regulatory requirements throughout the lifecycle.
Launch Excellence
- Lead cross-functional launch teams including marketing, medical, regulatory, and supply chain.
- Develop and execute launch plans with clear timelines, KPIs, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Ensure Day 1 readiness through robust planning and stakeholder alignment.
- Conduct post-launch reviews to capture learnings and improve future launch processes.
- Drive digital and data-driven tools to enhance launch efficiency and market penetration
Strategic Partnerships & In-Licensing
- Identify and evaluate external assets and partners for portfolio expansion.
- Lead due diligence processes including commercial, regulatory, and legal assessments.
- Negotiate deal terms and manage alliance governance post-deal closure.
- Build strategic relationships with key partners to foster long-term collaboration.
- Track performance of in-licensed products and ensure alignment with portfolio goals.
Educational qualifications:
MBA or equivalent
Relevant experience:
- 10+ years in pharmaceutical portfolio management, with strong exposure to generics
- Proven track record in European markets and regulatory environments
- Experience in cross-functional leadership and matrix organizations
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and negotiation skills
- Strong presentation skills
Lead – Portfolio Management, Europe
Posted 7 days ago
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Job Purpose: To lead and shape the European portfolio strategy for Cipla in Europe, ensuring alignment with market needs, regulatory landscapes, and commercial objectives. This role will drive portfolio optimization, lifecycle management, and launch excellence, while fostering cross-functional collaboration and external partnerships to deliver sustainable growth and access to affordable medicines across Europe.
Accountabilities:
Portfolio Strategy & Optimization
- Conduct market intelligence and competitor benchmarking to identify portfolio gaps and opportunities.
- Develop strategic portfolio roadmaps aligned with commercial goals and regulatory pathways.
- Collaborate with country teams to tailor portfolio strategies to local market dynamics.
- Present portfolio strategy and investment cases to senior leadership and governance bodies.
- Monitor portfolio performance metrics and recommend strategic pivots as needed.
- Forecast and analyse P&L estimates of the growth initiative to understand impact on the BU P&L
Lifecycle & Pipeline Management
- Oversee product lifecycle stages: ideation, development, launch, growth, maturity, and sunset.
- Coordinate with R&D, regulatory, and supply chain teams to ensure timely development and registration.
- Implement portfolio rationalization strategies to optimize resource allocation and profitability.
- Maintain a dynamic pipeline tracker and regularly review progress against milestones.
- Ensure compliance with pharmacovigilance and regulatory requirements throughout the lifecycle.
Launch Excellence
- Lead cross-functional launch teams including marketing, medical, regulatory, and supply chain.
- Develop and execute launch plans with clear timelines, KPIs, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Ensure Day 1 readiness through robust planning and stakeholder alignment.
- Conduct post-launch reviews to capture learnings and improve future launch processes.
- Drive digital and data-driven tools to enhance launch efficiency and market penetration
Strategic Partnerships & In-Licensing
- Identify and evaluate external assets and partners for portfolio expansion.
- Lead due diligence processes including commercial, regulatory, and legal assessments.
- Negotiate deal terms and manage alliance governance post-deal closure.
- Build strategic relationships with key partners to foster long-term collaboration.
- Track performance of in-licensed products and ensure alignment with portfolio goals.
Educational qualifications:
MBA or equivalent
Relevant experience:
- 10+ years in pharmaceutical portfolio management, with strong exposure to generics
- Proven track record in European markets and regulatory environments
- Experience in cross-functional leadership and matrix organizations
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and negotiation skills
- Strong presentation skills
Software Engineer - Portfolio Management - Edinburgh
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Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.
As a member of the Avaloq development team, you will be part of a group of highly skilled, motivated and dynamic people that are responsible for a central part of the Avaloq Banking Suite. You will design, implement, maintain and test innovative software solutions to meet the client's needs. You will be working in an environment where formal and on-the-job training is a priority, and you will learn a lot. The Avaloq Banking Suite is one of the largest PL/SQL applications in the world. It is safe to say that your co-workers are among, if not the most knowledgeable Oracle specialists in the world. Development takes place in our integrated development environment - a customized Eclipse platform, which is tightly integrated with a build automation and delivery system, allowing a standardized and automated process to be followed.
This position is open for mid to senior-level developers for the Portfolio Management and Rebalancing Team. Your role will be to handle maintenance and new developments for existing clients but also new one’s. Potentially participating in the implementation of new projects
Your key tasks:
- Develop and implement new features based on internal and external requirements
- Understand the Avaloq Core Banking Platform and the corresponding business areas
- Perform maintenance work such as: root cause analysis, bug fixing, code optimizations
- Provide technical assistance for customers or business analysts
- Robust proven track record of working within a similar role ideally within banking or fintech.
- Well-honed PL/SQL or similar development skills
- Openness to new learnings, must be willing to undergo trainings to become Avaloq Certified Customization Professional (ACCP)
It would be a real bonus if you have:
- Candidate must have Associate/ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
- Additional programming languages
We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.
In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.
We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.
Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.
Director, Head of Portfolio Management
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The Director, Head of Portfolio Management G7 is responsible for the oversight and management of all liquidity and market risk embedded in the EBRDs balance sheet.
This is a key role responsible for the largest market risk positions in the Bank and requires significant and broad expertise across financial markets, macro-economics, and financial policy matters.
The role encompasses both the liquidity management function in Treasury, as expressed by a € 30 billion portfolio, a CP issuance programme and a sovereign liquidity portfolio of € 1 billion combined with the management of all market and basis risk present in the EBRDs balance sheet. The role also manages the dynamic management of the duration of capital.
As the key derivatives expert within the Bank the Director is also expected to be involved with the relevant trade associations (ISDA, ICMA, AFME, etc); and importantly to understand the exposure mechanics and lead the negotiation of counterparty agreements and the various valuation adjustments (XVAs) associated with trading derivatives bilaterally. The Director will also be expected to be familiar with regulations around Risk Free Rates (RFR), Dodd Frank, & Mifid II, as they affect the business and the underlying market structure.
The Director needs to understand and manage both the core position of the EBRD's balance sheet in terms of strategy and financial risk, and to be engaged beyond the Bank to steer in the wider regulatory and policy context.
Background
The G7 Portfolios broadly comprise of 2 parts split by maturity of exposure and types of risk managed, which together form the hard currency balance sheet. These 2 parts can be broadly split into market risk and liquidity risk. This group, together with the local currency side, also known as hard and local currency Balance Sheet Management (HC & LC BSM), is the nexus for the financial risk management operations of the EBRD.
The core function of Treasury is to protect the Bank's capital, and with that in mind the Treasury works to optimise return on capital, there is therefore a set of annual P&L targets to achieve. All of the lending and borrowing of the Bank is internally match funded through this desk, the desk therefore absorbs all market risk associated with the banks assets and liabilities and is tasked with managing them within set parameters.
Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Responsible for the running of G7 Portfolio Management, Hard Currency BSM and for the realisation of the overall Hard Currency BSM P&L target.
- Responsible for the management of market risks within the EBRD risk framework.
- Responsible for the creation and maintenance of liquidity and products in currencies, maturities and interest rate risk profiles that are important for the Bank's clients.
- Responsible for the setting of the FTP between Treasury and Banking.
- Responsible for the management of the dynamic capital duration strategy.
- Responsible for the assessment of the market environment in order to identify the appropriate asset allocation of short term liquidity.
- Responsible for the assessment of the market environment in order to manage the financial risks of the Bank's balance sheet within approved risk limits.
- Responsible for a major part of IT strategy for Treasury, collaborating across Finance and IT to ensure delivery of required framework and systems to enable Treasury.
- Takes an active role in the management of Treasury, through the Treasury Management Group, the Asset and Liability Committee (ALCOM), and speaking at the monthly P&L meeting with the CFO.
- Directly accountable for the engagement and effective overall management of staff including recruitment, compensation (as agreed with the Head of Department, if applicable), performance management, coaching and development.
- As a member of the Bank's Corporate Leadership Group, champion and role model the Bank's Workplace Behaviours, ensuring adherence within the team so that the highest standards of integrity and ethical conduct are exhibited at all times
- Represent the Treasury internally at all levels, particularly within the VP CFO, and with other colleagues in Treasury Management, serving as a knowledge centre for all matters relating to responsibility area.
- Represent the Treasury and the Bank externally at all levels, particularly in regulatory circles and trade associations, as well as at various conferences and meetings.
Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications
- Relevant bachelor's degree, with Master's desirable or equivalent experience.
- Extensive practical experience of financial markets, ideally in a major financial institution whether a Bank or Asset Manager.
- An established knowledge of interest rate & FX markets, their derivatives including basis and volatility, and their dynamics and inter-linkages; preferably gained via trading, portfolio management, or a Treasury role.
- A solid understanding of all relevant products: vanilla interest rate derivatives across IRS, OIS, FRAs, exchange traded products including options, caps/floors/swaptions; FX products across spot, forwards, swaps & options; crucially also across basis products term & cross currency basis swaps; Repos, CPs, Money Market products; and of course the trade life cycle.
- Strong technological skills in the use of all relevant systems: Bloomberg, Summit, Reuters, SQL+, MS Office including some VBA, and other systems as relevant particularly across the order & execution management space.
- Demonstrated expertise engaging/negotiating with and influencing both internal/external stakeholders, particularly in order to ensure that the Bank receives timely and proactive information, advice and market access/execution services.
- Strong partnership, influencing, problem solving and client relationship/orientation skills
- Effective coaching, mentoring and leadership skills
- Ability to identify and articulate strategic direction and goals, and to lead the team and multiple external stakeholders towards mutually acceptable outcomes.
- Strategic/critical thinker with good business acumen, the ability to work well under pressure and make sound business decisions.
- Proven ability to work across organisational boundaries and operate effectively in multi-cultural and cross-functional work environment.
- Excellent communication skills: both written and spoken English.
What is it like to work at the EBRD? / About EBRD
Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.
At EBRD, our Values - Inclusiveness, Innovation, Trust, and Responsibility - are at the heart of how we work. We bring these to life through our Workplace Behaviours: listening well and speaking up, collaborating smartly, acting decisively with full commitment, and simplifying to amplify our impact. These principles shape our culture and define our success. We seek individuals who not only share these values but are also committed to embedding them in their daily work, fostering a positive and high-performing environment.
The EBRD environment provides you with:
- Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in.
- A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity. Our workforce reflects a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, bringing fresh ideas, energy, and innovation and enhancing our ability to serve our clients, shareholders, and counterparties effectively.
- A hybrid workplace that offers flexibility to teams and individuals; that is based on trust, flexibility and connectedness.
- An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.
- A workplace that prioritises employee wellbeing and provides a comprehensive suite of competitive benefits.
Diversity is one of the Bank's core values which are at the heart of everything it does. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background or disability.
Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).
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Senior Technical Consultant - Strategic Portfolio Management

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The Senior Technical Consultant for **Technology Workflows** is a technical responsible for guiding clients through the implementation of ServiceNow's **Strategic** & **Application Portfolio Management** solutions. This role focuses on delivering best-practice-based solutions that drive business outcomes and enhance operational efficiency. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in SPM, coupled with a strong understanding of IT Management workflows, to solve complex client challenges and advocate for customer needs within ServiceNow.
**Key Responsibilities**
Project Delivery
+ Act as the primary technical liaison for projects, representing the development team to customers and ensuring the highest quality of delivered solutions.
+ Oversee technical delivery, ensuring alignment with client requirements and ServiceNow best practices for SPM implementations.
+ Define and architect technical solutions at a detailed level, ensuring they align with clients' business needs and technological environments.
+ Lead technical onboarding with clients, assessing existing processes and platform configurations to tailor solutions effectively.
+ Perform hands on development on the ServiceNow platform leveraging all ServiceNow technologies and capabilities; Flow Designer, REST, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SSO, Mid-servers, and more?
+ Serve as an escalation point for technical issues, implementing efficiencies and driving resolution of critical path challenges.
+ Mentor and guide developers and consultants on best practices in technical design and IT management workflows.
Pre-Sales Support
+ Partner with the pre-sales team to scope complex service engagements involving ServiceNow products and intricate integrations with client systems, with a focus on Strategic Portfolio Management/SPM.
+ Demonstrate thought leadership by contributing to webinars, white papers, and community groups, highlighting expertise in Application/Project/Strategic Portfolio Management (APM/PPM/SPM)
Product Collaboration
+ Engage with ServiceNow product teams to provide feedback and insights on new features, capabilities, and best practices.
+ Participate in go-to-market strategies for new service offerings, ensuring alignment with IT Management management trends and customer needs.
**Experience:** Several years experience in consulting, configuration, and implementation of complex technologies, with at least 2 years focused on enterprise architecture and technical roadmaps.
**Strategic Portfolio Management Expertise:** Proven track record in designing and implementing SPM solutions, with a solid understanding of industry-specific workflows, use cases, compliance requirements, and best practices.
**Domains:** Application Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management, IT Business Management
**Leadership Skills:** Ability to influence senior leaders and stakeholders, providing clear recommendations that address business and technical challenges in SPM/PPM contexts.
**Technical Skills:** Proficiency in creating architectural designs, solution presentations, and integration strategies, particularly within SPM environments. Experience with Web Technologies (XML, HTML, JavaScript, Web Services, Bootstrap, CSS, middleware, LDAP, SSO, etc.) and working with SaaS technologies?
**Certifications:** Must hold or be able to achieve within the first 90 days ServiceNow certifications for Strategic Portfolio Management Implementation Specialist, and Certified Technical Architect within the first year.
**Language:** Fluent in English
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Transformation Management Office - Portfolio Management Lead

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About Us
McDonald's has run its business in the UK since 1974 and currently operates over 1500 restaurants across the UK and Ireland, serving almost four million customers each day. McDonald's is one of the UK's largest private sector employers, employing over 170,000 people.
Hybrid Working
This role is based in our East Finchley office working 3 days in the office and 2 days remotely
Job Description:
The Opportunity
We are excited to appoint a Transformation Management Office (TMO) Portfolio Management Lead for UK & Ireland to manage a portfolio of programs and projects for the market, coordinating and streamlining immediate activities and acting as a governance body overseeing the overarching Transformation plan.
You will be 100% dedicated to portfolio management efforts related to Enterprise Transformation and will work across functions, programs, projects and initiatives to plan and govern an integrated management approach. This will include providing strategic alignment, execution excellence and management of all transformation programmes being delivered within the UK&I market.
This individual will develop and uphold programme and project management governance standards and processes as defined by the Global and UK&I Transformation Management Offices. This role aims to ensure the alignment of market transformation with enterprise goals and priorities, solving and advocating for market-specific nuances and challenges (e.g., capacity / resourcing). The role will also drive transformation in connection with other local priorities, projects and business-as-usual activities.
What will my accountabilities be?
+ Leads the Portfolio team: Manages the team and produces regular updates on the progress of defined KPIs to ensure it is on track.
+ Market Alignment:
+ + Coordinate market transformation across business functions to ensure alignment and delivery of the Accelerating the Arches vision across the three strategic advantages - Consumer, Restaurant, Company.
+ Collaborate closely with the Transformation Director UKI and Global Enterprise Transformation Office to seamlessly integrate and execute programs, such as GBS, ArchOS, MCX, etc. in market.
+ Integrated Market Roadmap:
+ Build and maintain the UK&I Transformation Plan - a forward-looking prioritised list of projects to be delivered over the next 3 years.
+ Drive the integration of the market roadmap with broader functional teams (e.g. Technology, National Operations) and ongoing change control in alignment with governance and process.
+ Governance & Oversight:
+ Management of all in-flight programs and projects in accordance with the Transformation plan across all functional areas, including:
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+ + Work with Head of Project Delivery to triage and escalate risks and proactively resolve issues;
+ Continuously evaluate and refine the Transformation roadmap, adapting plans to accommodate changing priorities, resources, or external factors;
+ Manage the Change Control Process ensuring that all changes go through the appropriate governance and sign-off depending on their size; and
+ Ensure that all Governance forums in the Enterprise Transformation Office structure are operating effectively.
+ Capacity Planning and Execution Management: Alongside the Head of Project Delivery, understand resource and skill needs of market personnel to support transformation initiatives. Support mobilisation of in-market teams for each initiative in partnership with global programs (part-time SMAs, full-time, backfills, etc.).
+ Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management and Escalation: Act as key liaison with various stakeholders, including Global, segment and market leadership to drive alignment. Escalate key issues and risks as needed. Partner with Change Management & Project Delivery teams to foster buy-in across teams and with 3rd parties (Suppliers, Franchisees) and effectively communicate progress and key changes throughout the transformation.
+ Ensure Maximum Return on Investment: Support the Transformation Office with ensuring that the projects being delivered within the UK&I Transformation portfolio represent the greatest return on investment for the organisation and the fullest alignment to the strategic drivers.
+ Integrated Dependency Management: Identify, track and resolve the top-level dependencies between all in-flight projects and programs. Facilitate horizontal coordination among market teams to promote a shared understanding of interdependencies.
+ Impactful & Value Adding Reporting: Produce high quality reporting information as input to key governance sessions. Ensures all reporting is accurate and value adding for senior stakeholders, with a focus on any action required or decisions that need to be made.
+ Provide outside-in perspectives on best practices: Provide regular outside-in perspectives on best practices and approaches to achieving successful business transformation through Portfolio Management and drive a spirit of continuous improvement.
What Team will I be a part of?
You will be part of the Strategy, Insights and Transformation team in the UK&I market and will work within the Transformation team, reporting directly to the Transformation Director. This teams connect people across our business to focus on delivering the right projects, in the best way, to achieve our business goals. It proactively and independently challenges and innovates, working diligently to improve the way we work and deliver change as a business. You will be required to work collaboratively with colleagues right across the business and with external partners to amplify the impact you can have. This is a truly exciting time to lead the Transformation team and collaborate across the business to influence the outcomes for change.
Who are my customers?
Given the central nature of the role, your 'customers' are wide and varied. With engagement and influencing being strengths, you will also have the emotional intelligence and flexibility in thinking and acting to engage with relevancy and authenticity at every level. Your key customers (not exclusive) include:
+ Transformation Management Office - retain alignment and report on delivery of the Accelerating the Arches vision.
+ UK&I Change Steering Group - use governance optimally to hold the business to account.
+ Project leads - advocate and demonstrate innovative and agile ways of executing change.
+ UK&I Communications team - ensure our strategic storytelling is simple, clear and consistent.
+ Franchisees - collaborate and value them as a business partner and change enabler.
+ Suppliers and partners - demonstrate our scale through smart partnering and resource sharing.
+ Restaurants - making sure that in whatever we do we stay grounded and keep it real.
Qualifications:
What background do I need to have?
What You Need To Succeed (minimum Qualifications)
Educations & Certifications:
+ Bachelor's degree in business management, or related field. Desirable: Master's degree education.
+ Project Mgmt. Professional (PMP®) Certified
Skills and Experience:
Project Management:
+ Managing and optimising program and project teams, and/or executing Change or Transformation projects for clients and business customers in relevant industries. This will include being able to effectively communicate complex project management processes in simple language as well as being able to win buy-in to the required changes
+ Designing and executing project plans & managing budgets
Alignment with Corporate Strategy:
+ Aligns with other PMO Leads and other project delivery stakeholders across the business to prioritise initiatives.
Stakeholder Management:
+ Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships while working in a matrixed environment across complex stakeholders and drive alignment to transformation.
+ Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to make the complicated simple
Excellent Execution:
+ Monitors performance metrics and adjusts processes & priorities as needed.
+ Drives continuous improvement and best practices.
Personal Qualities:
+ Resilient and adaptable, able to work in ambiguous situations
+ Collaborative and customer-driven approach
+ Adept at role modelling new behaviours, mindsets and ways of working
+ Willingness and ability to live the McDonald's values every day: Serve, Inclusion, Integrity, Community, and Family.
Additional Information:
Company Vision and Culture
Our Global vision is to build a better McDonald's and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.
McDonald's is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with customers, franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent, creating positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.
Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.
Serve: We put our customers and our people first
Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone
Integrity: We do the right thing
Community: We are good neighbours
Family: We get better together
At McDonald's we are People from all Walks of Life.
People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonald's experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.
We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.
We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonald's or elsewhere."
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Senior Project Manager, Practice Lead, Portfolio Management

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Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion - it's a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.
**Additional Career Level Description:**
**Knowledge and application:**
+ Applies advanced wide-ranging experience and in-depth professional knowledge to develop and resolve complex models and procedures in creative way; Directs the application of existing principles and guides development of new policies and ideas; Determines own methods and procedures on new assignments
**Problem solving:**
+ Understands and works on complex issues where analysis of situation or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors, solutions may need to be devised from limited information; Exercises judgment in selecting methods, evaluating, adapting of complex techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
**Interaction:**
+ Frequently advises key people outside own area of expertise on complex matters, using persuasion in delivering messages .
**Impact:**
+ Develops and manages operational initiatives to deliver tactical results and achieve medium-term goals.
**Accountability:**
+ May be accountable through team for delivery of tactical business targets; Work is reviewed upon completion and is consistent with departmental objectives.
**Workplace type** **:**
Hybrid Working
**About NTT DATA**
NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.
**Equal Opportunity Employer**
NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.
Senior Program Manager - Agile Portfolio Management Office-1
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_Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._
**Title and Summary**
Senior Program Manager - Agile Portfolio Management Office-1
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential?
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all?
Overview?
Vocalink, a Mastercard company technologies power the UK's real-time payments, settlements and direct debit systems, as well as a network of nearly 55,000 UK ATMs. We process over 90 percent of salaries, more than 70 percent of household bills and almost all state benefits?
VMO-Agile Portfolio Management Office Role
As a valued and essential member of the Value Management Office (VMO), you will play a central role in driving coordination, governance, and reporting across the VLL portfolio by championing Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) practices on behalf of the VMO.
You will also be a key member within an Agile Release Train (ART), a group of agile teams, or aligned to a VLL Initiative, supporting the delivery of critical deliverables such as Statement of Work (SOW) management and customer engagement and reporting. These deliverables will vary depending on the needs of your ART, agile teams or VLL Initiative.
Technical Skills:?
Portfolio dependency and stakeholder alignment
Participate in core ART ceremonies such as PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops-as appropriate and in coordination with the Release Train Engineer (RTE), to maintain alignment and support effective portfolio-level oversight
Coordinate alignment of 'Off-ART' Dependencies by proactively managing and tracking dependencies identified during PI Planning that fall outside of individual Agile Release Trains (ARTs), alignment and synchronization with ART-level plans and timelines to ensure successful adoption and integration, such as customer readiness, end customer alignment activities, release planning or supplier deliverables
Coordinate the alignment for VLL change initiatives to advance these as per VLL portfolio priorities
Manage the vendor deliverables
Manage interactions with the Purchasing team to support timely and efficient procurement processes, ensuring alignment with delivery timelines and portfolio priorities
Manage supplier engagements by building and maintain effective relationships with external suppliers for hardware or resource and coordinate purchasing activities to ensure third-party deliverables align with ART plans
Maintain and Evolve Agile Portfolio Reporting
Support cadence based Lean Portfolio Management Portfolio Sync events for VLL Initiatives and the ART's portfolios, ensuring alignment to surface escalated risks, dependencies, and progress updates for senior stakeholder involvement and decision making
Continuously develop and enhance portfolio-level reporting to support transparency, decision-making, and alignment with strategic objectives
Produce and deliver high-quality, data-driven reports for senior internal and external stakeholders, including clients as required, ensuring timely and accurate communication of portfolio health, delivery progress, and key performance indicators
Assess the quality, consistency, and accuracy of portfolio and delivery data and derive actionable insights to support effective governance and strategic planning
Assist continuous improvement in governance and reporting processes to align with agile best practices by identify and implement efficient practices to collect accurate and timely information for governance, progress reporting and finance requirements
Drive governance towards operational excellence
Oversee the gated review process which forms part of the Vocalink risk control framework for the delivery of VLL change initiatives and the ART 's portfolio delivery
Ensure ongoing audit readiness by ensuring that all portfolios maintain accurate, traceable, and compliant documentation of delivery and governance activities
Assist with continuous improvement in the reporting processes to align with Agile best practices to establish an organisational culture that values agility, transparency, experimentation, and continuous learning
Facilitate the ART competency self-assessment for continuously improving the delivery practice to establish an organisational culture that values agility, transparency, experimentation, and continuous learning
Assist with the standardised collection and use of agile metrics to enable ARTs to identify trends, monitor performance, and discover opportunities for continuous improvement across Agile Release Trains
Experiences?
Communication skills to be able to convey ideas, expectations and feedback.
Be an active listener to understand team's concerns and stakeholders needs?
Conflict navigation?to mediate and resolve interpersonal conflicts, problem-solving, and decision-making to foster healthy team dynamics. Moving from conflict to constructive disagreements.
Facilitation to guide events and ensure discussions stay on track and are productive?
Analytical problem solving to identify obstacles and creative thinking to find effective solutions.
Required Qualifications:
SAFe® Agilist or equivalent certification
SAFe® LPM, AgilePM®, PMP®, or similar project/portfolio governance certifications
Corporate Security Responsibility?
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:?
Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices?
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed?
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and?
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines?
**Corporate Security Responsibility**
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
+ Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
+ Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
+ Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
+ Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.